The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-11
The Emperor's Pet Measure TO Be
Tened Down by the
Reichstag.
Sweeping Changes To Be De-
manded by the Approach
Ing Socialist Congress.
Loan-French Onicer Arrested
~ Spy.
[coyright, 1s el,New York Associated press..

[Coyrght, 1s 91,New York Associated Press.1
BERLIN. Oct. 1O.-After long recess the
bundesrath or legislative body represent
ing the individual states Of Germany, re-
assembled on Wednesday. The house con-
sidered AZ the first order the projected law
to reprcss drunkenness, which, as is we'll
known, ia q pet measure Of the emperor.
A majority Of tho plenipotentiaries de-
clRYed that their governments could not
accept the project in its present form. The
Bavarian representative intimated that his
state desired no such liquor legislation as
the bill provided. The Prussian member,
acting under instructions from the en-
peror, was the only plenipotsntiary who
defended the measure. The bill was finally
referred to commission. II is cortain that
it will appear in the reichstag transformed
from a rude, thorough attack upon the
liquor trade into mildly benefcent bill
for the protection of, drunkards. Liquor
dealers are arranging for holding a con-
gress at Stuttgart for the purpose of organ
izing political defense. The bundesrath
discussed the abolition of prohibition
against the importation of American pork
and approved tho edict opening the country
proposal to relax the vexatious formalities
restricting the entry of Austrian, Italian
and Russian pork into Ger
many. Austria has complained of
the partiality shown to the United States,
while dreibund allies are not similarly
favored. Special interest attaches to the
socialistic congress shortly to assemble at
Erfurt. The directing committee has re-
vised the programme. It's demands COM
prise universal suffrage without distinction
as to sex; secret ballot proportionate rep
resentation; voting on Sundays or holidays;
payment of members; popular right to in
itiate or reject legislation; popular control
i.trations; annual votes on taxationg; popu-
lar decision as to peace or war; creation of
international arbitration tribunals; right
of free speech and free meeting; aboli-
tion of state subventions to
churches; universal military instruction,
zation OF schools, free education, free JUS
tice; that judges be elected by the peoples
gratuitous medicine; state-supported doc
tors; progressive income tax; abolition OF
indirect tAxation: eight hours; unbrOken
repose for thirty-six hours weekly for every
mines and other industries; formation of
labor bureau; corporation of workmen'a
administrations; universal state insurance;
prohibiting employment of children under
IA years of age; prohibition of truck sys-
tenn and right of workmen to form coali-
tions.
Comprehensive as these demands are,
there are extremists in the party who want
more. If the young section dominates in
the congress there will be some general
declarations against property and other
anarchistic resolutions adopted. The COM
mittee has an elaborate programme, which,
while proposing to overturn the state, pro-
poses to transform the state into soeia list
agency. During the enperor's presence in
Frankfort, where he visited the electrical
exhibition, an attempt was made to ascer-
tain the imperial opinion in regard to the
Russian loan. It is reported that his maj
esty frankly said: Bankers can do as
they please. My people understand that
lending money to Russia means war on
u.s." Nothing is now heard of tho loan on
the bourse. No German will invest in it.
The German war office has been informed
of an important capture of a spy by the
Austrian authorities. The man who was
arrested at Suczala was discovered to be a
French staff officer. Papers of a highly
compromising character relating to the
Prusso-Austrian frontier were found on
him