The herald., 1897-01-17
IN THE KA|SER'S REALMS
Artillery Reorganization Inter-
ests the Emperor
ANTI.GERMAN PROPAGANDA
Stirs the Government to the Exercise OF
Severity
Austro- German Negotiations With
France, Looking to the Abolish
ment of Sugar Bounties
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BERLIN, Jan. 16.-(Copyright, 1S97).-
The presence in this city of Count Golu-
chowski, the Austrian minister for for
eign affairs, who arrived here this morn
ing. is understood to be partly due to
the desire of the two emperors to come
to an understanding in the projected re-
organization of the artillery of both
armies. Count Goluchowski called upon
Prince Hoherlohe, the imperial chan
cellor, soon after his arrival, and this
evening he was received in audience
and will dine with Emperor William. 1t
appears the German military attache
at Vienna had a special audience with
Emperor Francis Joseph early in the
week and gave his majesty a detailed
explanation of the new German field
gun with drawings, models, etc. The
German emperor also had a long con-
versation with Baron Won Szogyely-
March, the Austrian ambassador to
Germany, and with the Austrian mill
tary attache, on the same subject. Count
Goluchowski will also confer with En-
peror William and Prince Hohenlohe
on foreign affairs and especially as re-
CARDS France and the Russian alliance.
The appointment of Count Maurevieff,
the Russian minister to Denmark, to be
Russian minister of foreign affairs in
succession to the late Prince Lobanoff
Rostovsky, is not well received here, as
it is not considered favorable to Ger
many Prince Bismarck's organ, how
ever, the Hamburger Nachrichten, in
an article today, expresses the opinion
that the appointment of Count Maurev-
Jeff does not signify an unfavorable
change of the Russian policy toward
Germany and declares that Germany
and not Russia, will be responsible for
any change in the present friendly re-
lations.
The action of the grain dealers in con-
solidating their interests and defying the
new bourse law has stirred up the ag-
rarians, whose press, headed by the
Kruez Zeitung, is now agitating the or
ganization of a farmers pool. with the
view of checkmating the dealers and to
arrange for the direct sale of their pro-
puce 1t is suggested that the farmers
form sale associations" and dispense
with the middle man. An open anu
bitter war between the agrarians and the
former members of the produce eX-
change is now expected.
The Prussian government is finding
that the Polish agitation cannot be sup
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der the existing laws, and is preparing
bill for introduction in the diet, CIV
ing it greater powers to deal with the
agitation. In the meanwhile the Polish
press continues it's reasonable utter
ances and the leading Polish organ the
Posen Kuryer, was heavily hned TINS
week and it's editor was sentenced to SIX
weeks in jail. The police also made re-
peated searches of the office of the Ca
zeta Robotizena of Berlin and it's chief
editor will be prosecuted.
In the Reichsland (Alsace-Lorraine)
the government is dealing with greater
severity with the anti-German propa-
ganda and the Gazette de Lorraine, the
leading organ of the French population,
has been forbidden to print official news
in French.
Emperor William. since the removal
of the court to Berlin, has resumed his
customary life. He takes long walks In
the Thiergarten every morning, in COM
pany with the empress; or, If 1t is wet, ne
walks alone and then returns to the
schloss and listens to reports until noon;
After that he gives audiences Until .5O
.. m. While strolling in the Thiergar-
ten his majesty is frequently seen
watching the skaters on the big lake
owing to unpleasant encounters with
over-curious civilians during the hunts
near Berlin, in November the emperor
has instructed for the big court hunt at
Buckow today that the whole territory
be enclosed with ropes and barbed WIRE,
and numerous guards will be stationed
there in order to prevent intrusioni only
holders of personal cards OF invitation
will be allowed to enter.
1t is understood that the negotiations
of Austrian and Germany with France,
with the view to abolishlng the sugar
bounties. have failed
Much stir has been caused in cologne
owing to the order of the military gov
ernor, General Leipzieger, that no assist
ance be given to the carnival and that no
officers be allowed to attend 1t, because
at one of the folls sessions of the Cologne
Carnival society an ironical speech was
! made referring to the Brusewitz affair,
which was considered offensive to the
army AS the promoters of the carnival
, depend upon army horses to draw cars,
1t is feared that it will either fail through
or turn out to be a poor affair.
The Radicals and National Liberals
intend to question in the reichstag the
governments right to imprison editors
for refusing to reveal the authorship
VI information. They intend to propose