St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-23
Emperor William Opens the Ger
man lteichstag in Per-
son.
Increasing the Army the Only
Way in Which Peace Can
Be Assured.

BERLIN, Nov. 22.-rhe kaiser opened
the reichstag in person today. Nearly
every member was in attendance, and
the closest attention was paid while his
majesty delivered his address. The
kaiser looked remarkably well, and
spoke with depth of intonation tina
seemed to Indicate his feeling in regard
to coming struggles over the army bill
There was general attendance Of the
imperial ministry, Chancellor Caprivi
occupying the place of honor near the
sovereign.
The kaiser said that he regretted that
the cholera had caused such suffering
and loss of life in portions of the en-
pire. Beside the suffering caused, the
cholera had damaged the economic stu
alton, especially in regard to ports.
Contrary to expectations, the cholera
still fingered in the country, but he
hoped that it would soon disappear. The
address went OH to say:
I'm view of our friendly relations
with all the powers, and our conscious
ness that if we continue to pursue the
common end in view, we will continue
to enjoy the cordial and effective sup
port of our allied states, | may cherish
the hope that Germany will not be dis
turbed in the peaceful task of prOmot-
ing her economic interests. Neyertha-
less development Of the military power
of other states of Europe imposes on us
the serious and even imperative duty.
on our side, of strengthening the de-
fensive capacity of the empire by dras-
trio measures. Seeing the develop
ment aforesaid, it is only by enforcing
the tried people oil the military service
that we may expect this result in our
army. Thereon its strength and glory
is based to maintain greatly in the
future the position of honor occupied i'll
the past.
"fhe federal government is uuani-
nous in proposing the adoption of a
| bill which. while modifying the peace
| effective, renders it possible to utilize
| the defensive power to the fullest eXr
tent. | am confident that you will not
| fail to realize the magnitude of the ma.
| TONS sacrifice, but that you will be
| lieve me that the necessity of the sac
ritice is increasing and that the patriot
ism of the nation is ready to assume the
burdens necessary to bear for the bonor
of the fatherand. The government
will in due course submit bills provid-
ing the necessary funds to meet the re-
| CURED additional expenditure.
he speech appeared to make an eX-
cellent impression, largely because it Sc
carefully avoided giving any pessimis-
tic reason in executing the necessity fol
the bill. The ftiends of the government
were pleased and its opponents were re-
lieved by the cautious and conciliatOry
wording of the address. The kaiser
concluded his speech as follows:
laborS before you, l know that special
appeal to your patriotic spirit is need
less. 1t is the firm will of the nation to
safeguard the inheritance of its fathers,
to secure peace and preserve the father.
land. Its most cherished possessions
| will, | feel convinced. insure an agree
ment to the course proposed to you by
me and my high allies. Should this
come to pass then the empire may re
gard the future without anxiety. anC
trusting to God and its own strength p