The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-05-27
OUR berlin CABLE LETTER.
LY STIRRED UP ANOTHER
MINISTERIAL CRISIS.
A BILL aimed At The SOCIALISTS
The Ministry Bitterly Denounced
the Reichstag in Debate-The
Emperor Referred to the
Gear as "My Dearest
Friend.o

the Associated Press. Another ministe-
rial crisis has grown out of the curious
manner in which the imperial chancellor,
Prince Hohenlohe, nominally fulfilled his
solemn promise in introducing a bill for
abolition of the most illiberal paragraph
of the law associations. The bill intro
duced in the diet is purely reactionary, it's
provisions placing all political meetings and
associations wholly and exclusively under
police control.
Prince Hohenlohe. Baron Marschal Won
Bieberstein, DR.. Won Boetticher and DR..
Miguel were out-voted at the cabinet meet
ing, which fixed the wording of the bill by
the Prussian minister for the interior,
Baron Won Der Recke Vonderhorst. the
reactionary member of the cabinet, and his
six colleagues. Baron Won Der Recke Won
Der Horst was the sole author of the bill.
1t was certain that the measure would be
defeated if introduced in
the reichstag, so it was introduced in the
diet, where the conservatives have nearly
half the seats. The decision lies with
the national liberals, and three or four of
their votes would suffice to give the bill
majority.
Meanwhile, the reichstag has taken the
matter up and had pronounced against the
measure. The two days debate in the
reichstag were the most exciting and in
teresting of this session. The speakers
expressed themselves with energy and
fearlessness on the emperOr's reactionary
tendency, and the evil influence of his re-
sponsible camarilla, which created sensa-
ton throughout Germany. Herr Richter's
speech was especially bitter and sarcastic.
Among other things he said that the Ger
man people could not, as in the case of
Russia, be governed automatically"
Numerous mass meetings against the
diet bill have been held, sixty-five of them
in Berlin alone. On Thursday the entire
press, with the single exception of the
press, vigorously denounced
the measure and demanded its rejection
off hand.
That the bill is mainly intended to hit
socialism is admitted, but the Voerwaerts,
the socialist organ, says:
ut seems that socialism can not be
killed by any measure. Bismarck failed
in the task, and Won der Recke will as
suredly fail in worse manner"
The whole cabinet is now unanimously
by the press and in the reichstag
itself a number of speakers called upon
the ministers to resign.
The speakers of the center party,
though usually moderate, tainted the
government with its evident intention of
performing q coup de etat and openly
charged the ministers with violating the
as legislation on the right
of association is especially reserved by
the constitution for the reichstag and not
for the diet
The whole internal political situation is
such that important surprises may be ex-
pected at any moment.
Emperor William and his family stayed
nearly week at Weisbaden, where a
series of deliberately prepared and mag
nificently mounted performance at the
theater have been given.
On Monday the imperial family had
with them in the imperial box the Grand
Duke and Grand Duchess of Hesse.
The public appearance of the young
couple was evidently brought about in
order to silence the scandal about the
reported separation, and the emperor
-ook pains to publicly show his affection
,or both the grand duke and his wife.
AT a banquet in the castle of Weisbaden
IN Tuesday, Emperor William, in toast
ferring to the latter as ''my dearest
friend" term hitherto used only by his
majesty when speaking of Emperor Fran
lis Joseph of Austria.
The long delayed trial of Herr Won
Tausch, the former commissioner of the
secret police, who was arrested on De-
,ember 8, at the close of the sensational
Lieutzow-Leitche trial, at which Prince
aohenlohe and Baron Won Bieberstein
we're among the witnesses, has finally
,een fixed for Monday next.
Among the witnesses summoned are:
Baron Marschall Won Bieberstein, Count
Phillip Won III Eulenburg the German
at Vienna and possibly flu
ure chancellor; eX-Ministers Won Koel-
er and Gen. Bronsart Won Schcllendorf, |
Police President Wienheim, Herr Bebel,
he socialist leader, and about fifty news
'aper men, besides Il number of officials |
n different MINISTRIES. The trial will |
last a week.
The reichstag debate on the abuse of |
he lese majestic paragraph of the Penal |
lode is bearing fruit. The Leipzieger |
,eitung, the official organ of the Saxon |
government, publishes an article depre- |
ating the habit of the emperor of talk
ng freely on various subjects and occa-
ions, adding that it directly provoked |
eplies from those themselves hit, and |
eads to mass Of wholly unnecessary |
,se majestic cases."
Emperor William will spend Monday
hooting on the estate of Count Dober in
chlobitten.
The present which the sultan Of Tur-
ey sent to Emperor William, collec-
on of costly ancient Turkish weapons,
as been placed on view in the royal ar
email of Berlin.
The Munich Fret Presses issue of yes
ebay was confiscated because of an edi-
'rial on the emperor, and its editor was
rrested in bed at midnight.
A new style rife has been introduced
nd which has been tested in a practical
'ay in the army. The whole Jaeger
attalion of the guard already has the
fle. 1t is loaded with gas cartridges.
nabling several shots to be fired without
The men having these rifles
| their possession are specially bound
, the utmost secrecy regarding the CON
.ructiOn of the weapon.
Paul Potter, representing the heirs of
lie late George du Maurier, has arrived
| Berlin to take the proceeds of the un-
1thOrized use of his play and other YER
ons of ''Trilby" now being performed.
our of them in Berlin and many at the
rovincial theatres.
They Demand His Resignation.
Madrid, May 22.-Senor Sagasta, the