The herald., 1896-04-19
IN THE kA|SER'S REALMS
Austro.G .Germanic Friendship
Might Be Stronger
THE FATAL Won KOTZ DUEL
May Result Ia the Abolition Of the
DueIlO
The Diet Provides Punishment for the Be.
trayaI Of Trade Secrets -0erman
Troubles In Africa
Associated Press Special wire.

1896, by the Associated Press)-In we'll
informed circles there Is an impression
that the visit of Emperor William to
Vienna was not such success i'll
strengthening the friendship between
Austria and Germany as expected. it
is asserted that Emperor Francis JOS
eph and his cabinet are piqued at the
length of Emperor Williams stay in
Italy and the mutual affection displayed
there. The question of the future Ger
man support Of the Austrian Balkan
policy was repeatedly broached without
eliciting satisfactory German assur-
ances and a thorough understanding
on the subject between Count Badeni
and Prince Hohenlohe was not effected.
The Austrian minister of foreign az
fairs, Count Goluchowski, and all the
minor Austrian officials received Ger
man decorations, but Count Badeni, the
premier. did not Another question
left unadjusted is that of the British
German relations. The German press
has had an outburst of temper owing to
an article in the Morning Post of Lon
don, which is considered offensive to
Germany, and the government. it is said,
in spite of Austria's wishes, is determ-
ined to pursue a policy in South Africa
dictated by its own interests entirely
until Great Britain is brought to her
senses. Herr Horff, the German repre-
sentative, has received minute instruc-
in South Africa.
The immense sensation which result
ed from the pistol duel between Count
Won Kotz and Baron Won Schrader, re-
sulting in the death of the latter and
number of recent encounters, seems to
promise an early abolition of the duel in
Germany. In both the reichStag and
the Prussian diet. the matter will be
broached and a demand will be made
for new and stringent anti-duelling
laws. Herren Richter and Bebel and
other radicals will lead the debate in the
reichstag. Public opinion is overwhelm-
ingly in favor of the abolition of the
peror will shortly modify the preroga-
tives and duties of the military courts
of honor, giving them full powers to
peaceably adjust quarrels and &neren-
ces Of opinion, instead of-mesSY advis-
ing. SST
Oscar Kauffman's book mal2es public
some curious details regarding the pri-
vate life of the imperial family. 1t ar
pears that the empera~-eonIracts with
| his chief butler-ror meals. also, much a
head, An ordinary dinner costs less
on4faafive occasions the coSsle4sa dinner
| varies from IS to SO. Tie emperor
| usually has three meals daily--a meat
breakfast, a hot lunch and a six-eourse
dinner, the latter being always dispos-
eu OI uICeT all nOuT. OT ITe menu are
hook, Bordeaux and champagne daily
as table wines. and the cellars of the
schloss hold 1000 bottles of fine wines
and 1000 casks of other wines and
liquors.
The government bill to prevent unfair
competition in trade was considered by
the imperial diet on Friday. The bill
providing for the punishment of per-
sons revealing trade secrets, which the
government has divided into two cate
gories-first, those learned by workmen
in the ordinary course of service, and,
secondly, those for which employers
have exacted promises of secrecy. The
diet refused to pass the measure in this
shape, and adopted a modified form by
which a penalty is only applied to the
betrayal of business secrets during time
OF service and with intent to injure
their employers, or compete with them.
The diet also declined to accept the para
graph by which editors of newspapers
were to be held responsible for fraudu-
lent or deceptive advertisements, and
passed the clause exempting editors from
penalty unless 1t is proved that they
We're aware that the advertisements
were deceptive.
A government edict just published
greatly restricts the liberties of univer-
sity students. Hereafter they must OBJ
tain permission from both the police and
their rector before holding public or pri-
vate meetings.
During the week there were violent
hail and snow storms in the German
highlands, the mercury registering 90
degrees in the Hartz mountains, with
deep snow.
On Friday the carpenters at work on
the Berlin Industrial exhibition struck
for mark an hour and mark and
half for overtime.
Major Leutwin, the German governor
of Southwest Africa. reports that he
fears there will be rising of the Here
ros, who number 10000 and who are Civ
ing great deal of trouble. The German
forces only number 600 and are quite in
adequate to cope with them. If war
breaks out it will be the biggest colonial
trouble Germany has yet had.
The reichsta5 oleomargarine bill as
amended in committee renders the i'm
portation of American oleonlargarine
virtually impossible. There is little.
prospect of it's adoption.