The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25
WITH MUCH CEREMONY
HOW THE KAISER AND HIS WIFE
WILL BE RECEIVED BY RUSSIANS.
Preparations for Their visit to st.
Petersburg-HeIigOIa Now
German Gretna Green.


OF Muscovite ceremony. The programme is
now definitely arranged. They will arrive
on Aug. I at Cronstadt roads where the
| Emperor Nicholas and the Empress will
meet them on board the Russian imperial
| yacht Alexander. A splendid reception will
| be accorded them at the landing stage.
They will proceed to the new Peterhof
| Palace and will visit with the Car and
Czarlna In the evening a state banquet
VIII be given in their honor, and on the
morning of the Sth they will proceed to st.
Petersburg on board the imperial yacht,
land at the Nicholas quay and visit the
CHURCH of St. Peter and ST. Paul, after
which they will be present at the ceremony
Of defeating the new wing of the German
Alexander Hospital Following this func-
ton they will hold a reception at the Ger
man embassy and receive Populations of
Germans residing in Russia. After lunch
ing with Prince Won Radolin, the German
ambassador their Majesties will visit the
| WINTER Palace, where they will hold recep-
ton for the diplomatic corps In the course
OF the evening, with the Gar and Czarina,
they will make a tour of the Krasnee Sale,
and their Majesties will take luncheon in
the camp. In the evening gala perform
ance will be given on Olga ISLAND. During
the evening of the 10th the new Peterhof
Park will be Illuminated brilliantly and
their Russian and German Majesties will
take tea together at the Summer Palace of
Peter the Great. On the 18th the imperial
visitors will start homeward the Russian
Emperor and Empress accompanying them
to the place of embarkation
Heligoland has become d kind of Gretna
Green since it was ceded 10 Germany and
couples can now be married there between
the arrival and departure or the Cuxhaven
steamer. The formalities observed are of
the simplest character, and it is said that
the officiating clergyman, Dr. Schroeder, has
| become so expert that he conclude
ceremony in five seconds. BY some means
he has obtained monopoly in these mar
| rlageS and now boasts a total of 1913. He
refuses to deal with widows, wtdowers or
| divorced persons II he discovers their true
character in time.
A very interesting letter written by the
celebrated Prussian premier, Baron Stein,
to the poet Goethe, when the latter was
minister at the court of the Grand Duke
of Saxe-Weimar, has just been published.
1t is dated Frankfort, Dec. r. 1875 and has
historical value, as applying to the present
political situation. Baron Stein says:
Freedom of the press is an inestmable
blessing, but it has brought very little to
light in Weimar that is estimable; and
| Oxen, Wieland, Fries and the rest are not
fitted to be the teachers of nation. The
| prime cause of fermentation in Germany is
! certainly to be traced to the conduct of our
| princes and governments They are the
| real JacObites. They allow affairs to con-
! tinue in the Illegal condition in which we
| have lived since 1904, and they provoke and
| encourage discomfort and irritation. They
hinder the development and progress of
! human intelligence and character and pre-
| pare the way for universal upheavel of
anarchy We can count, however, on the
| good sense of our nobility and peasants.
May our sans culotte writer's and organic
| ing burghers not succeed in trampling the
first in the mud and dissolving the second
by system of patents, and lastly by di-
visions among the land owners, and in re-
| ducing everything to a great crew of empty
authors. agitating demagOgues and up
| day labOrers"
The courts will soon have to decide
whether the expression used by the En-
peror William after the rejection of the
naval bill, when he designated his oppO-
nents as fellows without a fatherland"
| (vaterland slosse gesellen) constitutes
insult. Recently in a dispute between
naval enthusiast and a. member of the DO
lice society, the former applied the phrase
to the latter who promptly lodged the COM
plant at law.
The Emperor's incessant interference in
politics is weakening the government ranks
while the ranks of the malcontents and
Socialists are swelling day by day Promi-
| nent men In ecclesiastical ana university
circles are openly expressing their sympa-
thy with the imprisoned Socialists. 1t is
pointed out that the otfense Iese- majesty is
of most daily occurrence, and that If all
were to be prosecuted who express diScon-
tent with the acts of the Emperor and the
government it would be necessary to turn
all the barracks into prisons in order to
find room for them
A curious lawsuit has been commenced by
King Leopold of Belgium against the Ham
| tooH he'd
offensive statements concerning his Maj
esty. The editor has declared that he will
prove the correctness of the statements,
and has asked that certain members of the
royal suite should be subpenaed and eX-
amned before the Belgian court. The Bel
! gian Department of Justice has refused to
comply with the request on the ground that
the constitution guarantees the inviolability
of the King whose acts may not be sub
jected to inquiry. The outcome is awaited
with much curiosity
The Emperor will make Hamburg his
headquarters during the military ma
neuvers early in September. Among the
specially invited guests to witness them are
King Humbert and Queen Marguerite of
Italy, the Kings of SaXony and Wurtem-
burg, the Grand Dukes of Baden, SaXony
and Hesse, and Grumbkof Pasha. The
presence of the Italian sovereigns will be
calculated to dispense many fantastic ru-
mors now in circulation on the other
side of the Vosges.
The reply of the government TO the de-
mand of the Agrarians for a decree tenn
porarly excluding foreign grain has been
received with general satisfaction, although
it is considered too graciously worded.
Barely has any proposal been so universally
condemned. Not single journal gave it's
support except the organ of the Agrarian
League; and the only outcome of the pc
tition of the Farmers Alliance has been to
widen the breach between the Agrarians
and the Conservatives as the only eXpla-
nation of the attempt is that it must have
been intended to emDarrass the government.
The Emperor has made a donation of
10000 marks for the sufferers from the
hailstorm in the Reichstand.
The statement is again made that the
castle of Prince Hohenlohe, at Poberbrad,
is being prepared for his retirement from
| office in the autumn, which is now con-
sidered certain.
Much attention has been attracted by a
remarkable article in Preussische Jahr-
bucher, advocating the return of Metz to
France. The writer argues that the annex
alton of Luxembourg is impossible without
the consent of France, but that Germany
might return Metz in exchange for Luxem-
burg He SAYS that Prince Bismarck OPP
posed the annexation of Metz in 1871, but
that Count Won MOtke insisted upon IT for
military reasons. The article concludes
The position of Germans in Metz IS con-
slant menance to France, who Will never
forget their thirst for revenge as long as