The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-13

tion in the Chancellor's Tariff Policy.
The New Taxes Accepted Without
Concerted Opposition.
Copyright 1898. by the United Press
Berlin, Nov. 12.-Although the reopen
ing of the reichstag is but a few days off,
the political parties remain dormant. No
partisan movement Of general interest
has been made for several weeks. The
leaders of the opposition groups instead of
attempting coalition against Chancellor
Won Caprivi, seem to have made their
plans independently. No sign of a com
mon programme is apparent.
The victory of the conservatives in the
lantag election has not had the slightest
effect in altering the chancellor's course.
Instead of modifying his tariff policy to
soothe the agrarians Chancellor Won
Caprivi contemplates an extension of the
reciprocity policy until Germany shall be
linked commercially with every civilized
nation. The emperor is known to enter
tam broad ideas looking towards an in
ternal customs union, and he supports
the chancellor in his approaches to this
end.
THE FINANCIAL PROPOSALS.
As to the position Of the government on
the financial proposals for the new taxes.
although the wine and tobacco trades
have made great outcry, nothing like
popular opposition has been aroused
against the proposals as a whole. Ad-
verse critics say that the country has
sunk into such a political torpor
that il will submit to ANYTHING.
The truth rather is that everybody re
cognizes the necessity of increasing the
revenues and nobody can see anything
better for the purpose than the scheme
of Herr Miguel and Chancellor Won Cap
rivi. The banks and bourses accept the
new taxes without grumbling 1t was
expected that the announcement of the
tax bills would cause sharp decline in
quotations, but this expectation has not
been fulfilled. Whatever other modifica-
Glons the government may make during
the debate the bOurse tax will remain un-
touched. The proposed tax on receipts
and checks may be withdrawn, as the
relchbank has demonstrated against it
energeticaly. The tax would produce
little revenue in comparison with the in
convenience it would cause, while it would
prevent the development of the check
system in Germany. Ultimately the gov
ernment will carry out the whole scheme.
even in this particular virtually, as it will
be presented in about two weeks.
AN OUTCRY AGAINST RICHTER.
The defeat of the radicals in one Land
tag election has caused a renewed outcrv
of the party journals against Eugene
Rlchter's leadership. The Vossische lei
tung pronOunces him to be an iniudicious
leader, weakening his party to maintain
his personal supremacy, and advocates
his deposition. In the freisinnig lei
tung Herr Richter argues that not
the personality of the leader, nor
the weakness of the programme has
caused the temporary losses of the
party. but the fact that uncorrupted by
office and untrammelled by pledges of 10y
atty the party fights, not for any class,
but for the whole people of Germany.
despite recent checks in the naval and
Prussian elections" he adds, 'the party
must remain faithful to its principles,
assured that in the early future it will see
the realization Of liberal ideas and the ex-
tinctiOn Of reactionary hopes" All of
this proves that Herr Richter does not
blame himself for the radical reverses and
means to keep his grip on the leadership
ALsACE AND LORRAINE.
Deputies from Alsace and Lorraine
have decided that Immediately after the
opening of the reichstag they will de-
mand that the present system of admin
istration in the annexed provinces. be re-
formed. They think the cordial recep-
manRuvres justif1es the hope of the aboli-
tion Of all exceptional laws. The semi
official press alludes to the emperor's
new plans for Alsace and Lorraine
but nothing has been done. The
deputies now mean to learn why the en-
peror's previous inclnations have been
changed. The opinion in official circles is
that the government will announce its in
tention tos continue the present regime
until the twenty-ffth anniversary of the
of the provinces, when they
will be annexed to Prussia.
The social democrats have been stirred
to anger by the revival OF an ancient or
der authorizing the expulsion from Ber-
lin of persons who have been convicted Of
penal oHenses. Two wOrkingmen. SEN
tented to three months Imprisonment
each in 1881 for circulating seditious
paper, have been made the first victims
OF The revived order. August Bebel, So
cial democrat, will interpolate the govern
ment in the reichstag on the subject, and
the radical deputies viii raise the ques-
tion in the Prussian lower house.