The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-01-08
FRONOYER THU SEA
Attention Is Again Turned to the
German Army Bill.
ALMOST CERTAIN TO PASS.
Strong Language Used by the Emperor
Regarding the Measure.
Business Men of Berlin Complain of the
Enormous Decrease in the Holiday
Trade and Depression Through
out the Empire.

BERLIN, Jan. 7.-When the holiday
was again turned to the army bill. No
measure in recent years affects SO closely
the home life of the German people, for
should the Reichstag reject it and Chan
cellor Won Caprivi carry out his threat,
to insist upon a full three years service
in the army, it would mean much TO the
young men who are poor and In many
cases the sole support of sisters and Wild
owed mothers. The Reichstag will re-
sumo it's sittings on Tuesday, and the
committee of the house to which was re-
ferred the army bill, will meet on We'd
nesday. Chancellor Won Caprivi re-
quested the present committee to ex-
pediate deliberations in order to not re-
tard the final decision of the Reichstag.
The chancellor having nothing more to
tell, the committee ought to report
promptly, but the members representing
the Clerical party remain IN state OF IN
decision, expecting the chancellor to offer
an inducement that will suffice to excuse
| their surrender when they are called
upon to face their constituents.
None of those within inner pollcal
mitted himself to the utmost length to
which he has gone, so it is believed that
he has promised leave to the government
supporters to take an independent course
when the center party gets remote
chance of dividing the Reichstag on the
Jesuit question. In private dealings with
the leaders of the several parties the chan
cellor displays much tact, and his course
of action is such as to elicit the admlra-
ton even of his adversaries. Nothing is
now heard of the chancellor retirement
from office, as his position with the en-
peror is stronger than ever and his devel-
opment of personal resources, hnesse and
audacity staggers his opponents, who are
becoming weak under the apprehension
that the bill will be passed without
single concession of Importance being
made by the government.
Opposition papers are trying to raise
popular storm over the emperor's recent
use of the phrase, ST will crush (zersch-
mettern) those who oppose me.' The
| ErejSiRRiqe Press assumes that the words
meant that the emperor intends to over
ride the vote of the reichStag should 1T be
hostile to the army bill by resort to the
application of an article in the German
constitution, by which every able bodied
man may be compelled to serve in the
army, and another article which enables
! the emperor to fix the strength of the
army. Abundant partisan query ex-
pended over the much discussed phrase
seems wasted, and since an official paper
| suggests that if the language was used at
all it was directed at the military person
ages who are unfriendly to the bill prob
ably the emperor used the threats gen.
orally if he used them at all, not designing
to attack the privileges OF the reichstag
at any particular person. The war office
is taking action anticipatory to the pas
sage of the bill. In ten centers new re-
vision of councils is being formed with a
view to the extension of recruiting. The
emperor.beyond doubt means that the
bill shall become law in the course of a
year.
Proprietors of the stores in Berlin con
cur in the statements that the holiday
season just passed showed an enormous
decrease in the business usually done at
that period of the year. The annual re-
ports issued by the various chambers of
commerce in Germany state That depres-
sion prevails everywhere in the empire.
The strike of the Saar miners is ex-
pected to collapse next week owing to the
lack of both popular and trade support.
Thousands of strikers and their families
are in a starving condition and this fact
| tends greatly to weaken the backbone OF
the strike