Show BERLIN LETTER much quiet in the german capital the kaiser and Kalser lne are both away and all the minor attaches of ministerial offices are absenting themselves berlin july 12 with the departure of the imperial family from Potts dam there has been a general flight from berlin of official court and society dignitaries nit aries and leaders the hae nut permitted some of the ministers to leave their posts aa yet and bae requested freiherr marechal elein dr miquel and dr von boetticher to keep in touch with him by telegraph the minor officials however arc free to go wherever they please and the consequence is that the various departments of the government bear a and solitary aspect the group of court dadea remaining at the entourage of the empress together with the presence of crown prince william and his brother prince frederick who recently came home from eloch where they have been at school 1 kept the palace lively until thursday when the empress and her family left tor the schloss at Wil belm shohe the kaiserine accompanied by tho princess the princess of prince alibert and princess andall took boating excursions on the havel every day and had their luncheon an an island in the river there were also informal musical parties in the evening and some jimca the elder of the princesses would be permitted to rive an early aupper party on island during the day the princesses were compelled to confine themselves for a limited time to their studies the observance of this program lasted until the party was broken lip by the departure of the empress and her children for where they will remain the emperor returns to berlin from the trip be is taking in the northern sea and rejoins the imperial family which be will do early in august with prince russian minister of foreign affairs in switzerland where he will eo this week from st petersburg prince Hohen lobe the german chancellor at his chateau at alt ausse austria the king of greece at aix lea baina for which place he ie about to start for a three weeks eo journ after which he will go to copenhagen for another three weeks stay the czar on the eve of visiting the european capitals and all rabe leading diplomats contemplating holidays there will be a pause in the developments on the situation in the east ae might be expected the an official organ has information that prince lobanoff will devole hia leave of absence absolutely to the repose which is necessary to the restoration of his health there Is no bount aliat europe has reached a period of armistice the diplomatic warfare over turkey but the governments are relaine too much upon the up of matters in crete and the unlikelihood of a recurrence of important events in that island is the official impression here dr the official representative of the cretan reform committee who is now in berlin die trusts the present comparative calm and regards it merely a brief truce before out of the storm the only chance ot permanent peace in crete he declares is in the intervention of the powers and the granting of autonomy to the island apart from the opinion expressed by this gentleman advices have been received liere from canca to the effect that although the christian deputies will attend the opening bession of the cretan assembly tomorrow they do not intend to engage in debate with the most of the deputies but will present to Bero ritch georee pasha the newly appointed christian governor of crete who will preside n document setting forth the claims of the caetans cretans Cre tans to which will be added a demand for universal suffrage and the recognition of a cretan flag the cross thereon they will give the porte a chort time in which to respond to these demands and if the portes reply shall be unfavorable as U certainly will be the christian deputies will constitute an independent assembly in the mean lime the insurgents will seize the advantage afforded by the turkish troops being forced into inactivity and occupy all of the strategic points in the island the fuss which has been made by the french and belgian newspapers over the formation of a german military camp at Eite n on the german frontier has no substantial basis two years aco as was cabled at the time the government purchased large tracts of ground at and Elsen bore which it was understood were to be devoted to making experiments in field operations and shooting practice with various kinds of guns since that time the houses upon the land purchased have been torn down and replaced by extensive barracks and roads and trenches have been constructed but no forts have been erected lord arthur hill who is likely to be appointed governor of jamacia had a romantic love story it was to him the of abo famous old song in tho gloaming were addressed his mother the marchioness of devonshire had a companion with whom be fell in love abbo reciprocated his attachment but believing his marriage with her would ruin his prospects she dieal appeared he hunted her out however and married it was after she had given him up that she wrote the poem the father ot the late baron de was a bavarian merchant who was knighted in 1869 baron de was born in 1833 and before his year became a cleric in the banking house of goldsmit Gol demit he married the daughter of the senior partner de hiresh secured bome bonds supposed to be worthless and from them built up a fortune which nearly equaled the it was a popular superstition of late years that be was pose saed of an evil eye aa so many of bis intimate friends and asso chatee met budden or violent deaths |