Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-27
GERMANY'S RAINBOWS
Being Painted in Gorgeous Colors by
Friends and Foes Of
CAPRlYPS FAMOUS ARMY BILL,
Its Fate Nay Be Predicted When the Debate
Begins Wednesday.
TIE CZlREwITCH MAY BE BETROTHED

- W tAO III WHICH the PARTIES aTe
likely to range themselves on the army bill.
The army estimates that were prepared in.
dependently of the increased expenditures
involved through the new bill amount to
6S5, 100000 marks, being IL, SOC, 600 marks
over the amount contained in the last bud
get
There is an almost unanimous feeling
among the members of the Reichstag
against proceeding with the army bill until
the Governments financial projects con-
nected with the measure are fully dis
closed. The House will compel Chancellor
Won Caprivi to make an explicit statement
during the discussion of the general esti-
mates Until a full official declaration is
made Of the Government plans for new tax
stion covering the extra expenditures, the
leading mem bers of the Reichstag are reti-
cent regarding the lines of attack or de-
tense.
Rainbow Chasing of the Opposition.
In the meantime, if the Centerist and
National Liberal organs were an infallible
guide, the fate of the army bill would be
settled. According to these organs the
measure will be defeated on its first read
AASs SuduCellOE Won SdpTlNl Will resign
within fortnight, and the Reichstag will
be dissolved soon after he leaves office.
The elections for new members will end in
January, and will result in a stronger oppo-
Eition than is in the present House.
Government officials are confident that
none of these predictions will be fulfilled.
They say the bill will be debated December
5, and it will pass the first reading by fair
majority. Then it will be remitted to a
committee. If the Center party require
that their support be bought by the Chan
cellOr agreeing not to oppose the Centerist
measure permitting the return of the
Jesuits to Germany, then bargain will be
struck. This would bring the Government
40 votes.
Chancellor Won Caprivi as recently as the
last session opposed the Centerists' pro-
posal to repeal the law against the Jesuits,
but the party have chosen the right moment
TO bring pressure on the Government,
which Will surrender, and will neither op-
pose nor support the bill, but will let the
Centerists pass the measure with the assist
ance of the Freisinnlge party, the So
clallsts and the Poles, all of whom would
vote for the repeal of the present anti
Jesuit law.
Prejudices to Be Taken Into Account
The German people as a whole are in
different about the Jesuits, the presence of
few hundred of whom would not be felt
by the country. About 40 Centerists, who
90 not support the plans of the remainder
OF the party, will oppose the bill.
The Government has also to take into
consideration the wrath that will be aroused
among the Conservatives by the return of
the Jesuits. and which will counterbalance
the other considerations. The Ministerial
circle continues confident that the Govern
ment will come victorious out of the crisis.
Among the leading measures that will be |
submitted to the Reichstag is the emigration |
bill, which was first published last spring as |
restrictive. This bill will aid the efforts of |
the American Government to check unde-
sirable immigration.
The Emperor's social purity bill, which
is called the lex Heinze, from the notorious /
Heinze case, which exposed the vices of |
Berlin, will now be expedited toward its |
passage. The Emperor is greatly interested |
in this measure, and he wants no DELAY in |
It's being made law.
Hard Feelings Between Two Statesmen.
The Lower House of the Prussian Diet is
absorbed IN the discussion of the question
OF Minister MiquePs reform. The specta-
Gle of Minister Herrfurth denouncing his
former colleagues is almost an unknown
event in the history of the Landtag. His
speeches have caused several rows Count
Limbourgsturm upbraided Herrfurth for
assuming an attitude unworthy a statesman
who had just quilted office. He seemed
stung by this reproach. He replied that he
had been obliged to resign because, while
he Minister of tine Interior, he refused
to submit to the demands of the Bavarian
party, claiming that their interests were
protected at the expense of others. Minis
ter MiquePs proposals, with some minor
were to-day referred to a COM
H. Al
Diplomatic circles here are excited over
a report that the Czarewitch, during his
recent visit to Vienna paid marked atteu-
tions to Princess Maria Annunciade, dauph- |
ter of Archduke Karl Ludwig, brother of
Emperor Francis Joseph. Princess Maria |
Will be only IL years old on the next ami |
yersary of her birth. She has lived life
OF seclusion, having been educated at Castle
Riechenau. Her mother Princess Maria
Theresa of Braganza, who is the third wife
of the Archduke, is a close friend of the
Czsrina BY the consent of their parents
the Princess and the Czarewitch met st every
fete given to the latter in Vienna
More Signs of Possible BetrothaL.
The Empress of Austria, who had ab-
stained from taking part in every official
function since the tragic death of Crown |
Prince Rudolph, was present at two of the
dinners given in honor of the Czarewitch.
The reluctance of the Russian heir apparent
to marry, which was greatly troubling the
Car, is now believed to have been over.
come. The question of difference of re-
Igion, according to court talk, would be no
obstacle to the marriage of the Princess and
Czarewitch.
A secret struggle is proceeding between a
yroup of German fnanciers and a French
syndicate over the construction of canal
system to link the Danube with the Oder
md the Moldau with the Elbe. An Aus
rian syndicate employed French engineers
o survey a route and estimate the cost of a {
nip canal to the great coal districts of Bo-
lemia, Moravia and Silesia with the Dam
lbe. Such q canal can be completed for 26.-
D00, 900 forms. If the French plans are ac-
,epted German money will not assist in the
construction of the canal The directors of
he Austrian railways declare that the
French calculations are erroneous, and that
he ultimate cost of the proposed work will
,e 40. 600. 600 forms AS the authorities of !.
Bohemia, Lower Austria and Moravia prom
Sc to contribute 12, OOO, 900 forms, there is =
10 doubt that the canal will be built. 4
Emperor William has at last consented to {
ct German military band visit Chicago n
uring the Worlds Fair. The best men =
ill be selected for the purpose from the q
ands Of the different regiments. The men
viii be divided into two divisions, one
roup wearing the uniform of the First In
antry Guards and the other wearing the \
inform of the Guard du Corps The band n
ill undoubtedly create a sensation in II
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