The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-07
A DEFEAT FOR THE KAISER
The ReiChStas Rejects the Army Bill
and is Dissolved.

tion-The Coming Election.
Berlin, May 6.-The army bill was re
1ected to-day in the Reichstag by vote
of 2lO against to 1872 in favor Of the bill
A rescript dissolving the Reichstag was
Immediately promulgated and the Reich
stag dissolved.
The social democratic members Of the
Reichstag displayed the widest enthusi-
asm over the result. They hurrahed re-
peatedly following cheer with cheer.
Great confusion and uprOar followed in
the house and the public excitement in
Berlin was at the highest pitch.
The ReiChen7eiger publishes the decree
of the kaiser dissOlviug the Reichstag.
The new elections are 10 be held on June
Is. The new session must open within 30
days after the dissolution.
The last attempts at compromise hav-
inc failed, Chancellor Won Caprivi refusing
TO sanction the proposition to make two
years active service permanent. the kaiser
became impatient of further delay and
pressed for a decision by the ReichStag
to-day. Hence the vote was taken at once
instead of being postponed until
Monday. The failure Of the bill
makes it necessary for the kaiser to defer
for the present his projected form. of
higher military commands and of the
posts of the war Office project, which
Chancellor Caprivi is said to dread even
more than he dreaded the struggle over
the army bill knowing that it is very
likely that there will be a conflict over
the changes which viii involve the kaiser
Chancellor Caprivi himself and others
whom the chancellor has no desire so an
tagoniZe.
THE CHANCELLOR TO RESIGN.
Chancellor Caprivi has gone to Pots
dam to offer his resignation to the kaiser
Z
lenberg, the PruSsian premier, to Pots
dam Count Won Gutenberg took the
place of Chancellor Won Caprivi as Prus-
sian premier about year ago, when
Chancellor Won Caprivi resigned that
office, owing to the decision of the kaiser
to withdraw the education bill from the
Prussian Landtag
The result of the vote caused no sur
prise TO the government Chancellor Won
Capfivi attempted yesterday to rally the
wavering members to support the measure
by offering to reduce the peace effective
even below the number proposed in the
amendment offered by Freiherr Won
Huene. The offer however, did not gain
single vote. The house had made up is
mind to reject the bill and the speeches
made on the subject were addressed
rather TO the electors than to the
Reichstag.
The most striking feature of the closing
debate was the resurgence of anti-Prus-
sian sentiments especially from the
speakers of the center party DIR. Liber,
who is a leader in the councils of his
party, after attacking Chancellor Won
CaprlVi for having, as he put it, resOrted
TO the worst forms of. Bismarckian
methods to secure the passage of the
bill, said; The center party fights to-
day against the ambitions of a centraliz-
ing Cesarism. We protest against the
miGtarsm which translates itself in
persistent endeayors to extend the prin-
ciples of the Prussian state into
the domain of imperial legislation.
in the interests of the empire we demand
that the Prussian policy be confined to
the Prussian Diet, while the German
prevail in the Reichstag."
NO REPLY MADE.
Neither Chancellor Won Caprivi nor
Baron Won Mateuffel the Prussian conser-
vative leader attempted to respond to DR.
Iieber's attack. All the speakers on the
government side simply ignored the ex-
presSiOnS of anti-PruSSian sentiment The
chancellor commented vaguely upon the
democratic tendencies that have recently
been developing among the centerists, and
suggested that the policy now pursued
by that party had its in
spiration in the vatican. which,
he said, was now the friend of republican
France and trying to draw the whole
Catholic world in the same direction The
German government, the chancellor
added. had hitherto appreciated the sup
port OF the center party on social ques-
tons, but it had now learned a lesson
The center party stood ready to commit
itself to whatever democratic evolution
foreign influences might choose to die
tate"
Won BENNIGsEN's APPEAL.
Herr Won Bcnnigsen, the leader of the
national liberals, gave a moderate tone to
the debate in long speech urging the
house to accept the concessions offered bV
the government. He deplored the ina
blllty of the Reichstag to sink party diff
1erences in the face of questions involving
the external safety of the empire and its
prestige abroad. The difficulty of sue
cessfully conducting the affairs of the
country had always been enhanced
by the absence of stable
parliamentary minority. A government
driven to rely upon fortuitous majority
could never present to the country a
really consistent national policy What
the Relchstag ought to try TO obtain was
strong moderate party established
on broad national basis. 1t
seemed to him pitiful that no
response to the government S appeal in be-
half of the national honor and the exist
ence OF Germany. 1t is a bad contrast to
the parliamentary life Of other countries.
notably England, where the most violent
party antagonism never initiated against
the continuity of the imperial policy.
THANKED BY THE EMPEROR.
Emperor William has sent to Herr Won
Bennigsen his special thanks fer the tone
of his speech
Hurriedly convened meetings are being
held in Berlin and other populous centers
tonight. The promptness with which
the Beichstag was dissolved imuesf1Tr7v
after the defeat of the government was
announced has taken everybody bv sur
prise. The social democratic leaders alone
are really ready for the electoral campaign.
Herren Bebel, Singer and Liebknecht
Will leave Berlin tomorrow and begin at
once to stump the country in behalf of
the social candidates In every district
In which the socialists have fighting
chance candidates will be nominated. and
the party expects with reason. to have
an increased representation in the next
ReiChstag
The emperor will not allow the disso-
luton OF the Reichstag to interfere with
the programme Of his coming tour.
POLITICS AT ATLANTA.
The Movement to Gust Bucl-cov