Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-08
NEW GERMAN ARMY BILL.
II Gives Germany Over -Four Million
Trained Soldiers.
A Debate Follows Ia which Social
Democrat says some Hard
Things.

BERLIN, July THE keynote Of the
speech Of Chancellor Caprivi intro.
ducins the army bill was that foreign
cauutrius, not knowing tue German
character Intimately, ha been led to
believe that Germany bad lost conf
dcnce in henclL aud the countries
composing the German empire were
no longer united. This the chancellor
declared was erroneous and should be
quickly jtpsiici ny the adoption OF
tue new bill. The chancellor referred
10 the action Of Russia In Increasing
thu peace fOsting Of her army vi,UJD
since 1850. He sRid she had not yet
exhausted her rUeources. Germany,
lac declared, must increase her peace
otlnE ~ ner voice was to continue 10
have weight ia tile European nreU.
pngus.
Referring to the expenses to he en-.
tailed by gfantiug thu governments
demands, Cnprvi fnid the new taxes
would bo borne on strong shoulders.
They would not touch the middle
classes or the agricultural population.
The chancellor briefly feCspitulntcd
the leading features OF the old mtasure.
According 10 this hill, the pcnCo Ciluc.
tive, excluding Ulcers above the rank
of corporal, was 10 have consisted pl
iD2, gj3 mon between October 1, 1902,
anu Nintch 81, 1893. The strength VI
tho various branches Ut the service
during the period mentioned was q
| have icon an bat.aiions OF infantry,
/ AZ tqugdI0us OI cavalry, i1i battutiU
/ OF Held artillery, ~ DtttAiiJns OF foot
artillery, - battalions Of pioneers, 7
/ battaliuus u railway troops, anu "a
| hattnliDnz Of transport. lhe average
| strength n the standing army j. CalCu.
/ lated IN accordance with the principle
| Oi two yUafs' active service with coll
/ ora for the infantry. The increase lu-
| vOlycd the expenditure Of b6,6OO,O
marks ina lump sum. or this 0l,OuO,'
] 200 was 10 have appeared IN the budget
! Tor the financial year 1904. The au-
nually recurring expenditure WAS
liked at bl,UOU,UUU marks. When the
system should nave been fully devel'
| OIeI Germany would have In time
Of war q trained army OF ]isOJ,OOO
men.
In attempting 10 40 tx the measure
that II would bo acceptable to the
reichEtap the government had accepted
theSuygUsliOu Of Won Huene and IN.
oorporated Il In the Till, Withdrawing
It, own demands ON points ON which n
compromise was effected,
it VIZ also suggested that sixty bat
teTlos Of Held artillery Should have four
instead OF six guns each, The bill
thus amended had been rejected, the
TeiOhsing dissolved aud new elections
called and now the government sub
United 10 the new house a measure that
ia its details II practically the old
Huenc cOmptomite bill.
Payer, member OF the vOlka party,
followed the chancellor, and deolare1
that the country had not pronounced
for, nor did the majority OF the house
support tho army oil. II could only
obtain n majority by diplomacy.
Manteuiiul, supporter Of the gov.
eminent, regretted that the govern
meut had abandoned the original bill.
Germany could not be- tlOslrong. The
MODS now rampantiug In Paris might
overthrow tho government and sUeh
strength through foreign division.
Liebknecht, the woll.known fociaI
demo omI leader, said the government
did not want 10 increase the army be-
cause Of fear OF France or Russia, bul
to fOriify itself against the German
people. Cries Of "5hRme" were heard