Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-10
WANTS TO GET OUT
Prince Hohenlohe is Exceedingly Anxious to
Retire from Office.
HEofFERS FOR FOURTH TIME TO RESIGN
Chancelorship Crisis Has Now Reached an
Acute Stage.
STRAINED RELATIONS WITH EMPEROR
Inspired Assertions that All is Serene Not to
Be Relied Upon.
STRAINED RELATIONS WITH EMPEROR
HARD WORK TO FIND A NEW CHANCELLOR
Kaiser Has Been Looking for Months
for ~ Suitable Man, but Thus
Far His Efforts Have
Been FruitIcss.


BERLIN Oct. 9.In spite OF specific de-
mails, the relations between the imperial
chancellor Prince Hohenlohe, and Emperor
william are very strained. The prince has
made his remaining in Office for another brief
spell contingent on two things-the presen-
tation to the Rechstag of the military trial
reform bill and no new taxes for purposes
OF larger naval appropriations The bill for
the reform and unifcation of the military
penal code is still hanging fire in spite of the
chancellors declaration in the Reichstag in
1895 that he would stand or fall with that
measure, and the emperor's strong objection
to publicity in the case of military trials re-
mains unchanged.
AS to new taxes for increasing the strength
OF the fleet. the North German Gazette points
out that 1t is significant the government
and all OF the conservative newspapers are
dwelling upon the absolute necessity for such
taxes.
The Post afirms that beer will be taxed
higher and thot the import duty on cereals
will be raised to so marks ger ton, which
would yield the government an extra reve-
nue. of at least 5O,OOO,OOO marks.
REACHES THE ACUTE STAGE.
The Volks zetung says the chancellor this
week offered to resign for the fourth time
and that the chancellorship crisis Is now IN
an acute state
The Cologne Gazette corroboratcs this and
adds: at is certain that If Prince Hohen-
lohe is in office at the opening Of the Relchs-
tag and has to confess his inability to keep
his promise to prevent the military reform
BILL the Rechstag will at once vote want of
confidence in the government. An agreement
to this effect was made during the present
week by leaders OF the parties constituting
the majority"
The Frankrurter Zeiung asserts positively
that no understanding has been reached with
the emperor regarding the military reform
bill and it is also said that his majesty has
been trying for months to find a suitable
successor to Prince Hohenlohe. It appears.
however, that all his attempts in this dllpc.
3 tion, especially among the Crinces of reign
a ing houses ana other men of similar rank
with Prince Hohenlohe have been fruitless
Prince Bismarck has repeatedly been ap-
pealed to to express himself on the subject
Il OF the governments naval plans, but the only
opinion which he has voucbsafed was the
statement which he made October in the
course OF an interview with a representative
of the schles!sche zetung, that he approved
II the strengthening of the navy by an increase
u
placement of the obsolete battleships, but
as deprecating course calculated to alarm
the taxpayers by what the prirce termed q
"ggantic scheme"
"a SOCIALIST CONGRESS.
The socialist convention, Just ended at
Hamburg, most important gathering
There were over 200 delegates present rep
resenting 225OOOO votes. The proceedings
hav Nu1 ipfc md ,I,o
tive press claims that now that the socialists
romain strictly within their legal rights they
have become much more dangerous. The
Hamburger Nachrichten. in an editorial ar
ticle, urges the adoption of violent measures
TO suppress socialism. 1t advocates the alb
rogatlon OF the general franchise at Rechs-
tag elections as being the best means OF
curtailing the political influence of the So
cialists and concludes: "If they should then
try to reach their aims by illegal ways. the
opportunity would not be wholly undeslra BILE.
as 1t would offer a shorter mode of warfare
against them
On the other hand the liberal press claims
that the convention has shown the socialists
to be rapidly becoming purely radical re-
form party.
The agrarlan newspapers continue to de-
mand vigorous measures OF retaliation
against the United States account OF the
passage OF the Dingley bill, but the majority
OF the press is losing interest in the matter.
The decrease in the exports OF sugar for
the quarter just ended is even larger than
was feared when the new United States tariff
went into effect. The exports from Hamburg
hayo dropped from So, ,352, ,566 in 1896 to $S79, -
$50 almost all OF II being sugar from the
consular districts OF Stettin, including Dabt-
zic and Koerigberg, The figures for the last
quarter were S275 65i, decrease of s64i, ,4O5,
nearly all sugar.
A special session of the Evangelical consis-
tory OF the province of East Prussia has
passed an almost unanimous vote of censdre
against the emperor because no has broken
the Sunday rest law by hunting in the forest
OF Rominten
DEVoTEES OF THE BICYCLE.
Princess Louise, wife of the heir to the
Saxon throne. has taken to publicly bicycling
In bloomers In the Dresden parks, accom-
panied by Prince Frederick Augustus, her
eldest son. Prince George of oldenburg, an
elderly but enthusiastic bicyclist, was
knocked down by coach and his knee so
badly injured that ne is obliged TO remain
in bed.
Princess Frederick Leopold OF Prussia En-
peror Williams sister. recently met with a
severe accident while wheeling near potsdam
Prince Bismarck, It appears, is now an en-
thusiastlc admirer Of the bicycle. He ap-
proves of women riding and regrets that he
Is too old and stin to take par, in the SPORT
himself Recently Prince Bismarck began
20 amuse himself in the evenings by card
playing. His fayorite game is skat for quar-
ter pfennig points
Representatives in Germany OF American
manufacturers and the United States consuls
In this country have noticed lately a great
deal OF dishonesty upon the part OF German
manufacturers, especially at Chemnitz
Fankfort. Sonneberg ana in the Rhine dis
Giets. Consul Monaghan OF Chemnitx has