Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-01
More Military Burdens Are to BE
Placed Upon the Long-Sufering
German Taxpayer.
GERMAN SUFFERERS IN RUSSIA.
American Minister Reid Gives Banquet
of Articles of Food Made
Mainly of Corn.
WILLIAMS WAR ON THE SOCIAL EVIL.
He is Now Criticised Only for Employing Uncon.
stitutional MethcdA
COPYRIGHTED 1891, BY NEW YORK ASSOCIATED
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COPYRIGHTED 1891, BY NEW YORK ASSOCIATED
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BERLIN, Oct 31.-When the Reichstag
resumes its sittings on November IL the
social purity bill, the Austrian and Italian
commercial treaties and the demand for new
military credits will constitute the princi-
pal business to be considered. The military
credit, which it is expected will amount to
1S0, 200, 900 marks and will be distributed
over several years, Will be asked on the
ground that there is necessity for reform in
the military service and for changes in the
clothing outfit of the army.
The question as to whether the new cannon
should be made of bronze OF steel has been
decided in favor of steel The extended
use of guns of small calib,r has also been
decided upon. There will also be presented
to the Reichstag report advising the re-
enforcement of the navy and the increasing
of the number of ships in German waters
and on the South American and Chinese
stations
Reciprocity With the United States.
The report that treaty is being negoti-
sted with the United States involving reci-
procity in the treatment of American grains
and pork and German sugar and other
products, excites the anger of the agrarian
party. Their opposition to commercial
treaties will be redoubled in the Reichstag
if treaties with Austria and America are
presented simultaneously. The Centrists.
who hold the balance of the voting power,
will be with difficulty induced to support
Government proposals having this wide
range.
Advices received here state that $50 600
German colonists in the famine-stricken
districts of the Volga, distributed among 90
parishes, are perishing unaided. The Ger
man committee, formed at Riga, are await
ing the dilatory assent of th, ST. Petersburg
authorities to send relief to the colonists
under trusty persons. In addition to this |
suffering, caused by the want of food, the |
Nolga regions are being afflicted by cpl |
denies of scurvy and typhus fever. The |
starving peasants attack houses and all |
other buildings in which they are likely to |
ind plunder. in order to secure the means |
OF obtaining food The authorities of the
stricken localities endeavor to suppress all
information, being unwilling that the true
condition of the people be known.
Dinner of American Corn.
At an official dinner given this evening
by William Walter Phelps, the United
States Minister, the features of the menu
were different preparations of American
corn and bread made of mixture of corn
and rye -four in different proportions.
Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel L. Clemens (NIark Twain).
Following up the recent rescript the En-
peror has instructed the Ministry of JUS
tlce to prepare report on the laws relat-
ing to the social evil, and to formulate
measures for the extension of the
restriction. In the meantime the police
are going beyond the law in order to act in
accordance with the rescript in clearing
the streets of improper characters of both
sexes. Paster Stoeckers' memorable esti-
mate, which placed the number of unfor-
tunates in Berlin at 80, 900, and which was
questioned when it was first announced, is
now considered too low. The criminal code
is insufficient for dealing with them
Using Unconstitutional Methods.
The press in its criticism, of the imperia!
edict approves of the spirit prompting it,
though at the same time questions the
wisdom of the Emperor in using unconsti-
tutional methods of interference. His ad-
vice that barrlsters should refuse to defend
immoral cases, and his suggestion that the
public be excluded from court during the
trial OF such cases are especially assailed as
distinct backward steps in legal procedure,
tending to imperil the pure administration
of the law. The outcome of the agitation
will, ii is expected, be the introduction in
Parliament Of severely repressive measures,
including fogging and extended terms of
imprisonment at hard labor.
In discussing the question some papers
venture to suggest a resort TO a wholesale
system of State regulation of vice To this
proposition, however, the Emperor will