The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-13

BERLIN, Jan. 12-Chancellor Won Ca
| privi last night attended a meeting of the
reichstag committee appointed to consider
the army bill. and made an important
| speech, setting forth the necessity for the
! adoption OF the bill without change or
modification. Referring to the relations
existing between Germany and Russia, the
! chancellor declared that there was no en-
nifty between Emperor William and the
/ car, nor between the two governments.
/ The chancellor referred to the possibility
OF an attack being made upon the nations
composing the triple alliance-Germany,
Austria and 1taly-aDd said that If such
an attack were made the chief onslaught
would doubtless be directed against Ger
many, as the strongest member of the al
lance. Experience had shown that when
war was threatened it was best for Ger
| many to take the offensive. To do that
would require that the armies of the triple
alliance should have a considerable nu-
merIc2I superiority. As a matter OF fact,
| the triple alliance was in the minority in
point of numbers. An offensive policy was
| good policy. 1t meant short wars, with
quick victories aud lasting results. Ger
many's present force would no longer suf-
lce against the increased strength of their
might he opponents. The government
therefore would not be able to take the re-
sponslbility of the future defense of the
country unless the ornaments were iu-
creased.
The chief object of the alliance with
Italy, he said. was to secure Austria's
southern frontier against France. He did
not doubt the efficiency of the Austrian
and Italian armies, although some weak
ness in their organization still existed.
The chancellor then read a memorandum
made in 1869 by the late Count Won Moltke,
in which the latter compared the military
strength of Germany and France. The
chancellor laid much stress upon II passage
in the memorandum in which Count Won
Moltke said: ''We are able to ward off an
attack from France; otherwise, the Ger
man empire could not exist. Even If we
lost the first battle we have the Rhine
defenses, which are not equalied IN the
world, besides Metz and Strasburg. If,
however, two of our neighbors united and
attacked US, we would require the assist
ance of another over"
THE. ENGLiS4 COTTON ST RlKE.
LONDON, Jan 12-The conference be-
tween the representatives of the master
cotton spinners and of the operatives on
strike against 5 per cent reduction in
wages ended in a disagreement at Man
chester today. The operatives representa-
cent, provided the reduction should con-
tinue only so long as the mills should run
half time, full rates to be paid when the
mills worked full time To this the mas
ters' delegates refused to agree and the
strike will continue. The many millions
of capital invested in the cotton spin
ming industry in Oldham are not yielding
at present Il return of per cent, and toe
interest yielded at OLDHAM .
IN index to the condition of the whole in
dustry. This supplied the basis tor the
masters answer today.
THE FRENCH CABINET SUSTAINED. |
PARIS, Jan. 12-The chamber of depu-
ties today showed by an overwhelming
majority confidence in the ministry. NJ
Hubbard Radical, offered an iuterpella [
tion, asking the government 10 fix date
for the next elections, and requesting that
steps be taken to bring the elections about
as soon as possible.
NJ. Ribot firmly and positively declined !
TO fix any date, and demanded the simple !
order of the day. On vote being taken !
the government was sustained, and the |
order of the day was taken up-329 to 306 |
Vice Admiral Riener has accepted the !
Office of minister marine, thus completing |
I he ca binet