Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-06
BERLIN'S BIG PARADE
PEOPLE INDIGNANT AT NOT BEING
PERMITTED TO SEE II.
EMPEROR WILLIAn HoOTED 8
The Empress Also Rudely TFeato1.
in the Streets Of the German coDse
tni-Other Evidences Of wllhsln1g'
UnpOpularity. II

BERLIN. June 5.-Severai unusual fec
lures accompanied the great spring
parade on the Tempelhof grounds iase
Tuesday. BY tho rigorous police rule
barring all traffic from the streets lead>
Ing to the Tempelhof. the people were
virtually excluded from this sight, which
for many years has been a popular A.
version. The orders wero brutalIy caYs
ried out by the police. many personD
being killed and Injured on tho nsld.
The number OF carriages was much
smaller than usual The Emperor ana
Empress. while going to and coming
from the field. were not once chcered
by the populace. which was In very
ugly mood as tho police policy was
attributed to the Emperor's orders. scve-
raj persons In the dense crowds hoote6
the Emperor, which was instantly an
swered by the police forcibly disperD.
ing the throng and arresting a score oI
people. The Empress was pale and nor
vous, and was so affected by all this
that she suffered from a violent head
ache, and insisted upon returning to the
Castle. the Emperor therefore. stoppino
the parade before IL was half finished.
In the jostle upon leaving the Tenn
plehof the Empress was again badly
scared. Women OF the lower class sud-
denly appeared at her horses heads. ana
with a threatening gesture, one Of the
women threw petition In the face Oe
the Empress. In the turmoil which en-
sued her Majesty lost unique decora.
ton conferred upon her by Queen Vfc>
toria. and composed of the Queens
enamelled portrait, set with big diA~
monds.
The newspapers all condemn the So
we're police measures adopted In exclvd-
ing the people from such occasions. ana
contrast them with the course under Eins
perors William /. and Frederick III.
Won TOUSCH TRIAL.
The result of the Won Tousch trial (the
acquittal of the former chief OF the secret
political police. amounts to defeat OF
the Minister of Foreign Affairs Baron
Won Bieberstein. Emperor william II
greatly chagrined at the damaging exc
posures OF the inner workings OF the
police system, fearing further weakening
OF the system through the use tho Social
lists are preparing to make OF the evidence
az the elections His Majesty seriously
blames the Minister for Foreign Afraira
for precpitating this gigantic scandals
There was a stormy scene between the
Emperor and Won Bieberstein on Tues
day. ~
At banquet given to the Reichstag by
the Hamburg Senate. upon the occasioD
| OF the Horticultural Exposition. tho ESu>
peror was not toasted. The reason ass
signed for iiii Is that there were large
number of socialist delegates present.
| Another serious difference. almost
amounting to quarrel. has arisen be.
tween Emperor WILLIAM and his hyother.
| Prince Henry of Prussia. said TO bc due
to the attitude OF his Majesty towards
| Great Britain and Queen Victoria, Prince
| Henry favoring a more conciliatory policy.
| In recent letter the Emperor has per-
| emptorily forbidden his brother to In any
way interfere in the politics OF the empire.
| The dominant party at court Is bitterly
and frankly anti-British.