Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-01
THE GERMAN CAPITAL
BERLIN TALK ANeNT THE NEW MILL
TARY MEASURE.
Political Excitement Greater Than In
terest 10 the New Year, Whica
IL Saying Mach.
nav Anelo.Amorican c.ble to ,he pIspatoh.l


li.ical fcuds customary during the onrist-
mas recess of the Reichstag has been oo-
served as usual this season. and the truce
has been accumulated by the anger that Is
felt against each other by the political par
ties. The official press, however, haunts
the non-coml .omiso flag over the army
bill, while the Opposition papers respond
challenging the government to dissolve the
Reichs,ag. Since the Borh German Ga
ssHe. thu official organ, announced thst
Chancellor Won Caprivl would conceae
nothing 10 the opponents Of the measure,
and that II the Reichstag refused 70 grant
the funds necessary TO augment the army
effective the government would resort 10
the rigorous practice Of three-years ser
vice, the agitation throughout the coun-
try has become aggravated.
The governments menace IS designed 10
thrill every family circle In the empire.
The usage at present observed sehds aoihe
tho men serving their third year IN the
army six and often seven months before
the expiration of their time.
sKILFUL STROKE.
The threat to enforce the tull period OF
service places the Reichstag IN an lnVl-
dious nosi.iou. II il refuses to augment
turn for reduction In the service period,
the government can place the reSponsi-
bility of the unpopular measure on the
hostile majority. This. az Will be readliy
seen. is q skilful stroke of statesmanship
or politics. and il has aroused the rage OF
the Clerical and Freislnnlge parties, VINO,
in the mean time, defy the menace held out
by the government, ana ueclaIe tnss no
thing will modify their opposition to the
bill
The excitement that has been caused by
the Chaucellor's threat is seen IN the un--
wonted number of public meetings and
political reunions beld everywhere IN the
country. So deep Is the interest IN these
gatherings that they present TAR more nt-
! traction 10 tho citizens generally than the
New-Year festivities, which are conse-
quently put in the background.
prsRE FOR COMPROMISE.
Underneath the mutual detances there
| il q strong. though unseen, current OF de-
SIRE TO effect compromise. Neither the
| Centrist nor tho FreislnniSe party really
| desire dissolution OF the Relchstag. Inc
| government buster badly conceals official
| anxiety :, got the bill accepted with any
| modific Itions short Of abandoning the
| leading points. At the last meeting OF the
| Reichstae committee of twenty-elght.
which IS coIadering the bill. the CON-
nromise members. who had heretofore
! been working secretly, openly showed
| their hands. Several Contrasts who were
supposed TO be implacaJly opposed to the
measure supported the suggestions mace
| by the Conservative member when
poipted TO an agreement. In official cir
/ Giles IL is expected tha5 the government
! will score & triumph, and this expectation
| does Lot elter, because IL is based on
| kuoWleC e Of inside facts.
iEnJ, fR KDUoA4IcS FIGHT.
| The Ianitag will resume its sittings
| January 10Th. The PruSsi ministry
| having yentured to adopt the scree oi
! Count Won Xedlitz-ITUschl formerly
! Minister If Public Instruction., making
religious Instruction at the schools 0bhga-
! tory, another fierce education tght is in-
! evltabe. 10 was this decree that led TO
/ Zedlitz-, ruschlo's resignation. DIT. Won
| Bose, ms successor, took Office under the
! general belief that the decree had been
! cancelled aud would never more be Eeard
of. IL IS understood that Emperor VIII
! liam in .uenced tho Ministers to try 20 re-
! Vlye the decree.
The Nat onai Zejhfng says that If Or. Won
Bosse persists in tie attempt to deprive
parents Of their privilege 10 regulate the
! rehCl Gus instruction of their children ne
! will meet the fate Of his predecessor and
/ VIII TO EOluDtlltu W AtAAAN sANhA NAANN
| under a Tedoubled load of contempt.
The FrCiSjnHige ZeItung advises parents
not to send their children TO the religious
exercises and to defy the decree, relying
uDon the tribunals of the law to pronounce
! the Objectionable decree n violation OF the
! Constitution, which guarantees liberty OF
! conscience.
WILHELM TO SPEAK.
Tho NeN-Iear speech which the Emperor
| will provabiy deliver tomorrow does not
| excite auticipatlon az TO what ne will say.
| 1t is generally believed that the grand
! official circle that will meet in the palace
! tomorrow will heart the Emperor ailude
| to the attacks that have been recently
made on the administration Of the army
which attacks bad their origin in the
charges made by Rector Ahlwardt:
The group Of generals who will attend
| the reception will expect to hear some
soothing reference 70 the admirable con-
dltIon Of the troops. If the Emperor
should denounce the criticisms of high
officials as unjustifiable lbels certain per
sonages will be gratfied that the Ahlwardt
/ charges, winch are now disposed of, are a!
nothing when compared with the accuse
tions the Liberal press is ready TO make i
! it only dared. 1he Emperor has beef
/ warned that there is tendency current tC
attack the army administration, as - EVIL
| denced IN tO-day's issue OF the IOT1rGeris
! the leading organ of the Socialists, and i
is expected that he will give sn explicit
caution as to how papers presuming to a.
sail the regulations OF high dlgnltarioI
| shall be dealt with.
! POSSIBLE NEWSPAPER PROSECUTION.
His Majesty ID still sore over the Awkward
affair aud is intensely irrltated because o
/ the article in the YOriCd'rfs. 1t Is reported
that the prosecution of that paper is i'm
! pending. When Ahlwardt leaves prlsoI Ia
/ viii assume control of the Leipsic Neu
/ DeHsche Zeitlmg, which viii be made
special anti-Semite organ.
z he Ad'iondi Zettng ssys that the list o
recipients in part of the Guelph fund, a
published in the TOrUGerts. Is declared IL
otlic ial circles to be an invention. and tina
no receIpts ever existed for payment
made from the fund.
DIR. RIoHENsPERGER DEAD.
BER-Iy, December 3l.-Dr Peter Reich
! ensperger is dead. DIR. ReichensperRe
was o clerical leader in the ReIchstag
where he sat as the representative of Oh
pemeschede. He has been IN public lif
for nearly fifty years. He WAS born in iSl
IN Coblcnz. and was graduated from Hei
dclberg. lie wrote several valuable work
on current political and economic ques
tons.