The record-union., 1896-08-10

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Wesel and unve1 the statue of his
grandfather, Emperor William I. at
Rurhort on Friday, and these places
We're the centers of attraction to all
who could possibly make the journey
When it was announced that the En-
peror could not possibly be present,
ewing to illness, the people were great
ly disappointed, but the programme
previously arranged was carried out to
the letter, and the exercises attracted
crowds of people. The Empress and
Prince Henry of Prussia, who repre-
sented the Emperor. his brother, were
received with every manifestation of
enthusiasm.
Although an attack of catarrh was
given as the reason for the Emperor'S
abandoning his proposed trip to the
Lower Rhine, there is no doubt that
political affairs were the chief cause of
his remaining behind, but the story now
| i'll circulation that a crisis in the
| Chancellorship is impending is mere
resurgence of a favorite theme of late,
when current politics become a little
dull
The North German Gazette" in its
issue of yesterday made the announce
rlent that the Car had notified EN-
peror William that he and the Czarina
would visit Breslau about the 9th of
| September upon the occasion of the
| SiliSian military maneuvers The proX-
| unity of this event alone discounts the
idea that Prince Hohenlohe will resign
within the next few weeks, if indeed he
does so for many months to come.
| The usual stock of stories are in cir
culation in connection with the Empe-
ror's recent tour of the Northern Seas,
| chief among them being an account of
his majesty's democratic demeanor. 1t
| is related that he completely discarded
| his accustomed court stiffness, and made
himself particularly agreeable to high
| and low alike.
| One of the Emperor'S guests on the trip
tells the following story: "The Kaiser,
| upon becoming aware that some of the
| officers of the Hohenzollern were in the
habit of riding bicycles upon the prom
| enade deck of the Imperial yacht, went
personally to the officers and asked
| them why they had not invited him to
| take part in their sport. The officers,
| with a great deal of trepidatiOn, ad-
mitted that they had ridden their BIZ
cycles in disobedience of the orders of
Captain Brussatt, Commander of the
| Hohenzollern, whereupon the Kaiser
| summoned Captain Brussatt and COM
PEELED him to mount a bicycle, his maj
esty holding the machine steady while
| the unhappy Captain and the group sur
rounding him were photographed, amid
| the ill-concealed filters of the officers.
A Viennese sign painter, named
Moritz Back, recently arrived in Ber-
lin and obtained work at his trade. He
complied with all of the requirements of
the law relating to new comers. inform
| ing the police of his birthplace, occupa-
| ton, etc, but was very roughly given to
understand by the police that he was
not wanted in Berlin; that there were
already too many Worknen in Prussia,
and that he ought to have remained in
Austria. He failed to heed the warning
given to him by the police, and the lat
| ter in the meantime communicated with
the police in Vienna, endeavoring to find
some excuse for driving him out of Ger
many. Among the inquiries made was
| whether Back had ever been convicted
of any offense in Australia. The Vienna
police looked up Backs record, and
found that he had been convicted of the
heineous offense of calling his employer
| an loI W UiCH Ile NciS Cpill-
PEELED to pay fine. The police. upon
receiving this information, ordered
Back to leave Prussia within ten days.
The "Vorwaerts," the leading organ Of
the Socialists, in an article commenting
upon Backs case, expresses the opinion
that this is test case upon which it is
designed to base wholesale expulsions
of foreign workmen from Prussia.
| The International Psychologist Con-
gress at Munich has been well attended.
Professor Baldwin, of Princeton College,
was among the speakers, and in his ad
dress dwelt upon the Importance of the
German universities to American stu
dents. The congress invited Prince
| Ludwig, of Bavaria, and other royal
lists to witness q new experiment with
the Roentgen rays upon the body of
man. The body was submitted to the
action of the rays through an apparatus
of special design, which enabled the
spectators to clearly observe the action
of the diaphragm, heart and stomach.
The experiment was entirely successful.
In connection with the recent pool
ing of the petroleum business of the
Hamburg firm of John e. Company with
that of Philip Potts of Mannheim and
the firms of Bremen, a Hamburg paper
now makes the announcement that all
the dealings of the pool have been trans
acted with the Standard Oil Company
since May 9th, and that the unitication
of the petroleum trade of the world is
ar accomplished fact.
The Socialist "Vorwaerts'' stigma
tizes Henry Georges action in entering
the Presidential campaign in the United
States as an advocate of Bryan as prob
ably the last phase of his downward ca
reer. The paper adds that Mr.. Georges
action will probably have very little po-
litical influence, his few remaining fol-
lowers having long ago joined the ranks
of the Populists.
Hon. Wayne Mac Weigh, United States
ambassador to Italy, is in Berlin, en-
route from st. Petersburg for Rome.
In connection with the policy Of Ger
man colonial expansion, it is worthy
of notice that the Prussian rescript Gf
1850 forbidding the promotion of enii-
grafton to the three southern provinces
of Brazil has just been Withdrawn. j.
is expected that the German settlements
founded in those provinces prior to 1879
will now be developed and extended.
Arrangements have been made for {,
special steamship service between Ham
burg and Brazil.
The German fleet is assembling at
; Wilhelmshaveh to-day, and the naval
maneuvers will begin tomorrow, Au-
gust 10th, with the inspection of the
vessels. After the inspection the ships
will be put through various tactics in
the North Sea until August 14th, when
the fleet will pass through the North Sea
Baltic Canal, with the object of testing
the stragetic value of that waterway.