The San Francisco call., 1898-01-16
It Causes Court Festivities to Be Held in Abey-
 ance.
However, She Is Expected to Appear at Williams Birth
 day Fete.
Austria and Germany Are Now w H. ing to Confer Upon AoOhshlng
 Sugar BOunties.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

RERIIN. Jan. 25.-Owing to the slow recovery of the Empress, whose physl- cian has forbidden all eXerton, the nrogramme of the seasons court les tivities has not been drawn up. The great court, usually held in the middle of January. in the hall of the Knights in the castle. has been abandoned 1t IS boned the Empress will be strong anoueh to attend the fete upon the oc- caston of the Emperor's birthday, Jan nary 97 in which case several large baIls and receptions will follow, finish ing with the Mardi Gras Bali on Feb ruarv %. The King of SaXony, the two saxon princes. the King of Wurtem- bure inc Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Hesse, the herealtary Prince and Princess of Baden will be among the guests at the Emperor 5 birthday fete.
 Austria and Germany have 1nllfildteu their willingness to attend the proposeu conference at Brussels to discuss the abolition of sugar bounties. France IS also showing an inclination to Joln' so an early meeting is probable.
 The export of sugar to the United States has suffered enormously through the Dingley tariff. In fact, It mas al most stopped. During the last quar- ter of 1897 only S27 900 worth of sugar was shipped from Hamburg. the prln- cipal sugar port of Germany
 The first social function attended py Prince Hohenlohe, the Imperial chan cellor. since the death Of his WlIe' was Inc receDtion of United States Embas- sador Andrew D. White on Iuesday' The Prince was among the hrst arriV- aIs and remained in conversation with his host and hostess for half an hour, although his physicians adVlsed nm not to go; but the Chancellor sald ne felt 1t to be his duty to go. The fact has excited general comment III ulp4o- matic and official circles.
 A sensational drama, Der koenlg, bv Richard Voss, dealing with the lie and suicide of crazy King Louis or Ba- varia. will be presented for the first time at the Berlin Schiller Theater within week or two. The matter mas been the subject of diplomatic repre- sentations upon the part of Bavaria, whose officials were told there was no law to stop the performance. The Ba- varian representative at Berlin Is deep ly offended at the refusal, and has re- ported the matter to Munich
 At the instance of the Navy Depart ment. a pamphlet has been issued, ad- dressed to the Hebrew Reichstag cleo tors, who are mostly followers of Herr Richter, exhorting them to vote for a larger navy, as Palestine, by its aid, could be turned into new Germany for them.
 The Agrarian press has started a campaign against American wines. A higher duty on American wines is de- manded, on the ground that these wines, especially those from California. are directly competing with German wines in the latter's market.
 The Deutsche Vein Zeitung, organ of the German vintners. asserts that there is no such competition, as. ac- cording to the publication, the Califor- mia wines. with their greater percent age of alcohol and acids, compete in Germany only with Spanish, Italian and South of France wines.