Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-03
NEW YEAR BERLIN
BRILLIANT RECEPTION GIVEN by
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
THE KAISER And AMERICA.
His Majesty Admires the Growth ana
Prosperity of the United STATES
WcIl-Informed n. Regards This
Country-AnfI-"Fut Law.

Country-A Law.
BERLIN, January 2-The New-Years
reception given by the diplomatic body
yesterday was a brilliant affair. The re-
ception was held IN the Marble Han oil
the Schloss. and was very largely at
tended. nearly all OF the ambassadors ana
Ministers accredited 20 the German court
being present The Emperor was in eX-
celent spirits. and Immediately after ne
entered the hall mingled with the guests
greeting them with cordial hand-shakes
and cheerful smiles. His Majesty was
especially agreeable TO United States Am
baseador Uhl. with whom he conversed
for some time. inquirng as to President
Cleveland's health. asking how Mr.. Uhl
liked Berlin. etc. The Kaiser also spoke
admiringy Of the growth and prosperity
Of the United States and showed himself
to be well informed upon the political
affairs and economic conditions OF the
American republic.
Despite the depressing weather which
prevailed Friday. the other court festiVi-
ties proceeded with the usual activity.
Under den Linden and the adjacent
streets were thrOnge1 with people many
OF those In the crowds having remained
in their places throughout the night III
order 10 be i'm position 10 see the oilcial
celebration Of the day. At 8 o CLOCK III the
morning all the infantry Of the garrison
marched from the Schloss 20 the Braden-
burg gate and back, each regiment with
IL IarI r,laKfuu IOuular Al lU
o'clock religious services were held III
the chapel Of the Schloss. lasting forty
minutes. The entire imperial tamiiy were
present The Emperor entered the chapel
giving his arm TO his mother, and the
Empress was escorted by Prince Arnulph'
of Bavaria. After the services III the
chapel the Emperor and Empress neld
reception In the White han OF tne
Schl0es. where their Maiestics received the
CONGRATULATIONS of the court. Ihe laales
were attired I'm morning gowns, Win
trains. and wore b0nnets. The gentlemen
wore uniforms. with the insignia Of their
orders and the ribbons which they are
entitled to wear The military officers
wore parade uniforms.
IMPERIAL SPEECH.
The Emperor next went 20 the hitter-
saal 0he Hall OF the Knights. where
ne delivered a brief address 20 the gene
rails who received him. Accounts vary as
TO the nature OF his Majesty speech Dut
n Is asserted upon good authority lha' he
referred to the bin before the heicnslas
providing for the augmentation OF tne
artillery arm of the military service, de-
oi,riro +bat the ornaments Of Germany
must keen pace with. If they do not Keep
in front of those of other nations. The
I-nnoror Is also quoted as saying that
the wear 1897 must see the great task Oh
Increasing the strength of the artillery
service achieved,
Leaving the Ri4ersaal. the Kaiser went
10 the arsenal where the officers OF lne
garrison Of Berlin were assembled. 10
these he gave the watchword OF the gay,
and I'm the afternoon he made seVeral
private visits.
Al 6 O'Clock the Emperor dined with MS
family. The approaches 10 the Schloss
were crowded with sight-seers until long
after dark.
ANTI-"FUTURE' LAW.
The onnosition of the German Stock and
Produce exchanges to the ne" course
1o,, probibitinc future" transactions.
and imposing other restrictions upon
Bourse trading, was the subject OF dis
cuseion at the special Ministerial Council
which was held Wednesday. The meet
inc was called 10 order by DR.. Won Boet-
ticber vice-president Of the Council Of
Ministers who presided until the En-
peror suddenly made his appearance ana
took the chair, which he occupied TOR two
bonrs on Thursday another meeting OF
the council was held, with the Imperial
Chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, In the char
The calling Of these two meetings
which occurred only twenty-four hours
apart. are indicative Of the gravity or
HHH lH q
Ministry. and the discussion of the sub
iect bv the ministers was In the direc-
tion of devising means TO overcome II.
Nothing is known of the proceedings
of the meeting of the council at which
the Emperor presided. but it is known
that the meeting presided over by Prince
Hohenlohe took into consideration the
effects Of the resolution passed by the
Berlin Produce Exchange, declaring tnat
thar organization would continue bust
ness under the new law only in the
capacitv of free association Of traders
each transacting business at his own
Offices but having common assembly
1 ms for the purpose OF exchanging
prices in the building known as Drasels
chamber. II is understood that the coun-
Gil were unable TO decide, or, at all events,
did not decide, upon any plan Of meeting
the opposition OF the dealers to the new
law.
The members Of the produce exchanges,
apart from protesting against the sup
prcssion Of future deals, object TO the
regulation Of the law placing seven rep
resentatives Of agrarian interests upon
the Bourse Committee. at least two Of
whom must be present when the prices
of grains. malt, sugar, rape oils, spirits,
and certain kinds Of produce are generally
fixed. Besides Directing 10 these re-
strictions. there are numerous other regu-
lations to which the Boursiers take eX-
ception-all of them bearing the impress
Of a common aim-to assist the agrarians
bv presenting Bourse operators and deal
ers from depressing prices. These regula-
tions give the bin the character of an
entirely new experiment in. economy, and
outside the ranks OF the agrarians, the
bin is regarded as being utterly impractl-
cable.