The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-08
.CAPRIYPS INV ARMY BILL.
He Introduces the Amended
Measure in Reichstag.
FEATURES OF THE BILL.
1t Represents the Minimum That the
Government Will Accept.
The Galleries Were Crowded-DIanyP romi-
nent People Were Present Who
Frequently AppIauded the
Chaneelor's Address.


assembled this morning. Chancellor
Won Capriyi in long address introduced
the amended army bill. He said it repre-
sented the minimum the government
would accept in either men or money,
and were the lowest possible, consistent
with the safety of the empire. The gal
lerles were crowded, and many prominent
people were present. Chancellor Ca
privi's speech was frequently interrupted
by applause. The key note of the speech
was, thatsforeign countries not knowing
the German character intimately had
been led to believe that Germany had lost
confidence in herself and the countries
comprising the German empire were no
longer united. This the chancellor de-
clared was erroneous and should be
quickly dispelled by the adoption of the
new bill.
The chancellor referred to the action OF
Russia IN increasing the peace footing of
her army "a, 600 since 1888, and said she
had not yet exhausted her resources. Ger
many, he declared, must increase her
peace footing if her voice was to continue
to have Weight in the European areopagus.
The assertion made by the opposition,
that Germany did not have sufficient men
! W duoWcI d Nbll WAS QlSDTOVeQ
| by the fact that 80, 600 serviceable men
had been recruited.
| Referring to the expense to be entailed
by granting the governments demands,
| Caprivi said the new taxes would be borne
on strong shoulders, and would nottouch
! the middle classes or the agricultural
| population. He could not now, he added,
definitely state the tax plan, but it was
the governments intention to again in
troduce old financial proposals, especially
the one providing for a tax on bourse
| transactions.
The chancellor brify recapitulated the
| leading features OF the old measure and
said according to this bill the peace effec-
| tive force, excluding officers above the
492, O63 men between Oct. 1, 1892, and
March 81, 1893. The strength of the
various branches of service during the
period mentioned was to have been III
battalions OF infantry, Az squadrons OF
cavalry, 494 batteries OF field artillery, ST
| battalions of foot artillery, "a battalions
| OF pioneers, battalions of railway troops
and q battalions of transport. The
average strength of the standing army
was calculated in accordance with the
! principle of two years. active service
with colors for infantry.
| The increase involved an expenditure OF
Sc, 800, 0O0 marks in a lump sum. OF this
budget for the financial year OF 1693-9l.
The annually recurring expenditure was
fixed at 81 ,000, 900 marks and when the
new system should have been fully de-
veloped, Germany would have in times of
war a trained army of 4, 400, 900 men.
Those proposals of the government, the
chancellor added, did not meet with the
approval of the house and in attempting
to fix the measure it would be acceptable
to the reichstag If the government had
accepted the suggestion OF Won Huene
and incorporated it in the bill Withdraw
ing its own demands on points on which
a compromise was effected.
The suggestion of Won Huene was that
the peace effective should be increased by
80, 900 men at once and in the course of
the next three years be raised gradually
until 20, 600 men were pra ctically the full
number demanded and added to the
standing army 1t was also suggested
that the sixty batteries of field artillery
should have four instead of six guns each.
The bill thus amended had been rejected,
the reichstag dissolved and new elections
called, and now the government submit
ted to the new house measure that in its
details was practically the old Huene
compromise bill.
Payer, member of the Vollks party, who
followed the chancellor, declared that the
country had not pronounced for, nor did
the majority OF the house support, the
army bill. 1t could only obtain the ma
joritv by diplomacy.
Manteuffel, supporter of the govern
ment, regretted that the government had
abandoned the original bill. Germany
could not be too strong. MODS were now
rampanting in Paris and might overthrow
the government and seek strength
through foreign division.
Liebknecht. the well known social DEM
ocratic leader, said the government did
not want to increase the army because of
fear of France or Russia, but to fortify
itself against the German people. (Cries
of ''shame. ~