The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-03
OUR BERLIN BUDGET.
FINE POLITICAL sCHEMING IN THE
GREAT GERMAN CAPITAL.
The Government Will Force the Army Bill
Through by Drawing Other Factions
to Its Aid-Bismarck Envies
His Disgruntlement.

Copyright 1892, New York Associated Press.
BERLIN, Oct. 29.-Emperer William
will open the reichstag in person on
Nov. %. While the imperial parlia'
ment was wrestling over the army
bill the Prussian landtag, which has
been summoned to meet Nov. 8, will
be involved in an eager party fight on
the fiscal reforms proposed by Mignel,
minister of finance. Both sessions
will strain the energies of the
ministers and produce crisis per-
iods, yet the official circle is
confident that the army bill will be
approved, as also the proposed budget
will meet with acceptance. Members
of this circle don't hesitate to declare
that the government will win all
along the line. The storm Of abuse
with which the government proposals
were assailed when first published is
subsiding. The government appears
likely to benefit greatly by the So
called premature disclosures of the
army bill. 1t is certain if the measure
had been thrown into the Reichstag
in full session, surprising the MEM
bers, it would scatter the parties
like bombshells, breaking groups so
that it would have been impossible to
reunite them. Never has a govern
ment project received such glacial
reception from expected supporters or
caused greater clamor among natural
opponents. Papers of such diverse
opinions as Germania (Centrist),
Reichnotes Conservative, and Das
Volk, have concurred with the oppO-
sition press in declaring the measure
impossible.
The early dissolution of the reich
tag is everywhere predicted, and IL
was said that this would result in the
return of house hostile to the gov
eminent. Now the tone of the
Centrist organs has been modified.
The Germania suggests that
the bill will be possible if
the government modifies its
demands and the Conservative
press felicitates the country on the
prospect of the increased solidity of
the army and praises the section of
the bill retaining in the hands of the
government the power to keep GER
tain class of troops In service three
years. This change of front points TO
the whole conservative strength, |27
votes, being cast for the measure. In
order to obtain the necessary 1919 votes
to carry the bill Chancellor Won Ca
pribi can rely on the Centrists STEP
ping into line under inducements al
ready On the verge of acceptance.
The official fuss over the Cologne
Gazette's divulging the details of the
bill and the inquiry ordered to ascer-
tain that papers source of informa-
ton means nothing.
The ministers know that copy of
the bill was sent to the Cologne Ga
Zette through the minister of federal
state, which was DESTROYS of it's pub
LEGATION. Neither Emperor William
nor Chanc sllor Won Caprivi really re-
gret the disclosure which, it is now
clearly seen, made public interest to
the governments advantage.
| Prince Bismarck will not re-appear
in the reischstag. If the success of
the coalition against the government
is absolutely sure, with himself mas
ter of the situation, he would not
hesitate to again take his seat, but
the person who lately tried to inter-
view him could not eXtort even side
light on the PRINCES attitude toward
| the impending struggle his criticism
is chiefly personality. The present
ministers he said were so insignificant
and covering to shield their position
that the transparent emperor himself
always shines through them. 1t is a
danger to the future of The monarchic
idea, he added, for ruler even with
the best intentions to appear so fire.
quently in the political field without
decent ministerial covering. Con-
tinuing, Prince Bismarck said: $40
fight with the ministers who are men
OF straw has no charms for me. Some
of them cling through personal neces-
stiles to the posts that feed them.
They have large families and there
are other things that demand that
they retain their official position
This is interpreted as spitful allusion
to DIR. Non Boetticher, the head of the
imperial home offices and representa-
tive of the chancellor. "That sort Of
man, - Prince Bismarck said, els rep
resented in the government of which
Frederick the Great once said they
were amusing at the table, but who
Frederick kicked out. Now they are
kicked out. the situation has no sword
for me, my son, much less. He re-
signed to be out of office rather thar
I, but he has long seen that compete
ton with certain ministers is only pos
sible, provided one previously wear;
the livery for some years."
Negotiations for commercial treaty
with Russia are about to be resumed
The Baku Standard Oil company ha:
been formed here. Its aim Is to com
pete with the American Standard Oil
! company for the German market.