The record-union., 1896-06-14
Il Raises a Great Storm in Southern
States Of the German Empire.
Prussian Newspapers Filled With
Articles on the Subject.
So Much Public Excitement Created
Over the Affair That 1t Lead to a
Demand on the Part of the Kaiser
for Explanations From Princes
Henry and Ludwig.


BERLIN, June 13.-The incident
Deutsche Verein in Moscow upon the
occasion of the festivities in connection
with the coronation of the Car, caus-
ing Prince Henry of Prussia, brother
Of the Emperor, and his Majesty's rep
,esentative at the coronation, to leave
the banquet hall, has raised a great
particularist storm throughout all the
southern States of the German En-
pire. The origin of the trouble was in
the fact, which has already been ca
bled, that at banquet given to Prince
Henry and the other visiting German
Princes the Chairman, in toasting the
guests, alluded to the minor German
Princes as members of Prince Henry's
suite, whereupon Prince Ludwig of Ba-
varia arose in rage before the Chair
mans speech was finished, and, point
ing to the table with his fist, said: 1--WE
are not part of Prince Henry's suite,
rcr are we vassals of the German EN-
pre-. We are the Emperor's allies;
otherwise, l am an independent repre-
sentative of Bavaria"
All southern Germany is exercised
over this affair, and the Prussian news
papers are filled with articles on the
subject, lamenting the indiscretion of
the Chairman or condemning the hasty
actions of Princes Henry and Ludwig.
The incident created so much public
excitement that it naturally led to
demand upon the part of the Kaiser
that the two Princes should explain the
matter in detail, and this, it is under
stood, has been done.
According to the North German Ga
zette," Prince Ludwig anticipating the
Emperor's request for an explanation,
took the initiative in communica-
tion laying before his Majesty the exact
words of the President of the banquet
in proposing the toast to Prince Henry,
in which speech he mentioned the Ger
man Princes as having come to Moscow
as members of Prince Henry's suite.
Against this Prince Ludwig protested
to the Kaiser, as he had declared to the
Chairman of the banquet, that he and
the other German Princes alluded to
were not vassals, but allies of the
Kaiser All Germans, Prince Ludwig
added, besides fulfilling their duty to
the fatherland, ought not to forget the
duties they owed to their own particu-
lar countries.
Prince Ludwig is a man of so years
of age, and apart from the fact that he
is the future King of Bavaria, he is Of
a much weightier presence than Prince
Henry. From the occasion of his dec
laration at the banquet he is said to
have spoken with great impressive
ness, and In a manner wherein his
meaning could not be misconstrued.
In concluding it's article upon the sub
Ject, the North German Gazette curt
ly states that "the incident is closed"
Other semi-official newspapers, how
ever, hint that the Emperor found moth
ing in Prince Ludwig's remarks worth
Quarreling over, and intimated that
Prince Henry's resentment of them was
childish. These papers also state that
the Emperor saw Prince Henry in re-
gard to the matter, and probably re-
buked him for the hasty demonstration
at the Moscow banquet, as Prince
Henry Immediately left Berlin for Kiel
on his return from Moscow, without
staying in the Capital over night.
The "Tageblatt" takes so serious a
view of the matter as to advocate the
recall Of the Prussian Minister from
Munich.
The National Zeitung" expresses
sorrow at the spectacle which a Prince
destined to be King of Bavaria has af-
forded to foreigners of the enmities
among the Germans. The action of
Prince Ludwig in invoking the idea of
particularism, the paper declares, has
already shaken German unity.
The "Vossische Zeitung" recalls the
fact that Prince Ludwig ignored the
feues upon the occasion of the celebra-
tion of the Frankfort treaty of peace.
but throughout southern Germany the
words uttered by Prince Ludwig at the
Moscow banquet, and reiterated to the
Emperor, are fervidly acclaimed by the
press and public.
The Stuttgart Beobachter," in an
exhaustive article on the subject, says:
"1t was a great political act and pro-
test against Prussianism. Prince Lud-
wig expressed the sentiment of the
whole south German States, and his
words will soon find echo from Bohemia
to the Rhine 1t is we'll that Berlin
should know that we will not allow
ourselves to be degraded in the role of
FruSSiaS satellites"
The speeches made by Prince Alexan-
der Won Hohenlohe, son of the Imperial
Chancellor, in the Reichstag last Mon
day, when he attacked the clause of the
Government trades bill forbidding COM
mercial travellers to transact retail
business, has found support in a re-
markable address delivered by the Min
;ster of Finance of the Grand Duchy of
Baden, Dr. Burger, to the Baden Cham
Der Of Deputies few days ago. The
Minister said in the course of his re-
marks: 1--WE live politically and eco
romically in a period of transition, and
we are not liable to accommodate our
selves to the new order Of things;
hence so many outcries for more laws
and new laws are bad, and make the
people believe in the magical effects of
legislation. Self-action must remain
superior to State protection"
Following the Parliamentary cleo
tions last week in the towns of Ruppin
and Templin, near Potsdam, in which
the Conservative and Agrarian candi-
date, Herr Won Arrim, was defeated by
the radical candidate, the Agrarians
have met with another significant de-
feat.
New Warships for Japan.
LONDON. June 13.The Japanese