The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-20
Changed Plans the Subject of Dis
cuSsion at Berlin.
WILLIAM HASTENS HOME
REICHsTAG MUST BE OPENED AT
AN EARLY DATE.
Hear of Anarchists May Account For
the Emperor's Strange Movements
His Quarrel With the Regent of
Lippe-D etmold Ventilated By the
Press-Emperor Censured.

Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press)
Berlin. Nov. 19.-Emperor Williams
sudden abandonment of his intention to
visit one or more Spanish ports on his
return to Germany by sea, and his de-
termination to so home by way of the
Adriatic sea, landing at Pola and TAX
ing the train there for Potsdam via
Innsbruck, has given rise to consider
able speculation as to the real motive
of his change of programme. The Off
cial explanation giving the health of
the empress as the sole reason for his
majesty's rapid return is only partially
accepted here, though it is well known
that the empress suffers severely from
sea sickness and dreaded the passage
across the bay of Biscay, especially in
view Of the change in temperature and
the prospects of stormy weather. The
impression among leading politicians,
however, is that the state Of home poll
tics and the inappropriateness Of his
proposed visit to Spain at the present
juncture mainly influence the emperors
decision. The imperial chancellor,
J Prince Hohenlohe, represented to his
majesty the necessity for an early open
ing of the reichstag, in view of the
mass of work that body has to get
through, and suggested Nov. %, or Dec.
1 /, for the opening ceremonies. Emperor
! William, who intends to open the ses-
sion in person, thereupon decided to
return directly. The ministers have all
returned suddenly to Berlin and the
greatest activity is observable in po-
| litical circles.
The discussion of the governments
anti-strike measure promises to make
| the sessions of the reichstag extremely
! lively.
1t is suggested in some quarters that
Emperor Williams roundabout detour
! from Pola to Potsdam, by way of Inns
| bruck, capital of the Austrian Tyrol,
was dictated by plan which, since the
assassination of the empress of Aus
tria and the discovery of a plot against
! the emperor's life at Alexandria, Egypt,
has governed his majesty's movements
| namely, complete secrecy as to the
time of his departure from any place
and the exact route to be kept secret
until the last moment.
The municipality of Potsdam, where
the imperial family will reside until the
new year. is preparing a warm recep-
ton for their majeSties. The burgo-
masters viii read an address and the
guilds and corporations will line the
route from the station to the palace and
afterwards file past the emperor.
LIPPE-DETMOLD CONTROVERSY
The absorbing topic in the German
press during the past week has been
the Lippe-Detmold case. The verbatim
! publication of the documents, which
first appeared in a Vienna paper, and
which We're afterwards copied by the
entire German press, enabled the ma
ton generally to form an intelligent
idea of the whole matter, and since In
the continued absence of the emperor
"a fl1a a
keep silence, the comments of the news
/ papers have been both varied and in
teresting.
In the verbatim reprint, the regents
original letter of complaint is shown
to have been couched in very respectful
calm language, and apparently the en-
peror had no reason whatever to re-
ply by the curt, insulting telegram for
bidding the regent ever to address him
in a similar manner again. The circu-
lar letter sent by the regent to the
reigning princes also set forth his
grounds for complaint in a very digni-
fed manner. None Of the answers re-
ceived to the circular letters have thus
far been divulged, but it is said in dip
lomatic circles that several of the re-
plies received by the regent are con
ciliatory and sympathetic especially
one from the Prince Regent of Bavaria
While the replies of the King of Sax
ony and the Grand Duke of BadeT
counseled more moderation. 1t is IN
derstood that all the replies of tht
princes will be published later.
According to reports from those whC
are near to the Emperor, his majesty
has lately changed his opinion of the
whole case and now regrets treating
the regent of Lippe-Detmold so Taught
lily and allowing the case to go as fal
as ii has, and becoming a nationa
scandal. It is too late, however, to stol
the matter, and the bundesrath vii
take up the case at an early oppor
tunity 1t must deal with two points
the regents formal complaint agains
the emperor, and the protest of the en-
peror's brother-in-law, Prince Adolpl
of Sehaumberg-Lippe against the diet;
adoption of the law of succession
which declared the regents lawful is
sue entitled him to succeed in thu
throne of Lippe. This protest is helC
to be purely of a vexatious nature, in
asmuch as the court of arbitration
presided over by the king of SaXony
declared that the Schaumberg-Lip
line is only third in the order of sue