The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
MOSCOW INCIDENT HAS ENGEN-
DERED A DECIDED ANTI-RUS-
SIAN FEELING.
PRUSS|AN S|DEFEAT IN BUNDESRATH
A Coalition Formed Against Her-Li
Hung Chang Receiving Courteous
Treatment-He Will Pay a Visit
to Prince Bismarck.

occurrence in the bundesrath, growing
directly out of the anti-Prussian feeling
engendered ty the Moscow incident, has
just leaked out.
The German press was either ignorant
of it or preferred to be silent about it.
The question of prolonging the Wurtem-
burg Nolen bank charter for issuing its
own paper money was up for discussion
ON Tuesday. Prussia in conformity
with the settled Prussian finance prece-
dents, moved to reject the request.
Prussia, however, was defeated by a
vote of 80 to %, only the Waldeck, Lippe
and hanse towns supporting the motion.
The banks charter was therefore pro-
longed until 1910.
This is the first time in a quarter of
a century that Prussia has found the
bundesrath in almost united coalition
against her. and the fact is all the more
noteworthy because there was no at
tempt to answer the argument of Rus
sia's delegates made and it is now be-
liGTed that similar banking institutions
in Bavaria, SaXony, Baden and Hesse
will insist upon an extension of their
charters.
The chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe. and
the members of the Prussan cabinet
were dumfounded upon hearing the de-
cision of the bundesrath and were
greatly annoyed at the incident. This is
only one evidence of the strong Prusso
phobia sentiment in the south of Ger
many.
The news that Herr COmesca, presi-
dent of the German colony of Moscow
and the maker of the remarka bic speech
about princes in the suite of Prince
Henry of Prussia, which created trou-
BILE, has been decorated with the order
of the Red Eagle has caused renewed
outbreaks of Indignation in Bavaria.
On Thursday the king of SaXony gave
Il special audience to Count Won Moltke,
Emperor Williams aid-de-camp, at Fres-
den, to hear n detailed report of the
Moscow incident.
This weeks issues of the two humor-
Gus papers at Munich contain cartoons
showing a horribly dilapidated Prussian
eagle, with the Bavarian lion standing
by with paws appraised and gnashing
teeth.
Prince Ludwig of Bavaria. who went
from Moscow to the Buda Pesth expo
sition, returns to his regiment at August
burg within a week, without going to
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are planning Il series of ovations.
At the closing of the Bavarian diet, the
president, Won Walter, said:
I'VE are firmly convinced that our
royal dynasty will endeavor to preserve
constitutionally the guaranteed indie
pendence of Bavaria"
This is regarded as a direct slap at
Prussia, and throughout the week there
has been Il series of Prussophobia man
fiesta tons.
At Munich. Prussian tourists and res
idents have been insuted.
Germany has feted Ii Hung Chang in
an unusual manner. His reception by
Emperor William on Sunday was more
impressive and pompous than anything
of the kind i'll years past. His majesty
personally paid the greatest attention to
the Chinese statesman and has given
special orders that he he shown every
thing in German which he desires on his
round of visiting to the industrial and
naval military institutions. including the
modern Notifications of Thorn and Kiel
harbor.
The Krupp works occupied the atten-
ton of Ii Hung Chang today after
which he went to the Vulcan yards at
Stetting, where he will be banQuetted.
The distinguished traveller will visit
Prince Bismarck soon, the latter, how
ever, is unequal to long interviews and
has countermanded all receptions of
delegations during the summer.
Next week Ii Hung Chang and the
German government will enter into
negotiations with regard to the increase
of import duties, an essential condition of
the German consent being coaling sta
tons in Chinese waters. The German
minister for foreign affairs, Baron Won
Bieberstein, will also attempt to obtain
consent for the establishment of large
German mercantile establishment in
Chinese ports, especially at Swato and
Canton, with exclusive jurisdiction.
The simultaneous presence in Ger
many of Marshal Yamagata and Lii
Hung Chang is embarrassing the foreign
Office Emperor William and Prince
Hohenlohe have shown the japanese
soldiers some attention. but the marshal
is evidently disgruntled at the yellow
wave which is flooding Silcsia, where
numbers of Cinnamon employed at
farm work. are replacing the Russian
and Polish hands.
A Berlin firm is supplying Chinese
coolies to Silesian land owners at 20
cents per day.
1t is understood that after the army
maneuvers in Galacia the emperor will
visit the milennal exposition at Buda
Pest and grand festes and historic pro-
cessions are being planned for the oc-
casion.
Early during the coming week, Prince
Hohenlohe will give a garden party to
the reichstag, upon which occasion eff
forts will be made to secure a majority
to pass the civil codes bill prior to the
adjournment of that body. The Social
lists and Antisemites, however, have both
resolved upon an obstructive policy for
the balance of the session.
The official statistics for 1898 show in
the exports the enormous increase of
356.OOO,000 marks over 1894.
At the instance of the emperor the
pupils of the Berlin public schools will
visit the colonial exhibit of the EXPOSE
ton.
The police of Bordeaux, at the request
of the German government, have made
a futile search of the residence of Anna
Monitor, the mistress of DR.. Fritz Fried
man, the lawyer of this city who default
ed and absconded, and who was recently
extradited from France and brought
back here for trial The object of the
search was to obtain possession of the
manuscript of DR.. Friendman's sensa-
tional book on the Won Kolz scandal and
the Berlin court.
4 The emperor is promoting lawn tennis
}among the officers of the army and navy,
jand tournament in which officers of
10th brannrac of tho cprvipp will akp