The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
OUR berlin CABLE LETTER
THE EMPEROR DISPLAYS HIS
CALIBRE BY TREATING THE
GREEK MINISTER COOLLY.
TR|CH|AAE FOUND IN GERMAN PORK
Inspected Native Pork With Government
Stamp ON Contained the Deadly
Parasite-Dr. Ahlwordt to Con-
tinue His Agitation.

Berlin, Feb. Copyrighted, 1897, by
the Associated Press.)-On the receipt of
the alarming news from Crete, Emperor
engagements and plunged into feversh
political activity. He even absented him
self from the fetes at Potsdam, given in
his honor by the hussar guards and had
Prince Hohenlohe. His majesty also had
u lengthy conference with the leading
ambassadors on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, and it was remarked that OH
Wednesday evening, at the subscription
ball ut the opera house, he drew the
Turkish ambassador aside and animated
ly converscd with him in friendly way.
This was in marked contrast with his
treatment of the Greek minister. whom
he has ignored since Monday.
At the wish of the government the
German newspapers generally have been
extremely cautious in discussing eastern
matters and there will be no discussion
on the subject in the reichstag until the
naval budget is reached. Only Il few of
the German papers have advanced
definite proposals. The Staatsburger
Ieitung advises Germany to occupy
Crete herself until Greece has paid her
German creditors.
The annual meeting Of the Federation
of Husbandmen was very violent. The
president, Herr Won Ploetz, conscrva-
tive member of the reichstng, in his OPEN
ing speech expressed confidence i'll Em-
peror Williams promise to aid suffering
agriculture He condemned the whole
cabinet, who, he asserted, were intrigu-
ing for a radical revolution of the parties
to undermine socialist theories.
The Prussian and Saxon government
took an important step this week. They
have forbidden the state railroad en-
ployes to join the national union in
Leipsic and their associations have been
disbanded by the police.
A mass meeting of the workmen on
the Prussian roads was held on Wednes-
day near Hamburg, protesting against
this prohibition as being unconstitutional
and claiming the right to strike and form
societies.
The reason for the action of the au-
thorities appears to be the fact that the
socialists are behind the railroad agatha
ton.
There has been great surprise in the
discovery that German pork, duly in
spected and stamped by Il government
officer as free from trichinac, has never
theless been found to be infected in sew
eral cases lately in BERN and Spandau.
The proposal before the Berlin NUM-
cipal council to contribute 100000 marks
to the William l centenary fetes, OF
which sum 125,OOO marks is to decorate
the streets, is meeting with unexpected
opposition The twenty-one freisAnnige
members have formulated declaration
that instead of wasting the money in this
manner they ought to devote it to
charity.
DR.. Ahlwardt declares he is satisfied
with his American trip, where, he says.
he formed several anti-Semite clubs and
founded n newspaper with 3o,U0o sub
scrbers, from which he is drawing large
profits He refuses to resign his seat in
the reichstag and intends to resume his
anti-Jewish agaitation forthwith.
At the opera house ball Emperor VII
liam did not converse with the United
States ambassador, Mr.. Edwin f. Uhl,
with Mrs. Uhl or with the other Ameri-
cans, as he has done on previous occa-
sions About fifty Americans were pres
ent, including the stats of the United
States embassy and consulate, Miss WIN
throp of New York and Princess Linn.
At the costume ball on Wednesday next
the empress VIII dppedl III an SAoN-
counterpart of Queen Louise.
While taking his daily constitutional
with the empress on Thursday the en-
peror passed laborer who stared at
him, but did not salute. His majesty re-
turned, called upon the man to halt and
then touching his hat in military fashion,
he said:
'"My man, if you do not wish to salute
your emperor, at least you might pay
proper respect to the empress"
Then, turning on his heel, the emperor
left the man standing in a state of
:,
The influenza epidemic has now reached
a climax in this town. There have been
few fatalities, but thousands Of cases
have been reported and whole families
have been Frustrated. =,
The American students gave Lowell
celebration on Friday at which the
United States ambassador presided.
Prof. Hatfield of Evanston university,
gave interesting "reminiscences OF James
Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor, Croft
and Longfellow.
Washington's birthday will be more
extensively celebrated here on Monday
than usual. The United States ambas-
sador will give a reception and in the
evening. under the auspices of the en-
bassy, there will be n dance and n con-
cert at the KaserhOf.