The record-union., 1896-07-26
In the Face Of the Present European
Crisis,
Although He is Supposed to Have In
formed the Emperor of His Desire
to Throw Up the Responsibilities
of the Office If General Won
Schellendorf's Demands for Reform
In the Procedure of the Military
Tribunals Are Not Granted.

BERLIN, July 25.-It is announced
that the Emperor, after passing the
first week of August with the Empress
and their children at the SchloSS at VII
helmshoe, will come to Berlin TO meet
and confer with Prince Hohenlohe, the
Imperial Chancellor, and General Bron-
sart Won Schellendorf, Minister of War.
1t is now known positively that his
majesty will not go to CoweS, as it was
expected he would do. The programme
is fixed for his appearance at various
public functions during the time inter
vening between now and the middle or
September, when, it is stated privately,
he will pay visit to Queen Victoria at
Balmoral, going direct from Kiel to
Aberdeen on board the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern. The relations of the EN-
peror with Prince Hohenlohe and Gen
eral Bronsart Won Schellendorf occupy
the first position in the attention of the
high officials of the Government
The retirement of Prince Hohenlohe
from office in the face of a grave Euro
pean crisis is regarded by every one as
being extremely impro bable, apart from
the fact that the Emperor has entrusted
the Chancellor with the task of conduct
ing negotiations of most serious char
acter with Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria and Count GOluchowSki, the
Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs,
and the additional fact that Prince Lo-
banoff- RoStovsky, the Russian Minister
OF Foreign Affairs, is still aiming at the
maintenance of the integrity of the
Turkish empire. Still, it is undoubtedly
ff.l1a arf oh
lendorf has offered his resignation to
the Emperor, and it is equally certain
the Prince Hohenlohe has informed the
Kaiser of his desire to retire from office
If General Schellendorf's demands for
reform in the procedure of the military
tribunals are not granted.
1t is understood that the Emperor will
request General Schelendorf to retain
Office until the close of the autumn mil
itary maneuvers, when a definite decis-
ion in regard to the reforms proposed
by the Minister of War will be reached.
In high military circles it is the general
belief that this means the eventual de-
feat of the cabal in the military cabinet
of the Emperor, headed by General Won
Hahnke, head of that body, and the EN-
peror.s retention of the present Ministry
without change.
The newest feature of international
politics is the attempt of the former
Court Chaplain, DR.. Stoecker, and his
followers to found a party to be called
religious socialists as distinct from the
Christian socialists. Orthodox Christ
ianS with anti-semitic views, and rec
from revolutionary bias, will, according
to manifesto published in the X reuse
Zeitung," be the neucleus of the party,
the first principle of which will be con-
servation of religious faith through
which alone the renovation of society is
possible. DR.. Stoecker, by thus separat-
ing himself and his followers from the
unorthodox Christian socialists, has led
Pastors Neulann and Gohre to obtain
a reappointment with the Conservative
party.
For some time past the old army
order which prohibits non commits
stoned officers and privates from taking
any part whatever in socialist gather
ings has been rather loosely enforced,
and it had become very common to see
soldiers of these grades in attendance
at the festive meetings of socialists
under the red flag. Several soldiers
were recently arrested for this offense,
and this has finally awakened the war
ministry which has produced a special
edict declaring that non commissioned
officers and privates must not be seen
at socialist meetings nor will they be
allowed to attend any kind of festivi-
ties without first obtaining special per-
mission. The order does not stop here,
but declares that soldiers are liable to
be severely punished for carrying So
cialist newspapers or other literature
into their barracks.