The herald., 1898-10-16
To Sit on the Throne While the
Kaiser Is Absent
A JERUSALEM JAUNT COSTS MONEY
Fencing Out of the American Hog Forces Poor People
Adopt Diet Of Horsefesh Supplemented
by.Fat Young Dog
Associated Press Special Wire.


BERLIN, Oct. 15.-(Copyright, 1881 EN-
peror Williams departure for the orient
has started discussion as to the advis-
ability of the establishment of regency.
The Freisinnige Zeitung says:
where the emperor and king OF Prussia
leaves the country for any length Of time,
as in the present instance, duly empoW-
cred person ought in the meanwhile to
seize yie reins of government" 1t urges
that TIE matter be brought before the
reichstag.
Numbers OF the leading Liberal papers
support the regency proposition, while
several of the Conservative papers scout
this view. The constitution of the empire
does mot appear to provide for regency.
The presidency Of the German bund ts
vested in the king of Prussia, but nothing
is said to legalize the transfer of this dig
nifty to a regent of Prussia. In the mean
while the emperor's brother, Prince Henry
of Prussia, who would naturally be regent,
is absent in China. The next prince avail
able would be Prince Frederick Leopold,
son Of the late Prince Charles of Prussia,
eldest brother of Emperor William I, the
grandfather Of the present emperor.
The whole matter of the emperor's trip
to the Holy Land will be threshed out early
during the coming session of the reichstag.
Question Of Cost
In government circles the opinion Is ex-
pressed that 1t Us not fair to expect the en-
peror to bear the entire expense Of the
Journey. 1t is said that the cost of his
majcsty's trip, exclusive Of presents and
liberal baksheesh, will amount to at least
5,000.0O0 marks. The costly gifts to the
sultan of Turkey and his harem, ETC., afsc
figure up from 5000 900 to 1000. 900 marks.
Therefore, 1t Is suggested, as the voyage
is expected to rebound to Germany's great
er glory and advantage, that parliament
ought to grant a credit to cover the main
expenses, more especially so as otherwise
the emperor will have to run into debt.
The Conservatives have answered the
governments approaches favorably, but
the Centrists have replied with fiat neg
ative. The party organ, the Cologne Volks-
zeitung which does not relish the outspok-
emily Protestant character of the expedi.
ton, says
1T would be asking too much to expect
all Germans to put their hands in theii
pockets In order to pay the home and for.
eign pastors, Protestant bishops and the
like the cost of their junketing in the
orient
The Berlin Neueste Nachrichten says: III
anybody can be expected to pay for the
trip, 1t would be the Prussian diet"
1t Is now said that Emperor William In.
tends to become a neighbor of Queen Vic.
tOr1a IN the n1ShlanQS OF SOOtldn0. he
has been inquiring for purchasable sport.
Ing estate in Scotland providing salmon
fishing and grouse and deer shooting.
Busch on Bismarck
In an interview on the subject of Herr
Moritz Muschs book on Prince Bismarck
DR.. Schweininger. the physician Of the de
ceased statesman, said:
IT voice the feelings of the Bismarck
family when I say they are all indignant
at Herr Busch's book. 1t is not only full o1
glaring errors and Misrepresentation, bu
1t does grave injury to the memory of Herr
Busch's benefactor.
Besides, Herr Busch violated his sworr
duty in the capacity of a pensioned ex-statt
official not to reveal state secrets and moi
to publish state documents. Moreover, his
description of the princes private habit.
Is utterly imaginative"
Vatican Relations
The recall of Baron Won Buelow, the Ger
man minister at the Vatican, is still greatly
exercising the German press. An officia
| of the foreign office said:
"A successor to Won Buelow will not b.