The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-06-24
CHANGES IN THE CABINET GER
TAIN-DR. MIGUEL TO RE-
PLACE Won BOETTICHER.
navy EXPERIMENTS WITH AIR SHIPS
SERVES of Tests ut Kiel Were Highly
Observation-Disclosures Exchanges
RetaIiating on the Govern-
ment-ReceptiOn.

Berlin, June 19.-In spite of semi-offical
denials there is no doubt that new shut
fling OF the cabinet has been decided upon
by the emperor. DR.. Won Boetticher, the
vice president of the council of ministers
and imperial secretary of state for the in
terror, the vice chancellor and Prince
HOhenlohe's mOuthpiece in the reichstag
and diet, has entirely dissatisfied his males
ty by repeated recent failures to vigorously
represent the government during important
debates. Emperor William is especially
incensed at the failure of DR.. Won Boet-
ticher to reply to Herr Richter's terrible
arraignment of his majesty's policy and
acts in the reichstag on May IS. DR..
Miguel the minister of finance, will replace
Dr. Won Boetticher with increased prerog-
atives and functions, not only in the Prus-
sian, but in the imperial cabinet, which
will cause him to be intrusted with the
task of advocating the important measures
of the government especially the naval
schemes association bill, ETC., he being a
plausible and eloquent speaker. which the
chancellor is not. Prince Hohenlohe will
retain the chancellorship, although he is
anxious to retire to private life, but he
has permitted himself to be persuaded to
stick to his post until the autumn or until
the pressing government measures are dis
posed of, DR.. MIGUEL taking most of the
burden of the Office upon himself. DIR.
NIiquel's sphere of duty will also be enlarg-
ed by the creation of the Office of the chan
cellor of the eXchequer, with similar scope
and influence to the British chancellor of
the exchequer. Baron Marschall Won
Bieberstein, the minister for foreign al
fairs, remains in office for awhile longer,
or at least until suitable successor can be
found. 1t is an open secret that he has
lost the favor, and. to some extent, the
confidence of the emperor. 1t is under
stood that the post for the minister OF for
eign affairs has been offered to Count Won
Gutenberg, the German ambassador to
Vienna, and to Count Won Hatzfelt-W Wild
enburg, the German ambassador at Lon
don, and that they have both declined.
The forcible dissolution of the Temporal
~ produce exchanges OF Berlin. stettih
and other Prussian cities, by the police, UNI
der the pretext of their being contrary to
the bourse law. has caused much dissatis-
faction among the spectators and has
also created a curious situation. No pro-
duce ouotatio are now published. and no
market prices of cereals are given out any
where. The Berlin produce exchange mas
appealed to the higher court. and until q
definite decision is rendered things VIII
continue as at present. Inc farmers are
much excited. as harvesting will soon COM
mencp, anu lHcy uGc ptlfSNts - ''S
as to what prices to ask.
The government did not expect this OBJ
stinacy upon the part of the corn deal
ers" and is quite taken aback at the pres
emf situation, which is injuring the grow
ers, for whose protection the coercivee
measures against the bOurse was supposed
to have been taken.
The senate of Hamburg has agreed to
spend another II, 800 marks in harDor I'M
prOyements. .ou.;,,,,
Naval experts at <iel are now testing
the practical uses Of dragon-shaped arr
ships, which may be put on board vesseis
for use during naval engagements ana III
accommodating. Some of the balloons
arose 1900 feet. The observations made
were communicated by telephone or teie-
rruph from the balloons to persons on the
decks of the vessels below. enabling them
to change the course of the latter accord
ingly. The whole series of experiments
were eminently successful.
Ar tbe initial reception of the new United
States ambassador, MIR. White, emperor
William wore handsome uniform OF the
Firse Dragon Guards. During the con-
versation, which lasted ten minutes, his
ma iesty referred to Mr.. Whites former
stay in Berlin and spoke in complimentary
terms of the great progress made by the
limited States since then. and of the grow
ing intimate relations between the, two
countries. Mr.. White and his family, at
the end of the month, will go to Hamburg
In drink the waters, and will pay hylnS
visit to Mr.. Oswald Ottendorfer, proprie;-
tor of the New York Stats Ieitung at
Mannheim. They will then go to Herrlngs-
dorf by the Baltic. Until he finds suitable
apartments Mr. White will stay at the
Kaiserhof. His reception by the princes
and other members OF the royai FANNY has
been deferred until autumn
Mr.. Charles Cramp, of the Philadelphia
shin.building firm, is now in Germany en-
Gagged in Investigating the recent progress
made here in ship-building.