The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-07
TOO many SPHERES
HIS MAJESTY'S MEDDLING SHARP
LY CRITICISED BY A GER
MAN EX-JUDGE.
WEEK GIVEN TO HUNTING.
EMPEROR WILLIAM THE GUEST OF
HIS FAVORITE, COUNT Won
GUTENBERG.
WILL BE SATISFACTORILY SOLVED
Secretary of the Imperial Treasury
Sanguine Regarding Pending
Tariff Problems.

BERLIN, Nov. 6.-Emperor William
of Germany spent the fore part OF the
week at Liebenberg, the estate of the
FulenbergS, where he was splend1dly
entertained by Count Philip Won Eulen-
berg, who has for a long time past
been q great faVOrite of his majesty.
On Monday, after their return from the
hunt there was a banquet, during
which an invisible choir Of youthful
voices sang, one after the other, the
songs composed by the emperor, with
a text written by his host. A string
orchestra of picked performers, espe-
cialIy sent from Berlin, furnished the
accompaniment. The emperor was in
great spirits and proposed a toast in
imprOmptu verse.
The emperor and empress on Wednes-
day attended the annual st. Hubertus
hunt in the Grunewald. During the
afternoon a big wild boar, after hav
ing been hunted for over an hour and
having swan through the lake in the
forest, was approached by a group of
riders, among whom were their ma
Jesties. The animal, having spent It's
strength, clumsily rolled about the
ground and finally rolled under the
hoofs of the emperors horse, which
thereupon bolted. His majesty, how
ever, finally stopped his steed, dis
mounted and speared the boar.
A church which will be dedicated on
Monday at Wilmersdorf, a suburb of
this city, has been built after the plans
of the royal architect, considerably
modified by the emperor. In fact, the
architect admits that the early plan
submitted to his majesty is largely
changed.
Emperor William is devoting much Of
his time to the study of Russian. The
letter which he wrote to the car dur
ing the latter's stay at Darmstadt was
in excellent Russian.
A book, written by a former judge of
the imperial court here, Otto Mittel-
staedt, has appeared under the title of
Before the Flood and has created a
sensation. 1t criticises in detail the po-
litical development of Germany under
the present emperor and uses vigorous
plain language in condemning his
majesty's meddling in every sphere of
the government. 1t also blames the
ministers and the higher classes for
their reactionary views and lack of
constitutional moderation. The book
has started a storm of press criticism,
commendatory and adverse.
The decoration of the German sec
ton Of the Paris exposition will be de-
termined upon after a national compe-
tition, in which all the decorative art
lists of Germany have been invited to
compete.
PRESS AIUZZLED.
The editor of the Breslau Volks-
Wacht, who commented upon the fire.
quency of railroad accidents in Ger
many, has been indicted for Insult
ing Herr Thielan, the minister of
public works.
Baron Won Thielmann, secretary of
the imperial treasury, has returned
home after a trip during which he
visited the various courts of South
Germany and Saxony. In CONVERSE
ton with the correspondent here of the
Associated Press, he said there were
no important new financial plans under
consideration, and expressed conf
dence that the pending tariff questions
with the United States will be salts
factOTily solved There could not be
any QOuDI Oh Judl, ne duuSu, IL the
same conciliatory disposition existed
a. W ashington as exists upon the part
of Germany"
A meeting was to have been held
here on Friday next, to express SYM
pathy with the German minority in
the Austrian parliament. The plan
contemplated addresses by Austrian
delegates who were known to hold eX-
tremely radical views. Fearing that
speeches by these might give offense
to the Austrian government, the police
issued an order today prohibiting them
from addressing the meeting. In con-
sequence of this action, the projected
meeting has been abandoned.
According to statements made by
the United States consuls in Germany,
the German bicycle manufacturers
will now begin to import parts of
American bicycles and use them in
the construction of their own wheels.
The Magdeburg Zeitung, the leading
organ of the German manufacturers,
complains bitterly of the unjust
treatment of the United States in i'm
posing import duties on German
sugar" 1t claims German sugar is
differentiated against in favor of
French, Belgian and Dutch sugars
which countries, the paper mentioned