Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-31

GERMAN POLITICS.
LESS AcnIMoNy IN THE DISCUSSION
OF TIE EDUCATION BILL
Reference Of the Measure TO . Commit
tss--rhrestened Coalition Against the
Gov't-BIsmarck Non-Commitsal.

Gov't-Bhmarck Non-Commitsal.
copyrighted. 1892. BY the New York Asscrissed
Prcss~l
BERLIN. January 3o.-The debate on the
sectarian education bill in the lower house
Of the Prussian Diet to-day was conducted
with less acrimony on all sides than has
previously marked the discussions OF that
measure. The debate was closed by
agreeing 10 refer the bill TO q COM
mittee of twenty-eight, In the early
stages OF the discussion Herr Richter
and other Freisinnige leaders opposed
the RENTING of the bill to. the CON-
mittee until the House in plenary
sitting either approved or rejected the
leading clauses of the measure. The
Freisinnige leaders had reason 70 fear thai
the bill after disappearing from the house
would be handled privately by preju--
diced committee and would be returned
with its substance unaltered. The National
Liberals shared the freisinnlge leaders re-
luctance against allowing the bill to go 70
the committee as long as the Government
appeared TO be determined upon agreeing
to no compromise. Chancellor Won Ca
priyi's speech on the bill yesterday showed
no sign of any disposition toward recon-
Citation. Since then, however. private
negotiations, in which Herr MIGUEL. the
Prusslan Minister OF Commerce; ChanceI-
lor Won Capriyi. and Herr Won Bennlgsen
were concerned. have gwen rise to the
hope that the Government viii assent to
so remodel the clauses as TO dlvest the
measure Of its most obnoxious features.
ApASGER TO BE AVOIDED.
This departure is due to the govern
ments realizing the strength of the coali-
ton of the Moderate Conservatives, Ma
tional Liberals aud Freissinniges- The
Chancellor calculated that out OF the 42S
members constituting the House the bill
would get the support of 232, consisting or
Centrists, Conservatives. and several lnde-
pendents. This estimated majority has
been reduced by the threatened detection
of a number of Conservatives. Doubtless
the Government can still really
force this measure through with
a depleted majority, but 1t would
result in rupture OF the Ministry, the
inevitable dissolution of the Diet and the
formation OF strong and united Liberal
party backed by q popular agitation which
would eventually oyerturn the Govern
ment and lead toa general reaction against
Chancellor E%Per 9as s Sf altered s0q his
tone of defiant hostility toward the
National Liberals. After declaring that
religion and education were inseparable, he
denied desiring to domineer over the
Liberals. II was the Liberals coalition,
he said, that aimed to domineer over the
Government. The National Liberals de-
signed 10 use the bill as lever in FORM
ing great Liber4 party, but he added;
II accept the conc1liatory attitude OF to-
days party organs, and l now think the
menace to create an opposing coalition
only a SOAP bubble that has already burst"
THE THREATENED COALITION.
DR.. Friedburg, a National Liberal, re-
PLYING to the Chancellor, said that coali-
ton against the Government was mere
hypothesis. II might happen If the de
fence of religious liberties threw the par
ties together.
Herr Rickert, the Freissinige leader, de-
clared himself as opposed to any compro-
mise. 1t was impossible, he said. to alter
the measure SO as to make it acceptable.
II ever it became law it would prove use.
less as a weapon against the social
democracy. 1t would ruin educa-
ton, and would place the schools
under the rule of ecclesiasts, who
were less concerned with genuine culture
than with enforcing their belief in
dogmatic creeds. His party was ready to
oppose the bill to the bitter end; The
Government, be declared, would find itself
with the best elements OF the nation,
whose life depended upon the results OF
| the struggle. =,
Chancellor Won Caprivi again rose and
commented upon the opposition. OF the
National Liberals as implying only three
possible conditions. These conditions, he
| said, were that either the Government must
enter into lasting compact with the Ma
tlonal Liberals Ian impossibility in Prussia
where the actions of the Government de-
pended upon the King; or the party must
take the Government IN tow-a CONDITION
that the Government would oppose 10 the
| last: or the party must allow itself to be
towed by the Government--an arrange:
ment he would not suggest to the National
Liberals. The whole tenor of the Chance.-
| for's remarks indicated his desire 70 avoid
q final rupture with the National Liberals.
SUSPENDED CRISIS.
The House IS now adjourned until
"Wednesday. In the meantime the situa-
| ton Is one of suspended crisis. Ministers
| Boetticher and Herrfurth viii resign with
| Herr MIGUEL if the Emperor-hing does not
| allow the Chancellor to assent to crucial
amendments. Minister Won Zedlitz alone
/ in the Cabinet urges that no con-
| cessions be made. As a Minister sf-
! ter the Kings own heart, Won Zedlitz
| has been decorated with the insignia of
| the Order of the Red Eagle of the First
Glass. IL is probable that the issue OF the
| struggle will be to precipitate the general
| election, which il due in the autumn. The
| Liberals are confident that the bulk OF the
| Prussian electorate will vote against the
| Government.
| BISMARCK Sos-coMmrTAL.
Prince Bismarck declines to commit
| himself either for or against the bill. A
| correspondent of the National Liberal
paper vainly tried to obtain an interview
| With him on the subject.
The Hamburger Nachrichten, Prince Bis
| marck's organ, adopts an uncertain tone.
| IL twits the Conservatives with becoming
| tools of the Government and with ceaslng
| to be party having concern for the In
| terests OF the country. If the HAMBURGER
| Nuchrichten's article was inspired Dy the
Prince it Is evident that he chiefly enjoys
the struggle as likely to insure disaster to
| the Government and and render the I'm
peror-Ring unpopular.
A report, which is credited by the Court
| circle IL current to the effect that the
| Grand Duke of Baden has written TO the
| King on the grave consequences OF popu-
| lar uprisiug against religious coercion.
| The Grand Duke is a man of liberal ideas
| akin 10 those of his deceased brother-in-
| law, the Emperor Frederick. he has, how
| ever, small influence with his nephew.
Emperor William.
Esus IN EQUAToRIA.
| The Vossicile Zietunq publishes East
| African advices under date of January
5th showing that Emin Pasha is making q
| victorious march 10 his old quarters in
| Equatoria. After several battles with the
natives of Unyoro. he has arrived at Ma
| gunpo. at the northern end of Lake Albert
| Nyanza. where he was welcomed by hun
| dreds of his former troops. The absence
| of dates and details throws doubt on the
reports.
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