Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-20
GERMAN FlNANCIERS
Reserves That Have Been Proposed to In
crease the Revenue.
ALL IS NOT SMOOTH SAILING AS YET
DR.. Miquil's Plans Will Find Many Sup
porters in Reichsag.
TAX AND ADVERTISEMENTS ABAND NNED
That Method of Raising Money Would Have
Proved Very Unpopular.
TROUBLE CALLED UP BY THE ARMY BILL
Means for Carrying Out Its Provisions Must
be Provided-The Breach with Rus
STA Growing wider-Aarmv Manuv-
erers-Notes from Fatherland.

BERLIN, Aug. 19.-Count Posadovsky Wes |
ner, the successor of Baron Won Maltzahn as |
secretary of the imperial treasury, will as |
sumo the duties of the Office on September 1. |
On the same day Baron Won Maltzahn will |
give farewell banquet to the officials of The |
treasures of the government department
With the retirement of Baron Won Malt
zahn from the head of the treasury it sup
posed to vanish whatever element of OBJ
structon the policy of DR.. Miguel, Prussian
minister of finance, could meet in the official
circle 1t may be that Baron Maltzlhn is
obture, but he has been highly honorable
minister. He would willingly have placed
himself en- rapport with DR., Miguel, but the
latter, having profoundly difficult task be-
fore him in arranging the new taxation
schemes, required another man. The new
secretary of the treasury will inaugnrate his
career by presiding over u series of confer
ences to be held by delegates of the feder-
ated states on the new taxation propositions.
Agreed on the Plan.
According to the semi-otficial press, all the
federal states have now agreed that the tax
nm Bourse transactions shall be doubled and
q graduated tax be imposed on wines and to-
baccos. The proposal to place a tax on ad-
vertisements, which never met with general
support, has been entirely withdrawn from
consideration. The government became con-
vinced that the placing of tax on adver-
tisements would adversely affect the bust
ness interests of the country and, conse-
quently' 1t has abandoned this proposed
| method of raising money.
| The Vossisch Zetung says that the new
expenditures incurred, or to be incurred,
| through the adoption of the army bill neces-
| states the raising of only ,000, 900 marks by
new imports, but it is certain that DIR.
| Miguel will find ma jority in the. Reichstag
| for whatever measures he may propose, pro-
| vided the new taxation be so distributed as
| to wes h little on the people who can least
bear further burdens What was expected
| of DIR. Miguel was that he would effect the
| fiscal system of the empire, rather than Il
clever manipulation of the system and, to
the end of securing further taxation.
| Opposed by tho Public Press.
Outside of the official papers, whose
course may be depended upon to argue in
favor of any project the government may
| broach, the financial plans decided upon, SO
far as they have been revealed, excite the
keenest hostile criticism. Count Posadovsky
Wesmer's appointment to the imperial sec
retaryship of the treasury helps to widen
the b each already existing between Russia
caused mainly by the customs tariff war
now waged between the two powers The
secretary is Pole, and it is supposed that
hi sentiments are anti-Russian. He is in
| close relation TO the German agrarian ele-
ment, and it is not likely he will assist in
any way to bring about reversal of the
negotiations with Russia looking to the adop.
| 81 NFn .ialf ha nrif
| remains in statu quo.
Concurrent advices from every commercial
center show that Russia is feeling the pinch
of war severely. Good rye, which costs Il
kopecks per pood to produce, is selling al
the same price. The cost of production
threatens to shortly exceed the marke,
value. The land owners, who are weighed
down with debts incurred through the grain
famine of last year, can neither raise further
loans to pay the installments of their debts
now due nor sell their grain at price tina
| will permit them to meet their Obligations
To Assist Distressed Land Owners.
DIR. Witte, the Russian minister of finance
| has summoned to st. Petersburg the chic
! provincial treasurers to confer with tn,
, directors of the Imperial Bank of Russia oil
| measures to assist the distressed land owners
| and farmers.
The conference between the Imperial bani
, | directors and the provincial treasurers vii
1 open on Tuesday next 1t is reported tina
| several of the officials will take part in thi
conference, and mean to demand that DI
= Witte's policy be entirely reversed and Jha
Y the tariff war be stopped ut once. 1t is SAT-
= that these officials believe that it will onl
f be possible to relieve the distress by secur
( ing the reopening of the German markets t
Russian products. The extraordinary tariff
now imposed upon Russian grain amount
practically to the prohibition of it's in
r portation.
Since the alleged cases of cholera in thi
a city have been traced to singular source
! the uncleanliness of Russian Poles-th
4 people of Berlin have dismissed the matte
q as no concern Of theirs. Each case {
a reported cholera proved To have been due
4 the person affected having eaten tainte
a meat imported from districts in Russia,
a which the genuine cnolera has prevailed
l. Russo-Polish working people are numerol
/ in the eastern nistricts of Berlin The
II have exceedingly limited notions in regai
m to the sanitation. The newspapers wan
a the Germans who come in contact with the
10 while working To watch them closely Il
.s every symptom of illness and to get a
a from tho authorities.
"a Army Manoeuyers.
I'd The program has been completed for Il
in army manoeuvers at Metz. A reyisw by u
IN emperor of the Eighth army corps will
De held at Ireves in September. The cor
ID will then advance on Metz against n
to Fifth army corps. The final encounter W
ne occur ut Metz. Emperor William and MAJ
or other royal personages will attend II
~ | manoeuvers as guests.
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