The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-27
ASKED TO ISSUE
PROHIBITIyE DEGREE.
IMPORTANT GERMAN CABINET CHANGES
Political Meeting of William and Leopold at
Kiel--A Desperate German Student
DueI--German Soldier Stabbed to
Death by an Officer,
Death by an Officer.
Especial Berlin Gable letter.


Berlin, July 26-In government, parli-
amentary and press circles the conviction
continues that cabinet changes are i'm
pending exactly as previously cabled to
the Associated Press, namely that DR..
MIGUEL, the Minister of Finance, will
succeed DIR. Won Boetticher as Vice Pres
ident of the council of ministers and I'M
perial Secretary of State for the In
terror, with increased prerogatiyes and
functions. not only in the Prussian, but
in the imperial cabinet. Prince HOhen-
lohe will retain the chancellorship. al
though he is anxious to retire to private
life. DR.. MIGUEL taking most of the bur-
den of the office upon himself. DR..
MiqueFs sphere of duty will also be en-
larged by creating for him the office of
the chancellor of the eXchequer, with
similar scope and influence to the Brit
ish chancellor of the exchequer. Baron
Marschall Won Bieberstein, the minister
for foreign affairs, will remain in Office
for a while longer, it being understood
that his portfolio has been offered to
Count Won Eulenburg, the German am
bassador at Vienna and to Count Won
Hatzfeldt- Wildenburg. the German am
bassador at London and that they have
both declined Now it is asserted that
Herr Won Bulow succeeds Baron Mar
schall Won BiebeBtein and that Dr.. Won
Boetticher, refusing another government
appointment is negotiating for the posi-
ton of President of one of the largest of
German banks, at three times his present
salary, just as Herr Boediker, who a few
days ago resigned the presidency of the
imperial insurance institutions becomes
chief of Herr Krupp's laborers' insurance
institutions at four times the salary he
was getting.
The middle of June cereal report for
Prussia shows that unusually good crops
may be expected, especially OF rye. Some
of the provinces, Silesia and Posen, for
instance, are expecting to surpass any
thing known in twenty years.
The meeting of Emperor William and
King Leopold. of Belgium, at Kiel, is not
entirely devoid of political significance.
They will discuss the Congo and other
African problems touching both Germany
and Belgium. such as the slave question.
King Leopold will invite the Emperor to
personally attend the Brussels exposi-
ton.
At the War Academy at Potsdam, two
of the older pupils have fought sabre
duel. with the knowledge and approval
of their superiors. Both were severely
wounded about the head and one of them
will probably die.
The sessions of the court of arbitration,
of which the King of Saxony is president.
to determine the successorship to the
throne of Lippe-Detmold, have conclud-
ed and the finding will be published with
in three weeks. 1t is reported that the
Emperor's brother-in-law, Prince Adolph,
has been defeated in his pretensions.
Sergeant Raith, of the Bavarian artil-
lery stationed at Metz, recently stabbed
to death a soldier who refused to obey
an order which that non-commissioned
officer had given him. Raith has been
officially praised for his act.
The Kreuz Zeitung warns German
farmers against the invitations of emf.
grant agents to settle in the Southern
States of America and calls upon the
government to issue a strict prohibitive
decree against such emigration, 'snce
German farmers are too good to COM
pete with black labor in the cotton and
rice fields"