The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17
In BERLIN TO TALK OVER THE
PROPOSED REORGANIZATION OF
ARTILLERY.
EMPERORS WISH TO AGREE.
VIENNA ALSO ANXIOUS TO KNOW
ABOUT THAT TREATY WITH
RUSSIA.
AGRARIANs ON THE WAR PATH.
Excited by the Action of the Grain
Dealers I'm Defying the New
BOurse Law.

BERLIN, Jan. 16.-The presence in
this city of Count Goluchowski, the
Austrian minister of foreign affairs,
who arrived here this morning, is I'M
derstood to be partly due to the desire
of the two emperOrs to come to an un-
! derstanding in regard to the projected
reorganization of the artillery Of both
armies. Count Goluchowski called upon
| Prince HOhenlohe, the imperial chan
| cellor, soon after his arrival, and this
| evening he was received in audience
and dined with Emperor William 1t
| appears that the German military at
! taches at Vienna had special audi
| ence with Emperor Francis Joseph ear
! ly in the week and gave his majesty
a detailed explanation Of the new Ger
man field gun, with drawings and
! models. The German emperor also held
a long conversation with Baron Won
SZOgyeny-Marich, the Austrian ambas-
sador to Germany, and with the Aus
| trian military attache on the same sub
ject. Count GoluchOwski will also con-
fer with Emperor William and Prince
Hohenlohe on foreign affairs, especially
as regards France and the Russian al
| lance.
The appointment Of Count Muravieff,
the Russian minister to Denmark, to
be Russian minister Of foreign affairs
In succession to the late Prince Loba-
noff-Rustovski is not we'll received here
as 1t is not considered favorable to
Germany. Prince Bismarck's organ,
however, the Hamburger Nachrichten,
In an article today expresses the opin-
lon that the appointment of Count
Muravief does not signify any unfavor-
able change Of Russian policy towards
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
| consolidating their interests and defy
ing the new bourse law has stirred up
the Agrarians, whose press, headed by
the Kreuse Zeitung, is now agitating
| the reorganization of a farmers pool
with a view of checkmating the deal
ers and to arrange for the direct sale
OF their produce. 1t is suggested that
the farmers form sale associations
and dispense with the middleman. An
open and bitter war between the Agrar-
1ans and the former members of the
produce exchanges is now expected.
The Prussian government is finding
| that the Polish agitation cannot be
suppressed by administrative meas
ures under the existing laws and is
! preparing a bill for introduction in the
diet, giving it greater powers to deal
with the agitation. Meanwhile, the
Polish press continues it's reasonable
| utterances, and the leading Polish or
gan, the POsen Kuryer, was heavily
1 fined this week and it's editor was SEN
| fenced to six weeks in Jail. The police
also made repeated searches of the
office of the Gazette Robintez Of Ber-
Iln and its chief editors will be prose-
cuted.
In the Reichland (Alsace-Loraine) 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 France.
Emperor William, since the removal
Of the court to Berlin, has resumed his
| customary life. He takes long walks
| IN the th1ergarten every morning in
! company with the empress; or he walks
alone and then returns to the schloSs
and listens to reports until noon After
that he gives audiences While stroll
ing in the thiergarten, 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
mas instructed for the big court hunt
at Buckow, that the whole territory
De enclosed with ropes and barbed
wire and numerous guards will be sta
| tloned there in order to prevent in
trus1on. Only holders of personal cards
OF invitation will be allowed to enter.
1t is understood that the negotiations
with the view to abolish sugar bounties
| have failed.
Much stir has been caused in Co
| logne, owing to the order Of the mill.
tary governor, Gen. Leipziger, that no
military assistance be given to the
carnival, and that no officers be al
| lowed to attend it, because at one of the
sessions of the Cologne carnival societv
an lronical speech was made referring
| to the BruSeWilz affair." which was con-
! sidered offensive to the army. AS the
| promoters of the carnival depend upon
army horses to draw cars, it is feared
that it will either fall through or turn
out to be poor affair."
The Radicals and National Liberals
| intend to question, in the reichstag the
| governments right to imprison editors
Tor refusing to reveal the authorship
or information. They intend to pro-
pose special law to render such high
| future
It appears that the Prussian minister
Tor the interior, is responsible for the
prosecutions which caused friction be-
tween himself and Prince Hohenlohe
who disapproves Of the preliminary
fetes in honor of the centary of viii
liam rs birthday which are already
occurring.
The Pan-German students federation
made big demonstration at the
Philharmonic hall ON Thursday: the
students Of the veterinary college of
Berlin will hold a meeting next Mon
day and similar celebrations upon the
part of the students of Gottingen, Mar
burg and Giessen have been arranged
for Feb H.
The arrangements are now completed
for a big national festival in honor
or the centenary on March %, in Berlin.
The emperor is taking great interest
In the movement and he has sanctioned
the programme, which has been drawn
up by representative body of citizens
and municipal authorities It's main
features are the unveiling of the ma
tional monument near the schloss on
March % and big parade on the fol-
lowing day.