The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-25
GREAT SHOW OF Muscov11E poMp.
Visit of Emperor William to Russia
VIII BE ~ Snowy Affair
Government Weaker.

landing stage. They will proceed to
the new Peterhof palace, and during
the forenoon will visit with the car
| and czarina. In the evening a state
banquet will be given in their honor,
and on the morning of the Sth they
will proceed to st. Petersburg on board
the imperial yacht, land at the Nicho-
las quay and visit the church of ST.
Peter and st. Paul, after which they
will be present at the ceremony of
dedicating the new wing of the German
Alexander hospital Following this
function they will hold a reception at
the German embassy and receive dep
utattons of Germans residing in Rus
| Sia.
After lunching with Prince Won Ra-
dolin, the German ambassador, their
majesties will visit the winter palace.
| where they will hold a reception for
the diplomatic corps. In the course Of
| the evening, with the car and czarina.
they will make tour of the Krasnee
Sale and their majesties will take
luncheon in the camp. In the evening
a gala performance will be given on
Olga island. During the evening of the
10th the New Peterhof park will be IL
Illuminated brilliantly and their Russian
and German majesties will take tea to-
gether at the summer palace of Peter
the Great. On the 18th the imperial
visitors will start homeward, the Rus
sian emperor and empress accompany
ing them to the place of embarkation.
| ODD GRETNA GREEN.
| Heligoland has become a kind of
Gretna Green since it was coded to
| Germany; and couples can now be
married there between the arrival and
departure Of the Cuxhaven steamer
The formalities observed are of the
simplest character; and it is said that
| the officiating clergyman, DR.. Schroe-
| der, has become so expert that he can
conclude a ceremony in five seconds.
By some means he has obtained mo-
nopoly in these marriages. and now
! boasts of total of 1913. He refuses
I to deal with widows, widowers or '6li-
! yorced persons if he discovers their
true character in time.
A very interesting letter. written by
I the celebrated Prussian premier, Baron
Stein,- to the poet, Goethe, when the
| latter was minister at the court of
|
just been published. 1t is dated Frank
| fort, Dec. II, 1915, and has historical
value, as applying to the present politi-
cal situation. Baron Stein says: Free
dom of the press is an inestimable
| blessing, but it has brought very little
to light in Weimar that is estimable;
| and such apostles of freedom as Lyden
Martin, Oxen, Weiland, Fries and the
! rest are not fitted to be the teachers
! OF nation. The prime cause of fer
| mentation in Germany is certainly to
! be traced to the conduct of our princes
| and governors. They are the real
Jacobites They allow affairs to con-
tinue in the illegal condition in which
we have lived since 1906, and they pro-
woke and encourage discomfort and ir-
| ritation. They hinder the development
! and progress of human intelligence
and character and prepare the way for
universal upheaval of anarchy.
! 1--WE can count however, on the good
sense Of our nobility and peasants
| May our sans culotte writers and or
ganizing burghers not succeed in
| trampling the first in the mud and
| dissolving the second by a system OF
patents and lastly by divisions among
! the land owners and in reducing every
| thing to great crew of empty authors
| agitating demagogueS and upstairs
and to town and country rabble and
day laborers.'
The courts will soon have to decide
whether the expression used by the
Emperor William after the rejection Of
the vanal bill when he designated its
! opponents as fellows without d
Fatherland." Waterland slosse Cess
| elem constitutes an insult. Recently
| in a dispute between a naval enthuS-
/ last and member of the peace society,
the former applied the phrase to the
latter, who promptly lodged the com
plant at law.
GOVERNMENT WEAKER.
The emperor's incessant interference
in politics is weaking the government
| ranks, while the ranks of the malcon-
tents and Socialists are swelling day
| by day. Prominent men in ecclesiasti-
cal and university circles are openly
expressing their sympathy with the i'm
prisoned Socialists. 1t is pointed out
thatsthe offense Lese Majestic is of al
most daily occurrence and that if all
| were to Represented who express dis
content with the act Of the emperor
| and the government it would be neceS-
sary to turn all the barracks into
prisons in order to find room for them.
A curious law suit has been COM
menced by King Leopold of Belgium
against the Hamburg newspaper
which had published some offensive
statements concerning his majesty.
prove the correctness of the state
ments, and has asked that certain
members of the royal suite should be
subpoenaed and examined before the
Belgian court. The Belgium depart
| ment of justice has refused to comply
with the request, on the ground that
the constitution guarantees the inviol-
ability of the king, whose acts may
not be subjected to inquiry. The out
come is awaited with much curiosity.
The emperor will make Hamburg his
headquarters during the military
I manoeuvres, early in September
t Among the specially invited guests tc
: witness them are King Humbert ant
Queen Marguerite of Italy The pres
ence of the Italian sovereigns will be
calculated tq djsperse many fantastic
5 side of the Vosges. The reply of tht
agrarians for i decree feHib6Fariiy 81
Guiding foreign grain has been received
e with general satisfaction, although i
3 is considered too graciously worded
: Barely has Any proposal been so uni
versally condemned. Not a singh,
; jolif6al gave it's Support except thu
organ of the agrarian league.
The emperor has made. a donation O
| 10000 marks for the sufferers from tn,
! hail storm in the reichsland
The statement is again made tina
| the castle of Prince Hohenlohe a
/ Pobierbrad is being prepared for hi'
retirement from office in the autumn
which is now considered certain.