New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-01
PRINCE BISnARCK 1T VARzLN

PUBLIC CONCERN REGARDING Htd-DEfICIENCf n
THE MILITARY EsTiMATEs-NOval FEATURES or
TIE GERMAN CErsUs-PTRsoNAL NoIEs.
IRON THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT of TIE TRIBUNE
BERLIN. Nov 2O-prlnce Bismarck is sill at Var
I'm. but is expected at Berlin IN about week.
There is always much mystery attached to the
Chapcellor's sojoums az his POmerauian estate.
and if he fails return at expected hour, or If be
is visited by any parsonage Of distinction, the polit
cal gossips are full Of distress 1t would be curious
10 count The number Of men who could direct tho
movements Of tie Prince much better than he HIM
self That he is actually kept at Narzin by weaF1-
ness and indspOsition are stories which they VIII
never for an instant conccde When he did not ac-
company the Emperor TO Italy, they may not have
been altogether wrong III limiting that repugnance
to the Italian politicians had eomcthing TO do with
his resolution, but they were not satisfied with tins
They started a story that IN spite of lis pretended
indsposition he able to hunt and fish every day
al Varzin This was gong far The personal organs
of the Prince declared. with much show of feeling,
that he was neither Venator nor Pscator. and that
for MANY years be had not had a gun or a fishing
rod I'm his hands lie has been shot at once or twice.
brt has not himself shot When he returns TO l}er-
lin be will lind parliamentary business IN stale
state The perennial conjunction Of Landtag and
Reichstag which il has always been the unsuccess-
fl eudeavOr Of the Government to prevent Is again
intending II is never possible for me OF these I'M
potent bodies 10 finish its business ard dissolve INTO
thin air before tho othcr comes lntocosion with IT,
Thia year the Ecichstag was first summoned, bat
things arc 40 better For it appeared that there was
nothing ready for action after IL met and it has ac-
cordmely been adiourning from day TO day until
the estimates shorld Doe ready for presentations. he
ln1,t for Alsace-Lori..ac is 1T last ready, and by
t.s time tat is passed perhaps othcfg viii be ia
shape.
deficit Of some twenty millions in the military
tndoet il ono of the facts least gratifying to Ger
many: and the Government curously enough has
nrouosed Ia meet il By increasing one OF the least
nonIlar Of existing taxes. He who iHtcrlcrcs with
q German. beer must be a daring man. The tax IS
already HIGH and beer is dear, and now tdc prop"-
sal to make il still dcaIcr for military purposes MS
| the popular soul with anguish. The othc: tax pro
po4ea that on Bourse operations, NESTS less ohloc-
ton. except from spectators. Anything to lessen
the profits and thereby the atir'ctFeuo-s OF fold
and stock operations in Germany cannot DO other
wise than a hcncfccnt measure.
We do some things better even ia ts land Of zeal
,ns ,.x clusiyeucss and slow mn .cucnts. For in
stance We manage the census better. Instead Of
.pcuding a whole year abou, H. 80 that population
gros faster than the census moves, and the figure,
finally obtained aayo only an approximate relation
to INV particular date we are able 10 determine the
population with great accuracy, even 10 minute.
This il done by wha' is called tho " utaucou7
cersl,D The theory of this sy1t.n III. lot bee uu-
known in America; indeed, If do M .'r, have
read an article by Cen. Walker himself 'plain
tbs and other methods in use II cam Il, however
lac uop9ortune to show the practice rs II will be ap-
nlied in Berlin in two weeks. he time fixed for the
returns * Dec at noon. few days before that
day. blank forms, covering all points about which
statistcs are desired, will be LEFT at every
house, or more properly speaking, at every
apartment in the city. These ar to be filled out
exactly ut noon on the 1st # December Ia the
course of the afternoon tho officials will gather
them up, explain such points as may not have been
understood and see that they are all properly hlled
| out In order that the work may be done eXpedi-
tiously a large force Of special officials have been
appointed. For each If tho police districts super
intendent is appointed he again appoints canvass
| ers ina such O number that O. h one has about a
dozen houses Into this service tho school teachers
have been drafted and for the Afternoon no lessons
will be heard given. These officials Will preVl-
ously have become acquainted with their districts
In advance by the distribution Of the forms, and on
the afternoon in question will be able to 90
! through with their duties in the most rapid and
systematic manner. After the returns have been
| collected. their duties OF eourse end. The forms