Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-17
70 BE MADE PRINCE
cspri6 Win Rscsivs ths Reward
for He Ser'css.
WILLIAM WAS very ANXIOUS
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BsnLis. July I4-The eosornmsnt
hoped that ths third reading 4 ths
army bill yesterday would b. nsrsly
formal and thss the sessios u the
rsichstag would clooe Ia Tins 20 enable
the empsror and the ministers 10 ca
graduate each other on the pasaaes a
the ball over . Iunchsou. hut even The
ives ordered otherwise Chancollor vou
Cspriyi had been suffering % severely
from the inflamsd veins IN hs iess that
HE doctors urged hiu not TO appear IN
the house. Though hs vas vieihly 10
last evening. no vas obliged 10 continue
his Official work. which he did In = re-
Ginning posifion. The excitement of tho
situation revived him. however. AID he
looked hsppy and animated. He uas
accompanied 10 the rsichstsg BY Dr..
Won Botticher. secretary II the imperial
home Office and Freiherr Massehsll BE
bernstein. minister Of foreign afRairu.
Soon after the bill was put on its final
passage. and after the speaking lad CON-
mcnced, il became certain that tho lsad-
ers Of the opponents Of the government
meant business and that they did not
intend TO let the measure BE- adopted in
. pedunctory manner. The atmosphere
OF the house felt too electric for formal
ties Speaker after speaker paid less
attention u attacking or supporting the
bill than to railing 1t the political OPP
poncnts-
Wilhelm was Impatient.
The chancellor. secure in the govern
ment majority Of IL votes given yester-
day on the second reading ~ the bill.
wasted no words in responding 10 the
attacks made upon tho measure. He
listened 10 the discussion Tor an hour
and half. and 1t 3:i5 o'clock dis
appeared from the house. knowing that
the bill Was safe Of adoption II was
learned subsequently, that he had left
the house 10 see the emperor. The
kaiser had become impatient and had
driven UP TO the ministers private
entrance, through which he entered the
parliamentary building. The chancellor
wac summoned 70 meet him. They were
closeted together in the. chancellor's
private room for half an hour
Ii 10 understood that his majesty
urged the chancellor to have tho bill
carried through the house at once, ~
he desired To start tonight for kiel.
from which place he intends 10 90 to
Bornholm. an island belonging 10 Den
mark. He did not desire TO leave Berlin
until he knew positively the result Of
the vote on his pct measure The chan
cellor returned 20 the house and spoke
privately to Herr Won Lelvetzow. the
president and several members with =
view to expediting the close OF the dis
cussion. The stream OF talk was still
steadily flowing on with no signs OF =
check.
Capriyi's Reward.
The emperor. impatiently Tuning out
side. called for Freiherr Non Stumm-
Halberg. Who went to his majesty and
reported progress Probably finding
that he could get nothing but indefinite
statements from this source, the emperor
left the building before the division was
taken.
The opposition organs contend this
evening the majority OF sixteen in favor
of the bill is not large. enough To cause
the government to exult, especially as it
was won by the chancellor giving pledges
to the agrarians and anti-semites that
will certainly give him trouble TO ful-
ill.
But the government. with reason. does
exult. while Its opponents tail TO conceal
their chagrin. Vexation and disappoint-
ment was plainly manifested at the
passage Of the bill. aud rumor has il
that he will confer upon Chancellor
Won Caprivi the dignity Of prince.
There are only few Americans in
this country. Among the number are
Mrs. Green. the vanderbilts. and X. W.
Weeks Of the New York Life Insurance
company.