Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-03
THE BERLIN BUDGET
POLITICAL NEWS FROM GER
MANY'S CAPITAL.
EMPEROR'S BODY GUARD
Two Soldiers Accompany Him All the
Time SO That No One May Injure
Him-American Exports to Ger
many Are on the Increase-New
Chancellor Probable.

Berlin. Sept 29.-Chancellor Won
HOhenlOhe abandoned his attempt to
secure a majority Of the reichstag
through the aid of the centrist votes.
The centrist party furnished ample
proof last winter Of being irreconcil-
able and undesira bic and Prince
Bismarck's advice on this point is
said to have changed the opinion that
Prince Won HOhenlohe formerly held.
Negotiations are now on foot between
factions Of the conservative party and
national liberals and moderates to Sc
cure concerted action throughout the
next session of the reichstag on the
most vital of government measures.
This movement, which is almost GER
tain to succeed, will give tho govern
ment a more sta bic ma ority than ever
Won Caprivi had. Among the prin-
cipal government measures that will
be introduced at the coming session
Of the reichstag are: For the reform
of the bOurse; for protection of me-
chanical trade against dishonest COM
petition; for relief of agriculture and
for a federation Oh husbandry. The
| government does not intend to intro
duce any new taxation bills at the ap-
! preaching session.
! Among those who have been az
! rested in connection with the dis
cOvery that the secrets Of the national
defense are being investigated for the
French is former Bayarian army
officer, Ludwig Pfeiffer, in whose
/ rooms in Berlin were found models
ard dra wings Of German defense
works and letters from the French
military bureau. Altogether fifteen
arrests have been made. Drawings
and models seized are for the most
) part descriptive of the Notifications
but three letters are reported to have
| contained instructions from the war
i department at Paris itself
Two companion soldiers accom-
panied Emperor William to Rominton
when he went thither on his shooting
! expedition. These soldiers serve as an
, imperial body guard denying every
! body access or near approach to the
emperor. This innovation is due to
the fact that at both Pottsdam and
' Stettin the emperor received MANY
! threatening letters, apparently emanat-
! from socialists and anarchists and he
was approached on several occasions
by suspicious appearing persons. He
is having usual sporting luck at ROM
linton. He killed twenty-three stays
with his own hand Thursday.
K. Knielle, representing r. G.. Dun
Il Co., has just completed a tour
through Germany. He reports that
! exports from the United States into
Germany are constantly increasing
and especially in the lines of furniture
and fruits. About three hundr ed COM
mercial travellers from the United
States are now in this empire trying
to open up fresh channels of trade
for American made goods and making
a reasona bic measure of success.
William and Prince Won Hohenlohe
are so strained that it would not be
surprising If there be a new incum.
bent in the chancellorShip before the
expiration of the year from the date
on which the prince was appointed.
which was October %, 1894 The Wis
it of Won Hohenlohe to st. Petersburg
early this month proved an unfortun.
ate one for him officially, however, il
may have resulted pecuniarily. 1t
was alleged at the time that the chan.
cellor's erarnd while primarily Of al
official nature had also a personal
side, Won Hohenlohe desiring to OBJ
tain permission from the ear that his
wife might hold the estates in Rus
STA of her deceased brother, Prince
Saven-Wittegenstein, which were
said to be worth fifty million marks
The advances which the German i'm.
perial chancellor made on this occa.
sion to the Russian were no more ia.
vorably received than were the 9th.
ers. The fact that under such circum
stances Won Hohenlohe should have
asked a personal favor of the czal
has, according to current report gen
ly angered the emperor.