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BERLIN. Jan. 13.-The intimatton made In
the Reichstae By Herr Alloys FritEen. a Cen
trist leader that the Centre party would not
support the Governments proposals to place
higher taxes on tobacco and wines. was sup
posed to seal the fate Of Finance Minister
Miquers nnaucial projects. II was thought
that the House would reIect the measures
without even referring them to committees
for consideration. It has been learned. how
ever, that Herr frItzen spoke without the su-
thority Of the Centrlst faction led By DR..
Iieber. who have decided to support in a mod
fled form the proposals made by DIR. MIGUEL
An unexpected change in the tactics OF the
Conservatives will also contribute to the ulti-
mate success OF DIR. Miauers plans. The FL
nance Minister appears to have effected an
arrangement with tho Conservative leaders,
who have now dropped their attitude OF hos
tilIty to the Government and assumed a nett
trail position. This is taken TO be a prelude to
their acceptance OF the taxation measures.
The Rsichstsg has now four great bills on It's
hsnda The first OF these Is the bill taxing to-
haeco the second the bill taxing wines, the
third the bill taxing checks and Bourse trans.
actions. and the fourth DR.. Miduels general
financial reform mensureA
A French news agency has disseminated
throughout Europe a report that Dr. Miguel.
at the recent Parliamentary dinner. expressed
the conviction that the ReichstaR would reject
all these proposals. and that the dissolution
OF the House was inevitable. AZ q matter Of
fact Chancellor Won Caprivi and DR. Miouel
have every reason to rely on the passage OF the
Goyernment bills In their regular SEQUENCE.
denial 10 the REPORT Of ths agency gene aboVs re-
There has undoubtedly been infused into
Der Of personal animosities. =. Outside the
House the character OF the discussion ha.
this wss an Incident that occurred at tine in
augural dinner Of the Congress- OF German
On. RsiserSo, The Msyenco s9 delegate 70 the
t9sst 70 The Ministers began an attack o., on RT
ruin Of the empire and destructive OF indus
schemes showed no knowledge OF the condi-
tions necessary to prosperous trade.
II am the guest OF tho Congress- at this din
ner. ifyou invite me here you ought to leave
Rs K IL ii. qS thHa
It a pleasure to be Finance Minister p
lie thereupon left the room, salutinR no,
9Son In the loSb G Of tss HeishstsS az show
ing that DIR. Miguel Is assured OF the success
OF hia projects. He feels strong enough to
treat his opponents rudely.,
The progress OF the TOBACCO tax debate
affords similar Indications. Herr Eduard,
member Of the Reiehspartel, said to-day that
n the Tobacco Tax bill should be rejected he
would propose that an import duty OF strtv
marks lie placed on tobacco. He added that
he was certain such u measure would get
Baron Won Riedel, Bayarisn Minister OF
Finance en- phi sized his declarations that his
Government unreservedIy endorsed tho To-
bacco Tax bill because IL answered the inter-
ests OF the single States as well a. the Imperial
the consump tion OF tobacco IL would increase
industry by checking tho smoking habit, which
enfeebled character. and this would soon
counteract and outhalance the temporary loss
OF revenue.
ure sent to q com ittee.
The police statistics OF Berlin show that
there are ~. OOO persons out OF work here. On
these idle people manv others are dependent.
The stagnation in trade affects everything and
every class. This is shown by the income tax.
While tho number Of such taxpayers has risen
to 1851, the total yield from this source IL
$40. III marks under the returns Tor the las
fiscal year. Even amusemonts languish. the
beautiful theatre in inter den Linden. whore
now in the hands OF the sheriff
The following Americans have registered At
the ONCE Of the Consul &c nerII here: Francis
Harris and wife OF New York. Misses Jenny
and Mary Dscky Of Philadelphia. and R. Z.
Parker DIR. Bond Goldman and MIRA Goldman
OF Boston.
The Hon. Theodore Runyon. the American
Ambassador. will entertain Baron harsehall
Won Bieberstein, the Foreign Minister, and the
members OF the diplomatic circle on Monday.