The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-07
WILL MAKE NO CONCESSIONS
Germany's Emperor Determined to
Force His Educational Bill Into Law.
Liberals Are Still Protesting, but the CIericals
Are in High Festher-Reforms for the
Benefit of Private Soldiers Promised.

copyright. 1892. by the New York Associated Press. ]
BERLIN. Feb. 6-Whatever may be the
intentions of the Ministry regarding the
modifying of the Prussiau elementary
education act, the proceedings In commit
tee show :he Cierico-C onse yative majority
are not disposed to assume q conciliatory
attitude. The clauses containing the most
arbitrary provisions have already been
passed by n vote of 16 to 10. By an
unaltered majority the House rushed the
successive paragraphs of the act. needless
of the protests by the Liberals. The stories
published in the papers about the direct
Intervention of the Emperor. and relative
to his Majesty promising Herr Won Ben
nigsen, a member of the National Liberal
party. to so shape the bill as to prevent
Herr MIGUEL. the Prussian Minister of
Finance. and other ministers from resign.
ing. seem like so much gas.
The committee has asked Herr MIGUEL for
a detailed statement of the annual expend-
itures under the measure. The Conserve
/ tives got q thorough setback when they
found that the new education law would
involve an increased outlay of nine million
marks annually. which it is proposed shall
be raised on the income tax. The OPPOSE
tion hold that this estimate is not suffi-
GENTLY large, as the provision enabling any
sixty families living in one district who
may claim the right to have a separate
school at the cost of the state will multi
ply the schools and burden the treasury.
The Conservatives have almost decided to
drop the measure unless the financial
clauses of the bill are nodded TO
snit them. Meantime the popular
agitation is spreading throughout the
empire. The Liberals in every state, recog-
nIzing the fact that the victory of the
| ClerIcals in Prussia will enable them to
trIumph elsewhere, are organizing demon
STATIONS against the proposed new law.
The Berlin Municipal Council have voted
schools pending the decision as to the fate
of the bill.
The Court Theater at Stuttgart was re-
Gently the scene of q popular manifesto
Don Carlos" when the actor playing the
Marquis de Posa said Sire. give us liberty
to think" the audience rose and burst into
prolonged cheers. On the other side. at
the conference of Catholic bishops, held at
Fulda. a resolution was adopted approving
the proposals and rendering the cOngrat-
ulations of the conference to the govern
ment on its action.
BRUTAL TREATMENT OF SOLDIERS.
The Saxon military plenipotentiary, Col
onel Won Schloben. and General Won Gossler.
of the Prussiau army, have admitted. be-
fore the commission appointed By the
Reichstag to inquire into the charges that
certain non commissioned officers had been
guilty of treating themen under them with
brut atty, that the allegations are founded
on fact. General Won Gossler stated that
the position of the men having greatly i'm
proved recently under the special instruc-
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ficers. no had caused regular reports to be
sent to him of the p~unlshments to which
, the MEN were 8 subjected. He declared that
the soldiers would be better treated If the
non-cOmmi6siOned officers were of better
social material.
In q subsequent debate in the Reichstag
or the subject. Herr Richter ridiculed the
remark of Deputy LinGens lClerical) that o
soldier ought to obey his officers as repre-
nounced that he would call attention to
the systematic degradation of soldiers in
plenary session of the House. All the
speakers concurred in expressing sympathy
with the men. and finally a motion was
passed advising that greater publicity be
given to the court-martial and that freer
access be afforded to prlvates who desired
to lay complaints before their superior Of
ficers. The Liberals hold that stronger
measures are necessary for the protection of
the men.
DIR. Won Boetticher. Secretary of the I'm
perial Home Office. has announced his In
%tention to introduce at the next session of
the Reichstag o bill extending the accident
insurance system to artisans. fishermen
and employees of commercial houses. DIR.
Won Boetticher denied that the wOrkmen's
pension act was q failure. and said that the
law only needed to be amended in some
particulars. He asked all sections Of the
House to assist in amending the law. the
resembling of which he declared to be i'm
possible.
Bulgarian officers have received permission
TO attend the Berlin Military Academy.
The Bulgarian government has decided TO
remodel it's forces after the pattern of the
German army. The number of cavalry
will be reduced and the infantry and artil-
lery divisions increased. The war materials
will be drawn from German manufacture
ers. The Emperor's approval of these ar
r~angements marks q distinct departure
from the old policy of non-intervention In
the Balkans.
"a LESSON TO BISMARCK"
The trial of Count Limburg Stifum. q
pensioned member of the diplomatic corps,
for publishing. in the Kreuz Zeitung. a
series of violent articles against the COM
mercial treaties, opened to day in
the Disciplinary Court. Tho trial is
Count conducted his own de-
Tense. He contended that he was guilty
of no breach of the official rules. but the
court, nevertheless. sentenced him to dis
missal from the public service. and de-
creed that he should lose his pension. and
DO deprived of his diplomatic title of min
lister. The sentence of the court Is pub
licly regarded as being due to the influence
of the Emperor's desire to give q lesson to
Prince Bismarck.
This Socialist agitatOr, Bernhard Bruins.
in q lecture delivered a short time ago ON
the chartist movement in England in 1S4S.
described the measures taken by the noted
physical force chartist. Stephens, to arm
his followers. The lecturer, in his dis
course. quoted the saying OF
which rifles and bayopets are pow
erless-blazing cotton dipped in tar" Herr
Bruins added: See how the English proIe-
tarial was armed to resist tue government"
For the suggestion of incendiarism con-
tanned in his lecture Herr Bruins was ar
rested, and to-day he was sentenced to q
months imprisonment at hard labor.
The government has esta blished five
schools in the Cameroons for the instruc-
ton OF adult negroes and children in bibli-
cal history. reading. writing. arithmetic
and singing.
The poet and novelist. Gisbert Won
Vincke. is dead.
The sculptor Landsherger has received
an order from the College of Agriculture
for statues of the English race-horse ct.
Gatien, which was recently purchased by
Count Lehndorff for $4,000.
The recent failure of Jones Brothers. of
Memphis. it is alleged. has involved o cot
ton firm at Bremen. which. it is said. pur-
| chased ten Thousand bales of cotton through
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