The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-10
POLICY OF THE CHANCELLOR.
He Will Outline II in His Speech on
The Budget.

a AA0NA0A lnt CONSERVATIVES 70
Increase the Disciplinary Powers of
the President of the Chamber - The
Anti-Sooialist Measures TO Come Up
Soon and the Conflict to Be Fierce
One.
Berlin. Dec. 9.-Chancellor Prince Ho-
henlohe presided over the cabinet meeting
on Friday and conferred with his coll
leagues as to the statement Of policy which
he expects TO make at the first reading Of
the budget There is no reason to be-
lieve that this statement Will be sensa-
tional. 1t will contain few, If any, reve-
lations and probably will relate mostly to
DR.. Miquels financial projects. The Nord
Deutsche Allegemine Zetung, which still
seems to be semi-ofiicial, says that the ma
tricular contributions of the federal states.
as fixed in the new budget. will exceed by
100000 marks the total allowed the states
from the imperial treasury. 1T is abso-
lutely necessary to simplify the imperial
SYSTEM" says the writer, so as to ena-
BILE the federal governments to know the
exact sums that they will be required to
pay TO the imperial treasury. An impe-
rial loan of more than 10000 900 marks is
now necessary"
AS soon as the deputies dispose Of the
financial questions by referring them to
a committee, they will have clear way
for the debates on the anti-sociallst bin
but the conservatives propose to lnterpose
very contentious motion to increase the
presidents disciplinary powers. The rum
pus caused In the House by the social dem
ocrats is their excuse and the govern
ments declaration Of policy win
be the peg on which they
will hang debate. Prince Hohen-
lohe was requested privately by the
conservatives to mention the subject in
his speeches to the Reichstag, but he re-
piled: This Is a matter for the Reichstag
alone"
The national liberal and clerical lead
ers have agreed to join the conservatives
in reforming the House rules. That the
reform will be levelled directly at the so
cial democrats goes without saying. The
conflict Will be a fierce one. The Noer-
waerts breathes defiance all around Not
stopping at the defense Of its party, it car
ries the war into the enemy's territory
by demanding universal and direct suf-
frage in the elections to the provincial
diets, although the Reichstag IS without
the authority to legislate on such mat
ters; the immunity of all deputies from
arrest and prosecution during the ses-
sion, the abolition of exceptional laws
in Alsace and Lorraine, the extension of
workingmen's rights to combine and pro-
tect their interests and the legal recogni-
tion of the eight-hour day.
Several clerical organs, notably the
Germania, express some sympathy with
the socialists in their approaching trib-
ulations, although they recognize the
need of new laws against the revolution
ary parties. They allude 20 the hard tone
of the emperor's speech as Indicative of
the governments hostile attitude toward
a large part of the German people, and
the Germania defines this attitude by
quoting the famous reply made by
prince of Reuss to a deputation protest
ing against taxes: your business is to
pay taxes, serve in the army, and hold
your mouths
The tobacco tax, which DR.. MIGUEL will
propose to the deputies. Is reported to be
% per cent. lighter than in last years
bill. Still it would be fought bitterly
Prince Hohenlohe objects to DR. Miquels
bourse reform bill as a whole, and espec-
tally to the clause which obliges time
traders on the bourse and produce ex-
change to keep a registry of names. As
the chancellor has decided that the bill
must be revised, IT is quite likely to be
ignored this session.
The arrangement of the new Reichstag
building seems designed purposeIy to
hamper the press. The inside doors to
the members Hobbies are kept closed so as
to isolate the reporters from the deputies.
Reporters for provincial newspapers are
not allowed to make short cuts to the tele-
graph office. They must traverse long
flights of stairs to the court yard and
then more stairs leading to the postal
rooms. Those who have sought the
shorter routes have hoan han
roughly by the guard. The acoustics of
the press gallery are execrable Mem
bers speaking from their seats cannot be
heard at all, and those on the tribune
are understood but imperfectly Some
thirty doors leading from the gallery
open and close necessarily with startling
reports. At first the parliamentary re-
porters planned meeting of protest but
they lacked the courage to face the gov
ernment officials and the plan fell through
The newspapers are equally nerveless. The
Stats Bueger Zeitung is the only Jour
nal that has been bold enough to criticise
the increasing arrogance of the authori-
ties toward the German press. However
Privy Councillor Schulter, who has charge
of the press arrangements, has promised
to remedy some of the defects.
BY the emperor's order the smooth
space over the main entrance has not been
inscribed as intended to the German peo-
pie, but has been left blank. Coins about
as large as silver dollars are to be struck
to commemorate the opening Of the new
building. on one side will be the image of
the emperor in the uniform of the Garde
du Corps, and on the other a miniature Of
the building. The German flag, which was
dedicted by the Germans Of New Orleans
to the Zollverein parliament in 1867, and al
ways hung over the presidents chair in
the Reichstag, has been laid aside In
short, no effort has been made to pre-
serve in the new building the historical
mementoes of Germanys early parlia- 1
mentary days. Even the chair from which |
Prince Bismarck for nearly twenty years /
directed the counsels of the Bundesrath, /
has been showed carelessly into the meet |
ing room of the social democrats.
Ambassador Runyon has renewed his /
representations at the foreign Office as to |
the discrimination against American !
canned beef and pork. Frieherr Won Mar |
schalls reply is unfavorable. 1t is under |
stood that he is willing to grant the /
needed certificates only after annoying 1
formalities which, while in no way guar /
anteeing proper inspection, greatly ham
per the importers. He held out no hope /
that the decrees against American canned |
goods, cattle and fresh meat would be re-