The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-13
AGAINST THE ARMY BILL
Public Sentiment Unanimous in
Germany That the Measure
Is UnWise.
IF It Fails to Pass the Reichstag
Caprivi Will Resign His
Post.
1t Case Who Would Succeed Him P
Negotiations Between Russia n
~ France Broken or.

copyright. 1892. New York Associasai Press
BERLIN, Nov. 12.-At the concurrsnt nseet-
ings of centrists in Bavaria, Baden and
Wurtembutg, there was an almost unanl-
nous sentiment against the army bill. This
attitude of the centrists has shattered the
confidence of the ministerialists in the
reichstag in the acceptance of the meas
ure. Centrist papers have reverted to their
former denunciations of the bill, and no
single organ of the centre party now advo-
Gates anything but uncompromisinR hos
Utility to it. Popular opposition to the
measure is also growing among the people
who are growing 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. Disclosure of
the fact that Prussia is financially embar-
raised, taken with the proposal of DR..
Miguel, Prussian minister of finance, to
levy a tax On capital, has contributed to
revulsion against the governments inan-
cial policy generally. The bill will be in
troduced into the reichstag the Oath, and If
defeated Caprivi will resign. The en-
peror is not an enthusiastic adherent of
the project. His majesty is credited with
giving final assent to 1t, remarking
to the chancellor: "You risk much
over this" Members of the reichstag and
landtaq. who are now gathering here. con-
cur in reporting that their constituents dis
like the prospect of increased taxation for
army purposes, though willing to agree to
the two years service provision. Count Won
Gutenberg. president of the Prussian coun-
Gil of ministers, and Prince Hohenlohe-
Statthalter, of Alsace-L Lorraine, are favor
ties in case Caprivi is compelled to resign.
Official information from st. Petersburg
contradicts both the reported conclusion
of q Franco Russian alliance and sensa-
tional stories that Russian troops are being
concentrated upon the frontier. The weak
ness of the Fiench government in dealing
with the socialists, and the prospect of a
radical ministry in Paris have intensely
displeased the cznr, who has ordered the
suspension of negotiations for the treaty.
The Iumor regarding the movement of
Russian troops had its origin in the Paris
Matin. 1t ia due to the fact that garrisons
removed from frontier stations during the
cholera period are now returning to their
posts.
Many German papers in welcoming
Clevelanu's election to the presidency or
the United States seem to think his advent
will involve the early disappearance of the
Mckinley bill. Better informed journals
discuss the election from another stnnd-
point, paying due respect to the grand
sight of a free people peacefully declaring
their sovereign will. he Vossiche Zeitung
calls America the mightiest nation in the
world, because she has no reason to either
ask for fear anything from any other ma
ton. All papers agree in hoping. the Nc
Kinlev tasitf will be modified. Some of
them think the tariff has done less ham to
German exports than was expected, only
textile manufacturers of Saxony having
suffered much.
The Berlin Merchants and Manufac-
turers club decided to organize n German
exhibition TO be held in 1895 or 1897 in lieu
Of the abandoned German Worlds exhibit
ton. The official register of German ex-
hibitors at the Chicago Columbian exhibit
ton shows that $500 firms will be repre-
scented. Wine producers are especially
numerous. numbe. ing 267. In the book
trade $50 house will be represented.
Mining, iron working nnd textile indus
t les VIII be sparsely represented. Another
less pleasing enterprise connected with the
fait has been discovered in country dis
%tricts, where agents were trying to entice
girls to 60 to Chicago. The authorities
made shot t work of this.
The will of the late dowager queen OF
Wurtemberg bequeathed 1000, 900 marks.
OF this sun O,0O0. 600 marks were given to
her neice, Princess Vera. of Wurtemberg,
and several million marks to Princess
Vera's two daughters. The king of
W~urtemberg receives 10.000.0 600 marks.
The remainder is widely distributed among
other relatives.