The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-15

Greece from further puTSulhS LIZ
course she has taken, which, II per-
sisted in, must inevitably result IN
hostilities between the kingdom OIL the
HeIlenes and the Turkish empire
which, it is believed, without the uitl-
mate interference of the powers coulo
have but one outcome, the defeat ana
humiliation of the former.
AS the situation appears now, 1t Is
probable that foreign occupation OF
Crete will be decided upon, which VIII
likely be limited to a considerable IN
crease of the gendarnie on the lslanu'
with the cooperation OF the Iorelsn
fleets controlling the cream porls.
Among the numerous communications
hearing directly upon the Cretan stu
alton which have passed during the
last week, is a letter from the KING OF
Greece to the emperor OF Russia, IN
which the king explains to the car
that the action of Greece in sendlng
flotilla to Crete was demonstration
necessary to the safety of his own gov
eminent and to the preservation OF IN
ternational order The king adds that
he is perfectly willing to trust to the
powers for justice in respect to the de-
mands of Greece in Crete. Though the
situation has created feeling OF alarm
in some quarters, the hopes entertained
in official circles throughout the con-
tinent that European peace Will be
maintained are becoming stronger
through the belief that whatever hgnt-
ing may occur will be localized and
finally die out as the result of its con-
1inement to small limits.
MILITARY REFORMS.
The reform of the military procedure
code is once again engaging political
and official attention. 1t was predlcted
tire reichstag would see some perfected
bill before it during the present session,
hut il transpires that the divergence of
views between the federal states, which
were announced as being on the point
of agreement, has become accumulated
and broadened. The measure elabor-
ated at Berlin confided to the military
authorities the preparation and con-
troll of all prosecutions. Bavaria and
Wurtemberg object to this and hold
that legal functionaries, skilled in
Jurisprudence, ought to initiate and
carry out trials which come under the
military procedure code. The war min
lister of Wurtemberg came to Berlin
last week and tried to get Minister Won
Gossler to accept his proposals. The
Wurtemberg minister pleaded that the
bill as prepared by General Won Goss-
Ter is not a reform, but a retrogressive
measure. and this is also the Bavarian
contention. But General Won Grossler
is backed by the kaiser, who has par
ticularly interested himself in the mat
ter. insisting that the military author
tiles ought to and must originate and
control the prosecutions. 1t will be
recollected that when General Bonsart
Won Schellendorf resigned the ministry
of war in August of last year, his ac-
-~x-fT1 to fr1e4 iona
connected with the now notorious
Tausch scandal, but it was also he
cause the kaiser found him taking a
stand on the necessity of liberal re-
forms in the military. General Won
GoSsler, who succeeded him, proved
himself in his earliest appearance in
the reichstag man after the kaiser s
own heart. the incarnation OF IN
Welding militarism. The measure, as
drafted by Won Gossler. and approved
by the kaiser, has bitterly disappointed
the hopes of the more moderate men,
bers of the reichstag of all parties. In
all that relates to publicity of trials
freedom of defense. competence of
Judges, and right of appeal. it presents
restrictions which make it of small
practical value. The late public clamor
for the limitation of military privileges,
which arose over the Brusewitz case
has abated and the spirit of militarism
is as brutally arrogant as ever.
POLITICS
Although a year must yet elapse be-
fore the present reichstag shall sur
cease by limitation, internal party
movements are already afoot. prepar-
ing for the general elections. The lead
ers of the two liberal groups. the
Freissinnige Volksparte, or Richter
ties. and the Freissinnige Vereinegung,
or Rickerites, have made overtures to
each other for coalition on common
electoral platform, but as vet have not
succeeded III agreeing. Still in their
aims they have much in common and
under prudent guidance could not only
be united, but could also work an cleo
toraI campaign in conjunction with the
more democratic volksparte. From the
tendencies displayed by the various
factions during the debates on econ
omic and financial questions. such as
the bourse laws, protection and other
agrarian matters, it can safely be pre-
dicted, remote though the elections are,
that the campaign will be fought on
lines of industry and free trade against
agrarianism and protection. The ma
tional liberals win be absorbed by the
agrarian conservatives and the
Freissinnige volksparte and the social
lists will form the opposition.
The kaiser has appointed the most
prominent professors of the royal acad-
envy TO design the costumes for the
fancy dress ball fixed for Feb. "a at
the rovaI castle The officers are 10
appear in the uniforms of their regi-
ments as worn at the period represent
ed. viz: 1877. Thus the Garde Du
Corps viii appear in gendarmes uni
forms and some OF the cuirrassiers in
cossack uniforms. For all regiments
formed since 1877 the artist-painter
Skarbind has designed historic cos
tunes.
Professor Won Heyden designs the
costumes for members of the court cir
cles. which are TO be representative of
court styles at the end Of the last cen
fury. Count Ferdinand Harrach. the
court painter, sketches the costume of
the kaiserin. The kaiser will wear an
extra copy of the uniform of Marshal
''Vorwarts." old Butcher Harrach's
design for the kaiserin recalls some
we'll known paintings of Marie Antoin-
cite. Nobody attempts to form an es-
innate of the cost of this great social
function, which is to outrival in mag
nificence of display all previous court
fetes.
The court ball which was given at
the Schloss on Wednesday in honor of
Archduke Otto of Austria was a grand
affair. over 500 guests having been in
vited. In the grand march Archduke
Otto led with the empress, who was at
tired in sea- green robe trimmed with
beads at the bottom and sides of the
skirt and upon the shoulder. The front
was Of the heaviest brocade covered
with numberlsss diamonds. The en-
peror's partner was Princess Frederick
Charles, who wore a robe of navy blue
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