St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-04
All Party Movements Tend to
the Passage Of the
Army Bill.
Opposition Pretends to Believe
That His Position Is
Untenable.
Open Adhesion Of Party Lead.
: ers Strengthen the
Chancellor.
Police Disturb a Liaison of
Prince Karl Of Ba-
varia.

BERLIN, Dec.3.-EV6ntS In the relcnS-
tag and party movements which are less
seen by the public all tend to consoli-
date Chancellor Won Caprivi's position
and assure the passage OF the army bill.
The Freisinnige and Bismarckian
papers pretend to believe that the
chancellor's position is untenable.
Every day the opposition produces a
fresh rumor as to who his successor will
be. The latest nominee of the anti
Caprivi faction was ex-Minister Won
Puttkamer, who was named because the
opposition could associate him with
current rumor that Emperor William
intended to return to strong reaction
list policy if the army bill should be de-
feated. The emperor felt the report to
be offensive and caused all official de-
NAL of it to be made in the ReichSan-
Zeiger, which last night stated that
Herr Won Puttkamer has not for some
time even been received by his majesty.
The fact is that the chancellor's posi-
ton has become strengthened by the
open adhesion of some Of the party
leaders, and the private adhesion of
others. DR.. Bull, national Liberal,
has earned
The ChancellOr,s Thanks
by promising that his party will support
all the military demands necessary for
the safety of the emperor. The reichs
tag took DR.. BuhPS statement as COM
hitting national Liberals to the support
of the army bill. Next Herr KoscielSke,
In the name of the Polish group, an
nounced that they would vote to grant
anything. so far as the financial depreS-
sion permitted, that would contribute
to unite and strengthen Germany.
With regard to the Center party, it is
no longer secret that majority of the
members of the group, resenting the
Fatican's pro-French policy, are treat
ing the clerical attempts to influence
their party to defeat the governments
scheme of army reorganization as hos
tile intrigue against German unity. So
marked is the feeling of many CentristS
against the interference of the Vatican,
which is attributed to the pope's hos
tility to the triple alliance, that certain
Catholic bishops advised Cardinal Ram
pola, papal secretary of state, that re-
volt of the party against clerical lead
was imminent if the interference was
persisted in. The Vatican has, conse-
quently, aSSented to leave the Center
party to follow whichever course it
pIeases. This implies
A Temporary Split
in the third party. Thirty-four of the
Southern members of the Center will
vote with the opposition, and the sew
enty-six others with the government.
Thus reinforced, tue defeat of the bill
seems impossible.
The measure is expected to pass its
first reading Dec. 8. AS the Christmas
recess begins OH the 10th, the bill will
not get to the committee stage until after
New Years day. The emperor's bill
against immortality and the immigration
measure will be taken up by the reiehs-
tag when the discussion of the budget
is ended. When scrutinized, the re-
Strictiye clauses of the proposed lmml-
grafton law does not seem likely to
operate so favorably as expected in
sending good class OF Immigrants to
America. Well-tO-do, orderly people
object to the preliminary police super
fairs demanded under the bill. while
criminals, frauds and impoverished
persons can sail from foreign ports
without any interference from the
police.
DR.. MIGUEL. Prussian minister of
finance, is suffering from Inflammation
of the throat. He has slight fever and
is confined to his bed.
AhIwardt on Trial.
The trial of Rector Ahlwardt, the no
torious anti-Semite who is charged with
slandering Herr Loewe, the small arms
manufacturer. drags along in the Moa-
bile criminal court. The evidence
against him is copiouS,but this fact Will
not mitigate against his election to the
reichstag. While Ahlwardt was in
prison awaiting trial he was elected to
the reichstag from the Arnswalde-
Freidberg district. Prior to his election
only few Semetic votes had been cast
in the district, and Ahlwardts
return by an enormous ma
jority was a great surprise.
Today Ahlwardt submitted documents
to The courts as evidence in his favor.
The public prosecutor admitted that the
documents were genuine, but declared
that they could only have come into
Ahlwardt's possession by gross abuse