The morning call., 1892-11-13
Opposition to the Govern-
ment's New Measures.
The ARMY BILL UNPOPULAR.
CapIivi's Fate Depends on Its
Passage.
A Strong Combination Formed to Cause
the Downfall of the Present
Chancellor.
Copyrighted. 1892. by the New YORK Associated
Press

BERLIN, Nov 12.-At the recent meetIngs
OF Centrists in Bavaria, Baden and Wurtem-
Durg weli-nigh unanimous sentiment
against the army bill was expressed This
attitude OF the Centrists has shattered the
confidence Of the Ministerialsts In the
Relcnstag In the probable acceptance of
that measure. The CentrSt papers re-
verted to the former denunciatons of the
Dill, and no single organ of the Center party
now advocates anything but an uncompro-
missing hostility TO it. Popular opposition
TO the measure Is also growing among the
people. who are becoming more and more
alive to the fact that the bill Will entail
upon them financial burdens by raising the
price OF tobacco, beer and spirits The dis
closure of the fact that Prussia is financially
embarrassed, taken with the proposal Of
Mr.. Miguel. the Prussian Minister OF
Finance, to levy tax on capital, has con-
tributed to a revulsion against the Govern
ments financial policy generally.
The bin will be introduced in the Reich
stag on the oath of November, and II de-
feated Caprlyi will resign. The Emperor ia
not an enthusiastic adherent OF the project
His Majesty is credited, in giving his faal
assent to it. with remarkng to the Chan
cellor, You risk much over this" The
members of the Reichstag and Landtag.
who are now gathering here, concur in re-
porting that their constituents dislike the
prospect OF any increase CT taxation for
army purposes though they are willing to
agree to the twO-year service provision.
Count Won Gutenberg, President of the
Prussian Council of Ministers, and Prince
H0henlohe, Statthaldter of Alsace-Lorraine.
are the favorites in case Capriyi is COM
PEELED to resign.
Official information from st. Petersburg
contTadicts both reports of the conclusion
of FrancC-RuSSian alliance and the sensa-
tional stories Of Russian troops being con-
centrated upon the frontier. The weakness
OF the French Government in dealing with
the Socialists and the prospect of a radical
ministry in Paris have intensely dis
pleased the Car. who has ordered the sus-
pension of negotiations for a treaty. The
Iumor regarding the movement of Russian
troops had its origin in the Paris Matin.
1t is due to the fact that the garrison8 that
were removed from the frontier stations
during the cholera period are now return
ing TO their posts.
Many German papers, in welcoming
Cleyeland's election to the Presidency of
the United States, seem to think that ad-
vent will involve the early disappearance of
the Mckinley tariff Better informed Jour
nails discuss the election from another
standpoint, paying due respect to the grand
sight Of a free people peacefully declaring
its sovereign viii.
The Vossische Zeitung calls America ths
mightiest nation in the world. because she
has no reason 10 either ask for or fear env-
thing from any other nation. All the papers
agree in hoping that the Mckinley tariff
Will be modified. Some of them point out
that the tariff has done less harm TO German
exports than was expected, only the textile
manufacturers OF Saxony having suffered
much. The Berlin Merchants and Manu.
facturerS' Club has decided TO organize a
German exhibition, to be held In 1895 or
1897. in lieu of the abandoned German
Worlds Exhibition.
The official register of the German exhib-
itors at Chicago's Columbian Exhibition
shows that $500 firms will be represented.
Wine producers are especially numerous,
numbering 267. In the book trade $50
houses Will be represented. Mining IRON
working and textile industries will be
sparsely represented.
Another less pleasing enterprise con-
nected with the affair has been discovered in
country districts where agents vera trying
to entice girls to go to Chicago. The author
tiles made short work in stopping this.
The will of the late DoYager Queen Of
Wurtemberg beQueathed S4.O00.O0 marks.
OF this sum 10000. 600 marks is given to her
niece, Princess Vera of Wurtemberg, and
several million marks to Princess Vera's
two daughters. and the King of Wurtem-
berg receives 100000 marks The re-
mainder Is widely distributed among the
other relatives