The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-17
GERMAN CLERGY MAD
INFORMED BY THE KAISER THEY
MUST LET POLITICS ALONE.
BrutaIIy Brusque Message from the
Autocratic Young Emperor-Dr. BEL
lows War on American Meat.


BERLIN May 16.-The German clergy.
Protestant and Catholic, are thoroughly
aroused In consequence of Emperor Williams
telegram to Gehemrath Hinzpeter regard
ing DR.. Stoecker, the ex-court chaplain and
Christian Socialist leader, which was pub
lished with his Majestys consent. This mes
sage was almost brutally brusque. and read:
THE clergy must not NEEDLE with politics.
because it is no concern of theirs" This
angered the clergymen, and the whole cleri-
cal press has been expressing Indignation.
DR.. Stoecker has made an outspoken reply in
his organ. the Evangelical Church Gazette.
in which he says that the Emperor, when
still Prince William. himself characterized
the Christian-socal activity Of the clergy as
means of vanquishing socialism. DR..
Stoecker added "Since the Christian-social
thought was tabooed in Berlin socialism
reigns politically there. As 1 have begun. so
shall continue. ! leave the end 10 God"
Two of the leading clerical organs. the
Reichsbote and the volk, severely condemn
and deplore the publication of the telegram,
CHASING it as '.inconsiderate" and unjust"
| and pointing out that clergymen, by the Con-
stitution, are granted the same rights as
other citizens. The Roman Catholic organs.
Germania and the Cologne Volks Zeitung.
publish articles of similar tone. The So
cialist press denounces the telegram as i'm
perial interference with constitutional rights,
and in various parts OF Germany clerical
synods have taken pains to express CONT
dence in DR.. Stoecker and his methods. and
severely criticise his Majesty's telegram.
Early in the week the peace jubilee was
| celebrated throughout Germany. Besides
| the fetes at Frankfort there were elaborate
fetes OF semi-military character at Dres-
| den, Darmstadt and Hanover, and a vast
festival in this city organized by the vet
Grams OF the wars, of whom 1000 marched
In procession. The jubilee was kept gen.
orally in Bavaria, especially at Munich,
Nuremberg and Augsburg. Twenty thou
| sand school children paraded at NJ mich and
| were reviewed by Prince Regent Luitpold.
1t was remarked, however, that the fetes
| in Bavaria were strictly OF a Bavarian
character; that only Bavarian flags were
| displayed; that neither the Emperor nor
Prince Bismarck were referred to in the
| orations, and that no. reference to Germany
or the German army was permitted, tee
| official censorship eliminating everything
from the submitted speeches referring to the
nation generally.
fort on the charge of lese majesty made
discriminating remarks in close proximity to
| during the unwilling there on Sunday last
! OF the monument erected to the memory of
the Emperor William /.
The report that Emperor william in
| tended to challenge for the Americas cup
| IL his new yacht Meteor turned out to be
faster than Valkyrfe III has been investi-
gated and found to be untrue.
| In connection with the bin to reorganize
the fourth battalion of infantry regiments,
/ the Conservative and military parties have
begun an agitation for the abolition of the
biennial military service and for a revival
of the triennial. The Kreuz Zeitung. the
military weekly. is leading the agitation in
fhe press. According TO the present law the
| BIENNIAL service is only an experiment and
ends April /, 1899, unless specifically contin-
ued by new law. As a counter check to
this movement the Radicals in the Reich
stag have resolved to add a paragraph to
| the fourth battalion bill making the BIZ
| ennial service permanent. An interesting
| and sensational debate will be the conse-
| quenoe. as the Centrists mainly side with
the Radicals in this matter.
The agitation for a larger navy has been
| renewed. Lectures are being delivered in diff
ferent parts of the country, under the au-
| spices of the Alledetche Verband, to pro-
mote the movement.
The trial of the band of fifteen fraudulent
railroad employees and ticket swindlers of
| Frankfort is expected TO conclude to-day
/ The gang II was shown during the testi-
mony taken, has been operating for several
years on a number OF Prussian. Alsatian
10 moan 10 m 1aaSss a aFe
/ that the prisoners deadheaded thousands of
passengers, for consideration given them,
| with tickets which had previously been used.
| The chief police spy in the case is UNDER
| stood to be habitual criminal who has
spent years In prison.
The rejection by the Diet of the assessor
paragraph, by which the Prussian govern
ment sought to exclude all Liberal elements
from the judgeships, will induce the govern
ment to withdraw the whole of the court
reform law. they declining TO accept the
bill in its present liberal shape.
Herr Wissel, an ex-member OF the Rechs-
tag and Diet. and an intimate friend of
Eugene Richter. has been arrested on the
charge of perjury.
Two German provincial expositions were
opened this week-the Bavarian state ex-
position. at Nuremberg. and the marine ex-
position. at Kiel. Both exhibitions are large
and attractive. .
BY desire OF the Empress, direct tele-
phonic communication has been opened be.
tween the new palace and the Chateau
the imperial princes are now studying mil
The rector Of the Technical High School
at Carlsruhe has strictly forbidden duels.
Wins Parlagtry. the well-known lady por-
trait painter, a protege of the Emperor
| started Thursday last a six weeks tour OF
America.
DR.. Below. the expert N hygiene, has re-
sumed his agitation against the consumption
of American meat. He claims that the
American meat inspection is a sham in
tended to hooiwink Europe. and quotes a
letter from Philip Armour saying that meat
inspection in America would be needless and
| vexarious. Dr. Below critcises the efforts
OF the American 'consuls 10 popularize Amer
lean meats as being inslncere and mislead-
| ing.
a OF DR.. Won Boetticher, the Minister
Of the Interior with companion and au
official huntsman. went fishing on Thursday
last in Witwinn lake. near Rheinsberg
Their boat was capsizei and all three were
drowned. The bodies have not been recov-
cred. $50