New-York tribune., 1897-01-25
rHEIRON HANDIN GERMANY
OPPRESSIVE MEASURES FAVORED BY
THE KAISER.
..,rxn.>G LAWS AGAINST SOCIALISM SOCIAL
AID POLITICAL TOPICS or THE WEEK IN
~HE EMPIRE.

,xp POLITICAL. TOPICS or THE WEEK IN
-HE EMPIRE
u.r,n Jan @-The Emperor's alluson at a recent
-. dinner 10 the reported existence OF a camarla
~ court cabal. and his statement that he knew
,.hins Of any such clique has been alleged 10
-. 40 moi alter the fact that besides his Majestys
huc Ministerial Council he has his all potent pri-
i..,, advisers The Influence OF General Won Hahnke
.ossrs now in the ascendant with the Kaiser who
-. on several recent occasions dined his chief OF
-. Military Cabinet alone distinguishing mark
!, ,nperial favor a=d confidence. General Won
,,hrke's ascendsncy implies much. /. tho
tive prosecution Of the plans for increased arma-
~.n.s ani In the sphere o. internal politics 0or
,,,hnke no professional soldier. 1t also means
,.trrnso policy OF repression OF liberal Ideas and
,.,~c,ly q Socialism. 1t Is known that the Kaiser
h,s f,r some time past regretted the line he TOOK in
SEQ I'm cndcaVoring reconcile the Radical working
.e, He hnds tha; they will not be placa;ed on any
..,o. but their own. and that H. efforts al recon-
citation have been taken "a proof Of weakness on
81 mart In gong back policy O. restriction
ofuhch me TINS h.ll in ;he Reichstag was an IN
o. the Kaiser will have the heartest support
,em Inc nahnke circle. There is good reason for
.xn..t.ur Government measure IN the iahdtas'
poi',us ts viii supply the Prussian authorities
rifh ample means 70 counieract the sun eroNMihs
se.iai.s propaganda The law touching pontioa, pics
rights OF meeting and press Srl,Gsm ms
Of public or affairs h to be amendsd, ann ns ins
s.,sre repression eSorted to- as IN the worst peroa
a. the Bismarck regime.
q, Wednesday last Ambassador uhl and his
ree Mss Alice rhl. Mrs. Guy Thompson
49,, I-h1 J H. Jackson. first secretary OF
-, lnrcd States Embassy. and Mrs JACK
IN "A e.; Squicrs second secretary OF the EMBASSY,
al Mrs Squiers: Lieutenant Nib!ack Naval a''"e"e
- -, American Embassy. and Miss hut'e' a''e"u'u
.-,rs court given ny the Emperor and Empress al
- govsi SrhlosS The Americans who were pre-
,.,3 Cd, their Maiesties included Mr. Jones il anu
fe NJ cincinnati Miss ullmann, OF Gran9 isaP..us P.u
Msn Who recently became the husband OF Miss
,r,v i'hl The ladies of the Amnassataoi trS sd,ers
- ro,,r dresses Of unusual spendoI MIs. ~. ,f
wo.e ,.ired in a white satin gown embroidered w,rn M
rod and silver arahcsques. her co, r,terine with
t,tdered with gold flowers. edch gh''ei'"e WV"
diamond dewdrops.
The Kaiser is understood 10 have consulted Mns'ei
,onel on the question OF the turkish "i,a'', -,
,,i,. =, the light Of the recent report OF Sl' Eu-
60 Vincent president OF the lTperla' "''o
INK The result has confirmed the h"SVi "a
os,s~nainaton to support the sultan III MS p'o'
/. ro,ncu Of Finance composed OF Turks ana Euf
,e,,s annoin,ed by the Sultan himself ana no. as
s,.,oa nv Lord Salisbury under European coh,io"
THO conclusion of the Vincent report that l"h'F
,,,n soon be financially sound and prosperous ~
even moderately good administration Is "o" ', 80.
official German conclusion. The Kaiser aPPoaio 90
- rely on the Sultan as being desirous 10 OBTAIN All
h,re.t and effective administration immediate de-
,e5pmens in the will tend TO disprove me gem
,ialiy accepted notion that German mteres' E III mtnor nor
1SsTscter Tpon this ali important and initial 9nes,,
Of nsnca reform The he svsn Wss wen GERMAN Is ppSy
airoiy passive regarding Armenia mas peet si'a!
Soriai conferences One result of this asreemen be-
tween the Kaiser and the sultan WIZ, VII ~ IN " now
Sod ,5s concessions for the leading Anatoian rail-
wsvs supply the officials that work them AN, ana get
ne ,e prSd gder secretary to the Turkish Finance Min
iry Berram Effendi who bSse, ressny lkeT to with
draw his resignation. Bertram was sent i,o 70 con tme
hgTn Trs@r1rkki ,be Tnrkish Customs Nomnay he SIN
russan official holding me he rais bas been told to re-
main at Consiantnope.
DR. Lcpsger of the "Kleine Journal has the
c.cd Of nstiiu;ing a novelty among Berlin insttu-
,ions in the form of Mart and Exchange for the
unemployed" The exchange has been opened IN me
,a.atial building Of the New YORK hIuiaPJ hI in bort
me more FOR the unemployed than the socialist aGi-
.1ssses asses in many years Clerks. warehousemen la,
aorers and governesses nousemdlus anu an 60 No ay
,5aroe The premises include reading-rooms. with
writing material; well-eaupped library ana se"-
,gsl hall.
The marriage of Miss Ledyard OF Detroit. to Baron
!crmann Ketteler. German Minister toMexico which
,s about TO take place at Washington is known mere
70 purely love match Tne attachinehp nas naH
faced and overcome many serious obstacles; baron
hette;er would have married Miss Ledyard seTeral
years ago when Chancellor Caprvi WAS his chef,
but Caprivi declined 10 sanction the match & regu,
q
y snarck prohibits the marriage OF members OF the
dpiomati staff TO aliens They can marry nut mar
;isce 10 an alien involves resignation or discharge
from me service. Bismarck who made the Ieguia-
lion for particular case could get over H. when ne
wanted TO- CalriVi. i'm his honest way. made no ex-
cepfions Prince Hohenlohe has not actually re-
.cnded the rule. but inieIprets it literally SO Baron
Eeiteler is at last enabled 10 marry.
Triiz Spahr. the American vicinist. who committed
suicide in the Deutscher Hotel in Berlin. last Mon
oay left a letter addressed TO Charles De Kay, the
United STATES Consul General here in which he said
nc wanted die having closed his account with
life Intimate friends in this city express their be-
lief that Spahr had lately been addicted TO the ex-
cessive use of morphine. which he took because of
extreme depression Of spirits.
Miss Augusta Cotlaw, OF Chicago, gave second
piano recital in Berlin last week accompanied by the
Berlin philharmonic Orchestra. the performance
was successful
CONT MUPATIEFF TO VISIT PARIS.