Omaha daily bee., 1893-05-14

Reichstag will even then be convened for
business. 1t is more likely that it will meet
only to hear the emperor's speech opening
the session and then adjourn until the usual
period of opening in October.
Issues OF tho Campaign.
In the meantime IL is evident that the
parties will be reconstructed on platforms in
which the army bill will have almost a sec
ondary place. The foremost planks of the
conservative platform already decided upon
are protectionism and bimetallisii.
In the absence of recognized party leaders
and party manifesto, some members of the
center party will figure as influential demo
cratic Catholics. Dr. Sigel. a rabid anti
Prussian, will stand for election in Munich
as Catholic democrat and his program is
undoubtedly significant feature of the cam
paign as regards south Germany
Each party seems determined to expend
every available resource in contesting dis
tricts where it has the remotest chance Of
success; indeed, in many instances, candi-
| dates will stand in districts where success
| appears impossible. Thus, in Berlin. the
centrists will contest every district, al
| though they know the Catholic vote is GER
tain to be swamped by the immense prepon-
| derance of the freisinnige and socialist votes.
| In some constituencies, each of the eight
| recognized parties has a candidate in the
| field.
Glass Interests Demand Attention.
The contest is further complicated by
class interests, which are demanding atten-
ton The agrarian league demands special
| pledges before giving its support to candi-
dates, the trading guilds insist upon being
| h.,a,
host of faddists are making a turmoil
| which will not cease until the first days
balloting clears the atmosphere and brings
| into prominence the grand principles at
stake. The retirement of Count Won
Ballestrom and other centrist leaders is
under consideration. The bulk of the party
shrinks from the prospect of DIR. Lieber be-
coming the leader of the party. Under HIM
the democratic evolution party would pro-
| ceed at full pressure. The aristocratic ele-
| ment of the party views the prospect with
! dismay. DR.. Lieber's recent declaration
| that he was a Prussian against his will and
| his attacks on the monarchial principles, as
presented in Emperor William have made it
| impossible for him to be recognized as
chief of united party.
The two wings of the fresinniye party
| have started in with opposing candidates in
! Berlin and elsewhere. The provincial freis-
| innige organizations" nov yer, generally
support Herr Eugene Richter, the leader OF
the faction known as the radical peoples
party.
| Attaching It's Foes Throu ,h France.
| The government organs carefully repro
| duce the reports in French papers, as
| to how France Is rejoicei at the rejection of
the army bill, adding sinister rumors regard
| ing the designs of the French government.
| They also publish doubtful kilograms from
| Strasburg reporting that the French garri-
son along the frontier have already been, or
are being, reinforced and that the
| granting of furloughs to all French
soldiers and on GERS has been
stopped. The alarm, whicb hese organs
profess TO feel has not spread among the
people Every one knows that the rejection
of the army bill has neither diminished the
defensive strength Of the triple alliance, nor
added to Frances power of offensiveness.
Outside of Chancellor Won Caprivi's organ
the idea is ridicued that France and r lssia
will attack Germany because the Rcichstag
refused to grant all the government de-
manded.
The annual Berlin art exhibition will be
opened to the public tomorrow. press
| view was given To-Day. lnere are 2,oUU
exhibits, of which ,125 are of paintings, $50
water colors, sixty etchings, 250 sculptures
and architectural exhibits. There are only
a few works by foreign artists. Herr Komer
sent portrait of the Grand Duchess Anas-
tasc of Meckenburg, which is fine study.
Among the more prominent paintings are
Lenbachs BISMARCK" and Huenter's
"Hussars at Ligny." WeugleIn of Munich
has two views of the river Isar. and Neckel
has Mecca Caravan
| Calm IL Is n Myth.
An echo from some foreign quarter has
reached here in regard to the newly pub
lished ulSasc, ordering the wholesale eXpul-
sion of Hebrews from the Russia Poland
frontier. BY inquiries made, it is ascer-
Hebrews has been the disodging at several
places along the frontier of number of He
brews who were suspected of being engaged
in smuggling. The families thus removed
can settle in the interior. Apart from the
ordinary observance of the old decrees aim
ing to keep the Hebrews within fixed pales,
no movement against the race has taken
place in Poland. The alleged outbreak of
persecution is a myth.
The autumn maneuvers of the German
army, on the vastest scale ever attempted,
will be held between Treves Metz and
Strasburg Emperor William has invited
the emperor of Austria the king oflraly, the
duke of York, the duke of Connaught and all
the German princes to attend the maneu-
vers.