The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-18
NO CHANCE Of PASSING.
In Its Present Form the German
Military Bill Cannot Be-
come Law.
Caprivi Anxious to Resign, Blu.
Held in Office by Williams
Favor.
Confusion and Scandal In Franco May Pre-
vent Russo French Alltance--AntI-
Jewish Sentiment Growing.


duces the money vote in the army bill to
SIC. 0.000.0 .000. and modifies the government's
demands fosEsan increase in the present
peace effective. the bill will havs Home
chance OF approval. In the present shape
1t will stand No chance whatever Of becom-
ing a law. Semi-oflicial papers admit that
certain changes are essential to the success
of the measure, but they express conf
dence that concessions will be offered that
will be sufficient to win over a majority of
the reichstag to the support of che bill in a
form that will not materially change its
scope. The implied threat of the chancel-
lor in his speech when the bill was put to
the reichatag to dissolve the house and have
a new election in the event Of the measure
being rejected. has little if any effect upon
the conservatives. A lobby report hns ii
that the chancellor is feeling worried at
seeing that it is impossible that he will OBJ
tain the assent Of the reichstag to his full
demands. and told the emperor he would
gladly resign. His majesty. however. was
not disposed to give the chancellor any en-
couragement in retreating under fire.
He expresses a determination to make the
army bill law, even at the risk of an ap-
peal TO the country. He assured Caprivi
that he would stand by him under all cir
cumstances.
Notable features in the debates have been
the omission Of all illusions to Prince Bis
marck or any reference to his opinions.
Developments in the Panama scandal are
wstohed with keenest interest. One com
fort to Germany is that the spectacle of
corruption and confusion among French
political leaders lessens Russian deeirs to
make France IN ally. Adyices received
here from st Petersburg show that in for
nation recently reached the czar that a
certain Russian paper received from Paris
100000 for advocating Russo-French al
lance. and that part of the bribes distrib-
uted by the Panama Canal company had
been accepted by prominent persons in
Russia. The Russian court party are hos
tile to the French alliance and they seized
on this opportunity to work on the czar' q
preiudices against French republicans The
German foe eign Office is hopeful that Gen.
Werder, the new German ambassador to
Russia. will succeed in detaching the cznr
from France and SO lead to a new grouping
of the powers.
Another. and to Germany a far more i'm
poitant view of the situation, is the chaos
Ill France may produce an adventu.er who
would hazard war with Germany as the best
move to carry himself into power.
The admission made by Herr Loewe, the
Jewish small arms manufacturer, that he
offered to supply France with machinery
necessary for the manufacture of Lsbel
rifles, has caused renewed viru!ence in Ju-
denhet's papers, which are making bitter
attacks upon Loewe, and ignore the open
fact that Krupp's works continually supply
Rusaia with guns and ammunition. 4nq
The Hamburg and Berlin bourses were
disturbed yeste day by the report that
from the disease occurred at Hamburg.
To-day Off -ia dsnials of the story were
issued. ssE If
Nothing beyond rumor has been heard of
the alleged communications exchanged by
European governments in regard to Ameri-
can restrictions upon immigration. The
German bill before the reichstag aiming at
the regulation of emigration is especially
designed to arrest the outflow of
which Goes chiefly to the United
states. Tho la &c land owners of Austria
have had meeting at which, with view
to reventing emigration, it was decided to
recommend such reform in law as would
enable peasants to lease and cultivate COM
mon lands.
The Austrian government is taking gold
from LONDON slowly but steadily and has
concluded gold loan of $50, 900, 600 f ON Il
Kothschila syndicate. The money market
be Q aud in Vienna is in the meantime un-
ensy.
j. L. Lee, an American astronomer who
has been studying for four yea 8 with Prof.
Fo rester. has been appointed to the chair
OF astronomy Mt the Chicago university.