Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-01
.JLENBERG.
priv Will Measure His
walls Strength in
ling AN UNRULY LANDTAG.
los Of an Impending Cabinet Crisis
That Will Down Rudini.
9LES ENGRAVING FOR FEAR OF WAR

COPYRIGHT 1892 BY n. T. ASSOCIATED rRzss.l
BERLIN, April So-The debates upon
.he reassembling of the Landtag lack the
expected interest The Conservatives and
the Centrists appear to be timid, and did
not take the opportunity to definitely de-
hne their position toward the Government
Thev confined themselves to acrimonious
speeches, censuring the Government for the
Sithdrawal of the primary educational bill,
hile the Progressists unanimously pre-
ldicted the triumph of the Liberals at the
general elections.
The financial reforms proposed BY Herr
tN1iquel, Minister CT Finance will shortly
be debated in the Landtag They are GER
Hain to meet with bitter opposition. The
echemes will be attacked as piece of State
kocialism, He proposes to make the income
TAX progressive, e1empting small incomes,
and he will also introduce new tax, max
ing interest nav more in proportion than
earnings Minister Miguel expects that the
increased revenue thus obtained will enable
him to resign taxes on land and industries
amounting to 100, 600, 900 marks to the local
authorities.
Where the Tax Strikes the Hardest
His most unpopular proposal is to create
q tax on beer, which the Centrists will espe-
cially attack Probably in the face of the
opposition Minister Miguel will abandon
this proposed tax.
Chancellor Won Caprivi, whose departure
for Carlsbad has been delayed by the seri-
Gus illness of his nephew, Count Finken-
stein, has not returned direct to Berlin. He
ill ro SCufhsrn health Sur
se has been expressed at the Chancellor
-saving to Count Won Eulenburg the burden
of the debate in the Landtag. The general
belief is that the Chancellor wishes to en-
phasize his withdrawal from the Presidency
of the Prussian Ministry, and to leave
Count Won Gutenberg to handle the crisis
of an important debate unaided, and thus
gauge his future influence, with which the
Chancellor will have to reckon.
1t is an open fact that the Chancellor's
position has been weakened by recent
events He has less share in the Emperor's
councils than formerly. Other Ministers
are acquiring an amount of independence in
their relations with the Emperor which they
have not possessed hitherto.
Two Ministers Opposed 10 Caprivi.
With the retaining of Herr Kalsenborn-
Stachau, Minister of War, there are now
two Ministers, the other being DR.. Won
Boetticher, who hold views at variance
with the Chancellor's on certain questions,
though the difference is not serious enough
to lead to fears of a rupture.
Chancellor Caprivi will return to Berlin
to meet the King and Queen of Italy when
they visit here, and in order to hold a con-
ference with the Marquis di Rudlni, the
Italian Prime Minister. Contrary to the
reports circulated, there is little likelihood
of Count Kalnokv, the Austro- Hungarian
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ference, as it is practically certain that Count
Kalnoky and Chancellor Won Caprivi will
meet later in the summer in accordance
with the practice Of recent years.
Sinister rumors that another rupture in
the Italian Cabinet is impending arises
here. Signor Nigra, the Italian Ambassa-
dor st Vienna, is mentioned as the possible
successor of the Marquis di Rudini. The
belief in political circles in Berlin is that
the crisis will be tided over, though the
proposal to float an Italian loan here to as
sist in the military expenditures of Italy
does not meet with favor.
Financiers Have Their Hands Full.
The German market is little inclined to
absorb new loan yet while, as was shown
bv drop of half point in the Prussiau
and German loans when it was reported that
the projected new German loan would be
issued Immediately Phe announcement in
issued until the end of the wear allayed the
fears and led to q recovery of prices
The emigration of Prussian Poles, chiefly
to the United States, is rapidly growing
heavier. This movement is attributed, not
only to the agricultural depression, but to
the general fear that war with Russia is
inevitable sooner or later. The emigation
from Germany has been heavier thus far
this year than for many years past. The
figures so far show that the emigration has
doubled since 1888.
The authorities at Frankfort-o the Main
have received information that the Belgian
police have tracked Jaeger, the defaulting
chief cashier of the Rothschilds, and have
learned that he is now hiding in Brussels
with his sweetheart, who was at the bottom
Of the whole affair.
A Larger Salary to Secure Honesty,
The oGtcry against the smallness of the
salary attached to such a responsible posi-
lion has induced the Rothschilds to double
the amount they pay to the present cashier,
who receives 10000 marks yearly Herr
Rothschild himself now takes charge of the
cash keys
The report received of increasing trade
has started proposal in shipping circles to
run a service of German steamers between
New York and Paramaribo to compete with
the existing Dutch and English lines
ME- Murphy, the special agent of the
United States Government to Introduce the
use of cornmeal, states that the German
Government is now establishing a corn
meal plant in one of their largest mills, at
Magdeburg. The tests are satisfactory, and
extensive experiments are contemplated
The bread used by the army in the future
will consist of one-third cornmeal and two
thirds rye.
Rev. Mr.. Francis, pastor of the American
Church at st. Petersburg, has passed
through this city en- route for London. He
Is worn out by his exertions in behalf of
the famine sufferers He SAYS smallpox
and typhus Iever are making fearful raw
ages in Russia, and that unless strongest
precautions are taken those diseases will
spread to Western Europe.