New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-13
CAPRIv4 LIKELY TO WIN.
prIIEF THAT THE FINANCIAL BILLS AND
THE TRADE TREATY WILL BE ADOPTED.
THE cHANcEbLoR's RECIPROCITY PoLlCY-TnE
SPEECH FROM THE TiiRoNE-ALsAcE-LoR-
IAINE-How EMPEROR WILLIAM
nUNTs-pERsoNAL.



copyright: 1898 Bv The United Jrrsl
berlin Nov i2.-Although the reopcning Of the
peichstag Is only few days or political parties
remain virtually dormant. No partisan movement
~ general interest hns been made for several
weeks The leaders of the Opposition groups In
s,ead OF attempting coalition against Chan
osuor Won Caprivi to have made their plans
,rsependenty. No sign of a common programme Is
annarent The victory Of the Conservatives in the
Iandtag election has not had the slightest effect
On altering the Chancellor's course. and Official
o,rc,es are still confident that ne will obtain
uajorities for the financial bills and the commercial
treaty.
instead of modifying his tariff policy TO soothe
the agrarians Caprivi contemplates an extension
Of the reciprocity policy until Germany shall be
linked commercially with every civilized nation
The Emperor is known to entertain broad IDEAS
looking toward an international customs union
The position of the Government on the financial
rroposals is strengthened by the reception OF the
PROPOSALS for the taxes. for although the wine
and tobacco trades have made great cutlery MOTH
ing like popular opposition has been aroused against
the proposals whole. The banks and pourses
accept the taxes without grumbling. WHAT
ever other notifications the Government may make
during the debate. the bourse tax will remain I'M
touched The proposed tax receipts and cheeks
may be withdrawn. the Reichsbank mas re-
mons;rated against II energeticaly
~hc Emperor received Chancellor Won Caprivi IN
Potsdam at 12 o'clock to-day and approved the
specch from the throne which the Chancellor COM
pleted yesterday. The main points or the speech
refer TO fiscal reforms. the commercial Neaues
with Spain, Servia and Rumania the condition
Of the army and the peaceful international outlook
The defeat of the Radicals in the Landag election
has caused a renewed cutlery OF the party jour
mails against Eugen Richters leadership The
"yossische Zeitung' pronounces him TO be an in
judcious leader weakening his party 10 MAINTAIN
his personal supremacy, and advocates MS &C.
posi;ion. In the "Freisrnige ZeitCng Richter
argues that not the personality of the leader nor
the weakness of the programme has caused the
temporary losses of the party, but the fact that
uncorrupted by Office and untrammelled by pledges
of loyalty the party fights not for any class but
for the whole people Of Germany.
The Deputies from Alsace and Lorraine have
decided that Immediately after the opening of the
Reichstag they will demand that the present
system of administration in the annexed provinces
be reformed. They think the cordial reception
given the Emperor during the Metz manoeuvres
;ustifes the hope of the abolition of all ex-
ceptional laws The opinion in official circles is
that the Government probably will announce its in
:ention to continue the present regime until the
twenty-ffth anniversary of the annexation OF
the provinces, when they will be annexed TO
Prussia.
The Social Democrats have been stirred to anger
BY the revival of an ancient order authorizing the
expulsion from Berlin of persons who have been
convicted of political offences. The workngmen
sentenced TO three months Imprisonment each in
1891 for circulating seditious papers have been made
the first victims of the revived order
The "Tageblatt" in commenting upon the En-
perors fondness for hunting, tells a story OF the
last wild boar hunt at Hubertusstock on ST. Hn-
bert's Day. The boar had been carefully prepared
for death at the Emperors hands The points OF
Us tusks had been sawn off. and its teeth had
been locked so as to prevent any chance OF It's
wounding anybody. The brute had been kept in a
box until the hunters appeared on the scene. 1t
had then been released. and. crippled and defence
less had been killed by the Emperor riding at a
galop
The Thanksgiving Committee OF the American
colony is making extensive preparations for the
celebration Among those presen- will be the Am
bassador Theodore Runyon Captain Evans. Con-
sul-General Edwards, Colonel SeDe-t. the Rev Dr..
Stackenberg DR.. MCGEE ald Professor Miller.
The American Consuls in Germany will hold a
business conference i'll Leipsc this month ana al
The same time VIII observe Inan a ing recen s
changes in the service
Mr. Runyon gave dinner last week in honor
of the wife and daughter OF Senate: Mcpherson
Of New-Jersey !
Cold weather came in the fog of Friday morning;
The trees were white with fros, and ice formed
81 the IN ana ns avaT are coSered
with - i
Much attention has been attracted by Rudolph
Arndts Life and Speeches of Chancellor Won
Caprivi" Argfdt says That the Chancellors family
name was originally Kokrina and the family came
from CarnioIa Austria. Caprivi who allowed the
author draw upon official sources for detailr
fatty denies both assertions He denies also the
generally accepted report that he IS descended
from the Italian Caprava- Montecuculi. The Ch3n>
celor says that the earliest documentary reference
10 his family mentions Julius Caprvi, born in l5s5
who served Count Stolberg- w ernigerode as Chan
ecelor. While visiting the Chanceilerie YESTERDAY
rooms formerly occupied by Bismarck. The great
bed, made especially for bismarck is surrounde:,d
with strong iron rods. Major Ebmeyer. Caprivfs |
snet aid explained that the rods g were not a s
sassin but were placed there by Bismarck to |
keep his big dogs from getting under the bed.