The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-25
ROYAL SPLEMD0R IN RUSSIA.
GREAT DISPLAY OF MUsCOVITE
POMP FOR THE KAISER.

The Visiting Emperor and Empress
to Arrive at CrOnstadt Roads on
Aug. Estate banquet to BE Given
in Their Honor at the PeterhOf
Palace in the Evening-Other Gala
Events to Follow on Succeeding
Dnys-HeIigOIand n Gretna Green.
Special Berlin Gable Letter.
Berlin, July 24-The approaching visit
of the German emperor and empress to
Russia viii be signalized by a great dis
play of Muscovite pomp and ceremony.
They Will arrive on Aug. at Cronstadt
roads, where the Emperor Nicholas and
the empress will meet them on board the
Russian imperial yacht Alexander. A
splendid reception will be accorded them
at the landing stage. They will proceed
to the new Peterhof palace and during
the forenoon win visit with the czar and
czarina. In the evening a state banquet
will be given in their honor, and on the
morning of the Sth, they will proceed TO
St. Petersburg on board the imperial
yacht, land at the Nicholas quay and visit
the Church of st. Peter and st. Paul.
after which they will be present at the
ceremony of dedicating the new wing of
the German Alexander hospital.
On the evening of Aug. a gala per-
formance will be given on Olga Island.
During the evening of Aug. 10 the new
Peterhof park will be Illuminated brill
liantly, and their Russian and German
majesties will take tea together at the
summer palace of Peter the Great.
On the 11th the imperial visitors will
start homeward, the Russian emperor and
empress accompanying them to the place
of embarkation.
Heligoland has become a kind of Gretna
Green since it was ceded to Germany; and
couples can now be married there between
the arrival and departure of the Cuxhaven
steamer. The formalities observed are of
the simplest character, and it is said that
the officiating clergyman has become so
expert that he can conclude a ceremony
in five seconds. By some means he has
obtained a monopoly in these marriages
and now boasts a total of 1,913. He refuses
to deal with widows, widowers, or divorc-
ed persons if he discovers their true char
acter in time
The emperor's incessant interference in
politics is weakening the government
ranks, while the ranks of the malcontents
and socialists are swelling day by day.
Prominent men in ecclesiastical and uni
versity circles are openly expressing their
sympathy with the imprisoned socialists.
1t is pointed out that the offense of les
majeste is of almost daily occurrence and
| that if all were to be prosecuted, who ex-
press discomfort with the acts of the en-
peror and the government, it would be nee
essary to turn all the barracks into pris-
ons in order to find room for them
curious law suit has been commenced
| by King Leopold of Belgium against the
Hamburg newspaper which had published
some offensive statements concerning his
majesty. The editor has declared that he
will prove the correctness of the state
ments and has asked that certain MEM
bers of the royal suite should be SubpOen-
aed and examined before the Belgian court.
The Belgium depaI tment Of justice has re-
fused to comply with the request on the
ground that the constitution guarantees
the inViolaDility of the king, whose acts
may not be subjected to inquiry. The out
come is awaited with much curiosity.
The reply Of the government to the de-
mand of the agrarians for a decree tenn
porarily excluding foreign grain, has been
received with general dissatisfaction, al
though it is considered to be graciousy
worded. Rarely has any proposal been so
universally condemned. Not a single jour
nal gave its support except the organ of
the agrarian league; and the only out
come of the petition of the farmers alli-
ance has been to widen the breach be-
tween the agrarians and the conservatives,
as the only explanation Of the attempt Is
that it must have been intended to en-
barrass the government.
The emperor has made a donation Of
10000 marks for the sufferers from the
hailstorm in the Rickland