The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-30
.OVERTURES TOR SUPPORT.
Chancellor Caprivi Still Seeking
Aid from the Centreists.
THE AHLwARDT INQUIRY.
A Scene Without Parallel in the
History OF Reiehstag.
Ahlwardt Applies All Manner of Epithets
to the Committee Appointed to
Examine His Charges-He
May Be Expelled

BERLIN, April 29.-When the report on
the army bill was presented to the reich
stag few days ago Won Levetzow, presi-
dent. proposed that the debate open on
Tuesday. Leaders of different groups
concurred that four days would suffice for
the discussion, so a week hence the fate
of the bill will be settled. Today Won
Capriv1 caused to percolate into the lob
bies information to the effect that the
government would cause the second read
ing of the bill to be postponed presumably
because the emperor desires to be present
in Berlin on the eve Of the dissolution of
the reicnstag. Even at the last hour
Chancellor Won Caprivi has, with no ap-
fresh overtures for support of the
Centrist leader, Count Won Bales
trem, through Major Hiningen Huene,
another prominent member of that party.
1t is reported that the latter is REIN
forced by letters from Cardinal LIE Doch-
owskl project of propaganda, urging the
Center party to try to come to terms
with the government on the bill. There
is no doubt. however, that the Centreists
are unfiincning in their ahesiOn to eye
listing decisions and no occult pressure
with Centreists that the repugnance of
Catholic electors is so strong against the
bill that members representing the party
in Rsich5tag would certainly be punished
by their constituents if they failed to OBJ
serve the pledges they made.
The public is so utterly absorbed in tne
Ahlwardt inquiry that nothing else po-
litical has any interest. The affair
reached a climax today in a scene
without parallel in the history OF Reich
stag. The committe appointed to exanl&aeI
the documents submitted by Ahiwardt in
support OF the grave charges of eorrup-
ton he made held a plenary meeting to
discuss the report. Notwithstanding the
disclosures OF forgery of documents intro
duced, Ahlward5 remained callous and
unabashed and declined to Withdraw the
charges. The committee delegated DIR.
PorTsch and Herr Bebel to confer with
Ahlwardt privately, but the conference
did not result in anything, AhiWardt de-
clining to withdraw from the attitude be
had taken. DR.. Lieber urged the COM
mittee to close the matter. He declared
it produced in him feeling OF moral and
physical disgust to see a German repre-
sentative make such a spectacle OF him
self
This remark brought Alhwardt to his
feet and he menanced DR.. Lieber with his
! fist. He said Lieber's last remark was an
obnoxious reference 10 the circumstances
of Ahlwardt's appearing before the COM
mittee yesterday with a rent Ill his cloth
ing. Lieber's allusiOn to this Circumstance
was infamous. The chairman of the
committee called Ahlwardt to order, but
the latter repeated his expression, where
upon the whole committee arose. ALL
wardt hurled abusive epithets at them
collectively and finally left the COMMITTEES
room shouting that he would not remain
to be insulted. The committee briefly
passed the report affirming all.
DR.. Miguel proposes to bring criminal
action against Ahlwardt, and the reich
stag may revive disused law and expeI
! him.
A May Day fete will be celebrated by
the socialists of Germany generally. The
police are taking no unusual precautions.
| The Austrian socialists will make q gen
eral holiday and will hold forty meetings
and street demonstrations Monday, as a
protest of the workingmen against their
political nullity. The meetings will de-
mand general and equal franchise.
Mr.. Phelps, American minister, reports
that the German foreign Office knows
nothing about the expulsion of American
missionaries from the Marshal islands.