New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-03
An ARMY BILL COMPROMISE.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN Won CAPRIVI AND
TIE CLERICAL LEADER
DETAILS OF THE PLAN APPROVED by EMPEROR
WILLI,M-CH,NCEs OF ITS APPROVAL
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, DETAlL> OF THE PLAN APPROVED by EMPEROR
wILLI,M-cH,NCEs OF ITS APPROVAL
THE DEBATE TO BEGIN TO-DAY.
Berlin. May 2.-The Army bill will b. brough; NJ
and debated In the plenary sitting OF the RcichS'aa
tomorrow.
Tho Army hill compromise arranged between Chan
celor Won Caprv and Friherr Won lluene, the Clcri
cal leader. contains these details
The peace effective shall be- Increased by $4,000
men at once. and in the course Of the next three
years shall he raised gradually until 7oOoo men, oI
practically the fun number demanded recently by
the Chancellor shall have been added 10 the present
standing army. The sixty new batteries OF field
artillery shall have four instead Of sX guns each
Ey the concessions thus indicated the expenditures
contemplated by the Army bill viii b. reduced by
some 100000 marks.
Won Caprivi's supposed umatum some three
weeks called for the addition at once OF 5000
men TO tic peace effective. While abatlng this
demand partially b" obtains cvcntualy more
than he was believed TO have the slightest chance Of
obtaining. inst wha, the result Of the arrangement
between him and Frrih~rr IIucne will be is still
in doubt. Tho Government has not yet secured n
majority. The eventual success Of its efforts to do
so depends upon the following which Freiherr Won
IIuenc obtain among the Clercals and upon the
number Of Radicals willing cut loose from Eug"n
Richter and support TIE Iaencl Rickcrt ambergcr
group In voting for the bill. Both are sill nncer-
tain quantities.
The Emperor's arrival IS awaited With anxiety. as
s is believed to depend upon the influence which
he can exert upon the party leaders.
Emperor william has 'clegraphed his approvai OF
the compromise The Telegram will be laid on the
table in the Rcichstag tomorrow. The Clerical
members of the ReichSag arr meeting this evening 70
decide upon Their attitude toward Freherr Won ln"nes
arrangement with the Chancellor. II Is rep red that
tho Conservatives Impcriasts many National Lib"r-
ais twenty Radicals. tho sixteen Poles and several
Independents will for tho amended bill II
Feihcrr IIucnc carry with him fairly large
number Of Clericals the compromise will get a major
ty.
The Radicals are in hot domestic quarrel over
the bill and tho proDod changes. Last evening they
held caucus which from beginning TO end eN-
ccedinGly stormy. Eugel Richter spoke vehemcntly
against the bill. either ~ It I, II will be- under
the CaprivlIucne arrangement. and advised united
opposition To the Government. Ic drew up an
amendment which virtually negatives the whole bill,
but secured tho signatures - Of only forty on"
OF The sxty-Sevcn Radical Deputies. Among the
twcn. six who did not sign are the score of votes
already counted for the Government and perhaps two
three
No report can We, II obtained ~ the result of The
Clcricals' caucus. 1t is calculated that hut twenty
Clerical members follow Tr"hcrr Won Iiucnc major
Nv for the compromise is assured. a. only forty or
forty fvc votes arc now Required by IN" Government
from Oericas and Radicals.
The general wavcrnc in thc ranks 81 the Opposition
is highly favorable to the Government. as II will
ca,l,e many members who counted ~ allies hy
the Opposition 10 abstain from voting.
a most popular feature of the Compromise !,
that the reduction ~ the mcney demand hy
100000 marks wll allow Of IN" Abandonment, of tho
proposed excise duties beer and spirits II ncccs
saTy. the whole question ~ ways and means would
be postponed until The next session Of the Rcclstas
and the expenditure Of the first six months l." de-
fraycd through additional contributions from th0
Federal states.