Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-11

his expected appearance yesterday in the
Reichstag. The galleries of the chamber
were crowded with spectators. Princes
William and Leopold occupied the court
box, and the diplo-
A matte gallery was
III crowded. When the
a xNH4E4Y Chancellor entered
WAStX 81 the Reichstag he was
| 81 a kMH&@AY ~ received with salvo
| IL & 8of deafening cheers.
| &SS@AA crowds lined
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fIEa25fT %s{S&#YzW tag along which
VHfn EML Bismarck proceeded
" ~~ MZp and the greetings
Prince bismarck. which hel received
were hearty and rolonged. There was
profound silence in the chamber.
Prince Bismarck reviewed the relations
of Prussia with Russia since 1S4S. "Fre-
quently," he said, "they had had a men
acing aspect, but at all times the calm
ness and conscientiousne displayed by
the minis ters of the Prussian side toward
the threatening position of Russian af
fairs--a position of which foreign coun
tries had no idea-had succeeded in avoid
8
tinued, "we have been constrained to aug.
ment and organize our forces so that in
case of necessity we might stand forth a
strong nation, making its power prevail
by our strength, and so defending it's au.
thority, its dignity and it's possessions.
| The warlike tendencies of France and
Russia" the Chancellor declared, "drive
us to an attitude Of defense. The
/ nil in
us to become carp. Prussia has always
been complaisant with Russia, doing
| her many services. ], myself, when
Minister to Russia, successfully labored
to keep amicable relations. However, my
| friendly feelings for Russia have cooled.
| say this in order to make quite clear
the reason why we concluded an alliance
with Austria. We were inclined to &C.
cede to the demands that Russia made
upon US before the last war in the East.
! Russia then turned vainly to Austria.
We were glad that the storm passed over
our heads. Those who expected to find a
threat in the publication Of the treaty OF
| 1879 are mistaken. The treaty is an ex-
| preston Of the community of interests OF
the two contracting par ties." Continu
ing, Prince Bismarck said: austria is
|
threaten us from Russia and France; but
| there is no need to fear the
hatred Of Rus ia No wars are waged
from mere hatred, for otherwise
France would have to be at war with
| Italy and the whole world. The strength
| we possess will reassure our public opin-
ion and allay the nervousness of the
bourse and the press. Our task now is to
| ctr pptn tncp frQn or
said that others can place the defensive
frontier force as we are able to do. Ii we
are attacked then the fatrore Ieutontas
will flame. We hope to remain at peace
with Russia as with all other powers, but
we do not run after anybody. Rus
sia has no grounds for complaint against
| Germany's attitude on the Bulgarian
| question"
Prince Bismarck reiterated the conf
dence felt in the army, and declared that
| Germany feared ''only the God which
makes us wish to foster peace" Concern
ing the strength and extent of her mill
tary resources, the Chancellor asserted
that Germany could place a million OF
men upon each of her frontiers, irrespec
| tive of the reserves.
| Prince Bismarck occupied an hour and
forty minutes in the delivery of his
speech. Once he became fatigued and
sat down, continuing his speech from his
seat. After awhile, however, he rose to
his feet and finished his address with
increased animation, pausing now and
then to sip refreshing drink. When he
said that in 1868 it was due to the EN-.
| peror and his advisers that Russian war
was avoided, the appl ause began and ii
was renewed with increasing vigor and
| enthusiasm when he declared that In
case cf necessity Germany was equal to
any emergency. The words 1--WE don't
run after any body" were received with q
tremendous outbreak of cheering.
Dr. Frankestein moved the adoption of
the Landwehr bill en- bloc, and that in
view of the political situation the Loan
| bill be not debated. The motion was
supported by Herren Helborf, Behr and
| Bennigsen, whereupon the Loan bill was
referred to the budget committee, and the
House proceeded to the second reading OF
the Landwehr bill.
DR.. Frank enstein moved the adoption
of the bill en- bloc, which motion was sec.
onded by Herr Bennigsen.
Prince Bismarck said that the govern
ment highly esteemed the willingness of
| the House to meet its view, not only as
proof Of the confidence of the Reichs tag
but because it materially contributed to
strengthen the guarantee of peace. The
bill then passed it's second reading amid
cheers.
Prince Bismarck received a continuous
ovation while returning from the Reich
stag palace to his home.
REASsURING EFFECT OF BIsMARCK's g
SPEECH.
LONDON, Feb. 7.-All of the Eur opean
bourses were stagnant yesterday until
the gist of Prince Bismarck's speech be-
came known, when government and other
securities took a decided upward turn,
Russian and Austrian bonds advancing
more than one per cent This was the
only indication Of the effect of the Ger
man Chaneelor's expressions at present,
but the feeling is general that the speech
has had tendency to restore
confidence everywhere. Full and ac-
curate reports of the speech will not
be published in London until the commu-
nications of the various special CORE
| spondents come to hand, and there is a
| general disposition on the part of the
press to withhold comment upon the ad-
dress until it's arrival. 1t is suspected
that Bismarck's reference to the Eastern
question points to Bulgaria, whose case is