Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-17
HIS THRONE IS WEAK
A Revolution May Make Belgium
. Republic.
IS KING lE0POlD'S FEAR
In That Event Germany WoabA Oc.
Copy she Counssy ana EsrOps
Would Have Bsoody Was.
is KING lfoPolo's FEAR

members regret that rope enough was
not given Ahlwar,it. AZ soon M the
reichstag resumed its sitting. after the
Easter recess. 10 hang himself. The in
tensity NJ the public excitement was
abundantly evinced when the housc met
on Thursday when Ahlwarit. according
to his promise. was 10 submit the proofs
Of official corruption. The galleries were
packed with eager listeners. Yesterday
there was repetition of the scene. but
a. Ahlwardt could not obtain . suffi
cicnt number II votes to carry . motion
Tor the appointment of q committee Ia
examine his documents. they were
doomed to disappointment. In the face
Of the fcrment that Ahlwardt had
Caused. the president of the rcichstag
would have shown better tact IL he had
less rigidly followed the rules IL pro
cedurc. which. in this case. froze Ahl-
wardt out. At meetingof his support
ers held subsequent tn this incident in
the reichstag. Ahlwarit seized the occa
sion To declare that he was debarred
both from producing the documents and
from speaking because certain members
Of the government feared the disclosures
he could make. He further said that
leading members of the house were jcal
ous Of his growing influence. and con-
Cured in the conspiracy OF silence or
ganized against him.
Ahlwardt's Temporary Gain.
The facts II the incident in conse-
quence are that on Thursday Ahlwardt
apprised the president Of the reichstag
VI his intention to lay the documents on
the table and to make q speech explain
ing them before the house proceeded 10
the order of the day. He further de
sired that the papers should not bc re-
fcrrod to the permanent committee but
to q special committee 1t twenty ono. in
which the socialists. anti semites, should
lie fully represented. Before tho house
resumed business yesterday the eseniorcn.
or permanent Committee. advised Presi-
dent Won Lcvetzow to direct Ahlwardt
to lay his documents on the table, with
out speaking. leaving the house to de-
eide upon their reference to Q commit
tee.
When the preideut entered Ahlwardt
handed him . copy of the declaration
he wanted to make in producing tho pa
pers. Ahlwardt vas advised regarding
the decision of the seniOrcn committee.
and ne thsreupon refused to proceed.
Whether or not he knew that the course
he proposed to take was certain to lead
him to collision with the rules of pro-
cedure. the result il a temporary sdvan
tage to him. He can for eome time
longer pose as the possessor of damnatory
evidence against past and present min
listers. Those who profess 10 have seen
the documents say they arc nothing but
q repitition Of the state charges of
fraud on the war invalid fund. the ex-
ploded charges that defective rifles were
furnished the army by the Hebrew firm
OF Loewe Il Co. etc. With view of
clearing up and ending the scandal Herr
Bebel and other socialists have aaecnted
to giving Ahlwardt the fifteen supporter
required for formal motion introduc-
ing the papers.
Favor Miquel's Scheme.
The bill of DIR. MIGUEL. Prussian
finance minister. altering the incidence
Of direct taxation on real property,
finally passed the lower house ok the
Prussian diet yesterday. Ii 10 compli.
Gated measure. and il 10 closely links6
with the Prnesian electoral reform bill.
both being the results Of q compromise
effected by DR.. MIGUEL between the con-
ssrvatives and centrista. Both cham.
bers Of the landtag arc gratified with
the proposals which give the landlord
interests advantages which were not
dreamed of under the. Bismarck regime.
Minor objections were put aside in order
to get the bill passed before the dissolu-
tion II the rcichstsg brings n grand po-
litical crisis. on issus which IL II impoe-
sible 10 forcscc. by the passage of the
bills Dr. MIGUEL definitely secures tho
friendship of the conservatives and eome
centrists support at the sacrifice Of his
old national liberal allice.
Belgian R~volutiOn Probalple.
Events in Belgium are giving the for
eign Office here greater anxiety than tho
Scrvian coup d'ctat. though IL Is known
10 have been batched In Paris In the
Russian interest. An armed conflict
over the popular demand for q revision
~ the Belgian constitution resulting in
revolution and the placing in power %
allies of France. In % within the bounds
of probability that French papers are
already indulging in surmisce AZ to what
Germany wouid do in the event of the
monarchy in Belgium being submerged.
Reports are credited in some French
organs that compact between Emperor
William and King leopold arranger Tor
the German occupation ~ Belgium
within day. II revolution threatens
to overthrow the king. These reports
are considered here "a nonsense. What
ever internal commissions may occur IN
Belgium IL ie tho official opinion here
that Germany will absolutely hold sloof
unless France conn,ves at assisting q
revolution.
With regard 30 ssevvia. IL the French
government did not inspire the coup
d'etst IL was concerted under i,s
knowlcs,ge Ten days ago " Dokitch.
Who - now King Alcxandrr's prime
minister. visited es King Milan in Paris.
and with him planned the coup which
the hoy king executed under instructions
from hss father. Milan.
ss~tows Complications
The es king teiegrarhed ~ Dokifch
last night congrstuist,nG him upon the
succes-ful issue ~ the plan. The event
hss importance 80 . Ts.ssIbie factor ia
early disturbances cn the bulgarian
frontier. sh,ch viii Involve the stfen
sion ~ Germany and Austria, the chief
nations ~ tho dreihr1,d. Scns mixing
~ the coup sry~ars io have reached ".
Sssmt-culos. the Bulgarian prime mini
sssr. before be rec~pt sui,encs with
Fmyeeor Francis Io--ph q, Vferns
According W seYni e.fhcssl advice from
the Austrian capitol, The emp-ror. asr