New-York tribune., 1894-01-21
UNCERTAIN.

Paver a member of the Volkspartei, VINO SITS ior
n Stuttgart district. reproached the feuera' "o'
ernment. especially that Of Wurtempers' io'
agreeing that such measure shouiu pe oio"e
before the Reichstag. The reserved rish'S Vi
wurtemberg he declared, were interfered Win
by the bill.
Dr Mjttnacht. Prime Minister Of Wurtembcrs'
| Immediately declared that Wurtemberg possesSeu
M reserved rights in regard to wine lie added'
bowevor that during 1870 when the negotiations
for establishing German unity were being con-
: ducted. Prussia hal solemnly promised that wine
would never be taxed for imperial purposes
Entirely upon the strength of this promise "u'
temberg had refrained from then irsisting 'hat
n clause prohibiting the taxing OF VINE ior I'M
ner,aI purposes should be incorporated in the
Constitution.
rhis statement caused a decided sensation in
the House. Continuing. DR.. Mittnacht sa'u 'ha'
Nuremberg had in the Bundesrath strenuousy
onnosed the Wine Tax bill, and wonid persist
in her opposition to TAX whi'h Hi'h'I i"'' '''
the wine-growers.
When Dr. Mttnacht declared that Wurtemperg
had onnosed the bill in the Bundesrath. there was
s,raat annlause among the members or the Lett
and when he added that the Kingdom worid
continue It's opposition he was entnusias"caiy
applauded by all the opponents OF the Govern
ment proposal.
Dr. Mittnacht's speech was infused with
spirit Of animosity against Chancellor Won Gap
rjvj which might be expected from statesman
who has long been known as ready to SUCK AT
rothirr IN achieve the overthrow Of the Chan
cellor The closing scenes Of the debate de-
ve,onod the tactics which Or. Mittnachts dec
larot,on initiated II was designed to draw the
Chancellor into a damaging discussion, either IN
refuting or explaining DR.. Mittnachts state
ments as to Prussia's promise 10 Wuriernberg
in 1870 never to impose on wine tax Tor I'M
peral purposes
Herr Won Kardoff n member ~ the Rcchspartei.
IN order TO aid the plans Of the Opposition.
moved that the House adjourn. His object was
to give the Chancellor an opportunity to make
an explanation He professcd to sympathize
with the declaration OF Dr. Mittnacht, which
he said threw a pitiful light on the dscords
prevailing in the Bundesrath. No member OF
the House according to Herr kardon, could
think OF closing the discussion and sending the
bill to n committee until the Government
should have had a chance to vindica'e Itself
against the charge made by Herr Payer that
It had violated the rights secured to Wurtem-
berg under the Constitution.
! Herr Rickert said that he approved OF the
/ motion to adjourn on different grounds. There
was no need he declared, to refer the bill 10 n
committed The House should adjourn In
| order TO give the Government time to determine
| upon Withdrawing the measure.
| Herren Singer and Grocber declared that they
wanted no adjournment taken. The bin ought
! to be defeated without any delay. Dr. Mitt-
nacht's defence Of the constitutional rights Of
Wurtemberg ought. they said 10 satisfy the
| House that the measure should never have been
| proposed.
Then Herr Richter invoked the Houses spirit
of fairness. He was willing 10 adjourn If the
! Government desired time 10 make explanations
Here Count Posadowsky Imperial Secretary ~
| the Treasury. who had been consulting his col
! leagues sharply closed the question by declar-
| ing that the Government saw no reason Tor me
| House to adjourn. The bill. he added. had the
| approval Of the Bundearath and II was ma
! terial feature Of the Go!ernmefts taxation pro-
pOsas. The measure OF ght to be sent 10
| committee
! Dr. Mittnacht interposed asserting that he had
made his statements with the Chnncellors pre-
! vous knowledge that he was 10 make them. lie
! had not sought to spring a surprise on the
| Chancellor.
! After all this hubbub the House. by "A great
| ajority rejected the motion 10 adjourn, and
/ Immediately sent he bill to the General Com
mttee, which is now considering the tobacco
and boerse taxation proposals. The Opposition
! have named this cf fmmttee the Burial Com
mittee." desiring to imply that. though the
Reichstag In plenary sitting declined to reject
! the Governments schemes the committee VIII
not allow them to reappear In any form which
will be acceptable TO the Ministers.
| The fate of the three measures In committee.
| however. remains to be determined. The predc-
! tion that neither the tobacco tax nor the wine
tax would te referred to the committee has
| been proved to be Inaccurate. The majority Of
the committee are hostile. doubtless to the bills
they have been presented to the Reichstag.
but nobody can say surely what the manipula-
tiOn Of DIR. Miguel may accomplish In private
negotiations. especially when he has the advan-
tage Of committee work instead OF open posi-
tiOn at bay In the plenary sitting. In the lobby
ihnvr hal :tal. In M. hN
Indignation felt by all the Ministers toward Herr
Won Kardon. whose attitude. fully understood
slRnined his desire to embarrass the Govern
ment, without regard for the fact that his as
sertiOns would supply amusement TO unfriendy
foreign States. Kardof's references to dlscord
in the Bundesrath were criticised with special
bitterness by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE INFANTA EULAIIE IN BERLIN.
(Copyrighf. 1894 Nv h' t'nifsd ITsssl
Berlin Jan. 20.-The Infanta Eulalle Of Spain and
her brother law and sister Prince and Princess
Ludwig Ferdinand OF Bavaria. are the Emperor y