The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-08
GERMANY'S DOGS OF WAR
THE KAISER STILL COUNTING ON
PASSING TEE ARMY BILL


More Astute Than the Politicians
suppossd-Return OF the Jesuits the
Terms Fixed by the Clsricals as the
Prios OF Their Support of the Bill.
BERLIN, Jan. when the holiday Sea
son came to an end and public attention d,
chat had been somewhat distracted from
political affairs by the exchange Of Christ.
mas and New Years amenities, was again
turned TO the army bill. and the measure in
all its bearings was discussed with more or
less Freedom in public places. No measure
of recent years Affects SO closely the home
life of the German people.
The Reichstag will resume Its Sitting on
Tuesday. The committee of the house TO
which was referred the army bill
will meet Wednesday. Chancellor Won
Caprlvi has requested the president of the
committee to ask the members to expedite
their deliberations In order not to rstard
ths Anal decision Of the Rsiohstag. for
which. hs said, not Germany alone. but all
Europe awaits with anxiety. According to
belief entertained In official circles the
shancellor has completed q statement Civ
ing - private reason for the governments
demands for an increase In the number Of
che army effective, that an increase of the
elective 10 Indispensable, not only in the
present. bill, but In any army measures that
might be proposed.
DEMAND OF THE CLERICALs.
The chancellor having nothing more to
tell, the committee ought to report prompt
ly, but the members representing the center,
or clerical party, remain In a state of indie
nfsfnn 10 nFo
inducements that will suffice to excuse their
surrender when they are called upon to face
their constituents.
Clerical papers vaguely hint that the ne.
gotiations OF the party with the govern
msnt will turn upon the recall OF the
Jssuite 10 Germany as the price of the
party's support None of those within the
inner political circle believe that the ohan-
oellor has committed himself on the ques-
tion. The utmost length to which he has
gone 10 believed to be promised leave to the
governments supporters to take an inde-
pendent course when the center party gets
. remote chance of dividing tho Reiohstaa
on the Jesuis question
Won CAPRIvI's TACT.
In his private dealings with the leaders
Of the several pnrsies the chancellor 10 dis
playing much tact, and his course Of action
Is such ss TO elicit the admiration Of even
his adversaries.
Nothing is now heard of the chaucellor's
retirement from Office. His posItion with
the emperor is stronger than ever, and his
development Of personal resources, nnesss
and audacity staggers his opponents, who
are becoming weak under the apprehension
that the bill will be passed without a
single concession OF importance being made
by she government.
PREPARATIONS FOR RE0RUrrfro.
H. l.
ticipatory to the passage Of the bill order
Ing new arrangements I'm the recruiting
divisions throughout Germany. In ten oen-
ters including Berlin, Frankfort, Stettin
and Magdeburg, new revision councils are
being formed with view to extension of
recruiting. The emperor beyond doubt
means that the bill shall become law in
the course Of the year.
The proprietors of leading stores in Bsr-
lin concur In their statements thas the
holiday season just closed showed an enor-
nous decrease in the business usually done
at that period of the year. The average
reduction OF receipts, they say. amounted TO
80 per cent.
CAUSE OF THE HARD TIMES.
The annual reports published by the vari-
ous chambers of commerce In Germany
state that depression prevails every where
In the empire. Reports from Frankfort.
OActnhAs1 ehd IAAoA obtoo budb Lue AFkoQ
decline In trade In 1892 can be attributed to
the bad harvest Of 1891. the cholera epidemic
and the growth of composition without CON-
current expansion Of unfavorable tariffs.
sAAR's STRIKE TO COLLAPSE.
The strike Of the Saar miners Is expected
TO collapse next week, owing to q lack of
both popular and trade support. The dele-
gates sent TO Westphalia and the
appeals issued co the Belgian, French
and Bohsmian miners met with no response.
Thousands OF strikers and their families
are in a starving condition and this fact
tends greatly to weaken the backbone of
the strike. The strike will be but another
instance OF the futility of miners associa-
tions without means, attempting TO fight
the combined capital of the mining oom.
panies.
THE GUELPH FUND.
The RetohSdnzeigsr referring to the re.
cent article in the Vort0aerts, in which il
was said that many prominent men In pub
lilo life had been beneflciaries of the Guelph
fund, says that the government had sup
| posed that the receipts considered last spring
concluded the whole affair. Deception and
forgeries, the RetchsGhzetger continues, are
| evident from the fact that when any draft
was made on the fund for secret political
| purposes, the only vouchers were receipts
signed by the chancellor or an official
| designated for the purpose These vouchers
| were burned after the accounts had been
made up. No form OF receipts mentioned
by the VortCaerts ever existed.