The record-union., 1896-09-21

| subject says: "The English newspapers
| have made a tremendous commotion
over the affair, their articles being OBJ
viously aimed at operating upon the
sensibilities of the Gar"
| The "Vossische Zeitung," however, ex-
presses belief that there really is, or
| was, a Fenian-anarchist conspiracy,
though the paper is not aware how
| widely divergent Fenianism and an
archism are.
The "Vorwaerts," the organ of the
| socialists, views the matter naturally
| as a police plot and assails Chief In
! spector Melville Of the Scotland Yard
police as the foster father of the Berlin
anarchists
| The Neuveste Nachrichten" and many
other newspapers express hope that at
| last England will rouse herself to en-
| ergetic action against the anarchist
| peStilence which nurses at her bosom
and join the continental governments
| in the adoption of measures for it's
| total extinction.
The first international WOman'S Con-
gress was opened here Saturday in the
great hall of the Berlin city buildings.
and it's sessions will last a week. Six
| hundred women delegates are present,
| and the women are in attendance as
representatives of the women of Buda
Pesth. The proceedings yesterday were
restricted to mere formalities and to-
day was devoted to reception of the
| delegates. The matters of international
interest to be discussed are the women's
rights question, upon which F. C.
French Of Washington and Mrs. Wright
Sewall of Indianapolis will speak
among others. The following days will
be devoted to the discussion of ques-
tions affecting the protection of chill
dren, early education in female schools,
employment of women and kindred
subjects.
In the discussion upon the subject of
working wcmen's clubs Mrs. Thomas
Krkbridge of Philadelphia and Mrs.
Ormiston Chant of London will speak,
and these ladies, with others, will ad-
dress the congress on the fight of wom-
en- against alcohol and on women's
rights. 1t is quite plain that the con-
gress will have a big field to traverse.
| The Socialist Executive Committees
| have placed upon the Agenda book Of
| the congress demands for woman Suf-
| frage and legal rights for women with
men. Considerable opposition is expect
| ed in the congress to the question of
women's rights on the part of certain
| delegates
/ The "Kreuse Zeitung" announces that
the Conservatives of Germany are be-
ginning to share the Indignation of the
| people of England at the Sultan's inhu-
man Government, but do not favor the
| English demand for the deposition of
the Sultan. The best scheme to be fol-
| lowed, the paper thinks, would be the
formation of a European commission to
control the Sultan and his Ministers by
| making the appointments Of the latter
as well as Territorial Governors sub
| ject to the approval of ambassadors.
The Car and Czarina are timed to ar
| rive at Darmstadt on October 10th. The
| Kaiser will not go to Darmstadt to meet
| them.
| The rupture between the editors Of the
| 'Norwaerts" and Herr Liebnicht, the
| Socialist leader in the Reichstag, con-
tinues. Herr Fischer. one Of the partic-
| ipants in the quarrel, urges a halt, rep
resenting that the display of the Social
ist dirty linen in public would only be
| to play into the hands of the enemy,
and promises private settlement Of the
differences between Herr Liebnicht and
| The Socialists have gained five seats
in the Prussian Landtag in the recent
| elections.
Baron Won Ketteler, First Secretary
of the German Embassy in Washington,
| has sailed for New York on board the
steamship Normannia.
The ex-Empress Frederick, who is
now at Friedrichsroff in the Talnas
| Hills will start for Balmoral to visit her
mother, the Queen, after the departure
| Of the Car and CZarina.
| Liberecht Won Kotze, the Court
| Cham berlain and Master of Ceremo-
nies, who is still a prisoner In the fort
ress at Glatz, where he is confined for
| participating in the duel which result
ed in the death Of Baron Won Schrader,
! has resigned his office of Master of Ger
emonies, but the Emperor has permit
ted him to retain his office of Court
Chamberlain and also to hold his mill
tary position Of Captain in the reserve
cavalry.