| Show REFO1UYI DT GER1 Y The Emperor Proposes to Curtail the Herrenhaus Privileges BY ABOLISHING FEUDAL RIGHTS The Austrian Alliance Herbert BlsmarcS Will Use his Influence With his Father in Favor of Silence I BERLIN Sept G Copyright 1890 by tha New York Associated Press Emperor William General von Moltke General von Goltze Count von Waldersee Archduke Stephen and Admiral Sterneck of the Austrian navy today watched on board the flag ship Baden the maneuvers of the fleet in Flensburtrer fiord The opinions of both British and Austrian officers concur con-cur as to the admirable condition of the German fleet and the wonderful developments develop-ments of the navy Public interest in the maneuvers is slight but the Emperor has kept attention centered upon his movements by suggestive utterances at official banquets obviously aiming to proclaim steadfast adherence to the Austrian alliance The lieichsanzeiger publishes an official vetsion of the speeches which is calculated calcu-lated to soothe Austrian jealousies arising over the Pcterhof interviews and prepares the way for a conference with Emperor Francis during the maneuvers in Silesia Government circles are agitated over the new project for the reform or the horren haus initiated by the Emperor under the instigation of Herr Miguel It 13 the intention of the government to so reorganize reorgan-ize the herrenhaus as to destroy the conservative con-servative majority in that house hostile to tie social reforms droposed by his majesty One repoot is that the ministers approve of a still more radical scheme of reorganizing reorgan-izing the house on a basis akin to modern ideas of senatorial representation In connection con-nection with this Herr Miguel and Herr Perth have prepared a bill which proposes the abolition of the seignorial privileges still possessed by land owners in east and west Prussia Brandenburg Pomerania C Posen Silesia and Prussia and the system by which local elections are controlled and local government held in the grip of these feudal superiors The supreme motive of the government is the conviction that social reforms are impossible without a prior sweeping away of these legislative obstacles obsta-cles Prince Bismarck and the princess lefts Hamburg tonight on their way to visit the chancellors sisters at Krochlen dent The princes stay at Hamburg has been one prolonged oration Count Herbert at a meeting with Emperor Em-peror William at Potsdam promised to use his intiuencowith his father induce him to cease his revelations and return to friendly relations with his majesty In the recent German maneuvers smoke ess powder was used with great success |
