The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
A RACY SCANDAL AT BERLIN.
TIE KAISER MINED Up WITH AN
ARTIST AND a WRITER.

The Kaiser irrftated Over the Re-
fusaI of Prince LuItpOId to Attend
the Berlin Celebration.
Berlin, Jan. 19.-There IS quite scandal
attaching to the connection between Ma
dame Wilma Parlaghi, the artist who was
so highly favored by the Emperor and Nj.
ROsenthal, the Partisan journalist, politi-
cally known as Jacques St. Cere," who is
now in prison in Paris under charges Of
blackmail in connection with the success
ful schemes to blackmai the late Max lie
Baudy, the young millionaire who died re-
Gently while serving out his term of con-
scription in the French army. Madame
Parlaghi came to the full front of notori-
ETY. when the emperor, against the verdict
of the Berlin academy, decided TO award
to her the grand gold medal OF course, the
kaiser had. his way, but despite this mark
of imperial favor the German art world
has continued to refuse recognition of her
claims, ana the court for certain reasons,
did not encourage any advancement of
such claims.
Madame Parlaghi became acquainted
with Rosenthal in Paris According to
common report Herr Rosenthal visited
her at her studio in Berlin and promised
to obtain for her the French cross of the
Legion of honor If she would obtain for
him an interview with the emperor, or
even an opportunity to converse with him
by an apparently accidental meeting with
him in her studio. This may or may not
be true, but according to an interview with
Madame Parlaghi published in the Frank
fort Zeitung, the lady admitted having
seen Rosenthal in her studio, but declared
the meeting took place IN Paris, ana not
in Berlin as alleged Rosenthal she con-
tinued, asked her to obtain for him an in
terYiew with the kaiser and promised in
hanrs Il
tiOn of the cross of the Legion or Honor.
Nine. Parlaghi told the Zeitung interview
er that she positively declined TO entertain
the proposition, informing NJ. RoSenthai
that she would neither mix herself up in
politics nor accept a mark of distinction
which she had not earned as an artist.
Whatever may have been her part IN the
Rosenthal affair, it is now plain that the
kaiser has totally withdrawn ms taVor
from her.
The case Of the American horse owner,
Robert T. Kneebs, who was convicted
last Monday and sentenced to nine
months Imprisonment and to pay a hne
of 900 marks for starting on the German
tracks an entry alleged TO have been the
mare Bethel, under the name OF Nellie
Kneebs, has taken developments which
may lead to diplomatic communication
between Berlin and Washington. One of
the German consuls in the United states,
it appears, in certifying to the signatures
appended to the dispositions of some of
Kneebs' witnesses, characterized the Wit
ness as unworthy of belief and declared
that their testimony was only worth so
many dollars implying that they were
paid for what they had sworn to, and
Ind sworn to only what they had been
paid for. Such a statement accompany
ing the documents received here is held
to be a breach of the law. The consul, 1t
is contended, had no right to communi-
cate to his government his personal ideas
of the character of the American witness
nor had he the right to take any other
course than to send the papers to Berlin
for what they were worth and without
The authorities are further puzzled to
know what to do with the mare Bethel, or
Nellie Kneebs, which, according to the
judgment of the court, was forfeited to
the state. Kneebs has given notice of
appeal against the verdict and sentence
against him, and pending the decision of
the imperial court upon the appeal, the
mare, which has been seized, in accord
ance with the judgment of the court of
trial, must be kept at the expense of the
authorities. If kneebS succeeds in his
appeal he will claim damages from the
authorities for any deterioration in the
form or condition of the mare, and If he
can prove that there has been any, there
can scarcely be any successful appeal
against such a finding. Kneebs says he
was very much surprised at the verdict
OF the jury in his case, and declares that
he will produce the real Bethel, which is
now in America, before the imperial
court when the hearing of his appeal
Herr Ii. ]. Gehlsen, notorious as the ed
itor of an old Berlin paper called the
Reichglocke, has returned to Berlin af-
ter twenty years residence in London,
where he lived under the name of ]. B.
Keller Prince Bismarck suppressed the
Reichglocke twenty years ago and Herr
| Gehlsen Immediately disappeared from
Berlin. For ten years he acted as the
London correspondent of the Semi-official
BerIln POST. Since his return to Berlin
he has resuscitated the ReichglOcke and
in recent articles has made disclosures
which involve Herr Tiedemann, an at
tache of the foreign office who is ac-
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articles to the editor of the Berlin Post
He further promises to publish proofs
that a certain German socialist leader
was in close connection with the late Gen.
| Boulanger, their letters being exchanged
in London. Herr Gehlsen knows a good
numerous scandals.
The Vorwaerts, the socialist organ,
| characterizes as idle fiction the emperor's
message delivered in the white hail of the
Schloss yesterday in which his majesty
asserted that the empire realized the
| hopes of the people. Happily" the Vor-
| WaertS says, "the present form of the
empire is the last in this worlds history.
out Of the anarchy of capitalism will
arise the order of socialism -
The celebration which took place in
| Dresden yesterday in honor of the TWEEN
| ty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the
empire was very imposing. In the even
| ing there was a grand torchlight process
| sion, in which 5000 persons participated
| The populace was very enthusiastic and
| the king on his appearance received an
| ovation In Munich the celebration ter
minated with a grand state banquet, at
| which Prince Regent Luitpold toasted
the kaiser in the warmest terms. The
| emperor was heartily cheered.
The emperor, at last evenings banquet
| in the white hall of the Schloss, con
| graduated Baron Won Hammerstein-I,ox-
| ten, Prussian minister of agriculture, on
| his anti-agrarian speech in the Reichstag
in the debate on Count Won Kanitzs grain
monopoly bill
The police dispersed several socialist
/ mass meetings In Dresden yesterday be-
cause of the violence of the language in
! dulged in by the speakers, who protested
| against the threats of the government
| TO curtail the suffrage.
The banking firm Of Muller & Thomp-
/ son of Hamburg are about to finance a
/ loan of 12,0O0OO0 marks for the govern
ment of Guatemala for the purpose of
| constructing a railway.
The absence of Prince Luitpole regent
| of Bavaria, the King of Wurtemburg and
/ other South German princes from the eel
| ebrations which took place in Berlin yes
| terday upon the occasion of the 25th an
| niversary of the founding of the German
/ empire, has been widely commented upon
/ ss indicating the existence of some ten
/ sion in their relations with the kaiser
| The explanation given by Prince Luit-
mold in response to the emperor's invi-