New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-16
THE KAISER TRIUMPHANT.
PASSAGE OF THE ARMY BILL.
THE MEASURE ENACTED IN THE REICHS
TAG BY SIXTEEN MAJORITY.
roy CIPRIJI TO BE MADE 4 PRINCE:
TIE NEw MILITARY LAW PUT on FINAL
EMPEROR DELIGHTED.

Berlin. July 1.-THE Army bill WAS passed by
thc Rcchstag this afternoon By majority of
sixteen, the vote standing 2Ol in favor Of the
measure TO s. AGAINST it, The bill was PLACED
on it's final passage at 10 o'clock
Count der Dcckrn, a leader Of the phs.
made strong speech against the measure. bds-
Ing his objections to it on the theory that it
would have tho same dcplorabc consequences that
followed the war OF 1866 between Hanover and
Prussia when, he declared. the lcStimist feeling
Of a greet section of Germany had been violated.
The Government was doing the same thing now.
Such bill the present could not and
should not he passed at The demand Of a Govern
mcnt that had not Yet won the confidence of
the country. an which weak. even in the
opinion of It's supporters
Herr Bcbcl. leader of tho Social Democrats,
IN speech that occupied twenty minutes In its
delivery, defended the French people, see
ton Of them, against tho insinuatiOns that had
been made to the effect that they wer" the cause
Of the Governments wanting an increased mill
tary force Ii was not the French worknsmcn,
he said, who were aggressive. 1t was only the
bourgeoisic who entertained the desire for revenge
against Germany The continued demands f,r
increases in -hc German Army We're caused solely
BY the annexation of AlslccLorrainc. If Ger
foreign power il would he the German workinemc \.
who are Socialists. who would defend the soil,
and not the rotten bonrocoisc of Germany.
Herr Won kardon, Il Reiclspartei leader, sup
ported the bill in a speech In which he declared
that the measure WAS demanded to strengthen
the agrarian population III order to stop Socialist
inroads
A LARGER MAJORITY THAN ON SECOND READING
Nine other members spoke for and against the
measure and the final vote then taken. The
bill was adopted by majority slightly larger
than that given yesterday its >ccOnd reading
To-day POI members voted III favor Of the pass ace
of the measure, while lSj voted against il. On
the second reading yesterday the Government :
majority was eleven. To-day it was sixteen
After the bill had finally been adopted the
Reichstag was declared closed.
The Government hoped that the third reading
of the Army bill to-day would he merely iofnla
and that the session of the Rcchstag would close
In time 10 enable the Emperor and the Ministers
10 congratulate each Other on the passage ol tue
bill over a luncheon. but things were ordered
.stherwise Chancellor Won Capivi had been
suffering 50 severely from the infamed V"na IN
his legs that his doctors urged him not to appear
III the House. Though he was viSibly i'll last
evening, he was Obliged TO continue his. Official
excitement of the situation revived him to-day
however. and he looked happy and animated
He was accompanied to the ReicI,stag by Dr. Won
Bo,.tticher Secretary of the Imperial Home ONCE
and Freiherr MaIschall Bebcrsein, Minister OF
Foreign Affairs.
Soon after the bill was put on it's final pas
SAGE. and after the speaking had begun, II became
certain that the leaders of the opponents OF the
Government meant business, and that they did
not intend TO let the measure he adopted In
perfunctory manner. The atmosphere oil the
House felt too electric for formalitieS. Speaker
after speaker paid less attention 10 ATTACKING or
supporting the bill than to railing at then poliI
cal ornaments The Chancellor, secure in the
Government majority of eleven votes given yester-
day on the second reading Of the bill, wasted no
words in responding TO the attack, made upon the
measure He listened TO the discussion for an
hour and ID half and AZ 3 40 o'clock disappeared
from the House. knowing that the bill was sure
Of adoption. 1t was learned subsequently that H.
had left tie House 10 sec the Emperor
TIE KAISER INPATIENT OF DELAY.
The Kaiser had become impatient and had driven
up 10 the Ministers private entrance, through
which he entered the Parliamentary building
Tho Chancellor was summoned t. meet him. They
were closctcd together in the ChanccllOrs priNatr
room for half an hour 1t is understood that the
Emperor urged the Chancellor 10 have the bill
carried through the House at once, "a he desired
to start tonight for Kic from which place he III
tend. 10 90 TO Bornholm, an island belonging TO
Denmark lie did not desire II leave Berlin until
he knew positively the result OF the vote on his
pet measure. The Chancellor returned to the
House and spoke privately 10 Herr Won LeVetz"w'
IN, President and several members with view
Il Of ,i.a ion
stream of talk was still steadily flowing with
no .ien Of a check. The Emperor impitiently
iumir, outside. called for Freihcrr Stumm-
Hagcrc who went TO him and reported progress.
Probably Ending that he could get nothing hut
Indefinite statements from this source the Em-
peror left the building before the division was
taken.
The O, nosjtjon organs contend this evening that
the maturity OF sixteen in favor of the bill Is
not largo enouol to causc the Government I"
exulf e,pecally as il WIS won by the Chancellor
giving pledges TO the AgIalians and Anti-Semites
thar will certainly be troublesome Tor nm 10
fulfil But the Government. with reason, do''
exut while its opponents fan 7" cohc'a' '"c''
chaOrip Voxation and disappointment wcr"
plainly manifested throughout to-day'S ho''h'
speeches
The Emperor is delighted at the passage Of III"
bill, and it is reported that he VIII confer upon
Chancellor Won Caprivi the dignity OF prince
THE REICHsTAG CLOSED Ply Won CNri'Ni
II the debate to-day had been short an" "'o
orous as was expected in official circi's' wv
Emperor might have appeared in the House "
close the session. Instead of closing the iio"Se
In person. he gave that task TO the Chancei,o'
Who read the Imperial order immediately aI.h
The passage OF the bill lie also read d sp' Srr
|p.sn Al hot
menis We're highly satisfied with the result OF .nc
deliberations and ha" firm confidence una, ,a
6eichs'ae would grant the s;,crii'ces Ic',,nnnd
= necessary Occurrences, the speech continu .I
hsye not deceived the firm convictions OF W.,
Federated Governments that the proposes lhcIeaS
u the Army does not 90 beyond the apsonuuT 10
oil no IN QratlilcI Dt-