The sun., 1893-01-08
NOTES ON GERMAN AFFAIRS.
cAPRIvI ASKS THAT TIE ARMY RrIL
he EIPEDITED.

|
pected to Collapse Tbis week-Disinfect
ing Rivers by Means OF Electric Currents
BERLIN, Jan. 7.-when the holiday seasoi
came to an end public attention was agalr
| turned to the Army bill The Reichstag vii
resume its sittings on Tuesday. The com
mitteo OF the House to which was referred thu
| Army bill will meet on Wednesday, Chancellor
| Won Caprivi has requested the President OF tht
| committee to ask the members to expedite
| their deliberations in order not to retard the
| final decision OF the Rechstag. for which. he
said not Germany alone. but all Europe waits
| with anxiety.
According to the belief entertained In ON.
cial circles the Chancellor has completed q
statement giving the private reason for the
Governments demands for nm increase In the
number OF the army effective. This reason. II
is said. is that an Increase OF the effective Is
Indispensable. not only In the present bill. but
in any army measure that might be proposed.
In his private dealings with the leaders OF
the several parties. the Chancellor is display
ing much tact and his course Of action is such
as to elicit the admiration even OF his ad-
yersarics
Nothing is now heard OF tho Cbancellors re-
trement from office. His position with the
Emperor Ia stronger than ever. and his de-
apprehc ion that the bill will be passed with
out a single concession OF Importance being
made by the Government.
The opposition pnners are trying to raise q
popular storm over the Emperor's alleged use
sS % the those phF%s Mno oppose w
Freisinnigo press assumes that the words
meant that the Emperor intends to override
to the Army bill by resort to the application
of article 80 OF the German Constitution. by
sSs n e @rmv mny tie
which enables the Emperor to fix the strength
Through the Hdm'mger Nnclrichter. Prince
Bismarck assails the Emperor and Chancellor
Caprivi as intending violators Of tho Constitu-
to defy the personal will OF tho En- peror calls
upon them TO yindicate the rights Of Par rlia.
mcnt, and cautions the. Government against
cnLnnEer the unity OF the empire.
Tho OFFICIAL organs deny TINT the Emperor
opposition. The official papers suggest that
II the language was used mt all 1t was directed
At military nersso,nnGes who are nniriendiy to
port ut once Indicated that ten. Count Won
Wadersce was the parsonage referred TO. as
This report. however. Is not borne out by the
facts. Tho Emperor gave u costly vase to Gen.
has Wss
was no sign that he had incurred imperial dis
favor,
The War Office has taken action anticipatory
to the passage ot the bill by ordering new ar
rangcinents in the rccuit division, throughout
FranEfort Fia stettn. ami Masdebnrr" % new s'I I re-.
vision councils are being formed with a view
to II" extension of recruiting. The Emperor.
beyond doubt. means that the bill shall to-
come law in the course Of the year.
Tho rrorriot"rs of the loading stores of Ber-
lin concur in their sta tements that the holiday
season Just passed showed an enormous de-
crease in tho bnsinSsss usually done Mt that
period Of the year. Tho average reduction Of
nj hay IN u 4 n ~ no
The annual report issued by the various
Chambers OF Commerce in Germany say that
Tho reports from Frnnkfort.. Chemnitz. ana
kic. .ngreo that tho marked decline in trade
in 1892 can be- attributed to tho bad harvests
oi isai. th.. cholera epidemic. nnd the growth
"f competition without concurrent expansion
OF nnfavornblc tariffs.
collapse next week. owing to the lack OF both
popular and trade support. Tho delegates
the belgian. French. and bohemian miners
met with no response; Thousands of tho
sss and hE ,h 9%es ran,x in
en- the lackl one OF the strike.
Tho Duke and Duchess. OF Edinburgh. nc-
married on Tuesday next to the Crown Frince
Of koumnnia left Goburg tonight for Sig
place. Tho other children OF the Duke and
Duchess were in tho party.
A German, savant proposes to disinfect the
He says that an electric current phssed
through the wafer will cause n chemical
change that will kill cholera and other germs
similar manner.
An exhibition OF horse meat and the food
stutls derived thererom. Will open here in
March. Tho butchers and dealers in sau-
sagcs are organizing a boycott against the
s''I' Fitness Matilda Of saxony. a niece Of tho
King. is dangerously i'll with smallpox.
Prot Won BIlow is suffering from another
attack OF insomnia He is under medical
treatment at Pankow. In his absence. Herr
Moskowski conducts the Philharmonic con-
certs
The shareholders OF tho Hamburg Steam
Navigation Company have rejected Il motion
to prosecute a number of eX-directors for the
recovery Of money lost by the company in its
steamer service in the Sunda Archipelago.