Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-06
WITH HIS ENEMY'S TALKS.
Friends and Foes Raved at Alike
and Havoc Made With History.
DANGERS THREATENING GERMANY
Austria and Italy Too Weak to Withstand
Russia and France.
THAT'S WHYA LARGER ARMY is NEEDED
rBY CABLE TO THE pIsPkTcH. J


few days with good deal of astonishment
and apprehension. His almost reckless
revelations of State secrets under the late
Emperor William have made a sensation.
The reported anger of the present Emperor
needs no confirmation.
Bismarck's advice in favor of allowing
Russia to have her way with Turkey, Gre
ates the most uneasiness. There is no deny
ing the tremendous follow ing which the ex-
Chancellor has in Germany, and it is recog-
milton of this fact, no doubt, which accounts
for the young Emperor's failure to accept
the Princes almost open challenge to re-
buke or punishment
The threatened rupture, together with
the latest news about Russia's ambitious
intentions regarding the Dardenelles, is un-
doubtediy arcusing some feeling of alarm
for that always tender plant, the peace of
Europe.
No Influence on Political Measures.
Prince Bismarck's denunciations of the
military bill as being utterly needless, have
failed to influence even the National
Liberals whose organs deprecate popular
agitation against the Government pro-
posals and urge q cautious line of opposi-
tion.
Referring to Prince Gortschakoff, whom
Prince Bismarck described as a malicious
personal enemy, Prince Bismarck says he
was allowed a lump sum of money from the
Russian treasury for official kilograms. In
stead of devoting the money to this pur-
pose he put it in his own pocket and used
the German ambassador and other officials
as his telegraphic media with the Gar. The
Gar, he added, told him that vanity had
made Prince Gortschakoff silly.
Prince Bismarck says that another old
colleague of his, Count Won Radowitz,
proved that he could not be trusted because
he drank. After his third glass of wine ne
gave his tongue rein and blabbed all he
knew. Referring TO the Conservatives
anti-semitic agitation, the Prince applies
coarse phrase to Hebrews, saying that the
Conservatives, in setting out to get State
legislation against the Hebrews, got hold of
the wrong vermin-killer (Wanzenpulver).
Havoc Made With Historical Facts.
Some of the Princes statements are de-
nounced as fiction. The VoSSiscte Zeit,raq
calls them important mistakes Herr
Richter's FTeisinnige Zeituag saws his re-
marks are devoid of historic truth.
Among the episodes that Prince Bismarck
tells now, is one about Bonapartist agent
who in 1871, came to him during the ne
gotiations for peace and offered to 90 to
Bordeaux with half dozen resolute men
and assassinate Gambetta and other MEM
bers of the Provisional Government. Then
the Emperor was to be recalled to France
the Germans holding the country until the
Empire was re-established. Prince Bis
marck believed that the project was possi-
bic, but refused to agree to it, thinking
that monarchical France would be more
dangerous to peace than Republic.
Again, alluding to his aversion to reap
pearing in the Reichstag, the Prince says
that many of the members would treat him
as if he were pest-stricken, adding that q
Hamburg cholera patient would be better
received than be. The newspapers concur
in their expressions OF regret at the undig-
ni6ed character Of his utterances. Even
the papers friendly to him agree that his
language is unworthy of mis- past career
The Military Bill Will Be Carried.
During the coming week several impor-
tant meetings of party leaders will be held
in Berlin preliminary to the assembling of
the Reichstag. The general drift of politi-
cal developments points to the Government
securing 8 majority for the army bill
through a coalition of Conservatives, Cen
teriSts and members of the Reichspartei.
A meeting of National Liberals at Wurt-
emberg took the strongest line of attack
against the bill, in declaring that Germany
was unable to bear the increased taxation
proposed. 1t was shown that q vast ma
jority of the incomes of Prussian families |
were under 900 marks yearly. With re-
gard to the tobacco tax, it was shown THAI |
there had been decline in the receipts of |
the last half year of o., 900 marks, as CON- |
pared with the preceding half year.
The receipts from the salt tax had de- |
clined 260, 900 marks, and from the sugar
tax 715, 900 marks. The decline in the re- |
ceipts from these articles of common con-
sumption is taken as proof that the people 1
are already overburdened by taxation. The
Polish official organ, the Oziennik Roznanski
rays that the exhaustion of agriculture in
Prussian Poland is so complete that the
people will be unable to bear further iu,-
ports, and that the Polish party will be
obliged to refuse to support the army bill,
not through i'll will to the Government, but
Iolely because increased taxation will be
iDtolerable.
Why the Bill Is Necessity.
This group, which numbers 16, will prob
IDLY abstain from voting on the measure.
DeductiEg the Polish vote, the Ministerial
SITS are still confident that they can carry
he measure by vote of about 1874 to 1854.
About q score of votes are uncertain.
A pamphlet by the military writer.
Major Keim, and an article in the Militar
inspired by the War Office,
esponded to the attacks that have been
made upon the army bill. The Nilitar
FocaeablGtt frankly states that in the event
f war the Russian army is SO superior to
be Austrian that Germany would be
bliged to help Austria on the Eastern
rontier while fighting France on the West
rn frontier She would be but feebly as
isted by Italy, who would be unable to in
ade France and who would have great
ificulty in defending her own coasts from
be French feet.