St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-21
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increasing the Imperial Army.
Popular Anxiety Regarding the
EmperOr,s Ii eaIih,

Popular Anxiety Regarding the
EmperOr's Ii eaIih,
BERLIN, Nov. 20.-The army septennate
proposals. as gradually transpiring through
the official press. disclose matured scheme
to augment every branch of the service.
The Post and other papers argue that as
the population has increased from a. $780,
900 to 47.000,000, while the army on
peace footing remains at AS, 900 men, it is
expected to create new annual contingent
of %, 900 men. This is the minimum pro-
posed in the government plan, which is to
form new army corps of 90
600 men, the remaining 5000 to be
distributed among the artillery. The full
scheme of army reconstruction includes in
creased field artillery, a new regiment Of
siege artillery with
CONTINGENT OF ENGINEERS,
and an augmented division of cavalry and
horse artillery. Associated with these
changes are projects fixing the limits of
service in each grade and revised scheme
of promotion. These proposals invest the
coming session of the reichstag with I'M
wonted interest. An analysis of the pres
ent state of parties shows that the Con-
servatives have "a votes, the National
Liberals 81, the Realm party 81,
the Center 106. the Poles Is,
the Progressionists and Peoples party
II, the Social Democrats 25, and
the Independents 25. Three seats are va
can't Prince Bismarck relies on the solid
vote for the septennate of the Conservative,
Liberal and Realm parties, aud a support of a
majority of the Center. 1t Is still doubtful
how lar the Center will support the meas
ure. Failing of a decisive majority, Prince
Bismarck will at once
APPEAL TO THE COUNTRY.
and official circles assume with certainty
that large majority will approve the sep
tennate with whatever increase of the
army the government demands, under the
influence of the European crisis and the
rapid growth in strength of
the French army. The reichstag
will propably be opened by commission.
the health of Emperor William not permit
ting his presence. The emperor has recov-
cred from the effects of his recent chill,
though he has suffered from hoarseness and
for some days has been completely voice
less. His doctors insisting Oh absolute re-
pose. ordered cessation OF music bands
passing the palace. This caused panic.
Enormous crowds gathered in the neighbOr-
hood OF the palace on Thursday. The Of
ticials tried in vain to reassure the people.
who persisted in waiting to see the EN-
perOr. Selling the occasion Of regiment
passing. Emperor William ordered the band
to play and he himself appeared at win
dow and saluted. He was greeted with a
prolonged
oUTBURST OF FERvENT CHEERS. q
During the height of public anxiety, re-
ports were current that Prince Bismarck
had advised the emperor to appoint Crown
Prince Frederick William regent OF Prus-
STA, with the supreme direction of Prussian
affairs, the emperor retaining the undivided
powers i'm the empire. and that the emperor
had assented. The American legation was
closed to-day under the supposition that
this was the day fixed for the funeral of
Ex-President Arthur. The Berlin press
eulogizes Gen. Arthur as an upright man
and Independent politician. The Vossiche
Zetung, referring to the report
that Mr.. Tanner, United States
minister to ChemnitZ, is
adverse to Saxon manufacturers. quotes
the statement of a preceding consul. Mr..
Griggs, who is unable to agree with Mr..
Tanner, who, he thinks, fails to do justice
to Saxon manufacturers. Cheap, ordinary
goods are mostly manufactured in Chem
nitZ on American account, says Nh. GrlggS.
and no reproach should fail upon the manu-
facturers. The police of Berlin have dis
solved every meeting OF Democrats at
which the merits of the candidates of the
first circonscription have been discussed.
At a recent meeting held under police
permit, one of the speakers referred scorn-
fully to Christian socialists as having
their proper place in the conservative
menagarie. A police commissioner de-
manded that he withdraw the phrase. The
succeeding speaker declared that German
workmen deprived of every right knew
what course to take. The commissioner
thereupon
DISSOLVED THE MEETING.
The audience passed out Of the hall sing
ing the ''Workmen's Marsellaise." The
memorial sent to the socialist members of
the reichstag by committee of Social
Democrats as published in the National