The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-15
BISMARCK Is ANGRY.
Because the Reiehstag Passed an
Objectionable Bill.
CHINESE QUESTION IN GERMANY.
Strikes Among the Coal Miners have Suggested
Their Importadon-DOm Pedro Prepar-
ing Manifesto-The Crontn Case.

BERLIN, Dec. 14-[Copyright 1889, by
New York Associated Press. THE success
of the Centre party liz the vote in the
reichstag relieving all theological students
from obligation to military service has
stirred up good deal of breeze in the
upper world of politics; and Bismarck
complains in regard to it that the highest
interests of the government service are
neglected for the personal interests of in
dividual deputies.
The Centrists secured the viatory
by rushing through a vote in
the absence of many members
of the Cartal party who were
home doing what American politicians call
taking care of their forces" The Nd
ttOndl Zeitung announces that the govern
ment will not accept this decision on this
very important subject. Bismarck has
hauled Herr Boetticher over the Goals for
not preventing a vote and Boetticher has
promptly responded by throwing the blame
on the Cartel combination. Bismarck an
swers to the effect that important govern
ment measures must be settled in the
Reichstag before the middle of February,
when he desires to dissolve that body.
Herr Boetticher's task will not
be an easy one. Caucuses and conventions
innumerable are being held thoughtout
the empire preparing for the coming elect
ions, and although all parties are active the
Socialists are pushing things more energet-
icallY than the others, having already
brought forward 205 candidates. The
comments of the journals of the Cartel
party upon all this disclose1 some appre-
hension in the government groups that
the admirable organization of the Social
lists will make them troublesome customers.
The strikes Of the miners will be mat
ter of great moment to the electoral game
Inspite of the supposition that the Westpha-
liam strikers have been appeased, the strike
is extending. In the Saar mines 7,0Q0 men
are out and it is feared that strike of the
remaining q, 900 is imminent. Ia Lower ST.
lesia there will be general strike the first
of the year, unless there is an advance Of
10 per cent. in wages and a concession OF
the eight-hour day. Employers declare that
It IS impossible to concede these demands.
Herr Boetticher is in conference with the
employers and has referred to the import
ance of the spediest possible settlement in
view Of the pending elections. Many mass
meetings of the miners are to be held to-
morrow. The general movement for strikes
everywhere has aroused discussion of the
project 10 import CnlHeSe laOOr, DuG econ
omic societies generally look upon it as a
thing of doubtful utility.
The Portuguese government recently
applied to Frankfort and Berlin banks to
negotiate a loan of 100000 milreis, osten-
sibly for the execution of various public
works. The bankers have now refused the
loan, being alarmed by advices from Lis
bon touching negotiations there that have
for their objective point the declaration of
a Portuguese republic. The Monarchist
press in Lisbon continues to deny that
there is any danger in the agitation.
Dom Pedro is preparing a manifesto to
the Brazilians defending the acts of his
ministers and explaining the overthrow of
the empire. He says he will await tran
gully the expression of the will Of the peo-
pie, hopeful that in the coming election the
people will pronounce freely in favor of his
government.
In all illusions to Dom Pedro the
semi-official press here continues to
treat his return to Brazil as an i'm
probability and undesirable. The Reichsb0te
maintains the right of Germany to her in
fiuence in Southern Brazil. It says there
are over two hundred thousand colonists
in three provinces and argues that if
emigration had not been checked, the
provinces would ERE this have fallen as a
ripe fruit Into the hands of the German
government.