The herald., 1897-06-06
Rouse the Anger Of Loyal
Germans
THEY HooTED THE EMPEROR
AND FIRED PETITIONS AT THE
IMPRESS
The Emperor Himself Deeply Cha
grined at the Outcome Of the
Won Tausch Trial
Associated Press Special Wire.


Associated Press Special Wire.
BERLIN, June 5-(Copyright, 1S97)-
Several unusual features accompanied
the great spring parade on the Tenn
pelhof grounds laet Tuesday. BY the
rigorous police rule, barring all traffic
from all streets leading to the Tempel-
hof, the public was practically excluded
from this sight, which for many years
has been a popular diversion. The or
ders were brutal,y carried out by the
police, many persons being kicked and
injured on the field. The number Of car
riages was much smaller than usual The
emperor and empress while going to and
coming from the field, were not once
cheered by the populace, which was In
very ugly mood, as the policy was al
tributsd to the emperors orders.
Several persons in the dense crowd
hooted the emperor, which was instantly
answered by the police forcibly dis
persing the throng and arresting score
Of people. The empress was pale and
nervous, and was so affected by all this
that she suffered from a violent head
ache and insisted upon returning to the
castle, the emperor, therefore, stopping
the parade before it was half finished.
In the jostle on leaving the Tempeihof
the empress was again badly scared.
Women of the lower classes suddenly
appeared at the horses heads, and with
threatening gesture one of the women
threw a petition in the face of the en-
press. In the turmoil which ensued her
majesty lost a unique decoration confer
red upon her by Queen Victoria, and
composed of the queens enameled por-
trait set with big diamonds.
The empress was present at the parade
on horseback, in white riding habit of
the pattern of the uniform of the
Queens Pomeranian culrassiers and
wearing triple peak, white cockade hat
of the old Bayreuth dragons. Across
her breast she wore the broad, orange
band Of the Order of the Black Eagle.
The newspapers all condemn the Sc
we're police measures adopted in exclud-
ing the people from such occasions and
contrast them with the course under
Emperor William I. and Frederick III.
Among the invited spectators at the
parade were Ambassador Uhl and his
family, and John w. Foster. the United
States seal commissioner, and Mrs. Fos-
ter.
PEOPLE AND POLITICS
Mr.. Foster, while on his way to Russia,
stopped four daye in this city, and was
given reception by Mr.. Uhl, which was
attended by number of diplomats for
merly stationed in Washington.
The result of the Won Tausch trial (the
former chief of the secret political force)
amounts to p defeat Of the minister of
foreign affairs, Baron Marschall Won
Bieberstein, as the case is popularity re-
garded as a duel between Baron Mar
schall and the first commissioner Of po-
lice, and the discharge Of Won Tausch is
certain to be used against the foreign
minister. 1t is generally expected that
the latter'e furlough Of two months is a
prelude to his resignation.
Emperor William is deeply chagrined
at the damaging exposures Of the inner
workings of the police, fearing further
weakening of the police authority
through the use the Socialists are pre-
pairing to make Of the evidence at the
elections His majesty seriously blames
the minister Of foreign affairs for pre-
cipitating this gigantic scandal. There
was a stormy scene between the en-
peror and Baron Marschall on Tuesday.
The Liberal newspapers express the
opinion that the trial will have good
effect and render such actions of the
police as these exposed impossible in
the future. Herr Richter, in the Frei-
sinnige Zeitung, however, says he does
not believe Baron Marschall will be dis
missed, because, he explains, Prince
resigation Is bound to fol-
low.
A new and important political office
has been created, that of political COM
missioner, whose province it is to watch
and influence by all possible means po-
htical feeling in dissatisfied districts,
such as the Polish provinces, the Reichs-
land, and Northern Schleswig- -Holstein.
Four such commissioners have been ap-
pointed, at Dantzic, Koenigsberg, Posen
and Breslau.
At a banquet given to- the reichstag
By the Hamburg senate upon the oc-
,asion Of the horticultural exposition,
the emperor was not toasted. The rea-
son assigned for this was that there
was large number of Socialist dele
gates present.
Another serious difference almost
to a quarrel, has arisen be-
tween Emperor William and his brother,
Prince Henry of Prussia, said to be
lue to the attitude of his majesty to-
ward Great Britain and Queen Victo-
ia, Prince Henry favoring more con-
,iliatory policy. In recent letter the
emperor has peremptorily forbidden his
brother to interfere in any way in the
politics of the empire. The dominant
party at court is frankly and bitterly
lnti- British.
The chief of the naval cabinet, ..Ad-
niral Baron Seden-Bibran, the chief of
he military cabinet, the Abide Camp
General Won Hanke, are the heads Of
he government.
Recently there have, been a number
If severe sentences imposed on officers
guilty Of brutally maltreating recruits,
and they have emphasized the e1npe-
'or's orders against this abuse. A non
officer named Hungs, who
,ruelly abused a soldier, Marzeillier, at
driving him to suicide, has
oeen degraded and imprisoned for six