Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10
IN THE FATHERLAND.
THE REIcEsTAG ADJOURNED IN A
HURRY.
The Fear of Bismarck's Appearancein
House Expedited the Matter--Emperor
Williams Autocratic Trumpetinge

BERLIN, Nay 9.-[Copyrighted, 1891,
by the New York Associated Press. l.
The reichstag today finally passed the
sugar bill by vote of 159 to 126, and
approved the spirit taxation amendment
bill. The house then adjourned until
November llth, after giving three cheers
for the emperor.
The week was full of legislative work.
The trades regulation bill, which had
been before the house for year, was
passed by large majority. Its only
opponents were the socialists.
The closing tussle over the sugar bill
arose from an amendment offered by a
member of the center party providing
that consumption tax of IS marks be
levied, and that the bounties be gradu
ally abolished within five years, III
marks being given during the first three
years, and mark for the following two
years. The sugar members warmly op-
posed the amendment. Chancellor Won
Caprivi supported the proposal, and de-
clared that if the amendment was re-
iected the government would bring in q
bill, next year, which would make pro-
vision for a transition period for the alb
clifton of the bounty. Upon this decla-
ration the opposition gave way.
The act of the Brussels anti-slavery
conference was also adopted.
BIsMARCK's SPECTRE.
Talk in the lobby attributed the expe-
dition with which the reichstag closed
to the fear OF the government of the
sudden appearance of Bismarck in the
house, with bomb-shell utterance
against the Austro-German commercial
treaty, the government labor measures
and its general international policy.
Deputies Stumm and Kandorf went to
Friedrichsruhe Wednesday, with the OBJ
ject OF asking the prince what his inten-
tions are. Bismarck advised energetic
opposition to the sugar bill, and prom
ised to lead active aggression against the
governments projects. He said when
he took his seat in the house, he would
not appear as the leader of any party.
His sympathies remained with the
old cartellers, and it grieved him to see
the former coalition broken and the tac-
tions attacking each other. The tenor
of the princes speech confirms the pre-
dictions regarding his attitude in the
reichstag. The prince wants to form a
coalition of Conservatives and National
Liberals against the government.
AUTocRATIC TRUMPETINa.
The emperor's perception of the COM
ing danger melted him to give express
sion to his stand in his speech at Dussel-
dorf, which was an outspoken menace
against systematic opposition. The
papers differ over the exact words used
by his majesty on the occasion. The ac-
cepted version makes him say after refer
ring to the opponents of his labor and
commercial policy: "One alone is mas
ter in this country. 1t is l. None other
sh all | suffer near me-"
The official version of the speech was
modified after days OF ministerial delib-
Grafton on this autocratic trumpeting,
but the words remain, and they will
abide branded in the memory of the na-
ton.
THE KOCH LYMPH's DEPRECIATION.
The deprecated esteem in which the
Koch method is held. was plainly ex-
pressed during the course Of today's de-
bate in the lower house of the Prussian
marks for Koch's institute. The sup
porters of the vote spoke in an apollo
getic manner. Herr Graft, a mem
Der of the Center party, said
it had been widely acknowledged
that the lymph was of value as an aid
in diagnosis, but the chief interest OF
the public lay in its curative powers, and
as remedy for tuberculosis. Despite
its relative failure as a remedy, the
discovery of Koch was a scientific
achievement Of the first order, and the
members were therefore bound in honor
to concur in the grant asked for.
Professor Virchow opposed the grant,
and vigorously denounced Kochism,
claiming that it had proved failure.
Nevertheless the grant was adopted.
PRINCESS BISMARCK ILL.
Princess Bismarck is seriously i'll with
asthma. She finds great difficulty in
breathing, and has frequent fainting
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