The record-union., 1897-10-10

BERLIN, Oct. 9.-(Copyrighted, 1897,
by the Associated Press lin spite of
the semi-official denials, the relations
between the Imperial Chancellor
Prince Hohenlohe, and Emperor Will
liam are very strained. The Prince
has made his remaining in office for
another brief spell contingent upon two
things-the presentation to the Reich
stag of the military trial reform bill,
and taxes for purposes of a larger naval
appropriation. The bill for unification
of the military penal code is still hang
ing fire, in spite of the Chancellors
declaration in the Reichstag in 1893
that he would stand or fall with that
measure, and the Emperors strong OBJ
lection to publication in military trials.
AS to new taxes for increasing the
strength of the fleet, the North Ger
man Gazette" points out that it is sig
nificant that the Government and all
the Conservative newspapers are dwell
ing upon the absolute necessity for
such taxes.
The "Volks Zeitung" says that the
Chancellor this week offered to resign
for the fourth time, and that the Chan
cellorship crisis is now in an active
state.
The Cologne Gazette" corrobOrates
this, and adds: 1T is certain that if
t'rince Hohenlohe is in office at the
opening of the Reichstag, and has to
confess his inability to keep his prom
ise to present the military reform BILL
the Reichstag will at once vote want
of confidence in the Government. An
agreement to this effect was made dur
ing the present week by the leaders
of the parties constituting the major
ity."
The "F'ranfurter Zeitung' asserts
positively that no understanding has
been reached with the Emperor regard
ing the military reform bill, and it is
e-lso said that his majesty has been try
ing for months to find suitable sue
cessor to Prince Hohenlohe. 1t appears,
however, that all his attempts in this
direction, especially among the Princes
of reigning houses and other men of
similar rank with Prince Hohenlohe,
have been fruitless.
Prince Bismarck has been repeatedly
appealed to to express himself on the
subject of the Governments naval
plans. but the only opinion vouchsafed
was the statement which he made Oc-
tober 4th in the course of an inter-
view with representative of the
''Schlesische Zeftung," that he ap-
proved the strengthening of the navy
by an increased number of cruisers, and
by a replacement of obsolete battle
ships, but as deprecating course cal
culated to alarm the taxpayers by what
the rrince termed a gigantic scheme"
The socialist congress, just ended at
Hamburg. was a most important gath
ering. There were over 200 delegates
pres mt, and they represented 225O,O0O
voters. The proceedings have been
widely criticised, and the Conservative
press claims that now the socialists
remain strictly within their legal rights
they have become much more danger
otls.
The Hamburger Nachrichten, in an
editorial article, urges the adoption Of
violent measures to suppress social
ism. 1t advocates the abrogation of
the general franchise at Reichstag
elections as being the best means of
curtailing the political influence of the
socialists, and concludes: 'If they
should then try to reach their aims by
Illegal ways, the oportunity could not
be wholly indescribable as it would Of
fer 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 party.
The Agrarian newspapers continue to
demand vigorous measures of retalia-
ton against the United States. on ac-
count of the passage of the Dingley
bill, but the majority of the press is
losing interest in the matter
The Government has asked the advice
Of the Commercial Chamber as to
whether a freight reduction on the
railroads in the case of sugar for ex-
port would be beneficial The de-
creased exports of sugar for the quar-
ter just ended is even larger than was
feared when the new United States
tariff went into effect The exports
from Hamburg have dropped from So
352.566 in 1896 to 1878, 500. almost all
OF it being sugar from the Consular dis
tricts of Stettin, including Dantzic and
Koenigsberg. The figures for the last
quarter were S215,654 decrease of
S644. .405 nearly all sugar
In the military writings of Emperor
William, issued by order of the present
Emperor, there are many evidences
that the old Emperor severely con-
demned dueling in the army
A special session of the Evangelical
Consistory of the province of East
Prussia has an almost unanimous vote
of censure against the Emperor because
he has broken the Sunday-rest law by
hunting in the forest of Rominten.
Princess Louise, wife of the heir to
the Saxon throne, has taken to publicly
bicycling in bloomers in the Dresden
parks, accompanied by Prince Freder-
ick Augustus, her eldest son.
Prince George of Oldenburg. an elder
ly but enthusiastic bicyclist, was
knocked down by a coach, and his knee
so badly injured that he is obliged to
remain in bed.
Princess Frederick Leopold of Prus-
sia, Emperor Williams sister, recent
ly met with a severe accident while
wheeling near Potsdam. Prince Bis
marck, it appears, is now an enthusi-
astic admirer of the bicycle. He APP
proves Of women riding, and regrets