The record-union., 1896-08-17

This regiment, together with the Sec
ond Regiment of Dragon Guards, of
which her majesty, the Czarina, is
chief, has been ordered to Breslau ex-
pressly for the occasion. In addition
to these troops, $4,000 veterans will
form a double line, through which the
Car and Czarina and their suites will
pass upon leaving the station. The two
days Of the visit of the Russian En-
peror and Empress to Breslau will be
largely taken up by military reviews
and parades, in the course OF which the
Gar and Czarina will lead their re-
spective regiments past the Kaiser.
A gala performance will be given in
the theater in honor of the visitors on
the evening of September 10th. Among
the perSonageS of note who are expect
ed to assemble at Breslau to take part
in the honors to the Russian Emperor
and Empress are the King or Saxony,
Prince Albrecht, Regent of Brunswick;
Prince Heinrich, the Count of Turin,
nephew of King Humbert of Italy;
Prince Albert of Belgium, represent
ativeS of the courts of Bavaria and
military attache to the United States
Embassy; attaches to other foreign
embassies and legations in Berlin, the
Earl of Lonsdale and Lord Charles
BereSford.
On the morning of September 7th all
of the imperial guests will go to Cor
litz, where there will be more military
parades and maneuvers. On the even
ing of September 7th the Car and
Czarina, with their suites, will take
their departure for Copenhagen, un
less in the meantime it shall be decided
that the Russian imperials visit Berlin
A suggestion that the Emperors meet
at Breslau has been quite seriously dis
cussed but it is not probable that such
a meeting will take place.
Arrangements are in progress for a
sporting week in Berlin from Septem-
Der 10Th to September 9th, on the lines
of the annual sporting week in Dres-
den. The Emperor has been asked to
become patron of the sports. The pro-
gramme as at present contemplated
will include a water corSO, a sailing re-
gatta and fiat and steeplechase races
at Corlhorst, and a battle of flowers,
bicycling, athletic sports and shooting
contests at other places.
The health of Prince Bismarck, ac-
cording to the Hamburger Mach
| richten," is now very good indeed. The
ex-Chancellor has resumed his former
long walks, and is even meditating a
| resumption of his practice of horse
| back riding.
Military circles are greatly interested
in the whereabouts Of Lieutenant All
med Ilhami Bey, one of the Turkish
officers who was sent to Germany at
the expense of the Porte to learn the
methods Of the German military syS-
tenn, who has disappeared. The Otto
man Lieutenant got into trouble with
his landlady, whose husband brought
suit against him in the courts. The
Turkish officers declarations In court
seem to have involved him in charge
OF perjury, and fearing the result he
fled from Berlin. A warrant has been
issued for his arrest upon the charge
of desertion from the German army.
Henry Daley of New York, who was
commissioned by the Congress of the
United States to inquire into the Ger
man system of using free alcohol in
manufactures, has completed his inves-
legations and expresses himself as ex-
tremely gratified at the assistance he
received from the various German Off
Gals with whom he came into contact.
The conclusion arrived at by Mr.. Dali
ley as the result of his observation is
that it will be possible to promote the
use of free spirits in manufacturing in
the United States without defrauding
the revenues and at the same time
avoiding the existing high taxes i'm
posed upon manufacturers. He finds
that those who claimed that the use of
free spirits in German manufactures
was impossible, were greatly mistaken.
Whatever semi official statements
may be made upon the subject, it will
be a very difficult matter to persuade
the public that the retirement of Cen
eral Bronsart Won Schellendorf from
the Ministry of War is not connected
with the differences which have arisen
between him and General Won Hahnke,
the chief of the Emperor's Military
Cabinet, over the proposed changes in
the military code of procedure, which
have already been explained in these
dispatches.
If the statement made yesterday that
General Schellendorf's resignation is
not due to the army reform question be
generally accepted as true, it will not
make particle of difference, so far as
the better informed circles are con-
cerned. The Won Hahnke Military
Cabinet embody the entire opposition
to the War Ministry and still control
the Kaiser's action, consequently Won
Hahnke's views are likely to prevail
The departure of General Schellendorf
from the Ministry strengthens the ex-
pectation that Prince Hohenlohe's
withdrawal from the Chancellorship
viii not be long delayed after the Car
has concluded his visit to Germany, as
Prince Hohenlohe, equally with Gen
eral Schellendorf, is pledged to the
Iteichstag in behalf OF the reform of
the military courts
1t may be, however, that the reforms
win be temporarily shelved should an
Eastern crisis develop, Prince Hohen-
lohe retaining his post until the inter-
national situation clears up. 1t was
the Eastern complications that caused
Prince Hohenlohe to go to Wilhelmshoe
to see the Kaiser, and upon his return
here he called the members of the Cab
met to Berlin. Herr Thelen Minister
of Public Works, was the only member
Of the Ministry in Berlin, the others be-
ing absent on their vacations, but Dr.
Won Boetticher, Vice-President of the
Council of Ministers. and Freiherr Mar
schal Won Bieberstein, Minister of For
eign Affairs, were Immediately sum-
moned to take part in a conference of
Ministers. These members of the Cab
met will remain in Berlin for the pres
ent, while Prince Hohenlohe, pending
the arrival of the CZar, has gone to
Werki Russia with his wife and