Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-18
FLASHES FROM THE FATHERLAND
The Army Bill Cannot Pass in
Its Present Form.
Capriyi Would Gladly Resign but
the Emperor Dissents.
Chaos in France Viewed With Satisfac-
tion in Germany as Preclwdfng
the Con clusion of u Frapco-
Russian Alliance.
Rv the Associated Press.

BERLIN, Dec. I7.-If the chancellor re-
duce the money vote in the army bill to
$1O,0OO,0 900 and modify the govern
ment,s demand for an increase m the
present peace effective tRe bill will have
a chance of approval. In its present
shape it will stand no chance whatever
of becoming law. The semi-otficial
papers admit that certain changes are
essential to the success OF the measure,
but they express confidence that con-
cessions will be offered and that they
will be sufficient te win over majority
of the reichstag committee to the sup
port of the bill in form that will not
materially change its scope. The threat
of the chancellor in his speech when
the bill was put to the reichstag, to dis
solve the house and have an election IN
the event of the measure being refused,
had little, if any, effect upon the Con-
servatives. Lobby report has 1T
that the chancellor, feeling wor-
ried at seeing it improbable
that he would obtain the assent
of the reichstag to his full demands,
told the emperor that he would gladly
resign. His majesty, however, was
not disposed to give the chancellor any
encouragement in retreatlng under hre.
He expressed his determination to
make the army bill law, even at the
risk of an appeal to the county. He
assured Caprivi that he would stand by
him under all circumstan ces. A notable
feature in the debate has been the
omission OF all illusions to Prince Bis
marck or any reference to his opinions.
Developments in the Panama scandal
are watched with the keenest interest.
One comfort to Germany is that the
spectacle of corruption and confusion
among thei French political leaders less
ems Russia's desire to make France an
ally. Advices received here from st.
Petersburg show that information re-
Gently reached the czar that a certain
Russian paper received from Paris $780,
600 for advocating Russo French
alliance, and that part OF the bribes dis
tributed by the Panama Canal company
were accepted by prominent persons In
Russia. The Russian court party are
hostile to a French alliance, and they
have seized the opportunity to work on
the czar's prejudices against the French
Republicans. The German foreign office
is hopeful that General Werder, the
new German ambassador to Russia, will
succeed in detaching the czar from
France, and lead to new grouping OF
the powers. Another, and to Germany
far more important, view OF the sltua-
tion is that the chaos in France may
produce an adventurer who would haz-
ard war with Germany as the best stroke
to carry himself into power.
The admission made by Herr Loewe,
the Jewish email arms manufacturer,
that he offered to supply France
with the machinery necessary for
the manufacture OF Lebel rifles
has caused renewed virulence in the
Judenbetze papers, which aie making
bitter attacks upon Loewe, and ignore
the open fact that krupp's works con-
tinuaily supply Russia with guns and
ammunition.
The Hamburg and Berlin bourses
were disturbed yesterday by the report
that 20 cases of cholera and four deaths
from the disease had occurred at Ham
burg. Today the officials deny the
story.
Nothing beyond rumor has been heard
here Of the alleged communications ex-
changed by the European governments
in regard to American restrictions upon
lMmlRT&GlOu. lu6 '0cTnldu Ulll UclOlO
the reichstag aiming at the regulation
of emigration to the United States is
especially designed to arrest the
outflow of the laboring and
poorsest population, which goes
chiefly to the United States. Large
land owners of Austria have held
meeting, at whic !, with a view to pre-
venting emigration. it was decided to
recommend such reform in the law as
would enable peasants to lease and cul-
tivate common lands.
The Austrian government is taking
gold from London slowly, but steadily,
and has concluded gold loan of $780,
600, ,000 from the Rothschild syndicate.
The money market here and in Vienna
is in the meantime uneasy.
J.F. Lee, an American astronomer
who has been studying for four years
with Prof. Forester, has been appointed
to the chair of astronomy at Chicago
university.