The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-16
CAPRIVI IS VERY HAPPY.
The Army Bill Is Pushed Through
the Reichstag.
/ MAJORITY OF SIXTEEN.
The Emperor Is Delighted at the Pas
sage OF the Measure.
He Will Confer Upon the Chancellor the
Dignity of Prince = The Emperor's
Speech Dissolving the Reichstag
General Foreign News.

BERLIN, July 15.-Soon after the army
bill was put on its final passage today and
after the speaking commenced, it became
certain that the leaders of the opponents
OF the government meant business and
did not intend to let the measure be
adopted in perfunctory manner.
Speaker after speaker paid less at
tentlon TO attacking or supportin9
the bill than to railing at political
opponents. The chancellor, who is sui
lerlng severely from inf3amed veins in his
legs, listened to the discussion for an
hour and half and then disappeared
! from the house. 1t was learned eubse-
quently that he left the house to see the
emperor, as the kaiser had become impa-
tlent and had driven up to the minister's
private entrance through which he en-
| tered the parliamentary building 1t is
understood that his majesty urged the
chancellor to have the bill carried
through the house at once, as he desired
TO start tonight for KieI, from which
Llace he intends to go to Bornhalm island
| belonging to Denmark. The chancellor
returned to the house and spoke privately
TO Won Leyetzow, president, and several
smembers, with a view to expedits2g the
close OF discussion.
The stream -of talk was still steadily
/ flowing on with no signs OF a checkA
called for Herr Won Stummhalberg,
who went to his majesty and reported
progress. Probably finding ne could get
nothing but indefinite statements from
this source the emperor left the building
before division was taken
| Opposition organs contend this evening
that the majority of sixteen in favor of
the bill is not large enough to cause the
government to exult, especially as it was
Won by the chancellor giving pledges to
the Agrarians and anti-Semites that will
certainly give him trouble to fulfill, but
the government with reason does exulE
while its opponents fail to conceal their
chagr1n. vexatiOn and disappointment,
which was plainly manifested throughout
| tOday's hostile speeches.
The emperor is delighted at the passage
OF the Dill and rumor has it that he will
confer upon Chancellor Won Caprivi the
dignity of prince,
If the debate today had been as short
and decorouS as expected in official circles
the emperor might have appeared in the
house TO close the session. Instead of
closing the house in person, however. he
gave that task to the chancellor. who read
the imperial order immediately after the
passage of the bill. He also read a speech
from his majesty saying that the federal
government was highly satisfied with tise
result OF the deliberations and had firm
confidence that reichstag would grant the
sacrifices recognized as necessary. Even
this, the speech continued, has not
changed the firm convictions of the federal
government that the proposed increase of
the army does not go beyond absolute re-
quirements.
After reading the speech the chancellor
added: ''It is a special pleasure to me to
be charged to give you the emperor's
thanks"
President Won Levetzow then called for
three cheers for the emperor and they
were given with enthusiasm by all the
groups, except the Socialists, who left the
house before the chancellor finished.
The initial expenditures arising from
the operations of the new military law
will be covered by a loan of 43, 900, 900
marks. This loan has been approved by
the budget committee.
Eastern affairs are again exciting anxi-
ETY. in the German foreign office. Reports
from St. Petersburg state that the Rus
sian squadron is going to Toulon, thence
to Levant, when the French fleet already
there will be reinforced.
The Khedive of Egypt on his visit to
the sultan Of Turkey will urge that the
latter use his rights to send the
contingent of Turkish troops to Cairo
Members of the diplomatic circle here
blame the English policy in Egypt, which
permits the khedive to openly operate
against England.
The anti-Semite publisher, Eoepner, is
ABOUT to issue books entitled ssDie Ju-
: dische Weltherrschaf5 und Das Reuter-
, Bureau tracing the career OF the Reut-
ter Telegram company and its connection
, with the Wolff news bureau, with a view
to proving that these two news gathering
concerns were linked together with the
object of furthering the Jewish aim to
control the world. The author of the
I book argues that the Berlin Office of the
Reuter- Telegram company is a source
of danger to Germany and ought to be
J closed by the government.