The record-union., 1897-09-05
The EMPER0R'S
COBLENTz SPEECH,
His Vain Boosting Received Abroad
With Derision.
Described as the BIaring of a War Horn of
Ancient Gods.
The Speech Generally Interpreted
to Mean That His Majesty Is
Determined Not to Yield to the
Wishes of Parliament - The
German Liberal Newspapers
Hoist the Danger Signal.

BERLIN, Sept. copyrighted, 1897,
by the Associated Press.-Emperor
Williams Coblentz rhodomontade has
been received abroad with derisiOn.
Even the Roman press cannot swallow
the Emperor's "Vice Regency of Heav-
en- and is describing the blast at Cob
lentz as the blaring of a war horn Of
the ancient German gods. Austria
manifests considerable uneasiness on
the subject and throughout Germany
a more significant note of danger has
been sounded.
The Emperor's speech is generally in
terpreted as meaning that his majesty
( is determined not to yield to the wishes
/ of Parliament, and the newspapers,
though not daring to say so openly,
clearly intimate that the Emperor's
idea of his mission does not agree with
his constitutional position. While his
/ majesty may be responsible to nobody
but God, it is added, the responsibility
for the Emperor rests upon the Minis
ters, whose work the Nation intends to
| control no matter how omnipotent or
omniscient his majesty proclaims him
self
The thoughtful and liberal minded in
Germany feel much abashed, and nat
urally, the conservative and the Whole
of the reactionary pre- SIS are loudly ac-
claiming the speech. The liberal news
papers are hosting he danger signal.
The "Vorwearts'' OH Thursday drew a
parallel between the Roman Empetors
of the Byzantine period and other half
mad autOcrats, saying: THE Emperor
evidently coniemplatrs, for The good Cf
tn fatherland, to reign hereafter in
violation of the peoples constitutional
rights
Even so loyal and moderate a paper
! as the National Zeitung'' guardedly
but decidedly takes the Emperor to
task, reminding him that, under the
Constitution, his own dues and prerog-
atives and those of the Cabinet and
the Reichstag are bounded by certain
limitations, wf9lch no one can trans
gress with impunity, adding: His
latest speech is an unwelcOme confi2-
nation of the rumors which have been
current for months regarding the En-
perOr's Intentions"
A number of the leading papers pro-
test that the imperial speeches and po-
litical toasts have been becoming al
together too frequent of late and they
further hold that they are injuring the
authority and dfgniy of the crown, the
"Tageblatt" declaring that his majesty
is reintroducing the mental unwisdom
of Frederick William ".
In spite of the flood of criticism, the
Emperor is said to be preparing to
make another speech, in the exchange
of toasts between himself and the King
of Italy at Hamburg, as counterblast
to the CrOnstadt glOrifica ton, and as a
fresh consolidation of the Dreibund
The correspondent of the Associated
Press here understands on good author
ity that the time for Prince Hohenlohe
to step out of office has been fixed for
October, soon after the Bundesrath re-
sumes its session, and that the EN-
peror will no longer try to hold the
Prince, since the latter, on July ID. de-
clared through the North German Ga
zette' his inability to accede to any bill
for the reform of military procedure,
which is not in accordance with the
Chancellor's promise to the Reichstag,
namely. in cOnsOnance with modern
ideas of justice and humanity. But il
/ is just possible that his majesty may
change his mind at the last moment
! His present intention is to make Baron
Won Bulow the next Chancellor, and
| in political circles the impression pre-
walls that Baron Won Thielmann, the
later German Embassador at Wash
/ ington and present Secretary of the
! Treasury, will be made Secretary Of
/ Foreign Affairs.
! AT the national convention of Ger
man Catholics. just held at Landshut,
! Bavaria. resolutions were passed re-
garding the restriction of the temporal
1 power of the Pope. The convention
was largely attended from all parts
/ of Germany.
| The military excesses of the past
week or two have been much comment
| ed upon. At Carlsruhe. during the
/ course of an orgie held by the officers
i of the 10th regiment. First Lieuten-
ant Knoll was suddenly and murder
| ously assaulted with a saber by Major
/ Won jacob, and general fight en-
! sued, lasting an hour. Two non-com-
missioned officers of the Guards ArtiI-
/ lery Regiment at Spandau wantonly
/ attacked and nearly killed with sabers
] lNO clNllldLS With NnOm Ihey quar-
relied on the street.
Lese majesty's trials have been very
prevalent lately There were three at
! Dusseldorf during the past week At
| Magdeburg a social editor was arrest
ed for speaking disrespectfully of the
pantaloons worn by the Emperor at the
unveiling of monument there.
J. C. White of ST Paul. who has been
stopping at a hotel in Baden Baden.
has had two letters of credit. amount
ing to $4,000 and $4,000 in cash. stoI-
| en- from him.
The German authorities have seized
| 100 pounds of trichinoid pork. which
they claim to be of American origin. at
AK La Chappelle. The United States
Consul there, acting upon instructions
received from the United States EN-
bassy. investigated the matter and
demonstrated the fact that the pork
had been packed in American packages
already cancelled. and the meat really
came from Belgium
Sedan Day was observed indifferently