Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-20
MORE USE OF POWER
chancslIos capdvi VII Push the
Commercial Treaties
TO A VOTE IN THE REIcHSTA6
Rsporss fton The Vatican Are 20 she
Ensc< nis Rights Arm -
Paralyzcd
TO A VOTE IN THE REIcHsTAe

BEKiIs. Nov. "a -Chaneellor Caprisi
dill not delay his challenge to the oppo-
sifioa In the reiehstag Saturday ne IN
timatsd through Prssidsnt Lsvstzow
thai the opmmercial TREATIES with Rot-
mania. Serviz and Spain would Be
brought up on Nond ay for both the ftrst
and sseoEd reading. The cool sssur.
snes q this proposal which ignored the
sgrarian opposition aitogethef. elected
protests from several conservatives not
ably from Freihurr Mantenffel The
government did not expect that the
treaties would be passed With reference
% q committee and 30 eventually as
sented TO postpone even the initial dis
cussion Of them. Herr Levetzow indi-
Gated the order Of business would be the
commercial treaties. the new imperial
tar bills and the budget. The treaty
with Roumanla will be taken up first
The manifesto Of the agrarian league
proclaims IL 20 be the duty Of all Ger
man patriots 10 obstruct the progress OF
every measure proposed by Capriyi add
10 trammel his administration until be
doubles the corn duties and rcvises all
% Cermany's commercial interests so as
10 make this action generally effective.
Emperor Guarded In His speech.
The guarded reference which the en-
peror made in his speech from the
thrune 10 foreign affairs, in no wise re-
nected the growing sentiment OF the
foreign officers that an entente with
Russia. commercial or political. ID not
probable. The most notable practical
ii.rstration Of the prevailing tendency
il the decssion Of the government 10 es-
tAblish permanent military camp near
Malmedy in Rhenish Prussia. This
camp will be made the point Of concen'
tratlon for the Eighth army corps,
whose battalions arc now stationed AT
Cologne, Trier and Coblenz. The war
ofhce has acquired already the needed
land and has begun 10 clear OH the
houses TO make room for the great en-
trenched lines. When the news OF this
undertaking shall become known IN
| k6ance and Belgium. both governments
| viii feel disagreeable sensation, as
heretofore Germany has abstained from
military work OF this kind. Neither
government can object 10 the under.
/ taking. as France has strong earthworks
/ AT Maubeuge on the western frontier oil
Belgium. The solidity Of the triple
alliance is shown again by the an-
nouncement that the emperor and
empress will visit Rome in 1854 during
the reception there OK the Austrian heir
apparent
Pope. Right Arm Paraiyxed
Reports received from the vatican
by clerical politicians indicate that the
| popes encourage are alarmed by his
rapidly increasing feeblsness II is said
that his right arm il partially paraiyzed
He retains. nevertheless. all his intellec
tual vigor and is in good spirits. Count
| Hohenbroech. who Withdrew some time
ago from the Society Of Jesus. and
startled the clericals " It'll his e,elations
| concerning the order. has been sum.
moned by the vatican by special vote.
| The pope In trying TO reconcile Hohen.
brooch with the Jesuits. and a report il
spreading that Hohenbroech is ready to
be reconciled.
China proposed recently to appoint
Tsa Hofa. vice governor Of the province
! Of XII ng Su, minister to Germany
Chancellor Caprivi has refused to re-
ceive him, as his rank 10 too low. The
| chancellor intimated that the appoint
ment would be regarded as slight on
Germany.
Non-tserman Jews Barred
Twenty eight ultra conservatives have
endorsed motion 10 forbid all non
German Jews to settle in Germany, but
the whole anti-semitic force OF the
reichstag will not be able to carry the
motion. The radicals will introduce a
bill to reform the procedure 10 military
courts. A conservative group will pro
pose the establishment Of a double
monetary standard.
General Schellendorf. the Prussiau
war minister. has decided that the
Hanover training school for officers can
not be spared. despite the emperor's de.
sire 10 close IL in view Of the part IL
students played in the gambling scan.
dala
The autopsy in the case OF Prince
Alexander OF Battenberg showed that
the original cause Of his Illness was the
lodging Of stone in the vermiform ap-
/ peniix.
Among the Americans who have come
30 Berlin In the last few days are Major
Bentzoni. Lieut. II. III. Beham and DIR
Nolkmann. editor Of the Oregon Stats
I Zeitung
Herr Blum. formerly Mexican agent
of the Bleichrodes. has entered the ser.
vice % the Vienna Rothschilds.
Tho reichstsg commission. on the
minor state u the siege In Prague. viii
report az the opening ~ the lower house
on Thursday that the measures now in
force At the bohemian capital should be
continual for aouna ttne