The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-22
4 ROW IN GERMANY.
A Very Important Session of
the Reichstag.
THE PANAMA CANAL SCANDAL
Precipitatss Red-HOt Debate in the French
Chamber OF Dtputies-Ihe Monetary Con-
demonstrations Fo,eiga Matters.

BERLIN, Nov. 2s.-Emperor William is
TO open tomorrow the most important ses-
sion the reichstag has held since the or
gsnization Of the German states into the
present imperial federation. Prince Bis
marck, although elected to NIL vacancy.
has announced that he win not attend, but
his opposition to the much talked-of army
blll will find utterance through a NUMBER
OF anti-goVerument sources. All the>vari-
GUS parties have formed plans of procedure
with reference to the proposed military re-
Term measure. The Socialists. although
divided into factions, will ba6Lle against it
through their Well known leaders, Bebel
ana LiebkIocht. The minsterialists will,
o. course, be led by Chancellor Caprivi and
Herr MIGUEL.
The details Of the new bill are therefore
OF particular interest todGy. IL fixes the
effective forces of the army from Oct. l.
1888, to March 81, 1899, as follows: In
1antry, al battalions; cavalry. IL squad
rons; dismounted artillery, asa batteries:
field artillery, 81 battalions; railway
troops, 5attslions; train service, 81 bat
talons; total number, 49,, Cos men The
term service in the infantry is, speaking
generally, reduced to Two years. The
number OF nOn-commissioned officers is 10
be determined by the imperial budget The
increase il the effective strength of the
army will be LBS officers 234 surgeons,
200 armorers. % veterinarians, IL, S5T non
commissioned officers, 72,U13 privates and
{, l50 horses.
The increase of the annual military ex-
penses viii be "a, COZ, 900 marks. The pre-
amble Of the eli SETS forth that what it
terms the military political situation has
undergone change 10 Germany's disad-
vantage and that this fact necessitates the
Rnnnfinu of fhnr0u on ryninnr r0aDrprsr
former military prepondsrauce Of Germany
has disappeared. France has a wer
strength Of 4,05S, 900 men and Russia of
I, $4,000 men. To meet this Germany must
utilize her defensive power to the full.
Every man who is really capable OF bear
ing arms must serve in the national forces.
] he new organization Is to be carried out
within the sexisiing military framework.
and TO the extent that he personal eco
nomlc and financial forces OF the emuire
permit. 1t is necessary IL erder
20 rate in power. to keep ibe men In the
ranks until they have completed their third
year OF service es 8 punishment FOR Of
lenses against certain clauses of the mill
tary penal code. When the organization
Under the present bill is complete the Ger
man army Will have attained strength of
4. 4U0, 600 men, whereas France viii not be
able to 60 beyond her present war siren 9Th.
Now that the draft OF the hillary bill is
pOonsned the revelation only confirms in
the main what had been Dsiore made
known in 8 fragmentary manner. Inc
plain fact is that the strength OF the Ger
man forces with the colors will be in
creased by IS, S94 meH. which. owing to the
new method OF reckoning Dy an average
taken between the normal ana maximum
strength OF the active army, viii really
amount to az increase of 100. 900 uen. The
yearly euiistments Of recruits VIII be in
mr. mn In Id. -.
there sre annually 5000 men OF the better
classes who serve for one year So that
the whole number TO be trained yearly
will IN future amount 10 244 900 men.
AS the enlistment in the French army
amounted in 1890 10 $50. 900 men, il will pc
seen that Germany contemplates eutdist-
ancing France by the annual enlistment of
i. 000 recruits, but Germanys numerical
superiority will actually be greater since
France failed to enlist more than 2l7,071
men, and in 1892 has ENLISTED only soout
2il. 000 The bill viii be formally intro
6uced Immediately after the organization
Of the house, which will probably be to-
morrow or the day after.