Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
GERMAN CABLE LETTER,
CHANCELLOR CAPRIvI's POSITION
SIRE NGTHENED.
Prominent Party Leaders Pledged to
Support the Army Bil1-PapaI
Interference Resented by
the Center Party.

BERLIN, Dec. 3.-[Copyright, 1892, by
the New York Associated Press. l.
Events in the reichstsg and party move
ments, which are less seen by the pub
lie, all tend to solidify Chancellor Won
Caprivi's position and assure the pass
age OF the army bill. The Freisinnige
and Bismarckian papers pretend to be-
lieve the chancellor'd position is unten-
able. Every day the opposition pro-
duces fresh rumor as to who his sue
cessor will be. The fact is the chan
ceilor's position has become strength
ened by the open adhesion of some
party leaders and the private adhesion
of others. DR.. Buhl, National Liberal.
has won the chancellor's thanks by
promising that his party will support
all the military demands necessary for
the safety of the empire. Herr Kosciel-
ski, 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.
PAPAL INTERFERENCE RESENTED.
With regard to the Centre party, it is
no longer secret that majority OF the
members of the group, resenting the
vatican's pro-French policy are treating
the clerical attempts to infuen ce the
party to defeat the governments scheme
OF army reorganization, as a hostile in-
trigue against German unity. : So
marked is the feeling of many Centrists
against the interference Of the vatican,
which are attributed to the pope's hos
tility to the triple alliance, thatcertain
Catholic bishops have advised Cardinal
Rampolla, the papal secretary of state,
that revolt OF the party against cleri-
cal lead was imminent if interference
was persisted in. The vatican has con-
sequently assented to leaving the Centre
party free to follow whatever course it
pleases.
THE NEW EMIGRATION MEASURE.
The emperor's bill against immortality
and the emigration measure will be
taken up by the reichstag when the dis
cussion OF the budget is ended. When
scrutinized, the restrictive clauses of the
proposed emigration law do not seem
likely to operate so favorably as was ex-
pected in sending good class of emil
grants to America. Well-to-do, orderly
people will object to the preliminary
| police supervision and the disclosure of
their private affairs demanded under
the bill, while criminals, frauds and inn
roverished persons can go across the
| frontier and sail from a foreign port
without interference from the police.
PRINCE KARL's LIAIsoN.
The mysterious disappearance of
Prince Karl of Bavaria is now known to
be due to liaison with pretty ballet
girl. The regent of Bavaria disapproved
of it; thereupon the prince applied for
permission to contract morganatic
marriage with the girl. The regent re-
fused and was making arrangements to
send the prince off Oh journey abroad,
when Karl and the danseuse secretly
left the city. The pair were traced to
secluded retreat in the Alps and brought
back to Munich.
| PROPOSED RECIPROCITY TREATY.
The Vossische Zeitung, referring to
the election of Cleveland, urges the
German government to take time by
the forelock and negotiate reciprocity
treaty, admitting American products,
such as wheat, cotton, pork, meats and
leather, into Germany free of duty, in
return for reduction of the American
| tariff on German manufactured ooods