St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24
KAISER ELOQUENT.
He Talks Patriotism to the
Brandenburgers at a
Banquet.
GERMANYS NEW NAVY.
Reichstag Furnishes Cash for
Four More New Fast
Cruisers.
BIMETALLIST AGITATION
Meets Opposition From Com
mereial Organizations
German Affairs.
BIMETALLIsT AGITATION

! Copyrighted, 1895, by Associated Press.
BERLIN, Feb. 23.-Emperor Will
| lam, replying to toast proposed by
| Herr Ashenbach, minister of state,
at the annual banquet in connection
! with the opening of the diet of Bran
! denburg tonight, said that the senti-
ments of loyalty expressed by the
| GRANDCHILDREN were doubly Valu-
able in such difficult times, and were
a comfort and prop to him in his
thorny office. These sentiments tes-
tify, moreover, their confidence in
implies their willing cooperation
with, and support to, the crown.
What, however. would most light
en- his task would be the resolution
of whole nation to range itself on
the side of the father Of the people"
He urged his people to give him
active help in the consideration of
the questions which at present oc-
cupy public attention These ques-
lions related chiefly to the relative
position which husbandry is to hold
in respect to other classes. He had
indicated in recent utteranceS how
these questions were to be dealt
with. He hoped, with all his heart,
that some permanent Improvement
might be achieved. He would work
toward that end with his whole
strength, but he earnestly warned
the country not to entertain any ex-
travagant hopes or any dreams of
Utopias. No particular class could
claim any special privileges at the
expense of other classes. The task
of the country's ruler was to care
fully weigh the interests of all classes
and to harmonic them so that the
general interests of the fatherland
as a whole would be safely guarded.
In conclusion, Emperor William
said that the luster Of the age of
Friesack still rests upon today He
desired that the recollectiOns of that
earnest, supplemented man, Fred
erick l., should remind all that CO.
operation between a prince and his
people is a safe augury of success.
On the evening of the twenty-fifth
anniversary Of the restoration and
the new constitution of the united
fatherland he hoped that his hearers
would remember that only the joint
work of all the German races and
their princes had built up the en-
pire. He said:
THE glory gained by the Branden-
burgers is imperishable. Especially to
be remembered are their deeds on the
eventful 18th of August. In memory
of that day and with the old cry with
which the armed forces of Berlin have
followed the Hohenzollerns into many
a combat, once more we lead: follow
on raise your glass and empty it.
Fare you well, my Brandenburgers.
INFLUENZA IS WIDESPREAD
here now. Although the disease is not
of a virulent type, it pervades all
classes of society. Numbers of deaths
from the malady have been recorded.
| The diplomatic corps seem to be espe-
cially affected. Four members of the
American embassy have been stricken,
bassador, and his wife, are both slowly
| recovering from an attack. A large
proportion of the officers of every. regi-
ment attached to the Berlin garrison
IS down with the disease the stats of
| the various government bureaus are
much reduced and the vacancies on the
| benches in the chambers of the reich
| stag show the extent of it's prevalence
among the parliamentarians Nine of
the employees in the chief telegraph
station in Berlin are also Frustrated.
! Other cities also report the prevalence
or the disease, and in some locations
1t has assumed an epidemic form.
The first step in Germany's apparent
! determination to carry out the policy
winch the emperor recently advocated
OF increasing the number of cruisers in
the navy was taken at today's session
of the budget committee of the reich
stag, when extra credits aggregating
100000 marks for the construction of
FOUR FAST CRUISERS
of the latest type were approved The
government has requested a credit of
100000 marks to be devoted to the con-
struction of torpedo boats, but the
T., a
it was therefore rejected. Before the
credit for the cruisers was voted,
Herr Won Bieberstein made a conf
| dental communication to the commit
tee concerning Germanys political re-
lations with countries of South Amer
lea, and afterwards stated that Ger
many must maintain cruisers both on
the west and east coasts of America.
Referring to the war in the East and
Germany's relations to China, he stat
ed that Germany was striving for COM
mercial, not political, influence, and
that the foreign ministry could not
undertake the responsibility of fulfill
ing the tasks imposed on it with the
| limited means at its disposal.
Although the agitation in favor of
| the agrarian population of Germany
has scored several successes, the
leaders of the movement are finding
daily that the opposition to their plans
I is gaining strength. An important
political organization is being formed
with a view to combat the agrarian
agitation. A meeting of delegates from
the various trading corporations was
held yesterday. A proposal was dis
cusSed to establish SO-called middle
class party for the purpose of defend
ing the interests of the trading and
commercial classes, and prosecuting a
comprehensive political and economic
agitation. 1t was decided to hold a
great public meeting on March l for
the purpose of discussing the details
of the scheme.
AGAINST BIMETALLISM.
The German commercial diet adopted
a resolution regretting the adoption by
the reichstag on Saturday last of
Count Won Marbachs motion for the
holding of an international monetary
conference. The text of this import
ant resolution, passed by body of
whose opinion the government I'M
doubtedly lays a great deal Of weight,
was as follows:
1.-The committee of the German COM
mercial congress deplores most deeply
that by the acceptance by the reichs
tag of Count Won Mirbach's motion
for the holding of an international
monetary conference and still moro