The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-13
TYRANNY Is LOOSED
MILITARY INsOLEEOE LIOEEsEI
BY IMPERIAL INSANITY.

Maniacal Insuferableness Whence He
Virtually, Admonishes HIS Troops Tha
an Insult to the Very Coat HIS soldie
Wears IL an Insuit to Hin, william
Private Citizensbip of the Fatherlant
Need Expect NO Mercy in AuEht Tha
Concerns the Imperial Pre- -Eminence.
London, Nov. 13.-The Times Berlin
dispatch sys:
1.-The ceremony Of swearing in there
cruits for the garrisons OF Berlin, Span
dau, Charlottenburg and Gross-Lichter-
field this afternoon took place in front OF
the royal palace. Emperor William de-
livered an Grafton, in the course Of which
he said:
"sYou have just taken an oath upon
the erucifix and the standard TO me;
your war lord, and TO the fatherland.
Just as the crown is naught without the
altar and the cruciix, so the army is
nothing without the Christian religion.
You are called as soldiers in my keeping
to serve men In single-minded allegiance.
Ever remember that you have received
NdpO<iS u the CTOWu anu
the altar. In view of the general mis-
trust now prevailing, it is especially
your duty by obedience to set good ex-
ample.
You are entering the army in the
year We celebrate as the centenary of
the birth Of the great Emperor William.
Never forget what he accomplished. We
are duly bound to maintain what he Gre
ated. His eyes rests upon the whole
army. God grant that at the call Of
heaven we may appear worthily before
him.
The Daily Nails Berlin dispatch says:
The following words, held to indicate
his personal feelings in the recent Bruse-
witz incident at Carlsruhe, occurred in
Emperor Williams speech:
Hold your uniform i'm honor. The
men who insults your coat, insults your
king; who assaults the kings coat as
saults your chief war lord"
The Brusewitz incident, it will be re-
membered, was that of a German army
officer who ran through the body of a
workingman who had inadvertently
brushed against him in cafe and who
declined to apologize. on the ground that
no insult was intended.
GERMAN IMPERIAL BUDGET.
Berlin, Nov. 12.-The Imperial budget
shows a balance of revenue expenditures
of 1.32S, 3oS,s marks. The ordinary ex-
penditures increased 24,2os, ,23s marks, in
cluding: Army, S,935,571; workmen's in
surance, 3,331.50o; navy, 3,542, ,e71, and
pension fund, 2,204.9lo. The matricula-
tar contributions are fixed at 11,701 ,92o
marks above those Of 1896.
mark and alleged imitation in the han
PACIFIC CABLE CONFERENCE.
London, Nov 12-The Pacific Cable
conference sat from IL o'clock this morn
ing TO O'Clock this afternoon at the CO.
lcnial office. The main part of the time
wes taken up with the testimony of Mr.
Sanford Fleming, who has been appoint
ed technical advisor of the commission.
He detailed the substance of his we'll
known reports on the subject and ans
wered a few questions regarding the
statements made.
The Cable commission has decided that
hereafter, subject to the personal con-
venience of the members, twill sit daily
from IL to 2 and it also decided not to
publish the names Of the witnesses called
for fear that pressure might be brought
to bear upon them.
Mr.. Fleming will cross-examine all the
technical witnesses at the next session
Of the conference, which will take place
On Monday.