The San Francisco call., 1896-03-16

tion of the Marquis dl Rud1nl, the ne"
Italian Premier, to the Italian Chambers
upon their assembling this week.
The past week has witnessed an 1nces-
SAINT round of diplomatic and social fes-
tiyities. Besides attending the banquets
given in honor of Count Goluchowski by
the Austrian ambassador and Prince Won
HohenIohe, the Imperial Chancellor, the
Emperor gave a dinner on Thursday IN
honor of the seventy-tifth birthday of
Prince Luitpold, Regent of Bavaria, and
was also present at the wedding of his
aid-de-camp, Major Count Won Moltke.
and dined with the officers of the Pioneers
and Guards. The season will virtually
close when the court leaves Berlin next
week.
AS the Hon. Edwin F. Uhl, the newly
appointed ambassador of the United
States. will not arrive here before March
2, when the Emperor will start for Italy,
he will not be able to present his creden-
tials until the end of May, the time of the
annual review, which the Emperor will
return in season to attend. 1t is generally
hoped in the American colony here that
Mr.. Uhl will rent the vacant residence CT
Prince Stolberg-W Wernigerode, in Wilhelm
strasse, which is most adequate in every
respect as a residence, and altogether
more suitable for receptions and other
functions pertaining to the social duties
of an ambassador than any other house
obtainable in Berlin.
Two of the leading arlstocratic families
of Berlin babe farewell to Berlin society
on Thursday in consequence OF court
events which have rendered their contact
with the imperial circle uncomfortable, to
say the least.
The first departure, which took place in
the forenoon, was that of Prince and Prin-
cess Frederick of Hohenzollern, who left
the Anhalter station for Dessau en- route
for Munich. The platform of the station
was crowded with their friends, and Prin-
cess Reuss and Princess Hohenlohe, on
behalf of the social circle of the departing
Prince and Princess presented them with
superb bouquets. An entire compartment
of the car in which the Prince and Prin-
cess sat was filled with floral tokens. The
leave-taking of the couple delayed the
starting of the train several minutes.
Later in the day similar scene occurred
at the Stettiner station, upon the occasion
of the departure of Prince and Princess
Albert of Sachsen-Altenburg for their new
residence, the castle of KucheInuss In
Mecklenburg. Bouquets were presented
to the departing guests in profusion and
the handshakings, embraces and tears gave
the leave-taking the appearance of life
long farewell.
In order to maintain the luster of the
court. which is threatened to be dimmed
by these and other recent Withdrawals of
society leaders from Berlin, in consequence
of differences of one kind or another with
the head of the imperial house, the EN-
peror has induced Prince Won Furstenburg
to accept the office of chief marshal Of the
imperial court. Prince Won Furstenburg,
Who is a South German Prince and scion
OF mediatized house, was reluctant 10
accept the Office, and only yielded to the
pressure brought tn bear upon him by the
Kaiser. The Office of chief marshal rather
impairs the rank of Prince of Furstenburg.
but his incumbency thereof will add to
the eclat of the imperial court.
Prince Ernst Gunther of Schleswig-
Holstein, brother of the Empress, is again
becoming q favorite in society. He has re.
opened his salon and house in Universitats-
strasse and receives upon large scale, en-
tertaining his guests layishly at private
theatricals, dinners, etc.
Society says that the Prince has sown
his wild oats and settled down to a well
regula ted and well-conducted life. He
now studies social and political questions
and reads works treating of trades unions,
the labor laws, etc., all of which refute the
recent reports that he had fallen into his
oII ho1
than he could afford and that his bills
were being offered for sale with no pur-
chasers at so per cent discount. Prince
Ernst has established large paper mills
at Prinkenau and has devoted himself to
the personal management of the entailed
part of his estate at that place, which is
valued at 100000 marks. He is also
building new castle and it is announced
that as soon as it is finished he will marry.
At meeting of the Bacteriologlc Soci-
ety held last week DR.. Koch's tuberculine
was fiercely denounced by many eminent
professors in attendance. Professor Lieb-
erich declared that tuLerculine had been
discredited by all physicians, even veter-
mary practitioners, as its use was directly
dangerous.
Dr.. Hauzmann said that a greater per.
centage of lung diseases had been cured by
allowing nature to help itself than by the
treatment OF experts. The debate arose
on the report that DIR. Koch was preparing
a new publication in advocacy of tuber-
culine.
Herr Mettermuch, German Consul at
Cairo, has been raised to the rank OF Min
lister Plenipotentiarv. Herr Mettermuch
was IN the confidence of Lord Cromer, the
British representative in Egypt, on the
subject of the new campaign in the
Soudan, and it is believed here that 1t was
he who suggested to the Government in
Berlin that such a campaign would be op-
perfume The semi-official newspapers
concur in praising Lord Salisbury's de-
cision to put complete check upon the
French pressure for the evacuation of
Egypt by Great Britain, and declare that
all civilized nations approved his action.
German cavalry officers have been en-
gagged TO organize new Chinese cavalry
service, modelled after the German system.
The Emperor and Empress will pay
visit to Queen Victoria at Cimiez on March
26. The Queen, it is announced, will not
go to Coburg to attend the marriage of her