The news & observer., 1897-06-06
THE KAISER JEGREr.
THE PARADE STOPPED BY THE
ANGRY POPULACE.
The People RI S mt Police Interference
at TempeIiof Parade. Disguised
Over the Police Scandals. and
Fail to Toast Emperor.
Especial Berlin letter. Copyright 1897 by
the Associated Press.)

Especial Berlin letter. Copyright Io3' py
the Associated Press.)
Berlin, June 5.--Several unusual feat
ures accompanied the great spring pa
rade on the Tempelhof grounds last Tues
day. By the rigorous police rule barring
all traffic from the streets leading to the
Tempelhof, the public was virtually ex-
cluded from this sight which for many
years has been popular diversion. The
orders were brutally carried out by the
police, many persons being killed 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
dheered by the populace, which was in a
very ugly mood, as the police policy was
attributed to the Emperor's orders. Sew
eral persons in the dense crowd hooted
the Emperor, which was instantly an
swered by the police forcibly dispensing
the throng and arresting q score of peo-
pie. The Empress was pale and nervous
and was so affected by all this that she
suffered from a violent headache and
insited upon returning to the castle, the
Emperor, therefore, stopping the parade
before it was half finished In the jostle
on leaving the Templehof the Empress
was again badly scared. Women of the
lower classes suddenly appeared at her
horses head and with a threatening
gesture one of the women threw a pc
tition in the face of the Empress. In the
turmoil which ensued Her Majesty lost
an unique decoration conferred upon her
by Queen Victoria and composed of the
Queens portrait set with diamonds.
The newspapers all condemn the severe
polise measure adopted in excluding the
them with the course under Emperors
William /. and Frederick III.
The result of the Van Tausch trial. Ike
acquittal of the former chief of the Sc
cret political police amounts to a defeat
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Baron
Won Bieberstein.
Emperor William is deeply chagrined
at the damaging exposure of the inner
workings of the police, fearing further
weakening of police authority through
the use the Socialists are preparing to
make of the evidence at the elections. Hic
Majesty seriously blames the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs for precipitating this gi
gantic scandal. There was stormy scene
between the Emperor and Won Bieber-
stein on Tuesday.
At banquet given to the Reichstag G
by the Hamburg Senate upon the occa.
sion of the Horticultural Exposition the
Emperor was not toasted. The reason as
signed for this is that there was a large
number of Socialist delegates present.
Another serious difference, almost
amounting to quarrel, has arisen be-
tween Emperor William and his brother
Prince Henry Of Prussia, said to be due
to the attitude of His Majesty towards
Great Britain and Queen Victoria
Prince Henry favOring a more concilia
tory policy. In recent letter the En-
peror has peremptorily forbidden his
brother to in any way interfere in the
politics Of the empire. The dominant party
at court is frankly and bitter anti British