The morning call., 1893-04-23
IN THE LAST DITCH.
Won Caprivi Knows Now That He
Cannot Win.
And Party Leaders Are Preparing
Their Appeal to the Electors
of Germany.
Special to THE MoRNINe CALL

BERLIN. April 22.-The Reichstag now
has interest in nothing except in calculat-
ing what the result will he in the division
on the army bill. Nobody doubts the defeat
of the Government. The question Is how
many votes Caprivi after his long intriguing
with the Center and National Liberal par
ties, may be able to secure. The House
comprises at present S94 members. three
seats at present being vacant Out of these
the Chan cellor relies upon getting the sup
port Of Go Conservatives, IS Free Con-
servatives, Al National Liberals, II Poles
ana 10 RechSparte-a total minority vote
Of 151 against the compact opposition
amounting to 243 votes and made up of
Centrsts, FreisiDnige, Socialists and other
factions. Even should the Chancellor be
able to secure the votes of small number
of Catholics, the dissident following of
Huene, they would not suffice to avert de-
feat.
Party leaders are accepting dissolution as
Inevitable, and are assiduous in their
preparations for tie elections. The Fret
snnige leaders. who will enter the contes
thoroughly united, will issue declaration
as soon as the Reichs.ag rejects The bill but
the socialist committee is first in the field
with an appeal TO the electors. Their ap-
peal says that the party W Ill demand from
the new Reichstag a revision of the law fix
ing the period of the Legislature at five
years. The committee is hopeful that the
country will return a largely increased
number of socialists, and it calls upon the
adherents OF the party to put forth their
whole resources to organize rapidly and
subscribe literally to the party funds, and
appoint candidates in every likely district.
The committee points out The necessity of
avoiding the appointment of two socialist
candidates in the same district. The mani
festOis another instance of the readiness and
completeness of the socialist organization.
AhlwardHs last chance of reelection
through socialist support is gone. Herr
Bebel and other leaders having become con-
vinced of the bad faith OF the man and
worthless character of his documents. So
Ahlwardt will fall back upon the Polish
group, who do not encourage his ap-
proaches.
The papers abound in glowing accounts
OF Emperor Williams reception in Rome.
Despite the official con nfdence in the sue
cessful conclusion of the Russo German
commercial treaty, the negotiations lag, and
it is certain that if Capriv should retire,
nothing more would be heard Of them.
An important conference was held at
vienna Today between the Emperor Fran
els Joseph, DR.. Werkel, the Hungarian
Prime Minister, and two other members of
the Hungarian Cabinet, but tie conference
did not result in reeonciling the Emperor
to the Prime Minister'S policy. Dr. Werkel
asked the Emperor TO assent to certain Aus
irian generals and leading officials attending
the unveiling of the Honved monument on
the anniversary of the storming of Buda in
1S4S by the revolueonists. but the Emperor
fatty refused to give the desired permission.
The difference has also widened on the Hun
garian politico-reigious bills. with which
the fate OF the Hungarian Government is
bound up.