Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-14
RIsMARCRs Ru1E or IRoN.
A Lively Fight over the Socialist Bill
in the ReichstRR.

III AhE AstAnhhAhMs
BERLIN, Feb. 13.--1he question whether
the Reiohstag will pass bill prOlonging
the operations OF the anti-socialist law
fve years, which was adopted by the
Bundesrath, is one Of the main questions
under discussion here.
The preamble to the bill rec ites that IL the
law has not prevented somo attempts nc out
rage, II has nevertheless amelI IorAted the stu
alton since 1878, when the measure went INTO
force. The attitude OF the parties in the
Reichstag toward the bill s uncertain The
members OF the Centre are on principle op-
posed to the MEASURE, and II they remain un-
divided, rejection or modification OF the bill
Is certain.
STAND or THE cLERICALs.
II ia estimated that IL necessary thirty cler-
icals will vote with the coalition of Couserva-
tives and National Liberals to enable the bill
to pass. There are no symptOms Of a division
in the Centre, but the government hopes that
the news of the recent riotlnR in London VIII
have great influence as well rs the fears OF
the Centre that Prince Bismarck, If the bill
should be defeated, would make ITS defeat a
preteXt To dissolve the Reichstag. The Chan
cellor's recent declaration in the Landtag
that he had no intention Of dissolving Parlia-
ment is understood TO apply only in the event
OF the rejection OF the spirit blu, and ~ Ia
thought nc would make the defeat of the
anti Socialist bin reason for dissoving.
THE PRINCES sPERCH.
At a dinner given TO him by the COnserva-
| tive members Of the Recnstag, recently. the
Chancellor spoke freely OF the expected reiec-
tion OF the spirit monopoly bill. He SAID he
intended to Introduce an alternative measure
imposing large tax on the sale of spirits.
On the proposal in the Landtag TO augment
the Gendarmerie in Eastern Prussia The de
bate on the subject of the expulsion of
the Poles was renewed. Herr WIndthorst,
the clerical leader, demanded that the gov
ernment give exact statistics regarding the
neTaOn9 HXnRllsU. showing IhafF religion. plC.
REFUSAL TO REPLY.
Herr Won Puthamer, Minister of the In
| terror, tacitly refused TO give the desired in
| formation, limiting his reply to statement
| tnat the authorities had given the expelled
| Poles ample time in which TO arrange their
| affairs.
Gen. Won sohelIendorf, Minister of War,
announced that the military department
would hencefOrth hold irmer hand over
| Polish recruits, who, he said, would be dis
tributed among the regiments throughout the
| empire.
The Lower House OF the Prussiau Diet has
elected Herr Won KOcller President, Herr
Zuydwick Vice President and Herr Won BEN
| der second Vice President.
MILITARY TRAITORS.
Newspapers which are known TO be gov
| ernment organs, give prominence to the
/ statement of the Judge who sentenced Capt.
| Sarau, who was found guilty Of having tur-
/ nished information concerning German forth
/ fcations and armaments 20 the French au-
| thOriJles, that a bureau existed IN the French
/ Ministry Of War whose duty is TO discover
| German military secrets, and this bureau
/ employed Sarau, Krazlwisky and Janisen,
/ paying Sarau 5000 francs monthly for betr6y-
| ing the plans OF fOrtreases, mobilization, etc.
The newspapers Of Cracow, RUSSIA, are urg-
| ing the merchants OF that city to break of
| their relations with German business houses
| The medical society Of Cracow has decided e
| boycott German medicines and medical in
| ruments. III Of the Galician miners who
| were employed in the pits Of Silesia have beer
| expelled.
/ BISMARCK DENOUNCED.
| VIENNA, Feb. l3.-Herr Hausner the
Galician Deputy in the Reichrath, last
| evening made violent attack upon Prince
| Prussia. The speech was loudly ap-
| plauded. This excited Herr Menger. a
| German Deputy, who rose and re-
marked upon the significance OF
the fact that Herr Hausner, who was ac-
cepted as the spokesman OF his party.
which was conspicuous for pretending 70
/ advocate an AustrO-German alliance,
should receive applause from that same
party for publicly abusing the German
| Chancellor. Herr Menger declared that
he could not but regard the occurrence as
| the inauguration Of a war against the
German side of the House.
POLISH EDITORS IMPRISONED.
| LONDON, Feb. I3.-The editors Of a
/ Polish journal printed In the city OF PO-
sen, have been arrested, tried and sentan-
ced to six months Imprisonment in con-
sequence OF the publications In their pa
per OF an article libelling Prince Bismarck
and the Prussian Ministers. The publ
cation OF the article WAS due TO the action
Of the Prnssian Government towards the