The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-10
GERMANy'S RULERS AT OUTS.
STRAINED FEELINGS BETWEEN
EMPEROR AND CHANCELLOR.

Reform of the Military Penal Code
Hanging Firc,thc Emperor Disap-.
proving ana the Prince Approving
It-Prince bismarck Appealed To.
The Hamburger Nachriehten Urges
Measures TO Suppress Socialism.
Agrarinns Want to Retaliata
Against the DingIey BiII-GoszIp OF
German DOinGs
Copyright 1897, by the Associated Press.
Berlin. oct. 9.-In spite Of the semi-of-
! fetal denlals, the relations between the
imperial chancellor Prince Hohenlohe.
| and Emperor William are very strained.
| The bill for reform and unihcation of
the military penal code Is still hanging
fire, in spite of the chancellors declara-
ton in the Reichstag in 1885, that he would
stand or fall with that measure, and the
emperor's strong objection to publicity iu
the case Of military trials. remains un-
changed.
| The VolIls Zeltung says that the chan-
cellor this week offered to resign for tho
fourth time. and that the chancellorship
| crisis IS now in an acute state. The CO.
I logne Gazette corroborates this.
| liz AAhhAA "a ttA l@iNuii5 dSSSIlS NLdu
his majesty has been trying for months
to find suitable successor to Prince
! Hohenlohe. 1t appears. however, that all
his attempts in this direction especially
among the princes of reignlng houses and
other men Of similar rank with Primes
Hohenlohe have been fruitless
Prince Biscmarck has repeatedly been
appealed to to express himself on the
subject of the governments naval plans,
but the only opinion which he has vouch-
safed was the statement which he made
| on oct 4, in the course of an interview
with a representative of the Schlessche
Zeitung that he approved the strengths
ening Of the navy by an increase in the
number Of cruisers and by a requirements
OF the absolute batlleships, but as depre-
eating 81 course calculated to alarm the
Taxpayers by what the prince termed a
Gigantic scheme"
Tho socialist convention Just ended at
| Hamburg was most important gather
ing. There were over 200 delegates pres-
ent, and they represented 225O.000 votes.
The proceedings have been widely crlti-
cised, and the conservative press claims
that now the socialists remain strictly
within their legal rights, they have be-
come much more dangerous. The HAM
burger Nachrichten, i'm an editorial ar
ticle, urges the adoption of violent meas
ures to suppress socialism. 1t advocates
the abrogatiOn of the general franchise ar
Reichstag elections as being the best
| means Of curtailing the political infiu-
ence Of the socialists.
On the other hand, the liberal press
! claims that the convention has shown the
| socialists q In mn
radical reform party. The agrarian news
| papers continue to demand vigorous meas
ures Of retaliation against the United
States on account of the passage of the
Dingley bill, but the majority of the press
is losing interest in che matter.
The government has asked the advice OF
the commercial chambers as TO whether a
freight reduction, on the railroads, in the
case Of sugar for export, would be bene-
fetal.
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 have dropped from $5,352, sos i'm
1886, to $879569. almost all of 1t being SUI
gar from the consular districts of Stettin,
including Dantzic and Konigsberg. The
figures for the last quarter were s125654 a
decrease Of $644, ,405, nearly all sugar.
In the military writings of Emperor
William !, issued by order Of the present
NAAApSApib AiiElO dit many GNihtiltbS Lld1
the old emperor severely condemned duel
ling in the army.
A special session Of the evangelical con-
eistory of the province of East Prussia
has passed an almost unanimous vote OF
censure against the emperor because he
has broken the Sunday rest law by hunt
ing in the forest of Rominten.
Princess Frederick Leopold Of Prussia.
Emperor Williams sister, recently met
with a severe accident while wheeling
near Potsdam.
Prince Bismarck it appears, is now an
enthusiastic admirer Of the bicycle. He
approves Of women riding, and regrets
that he is too old and stiff to take part
In the sport himself. Recently Prince
Bismarck began to amuse himself In the
evening by card playing. His favorite
game is skat for quarters pfennig points
Representatives In Germany of Ameri-
can manufacturers and the United States
consuls in this country have noticed late
ly a great deal of dishonesty upon the
part Of German manufactures, especially
at Chemnitz, Frankfort, Sonneberg and
In tht Rhine districts. consul Monaghan of
Chemnitz has just sent a report TO WASH
ington giving the facts and names not
only In regard to initiating United States
goods and patent infringements, but also
regarding incorrect invoices.
MIR, Parker, patent lawyer OF Chicago.
has begun suit in the German courts
against a number Of the worst defenders
Robert Grimshaw, representing a number
Of American iron and machine concerns,
joins In the complaints.
The favorite method of these dishonest
! German manufacturers and dealers is to
obtain first, by contract, the exclusive
representation of valuable American ma
chimes, and then TO secure specimens of
these machines. Next they abandon all
effort TO sell any of them, but. instead,
they Initiate them closely and place ma
chimes on the market at two-thirds of the
American prices. Some of these manufae-
turers have even had the boldness to en-
ter the counterfeited articles and even the
American articles themselves, enamelled
over, at exhibitions here and elsewhere.
$4,000 Fire at BennettsviIIe.
Charleston, S c.. Oct. "a special to