The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-22
KAISER WILL
TALKS ON ART
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He Does Not Like the School Of
the NaturaI."
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Berlin. Dec. 21.-Emperor williams
discourse on art during the dinner
which he gave at the palace on
Wednesday evening to painters and
seulptors, is the principal topic dis
eussed in the drawing rooms and doc
torial assemblages here. It has even
got into those socio- political contro-
versies which occupy so much of the
attention of the educated classes in
Germany, as well as that Of the agi-
tators in the cafes. His majesty's re-
pugnance to naturalism arises, the de-
tenders Of the modern school aver.
solely from his antipathy to social de-
mocracy. The common talk at court
IS that artists such as Libermann and
Ohds, who delight in schemes repre-
ssntlng the lite of the poor, must be
socialists, fellows without a country
The political bias Of the emperor's ar
tlstc opinions Is the only explanation
me critics ind for his condemnation Of
The work Of BOreuhn, Thoma Lieber-
mann stuck, Uhde and even Mcneil,
on whom his majesty bestowed the Or
der of the Black Eagle. None Of those
were present at the dinner, but they
found defenders among those who were
there. After the ladies withdrew, En-
perer William took the guests to the
Heinrichs hailen, where, over beer and
tobacco. they discussed the doctrines
his majesty had laid down in his
speech. The emperOrs good humor en-
bOldened several of those present to
disagree with him, and they rather
plainly intimated that they believed
an Injustice to some of the first artistic
names in Germany had been done in
saying that their work brought art
down to the gutter. His majesty re-
turned argument for argument, as ne
loves a fight of any kind. and he is de-
scribed as having been lively in repair
tee. The sitting was prolonged for sew
eral hours.
The completion of the thirty-two
groups in the Sieges Alice, Emperor
Williams gif1 to the nation, Is the text
Of a number Of articles surveying the
artistic merit Of the series. The gen
eral opinion seems to be that it is Of
doubtful value The whole series is
tiresome and monOtonous. The cost,
which his majesty paid out Of his own
pocket, exceeds 100000 marks
Forming a Match Trust.
o. c. Barber, ". A. Smith of GIas-
gov, vice chairman of Bryant & Mays;
George w. Pater, managing director Of
the diamond Match cOmpany's Liver
pool works; j. W. Bartholomew and
A1r. Graves, directors of Bryant &.
Mays, met at Mannheim this week to
consider the reports Of their agents.
who have been negotiating for the alb
sorptlon OF The match factories Of Eu-
rope. Some important concerns are
not willing to sell on the terms Of
tered. After a conference the direc-
tors separated, two Of them going to
Norway and Sweden, expecting to close
with four of the largest works there,
though even regarding these some Of
the conditions are not yet settled. Dir.
Barber viii sail from Liverpool for the
United States Dec. 26 with the PROPOSE
tons which he will lay before his
American associates.
This is a gloomy Christmas in Ger
many. Half a million persons are un-
Employed, and the consequent wretch
edness darkens the holidays. Even the
Well-tO-dO are most Indifferent They
are unable to avoid seeing the misery
Of the cellar jewellers Of Berlin, while
reports from every part of the empire
indicate that extraordinary demands
are being made on the poor funds and
private agencies for the relief of the
destitute. Several new charitable so
cieties have been organized in Berlin,
and three or four times more than the
usual holiday contributions to the poor
! have been distributed. yet the distress
| seems scarcely diminished. The mu-
nicipal councils of Cologne, Stuttgart,
I Leipzig. Berlin and other cities are
/ discussing the question Of municipal
/ aid without reaching anything very
/ definite. The provincial government Of
! Wiesbaden has determined to distri-
| butte relief from the provincial treas
| ury.
VIII Dismiss Foreign Labor.
/ One amelioration Of the situation
upon which both trades unions and
/ employers have agreed, is the dismissal
Of foreign labOrers, many thousands OF
! whom, Czechs, Poles, Italians and Rus
/ SLAMS. obtained work in Germany dur
| ing the boom period. The government
/ approves of the dismissal Of these men
/ and Of giving preference to Germans.
/ The manager Of the great Laura iron
/ works in Silesia in discharginV 500
/ foreign wOrkmen, said the authorities
| had advised taking this step. Other
! large establishments have taken the
] same course, and the ducal government
/ Of Anhalt has discharged and expelles.
from the duchy all foreign labOres il :
/ the government establishments. Ex+
! pulsions Of foreigners by the local au-
I thorities have occurred in other parts
of Germany.
! The census Of the unemployed IN
/ Berlin shows that 9.593 persons are
/ out of work there. The socialists, in
/ interrogating the municipal govern
ment on the subject this week, said the
number would be $4,000 after the
t Christmas work. was over The burgo-
master said he believed this estimats
was excessive