The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-01
POLITICS IN GERMANY.
Won Caprivfs Uncertain Tenure Made
More Unpleasant by Italy'a Criaia.

More Unpleasant by Italy's Crisis.
BERLIN. April 30.-The debates upon the
reassembling of the landtag lack the ex-
pected interest. The Conservatives and
Centrists appeared timid and did not
definitely define their position toward the
government, but confined themselves to
acrimonious speeches censuring the gov
ernment for withdrawal of the primary
educational bill, while the Progressists
unanimously predicted the triumph of the
Liberals in the general elections.
The financial reforms proposed by Herr
Miguel, minister of finance, will shortly
be debated in the landtag. They are cer-
tain to meet defeat or bitter opposition.
The schemes will be attacked as piece of
state socialism. He proposes to make the
income tax progressive, excepting small
incomes, and he will also introduce new
tax, making interest pay more in proper
ton than earnings. Minister MIGUEL ex-
poets the increased revenues thus obtained
will enable him to resign the taxes on land
and industries, amounting to l00.00O,000
marks, to the local authorities. His most
unpopular proposition is tax on beer,
which the Centrisss will especially attack,
and probably in the face of opposition
Minister MIGUEL will abandon the pro-
posed tax.
Surprise is expressed at Chancellor
Won Caprivi going to Carlsbad, leaving to
Count Won Eulenburg the burden of the
debate in the landtag. The general belief
is that the chancellor wishes to emphasize
his withdrawal from the presence of the
Prussian ministry and leave Won Eulen-
burg to handle the important debate un-
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with which the chancellor will have to
reckon. 1t is an open fact that the chan
cellor's position has been weakened by
recent events, and that he has
less share in the emperor's councils
than formerly. With the retaining of
Herr Kalsenborn Schau. minister Of war,
there are now two ministers, the other
being Won Boetticher, who hold views at
variance with the chancellor on certain
question, though the difference is not
serious enough to lead to rupture.
Won Caprivi will return to Berlin to
meet the king and queen of Italy when
they visit here, in order to hold a confer
ence with Marquis di Rudini, the Isali..n
prime minister. There is little likelihood
that Count Kalnoky, the Austro- Hunga-
rian prime minister, will be present at
tHe conference, rs IL is practlcaIly
certain that Count Kalnoky and Cnan-
cellor Won Caprivi will meet later in the
summer. Rumors of another impending
rupture in the Italian cabinet arrived
here. Sig. Normandie. italian ambassa-
dor at Vienna. is mentioned as possible
successor of De Rudini. There is be-
lief in political circles that the crisis will
be tided over. although the proposal to
float the Italian loan here to assist in
the military expenditures of Italy does
not meet with favor. The German market
is little inclined to absorb the new loan yet
awhile, as is shown by the drop of half
point in Prussian and German loans when
it was reported that the projected new
German loan would be issued Immediately.
The announcement in the Reichsanzei1eT
that the loan would not be issued until the
end of the year allayed fears and led to a
recovery of prices.