Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-27
TO GET CAPRivl OUT
Lobby Negotiations Carried On
in the Rsichst2g
TO DEFEAT The GOVERNMENT
Ihe Troabir - Caused by the Conn.,
ns~rciai freasse. ssbmitsed % the
ChAnosiio~ ne RAsincasion-
TO DEFEAT The GOVERNMENT

DEALltf Wv. "a 40 tto4tN@ " -
debate IA the reichstag on the CONNER
cial treaties with America. Italy. spain,
Servla aud Roumanla has bcsa marked
With growing virulencs Il the opposi-
tons feeling toward Chancelior Cap
risi The uttersnces of the agfafian
leaders in the house. predicting Fulnous
effects % the goyernments policy.
though vehement in tone. are balanced
expressions compared with the inspired
TRADES u the ultra conservatives For
instance. the kF~uz Zeitang Is assaiiing
the chancellor as the enemy OF the
classes on whom the existence Of the
empire rests. and as cstranging those on
whom the goyernment must rely IA time
os danger The external and internal
commercial policy OF Chancellor Cap
rivi ~ill. according 10 the kreuz Zeitung.
beggar the peasants. breed socialists by
the wholesale. spread disanection and
deDorallze the army. the strength Of
| which lIes in the peasant element The
/ paper ostenslbly quoted the late Field
Marshal Moltke as foretelling these re-
suits. xhereupon the North German
6azette pointed out that Moltke died
nine months before the first Of these
commercial treaties was negotiated.
Lobbying Against CaprivL
All the parties have been displaying
( great energy In carrying on lobby nego-
Isatlons The agrarians have succeeded
In obtaining most II the anti-semite
votes in the chamber Of deputies. but on
the other hand the center party promises
20 support the treaties with koumania.
Sersia and Spain. With regard 10 the
treaty with Russia the center party is
divided. the I.ieberist group Is waiting
70 see what the attitude Of the govern
ment will be. with reference 10 the re-
cabot the Jesuits. while the right wing
- inclined TO join with the agrarians IN
! opposing the Russian treaty. The hopes
! OF the government rest upon the refer
ence Of the treaties 10 a commission
when confidential explanations together
with other means may sap the opposi-
ton. Immediately after the first read
ing az the treaties. DIR. MIGUEL. the Prus-
sian finance minister, wants the house
To begin the consideration Of the tinance
bills. lie has personally asked the
leaders Of the great parties 10 assent 10
d postp0nement of the budget debate.
| According 10 the usage OF the house,
the budget ought 10 have precedence
over all other business. The priority
accorded the Commercial treaties. was
due 10 the urgency caused by the ap-
proach OF the expiration of the time Of
the provisional conventions
Miquers interference Resented
The party leaders resent DR.. Miquel's
interference with the international ar
1 Il o ~. a.
government deputies argue that his
claim 10 priority for his measures are
untenable. as the application % the
is96. Consequently DIR. MIGUEL must
wait lie has confided the introduction
OF his measures To Count Posodow ski,
secretary OF the treasury in combining
himself 10 giving explanations on con-
tested points. In view OF the necessity
for concessions on the wine and tobacco
taxes the government has instituted an
inquiry looking TO the taxation OF al.
vertisements. thus reviving a project
which was considered and dropped. 4
letter from Prof Theodore Mommsen
the historian prefaces pamphlet short
IL to be published on Jewish Persecu
tons in Russia" The author OF the
pamphlet 10 Hebrew. Prof Leo Errera,
Of the Brussels university. Prof Err
era attributes the prosecutions OF his
countrymen IN Russia 10 the influence
% NJ. Podi Edonotzod. chief OF the holy
synod. over the czar. which he declares.
a. similar To that exercised by Toma de
Torquemada over Ferdinand Of Spain
in the fifteenth century. lie then pro-
ceeds To trace European epidemics TO
the crowding II Russian Jews into the
cities- Professor Errera draws largely
upon DIR. Kempsters report on cholera
TO the United States government.
jewish Persecution Denounced.
Professor Mommsen denounces the
persecution Of tho Jews az the darkest
blot upon civilization and a. such 10
prove suicidal 10 Russia Tie wonders
whether the persecution could he pro
vented by protect from the whole civ
ilized world Professor Errera's pamph-
let Was offered 10 several Jewish pub
fishers IN PARA who replied that IL was
not possible for them 10 handle - the
pro Russian feeling was so high that IL
might witness the determination Of
Russian Jews without dariag 10 raise
protest
The war department has begun oper-
atoms 20 connect the forts round Metz
with line of works extending 10 Saar.
burg The Tsgeblatt says that the
prince Of Naples and the Princess Eliza
beth - Waldeck Pormoat are 20 be be
trothed