The record-union., 1897-06-20

BERLIN. June 19.-In spite of semi
nficial denials, there is no doubt that a
new shutting of the Cabinet had been
decided upon by the Emperor. DR.. Won
Boetticher. the Vice-President of the
Council of Ministers and Imperial Sec
rotary of State for the Interior, the
Chancellor and Prince Hohen-
lohe's mouthpiece in the Reichstag and
Diet has intensely dissatisfied his ma
jesty by repeated recent failures to
vigorously represent the Government
during important debates.
Emperor William is especially in
censed at the failure of DR.. Won Boet-
ticher to reply to Herr Richter's terri
BILE arraignment of his majesty's policy
and acts in the Reichstag on May 18th.
DIR. MIGUEL, the Minister of Finance will
replace DR.. Won Boetticher with in
creased prerogatives and functions, not
only in the Prussian but in the Imper-
ial Cabinet, which will cause him to be
intrusted with the task of advocating
the imperial measures of the Govern
ment and especially the navy schemes,
associations, bills, etc, he being an ell
oquent speaker, which the Chancellor
is not.
9flnce dOnenlOn6 Will retain the
Chancellorship, although he is anxious
to retire to private life, but he has per-
mitted himself to be persuaded to stick
to his post until the autumn, or until
the pressing Government measures are
disposed of, DR.. Miguel taking most of
the burden Of the office upon himself.
DR.. Miquers sphere of duty will also be
enlarged by the creation of the office
of Chancellor of the Exchequer with
similar scope and influence to the Brit
ish Chancellor of the Exchequer. Baron
Marschal Won Bieberstein, the Minister
of Foreign Affairs, remains in office for
a while longer, or at least until a suit
able successor can be found. It is an
open secret that he has lost the favor,
and to some extent the confidence of
the Emperor. 1t is understood that the
post Of Minister for Foreign Affairs
has been offered to Count Won Eulen-
berg, the German ambassador to vi
emma and to Count Won Htzfeldt-Wil-
denburg, the German ambassador at
London, and that they have both de-
clined
The forcible dissolution of the tenn
porary produce exchanges of Berlin,
Stettin, Halle and other Prussian cities
by the police, under the pretext of their
being contrary to the bourse law, has
caused much dissatisfaction among the
spectators and has also created a
curious situation. No produce quota
tons are now published and no mark
ct prices of cereals are given out any
where. The Berlin produce exchange
has appealed to a higher court, and I'M
til definite decision is rendered things
will continue as at present. The farm
ers are much excited, as harvesting will
soon commence and they are perfectly
in the dark as to the prices to ask
Naval experts at Kiel are now testing
the practical uses of dragon shaped air
ships which may be put on board YES
sells for use during naval engagements
and in recommending. Some of the bal
looms rose 600 feet, remaining fast to
the deck of the torpedo boats steaming
fourteen knots an hour, enabling the
balloonists to make observations of sta
tions of vessels at great distances. The
observations made were communicated
by telegraph or telephone from the bal
looms to persons on the decks of the
vessels below, enabling them to change
the course of the latter accordingly
The whole series of experiments occu-
pied a fortnight land was eminently
successful.
AT the initial reception of the new
United States ambassador, A. D.
White, Emperor William wore a hand
some uniform of the First Dragon
Guards. During the conversation
which lasten ten minutes, his majesty
referred to Mr.. Whites former stay in
Berlin and spoke in complimentary
terms of the great progress made by
the United States since then and of
the growing intimate relations between
the countries.
Mr.. White and his family, at the end
of the month, will go to Hamburg, TO
drink the waters, and will pay a flying
visit to Oswald Ottendorfer proprietor
of the New York Stats Zeitung'' at
Mannheim. They will then go to Her
ringsdorf by the Baltic for the water
cure. Until he finds suitable apart
ments, Mr.. White viii stay at Kaiser
hof. Mr.. Cramp, of the Philadelphia
shipbuilding firm, is now in Germany,
engaged in investigating the recent
progress made here in shipbuilding.