The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
.EDDYISM" IN BERLIN
GERMAN CAPITAL STIRRED BY
 THE CRUSADE.
It is Said That Emperor William is
 Strong in His Disapprobation of Healing by Prayer-Ths
 Tariff Bill.

Berlin, Feb s.-"Eddyism," as Chris tian Science is called, is the sensation of the moment The comic papers carica- tu-e it, the weighty religious periodicals marshal poiemics against it, and the daily perss prints much descriptive matter re- garding what is called the Latest American importation saying it was only brought here after 1t had been worn out in the United States"
 Emperor Williams conference with Dr. Fabre. superintendent of the churches in the Berlin jurisdiction, and Herr von Windheim. the police president. as to what steps shall be taken. has alarmed the Christian Scientists, but nothing has yet been done against them. except the withdrawal from certain public halls of the necessary permission to open for meetings.
 On Friday evening a meeting was pre- vented through a police notice posted on the door. The managers of the Chris ton Science campaign are trying to secure a building owned by Americans. thinking the police are less likely to inter- fere. The enthusiasts declare public ex-
 
 petus.- The newspapers say Emperor William intends to take energetic measures against all forms of obscurant- ism practiced for money, and insist that the heavy fees charged for healing. amount to swindling. The leaders of the Christian Science crusade are selling Mrs. kuay's book tor 70 marks.
 The evening papers today print further details regarding Emperor. Williams talk about "Eddyism." Herr von Windheim says he found his majesty thoroughly informed about the matter. The Emperor expressed strong disapprobation of prayer healing, but agreed that Herr won Windheim must make no martyrs.
 The North German Gazette says Elm peror William gave 1t to be plainly un- derstood that he believes Christian Scientists and the like should be rigidly excluded from the court. The German followers of the Christian Science com munity in Berlin number about 200 per. sons. The Agrarians last evening cheered the earlier part of Chancellor won Buelow's speech, but their enthusiasm was replaced by gloomy silence when he announced that the new tariff bill repre- sents the governments utmost limit of assistance to agriculture. The Chancel- Tor, having tested public opinion. feels surer of his position with the country be- hind him in checking the landed interests demands. The governments firm stand has convinced the moderates that they must accept the bill as it is or get noth- ing.
 It is understood that the Chancellor in- tends to get the tariff bill out of the way so soon as possible in order that the general elections of 1903 may be contested on other issues than bread usury. The results of the bye-elections have disheartened the conservatives. Accord ing to a statement emanating from con- servative sources, some of the conserva- tive members close districts have in- formed the party managers that they cannot make fight against the battle cry, of bread usury if the Reichstag is dissolved over the tariff bill.
 Joseph Brucker, the Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition Commissioner, Is going to Dusseldorf next week to open an of- flee. in the exposition grounds there, for the promotion of the St. Louis fair.
 A special dispatch from Warsaw says Polish national feeling runs so high that nearly all the Polish nobles invited to the governors splendid ball refused to attend because the invitations were in the Rus- sian language. The Poles who did at tend had police escorts. to protect them from the indignant public
 The government is prosecuting the Voerwaerts Organ of the Socialists) for receiving stolen goods in printing the secret memorandum of the secretary of the admiralty, Admiral von Tirpitz, which was discussed in the Reichstag this week. Herr Rebel, the socialist leader in the Reichstag, said last evening that the ,Vorwaerts never paid a pfennig for any of It's series of officia documents. pub iished without the governments consent or knowing, and added that the paper never knew from whom they came.