Show I BRIIISH GERMAN RELATIONS German Press Has an Outburst of Temper THE LATEST BIG SENSATION DUDLLA MAY BE ABOLISHED IX GER3IAXY Public Feeling Is Said to Be Very Much Asralnut thc Idea Once More Preinlent Cnrlons Details Regarding Re-garding the Life of the Imperial Familj Penalty For thc Betrayal of Business Secrets Otber Berlin Bits BERLIN April 18Copyrighted 1896 by the Associated PressIn well informed inform-ed circles there is an impression that the visit of Emperor William to Vienna was not such a success in strengthening the friendship between Austria and Germany as expected It is asserted that Emperor Em-peror Francis Joseph and his cabinet are piqued at the length of Emperor Williams stay in Italy and the mutual effusion displayed dis-played there The question of the fulure German support of the Austrian Balkan policy was repeatedly broached without eliciting satisfactory German assurances and a thorough understanding on the subject between Count Badeni and Prince Hohenlohe was not affected The Austrian Aus-trian minister for foreign affairs Count Goluchowski and all the minor Austrian olttcials received a German decoration but Count Badeni the premier did not Another An-other question left unadjusted is that of the V V BRITISHGERMAN RELATIONS The German press has had an outburst of temper owing to an article in the Morning Post of London which is considered con-sidered offensive to Germany and the government gov-ernment it is said in spite of Austrias wishes is determined to pursue a policy In South Africa dictated by its own interests I in-terests entirely until Great Britain Is I brought to her senses Herr Horff the I German representative has received minute instructions in view of the latest developments in South Africa The immense sensation which resulted from the pistol duel between Count Von Kotze and Baron Von Schrader resulting in the death of the latter and a number of other recent encounters seems to promise an early ABOLITION OF THE DUELLA in Germany In both the relchstag and the Prussian diet the matter will be broached and demand will J > e made for I new and stringent antiduelling laws Herr Richter and Bebel and other radicals will lead the debate in the reichslag I Public opinion is overwhelmingly in favor of the abolition of the duella and it is I understood that the emperor will shortly modify the prerogatives duties of the I military courts of honor giving them full powers to PEACEABLY ADJUST QUARRELS and differences of opinion instead of merely advising The visit of Emperor William to Dresden Dres-den on Thursday next on the occasion of the King of Saxonys birthday will be signalized by a gala fete a military parade and a monster street procession in which the Dresden art students will take part On Tuesday next the imperial court will remove to Potsdam for the summer and the empress will shortly conduct her Iwo eldest sons to the cadet schools at Plcen where they will remain for three years returning home only for the usual holidays holi-days Near the little Schloss where the princes will live a small railway station in log hut style has been specially built They will be taught in company with the other pupils in the school room of their private residence Oscar Kauffmanns book makes public some curious details regarding THE PRIVATE LIFE I of the imperial family It appears that the emperor contracts with his chief butler for meat at so much per head An ordinary dinner costs less than two collars col-lars a plate exclusive of wine but on festive occasions the cost of a dinner varies from 5 to 10 The emperor usually has three meals daily a meat breakfast a hot lunch and a six course dinner the latter being always disposed of under an hour On the menu are hock Bordeaux and champagne daily as table wines and the cellars of the schloss hold 2000 bottles of fine wines and 4000 casks of other wines and liquors 1 The government bill to prevent unfair competition in trade was considered by the imperial diet on Friday The bill provides for the punishment of persons I revealing trade secrets which the government govern-ment has divided into two categories I first those learned by workmen in the ordinary course of service and secondly those for which employers have exacted promises of secrecy The diet refused to pass the measure in this shape and adopted a modified form by which a pen j t alty is only applied to the BETRAYAL OF BUSINESS SECRETS I during time of service and with intent to injure their employers or compete with them The diet also declined to accept the paragraph by which editors of newspapers news-papers were to be held responsible for fraudulent or deceptive advertisements and passed the clause exempting editors from penalty unless It is proved that they were aware that the advertisements were deceptive A government edict just published greatly restricts the liberties of university students Hereafter they must obtain permission from both the police and their rector before holding public or private meetings During the week there were violent snow and hall storms In the German highlands high-lands with deep snow The HamburgAmerican Steamship company has accepted the conditions of the municipal authorities at Stettin to erect extensive emigrant quarters there and ship emigrants thence direct to New York A STRIKE On Friday the carpenters at work on the Berlin industrial exhibition struck for a mark an hour arid a mark and a half for overtime Major Leutweln the German governor of Southwest Africa reports that he fears there will be a rising of the Hereros who number 60000 and who are giving a great deal of trouble The German forces only number 600 and are quite Inadequte to cope with them If war breaks out it will be the biggest colonial trouble Germany Ger-many has yet had The relchstag oleomargarine bill as amended In committee renders the importation Impor-tation of American oleomargarine virtually virtual-ly impossible There is little prospect of its adoption |