Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-08
THE SITUATION In GERMANY
Chancellor CapriVi Offers His ReSIsna.
tlOn 10 His Master.
Mectinrs I'm Berlin and Other Places
"A bismarck Party Forming.
--Ahiwards Arrested.

BERLIN, May 8.-The result Of the
vote on the army bill caused no sur.
prise to tho government. Caprivi nj.
tempted yesterday evening to rally
wavering members to the support Of
the measure by offering to reduce the
peace effective even below the mum.
Der proposed In the amendment offered
by Won Huenc. The otter, however,
did not gain a single vote.
The failure Of the army bill makes It
necessary for the Kaiser to defer for the
present his projected reforms OF the
higher military commands and Of tho
posts In the war office.
Chancellor Caprivl has gene to
Potsdam to offer his resignation to the
Kaiser. The Kaiser has summoned
Count Won Gutenberg, the Pfussian
premier, TO Potsdnm.
The most striking feature OF the clos
Ing debate was the resurgenco OF anti
Prussian sentiment, especially from the
speakers Of the center party. DR.. lie.
Der, after attacking Caprivi for having,
M he put II, "resorted to the WORT
form Of Bismnrckian methods to secure
the passage OF the BILL" said; "The
center party lights today against tho
ambitions Of n ccntrnlizing tm iarltm.
We protest against militarlsm which
translates itself in persistent endeavors
to extend the principles Of Pfussian
state Into the domain Of imperial legis-
lation. In the interests OF the en- pire
We demand that the Prussian policy
DO confined TO the Prussian diet while
the German prevail In the reichstag.n
Neither Caprivi nor Manteuiisl at.
tempted 20 respond 10 this attack.
The speakers Tor the government eide
simply ignored tho expressions OF
anti.Prussian sentiment. The chan.
cellor commented vaguely upon the
democratic tendencies recently dovel-
oping among the Centrists anu sug-
gested that the policy now pursued by
that party had It's inspiration from the
Vatican, which, he said, was the end OF
Republican France and was trying 10
draw the whole Catholic world In the
same direction.
DR.. Won Bennigsen, leader OF tho
national Liberals, gave q moderate
tone to the debate In a long speech
urging the acceptance OF the oouces.
sions offered by the government.
Hurriedly convened meetings are
being held In Berlin anu other popu.
lous centefs tonight. The promptness
with which the Reichstag dissolved
Immediately after tho defeat OF tho
government was announced has taken
everybody by surprise. Tho Social
Democratic leaders alone are ready for
an electoral campaign. Bebel, Singer
and Liebknecht will leave Berlin to.
morrow and begin ut once 10 stump the
country in behalf OF the Socialist
candidates. In every district In
which the Socialists have fighting
chance candidates will DO nominated
and the party expects with reason to
have increased representation in the
next Reichstng. The emperor will
not allow the dissolution OF the Reich.
stag to interfere with the program of
his coming tour.
A BISMARCK PARTY.
The PorWdeTts publishes this morn.
Ing an election manifesto OF the social
democratic party executive committee,
emphasizing tho opinion that the new
reichstag will have to denl not only
with the army bill but also with the
fundamental rights OF the people which
will be threatened by the present attack
upon universal suffrage. Tho report
! Is current that Bismarck party Ia
forming. The party will urge the