The record-union., 1896-03-23
WHOLE NO. 1884.
before it could be admitted into

tors before it could be admitted into
the country
In regard to American oleomargarine.
ne declared that control of the inspec-
tion of that product by Americans was
inadequate, Americans not having ex-
ercised proper sanitary precautions.
Freiherr Van -Loxten,
Minister of Agriculture, replied that it
was impossible to inclose Prussia with
IN zine wall. He said that the exist
ing precautions were sufficient, and
thought that the agrarians could make
capital enough out OF the alleged cases
of Texas fever in German cattle, said
to be traceable to the Importation of
American cattle.
The "Freisinnig Zeitung" says that
the intention of the member whose in
terpolation precipitated the debate was
merely to ask the Minister of Agricult-
ure for an official report upon American
meats.
The debate closed before the question
became opportune, and the matter will
be brought up again, as there is reason
to believe that the allegations made
against the American products are
mere fiction
The Kaiser was present last week ct
a conference of art experts and Minis
ters, who had been summoned to in
spect a site and plans for monuments
for the rulers of Prussia. which are in
tended to be erected in the Sieges Alice
of the Thiergarten The Kaiser criti-
cisd the designs freely, and urged the
artists intrusted with the modelling of
no CT fo vic
ance of rig which could possibly arouse
ridicule. He said: do not give them
a chance to joke over your work" The
artists who were present were Of the
opinion that the Kaiser was very diff
cult to satisfy.
Emin Pasha's daughter has won her
case against the claims to the explor-
er's estate made by his wife.
The annual banquet of the Reich
stag, which took place in the cupola
hall of the Reichstag last evening, is
derided by a large number of Berlin
and provincial newspapers, because
their editors did not receive invitations.
The National Zeitung" says: 1.-The
present Reichstag has been a great dis
appointment to Germany, and has
proved itself impotent. 1t has held sew
enty sessions, and not one-third of
them have held a quorum present. The
body has lost all respect in the eyes of
the nation"
The surviving officers and men who
formed in 1870 the Emperor's Crosse
Haupt QUARTER held a banquet to-day.
Herrs Zetche, Hitler and Tschmert
have been convicted of stealing and
furnishing to the socialist organ, the
''Vorwaerts," a copy of the Emperor's
edict granting amnesty to certain po-
litical prisoners on the occasion of the
celebration of the twenty-fifth ami
versary of the foundation of the en-
pire on January Sth. Zetche and Hitler
were sentenced to three months inn
prisonment and Tschmert to one month.
The Emperor, in consequence OF his
annoyance in the discovery of his in
tention to visit Rome incog, has aban-
doned the idea.
The German competitors in the Olym-
plan games at Athens will leave Tor
that city on March 26th They COM
prise the champion eleven gymnasts of
Berlin, two sl1iff -sculling champions,
four runners and six champion bicycle
riders.
Mrs. Evans, wife of Captain r. K.
Evans, military attache to the United
States Embassy, will receive the mem
bers of the American colony in Berlin
on Tuesday.