The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-22
herman Socialists Honor the
Martyrs Of the Revolution.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT A GIG NAVY
fopular Subscription for the New
Warships Falls Very Flat.
me Rsichstag Desiree to ray the Ma
tionai Debt, but the Bundesrath
Does Not-Investisation OF Cruel
DR.. Pcters-The Press Boycotts the
heichssag Jubilee banquet.

Berlin. March sf-Ffve thousand Scc,sI-
Ss. anarchists and uitra-Radicals ceie-
osAted the Berlin revelation of isss ana the
u commune on Wednesday last. The
ss. s.sses OF the so-called martyrs OF Isss were
s1ieed, and thousands Of decorated wreaths
and scarlet ribbons some OF them hearing
police. ~ '"o
me Norwaerts. the organ OF the Social
~ issued special number. which ives
Sn1susiN aggressive, and II was confis-
Sssso ny the police. who seized q special
sutton issued upon the same occasion BY the
esarn.st organ. the Socialist
Inc nrst popular collection toward an In
ssrease IN the strength Of the German navy
= ~ started by the Deutscher verbsnd on
c.noay. and II turned out to be signal
tsliure throughout Germany. showing that
the nation does not favor the scheme.
The Socialist labor associations Of Ger
many are going to hold a congress in Bcr-
tn on May 4. with the view OF forming a
csntrai body to regulate systematic assist
ance Of the unemployed.
instructions have been issued 10 exam
me witnesses In East Africa in connection
Wlth the charges brought against DIR. Pet
~. who is said TO have made damaging
verbal remarks at Moshi and Zanzibar soon
s!ter the two executions OF lss2 One OF
- @~SS<~otSSs WHO Is HpW III heflI0. mas
1ade deposition to the chief OF the CO.
sonial ONCE. DR.. Kaiser.
conflict between the bundesrath. tho
reichstae, Count Posadowski. secretary of
tne imperial treasury and Dr. MIGUEL, Prns-
oan minister Of finance has arisen out OF
me motion OF DR.. Lieher. the Clerical party
leader. to set aside half of the imperial
surplus for 1Se6-ss In order to pay on that
1ancn OF the national debt, which has risen
rum nothing in 1876 to two miii.ards ts,ooo,-
sM markx}. Count PosadowskI ap-
proved the proposition. thinking the oppor-
vunfy favorable, as the imperial budget
nov shows a steady surplus Of 2s,0oo 400
marks. But the bundesrath opposed thu
matter. because the surplus now goes to
the treAsuries OF the different states, and
~. MIGUEL opposes II because he Is jealous
m Count Posadowski's growing influence
a dnances and the reichstag, and he also
brought the emperor to his views. The
rqchsthx. however. adopted DIR. Lieber's
nedon today by large majority. and 1t
= ho1ght there may be trouble ahead.
Emperor William yesterday iined with
~ o0cers of the cuirassiers OF the guard,
[ald toward midnight began talking with
~ hondmaster about his local marches.
Lafer hls majesty took the baton from the
= &bee'a hand ana conducttf the
ltohenffiedherger March," by Frederick
~ Great. At its conclusion the emperor
mld: 1T ID grand like that will have II
Hng that throughout my army"
The reichstag jubilee banquet tonight II
almost wholly ignored by the ieaflng
German newspapers, owing to the fact thar
tAey have been snubbed and slghted by the
o4ciais. No one OF the few editors and
corrDpondents invited to attend has ac-
cepted, ard the Berlin Press Club has
Gnmed reS0l1itione expressing It's ind.gna-
don 1t the manner In which the press has
1eGn treated Beside the present members
of the reichstax, 1so former~ members OF
that body. including Il Of the original
nembers, win attend the banquet. There
+ viii be only two toasts, The Emperor"
aad Prince Bismarck"
The huge Bismarck monument. the cost
E0f which was betrayed by public subscrip-
4ion. b besng erected on the shore Of
0earbeinger lake. Bavaria
+ Emperor William on Wednesday last p,ir-
chased three handsome wrought iron
mkee which formed the portals of the
0usnaan section Of the Worlds fair. The
prsce paid was eoooo smarks.
|. There has been large increase in the
number Of cases OF Influenza and pneu-
nonfa In Berlin lately. and there have
TN flfty-three deaths from influenza dur
NJ the past week.
The new United States ambassador 70
Germany, Edwin r, Gfhl. will arrive here
II an fnconvenient time. as the emperor
vfl be abeerYt until May. and MFR. Uhi
Tins cannot be presented TO him Conse-
o1sentiy, until the e-fperor's return 70 Ber-
Il the United States charge d'sffaires. J.
n Jackson. xtli continue TO represent the
United States In the eyes OF the Gefmsd
government.
The agrarian debate In the Prissiafi diet
~ Wednesday was yenosncaIsly direcied
ssnsnst America. and one OF the Conservn-
{ fiveu INQUIRED what steps the government
Intended to take IN order 10 exclude Amer
sren injected meat and cattle Herr Men
~. Conservative. declared that Diseased
I ,sffie were killed at Chicago. the sa1i-
farv conditions there being. he claimed,
defect!ve, and demanded that the import
n American cattle be absolutely promntea
~rd that q strict ARCHAEOLOGICAL depart
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