The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-09
BISMARCK AND HUMBERT.
,rxIY,s KING OFFERS TIE PRINCE a
WINTER HOME NEAR NAPLES.

r.. rY,,e, VIII Not. at Present Accept
A.. Preferred NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Attacks
=, C.pri,rs Policy to Bo Made In the
csr.i,e Session OF the Heich.tne-The
ner,r,.,. Mako . Bitter Onslaught Up
q, II. Chanoeiior-A Winter OF 9nyetS.
or,r,sM 1893 ~ n. Ur'ted rra.
Realm. Oct S-Bsfore leaving kisslnEen
-..,.rday morning Prince Bismarck received
.d.,p,tch from King Humbert OF Italy offer
-. him for n winter residence the royal castle
~ Cspodi Monte. near Naples. Bismarck. al
,houeh declining the offer. expressed himself
a. greatly touched by the Kings Kindness. 1t
d, nnderstood also that his reply left the way
oman TO his future acceptance OF the royal
hospitality.
Bismarck's dauntless resolution to get we'll
.,d bis determination not to submit to tho
troatment accorded to dying man are his
r,otives for refusing unusual favors from any
quarter. Just what his condition is 1t is din
eult to learn. Tho reports from day to day are
.rt,rslv contradictory. Some OF his old friends
h.va nscertained. however. that he is again
taking keen interest in public affairs In Kis-
.i,ren during last week he dictated commu-
,,.ations which have reached Herr Won Ben
nIrsen. leader OF tho National Liberals, Baron
W.ngenheim. leader Of the Agrarian League.
and several other politicians. Probably some
AZ tbsss communications were merely answers
N Inquiries as to his health Others are known
N have had bearing upon impending politi
al Developments.
The change In tho financial and foreign
policy OF tho Governuen emit might we'll arouse
interest even In a dyinG man. The coming SEES
don OF the Reichstag promises to test the firm
meas OF Caprivis position moro then the last one.
n. -
"a tho opposition to Dr. Miqucrs scheme for
tho taxation OF tobacco and wines. This may
be enough to upset the whole project OF nnan-
eIsl reform. The tobacco tariff is calculated
10 produce a revenue OF 100000 marks. It
vns denounced By tho official delegates to the
financial conference as sure to prove abso
lutey ruinous to tho German tobacco indus
try. This condemnation In advance has al
nesdy moved MIGUEL to revise tho scheme.
which, even In it's modified form. will provoke
0 hot conflict
The next grievance Of tho opposition will be
tho new naval credits. which now are esti-
mated at 100000 marks. The financial
guarantees given by the Government last
week to prop Italy's credit in Berlin. and the
concessions offered to Russia In the present
negotiations for treaty OF commerce. render
Csprivi's partisans uneasy and his opponents
furt0ualy suspicious. n mAulIestO lbsuou anu
signed by Baron Wsngenheim for the AGrarian
League says:
Although the ARrarians supported Count
Won Caprivi on the military question. they
recognize his incompetence to deal with vital
economic questions. Tho truth ought to DO
told to the Emperor that tho AGrarians mean.
II possible. to end Count Won Caprivrs bureau
cratic regime. The price demanded by the
Agrarans for their cont nued support Of the
Ssreal negotiations with Russia and the re-
dueton Of the concessions to Austria, Hun
this manifesto: 1T is the bitterest attack ever
made upon the Chancellor. The fact 6. tho
sb are q T.s ns
With tho malcontent Liberals who object to
tho domestic taxation. Such a coalition can
At tho command OF the Emperor the Foreign
o sS emSr S on 1hs
send financial commission to Rome. Such
On enterprise would excite great popular in
By Germans in Italian stocks Is immense. Ber-
LIN nnanciers have long been absorbing Italian
{sntss nnloaded By the French: In, and the BIZ
Most Of the party programmes for the gem
The Free Conservatives have issued a notably
serarlan manifesto to the Prussian electors.
II says that bad hHryssts and low prices TO-
hays ruined agriculture snd4ave spread so:
callst and Radical discomfort to the point OF
socisi lie Of the country. The return to the
protective tariff and tho rallyinG OF conserva-
tive men round the Government are the sole
remedy for the threatening evils
Tho Clerical election manifesto demands
lecarisn schools. the readmission of tho
kampf from tho empire Increased salaries
ior minor officials. and betterment Of the con-
dition o. the workingmen. Impartial fore
power viii 30 little changed by the elections:
ID, The anti Semtes are eontesting seven dis
erals and may capture four Of them. The
Upon his return from Rom inten the Emperor
The preserves OF the King OF Wurtembsrg: His
due ne' the r rei9sa ~ coa1t
ury. to play his role OF Mlquels humble ser
ttaryship because he was but doubtful adj
S SsTsHs Of th G1psl Docy
e DO an equally unfinchine oppone emit to the
Prnssian Finance Minister.
q. me mperinl court will leave Potsdam for
mere Is expecting winter Of unprecedented
On Friday with GEN Won KrosiaE < presidine.
There was an animated discussion OF the re-
s sea. tm1anGuyres which will lead probably to
Erssd that raldine the, enemy'a country in
mo American style would not work in Europe.
=. a. TIE troops could be cut off too easily from
tnelr base OF operations. The committee will
tons Wv N' ,'H
Another military reform now under dis
s st.nts Is the completion 81 a. system OF
tWnateglc canals connecting the Rhine. Ems.
wiser MssiSer Elbe. and Oder Boats on these canals
WI % able to carry ammunition, war ma
.enels. wounded prisoners. and so on by way
o, the rivers directly TO Berlin. Breslau. and
sven districts on the Vistula- The canals will
6 20 more easily defended and less easily
SSamTn'ged than railroads. and can be used to
'swr,litate military operations at home.
NE Mates. agent Of the United States De-
garment Of Agriculture. has. been appointed
united states deputy Consul in Berlin. He
aas been in l.eipsic. looking up markets for
1 xIps pork: in Worms. opening relations
E MN house that buys American corn. and in
t,ttnlch where he thinks American corn has q
tu1nre In tho breweries.
me villages on tho Russia German and
Gusstria.,ierman frontiers arc crowded with
hneorew families who have been expelled from
sussla and are eager, but powerless. to emil
N.Y. Etui 70 the United States All are abso.
, wnsy destitute and miserable. Men and
s -oIheh prostra themselves before travellers
.uu ore !Or bread or money