The sun., 1895-05-19
GERMANY'STWO PROJECTS.
T1E MINISTRY WAS NOT SHAKEN M
THEIR DEFEAT ~ THE REICHsTAG.

IL Hnd Been Predicted that Impcrtsnt
Change. wouIa Follow the Defeat Of
the A.tt-sociaiist and Tobacco TaH
BiIiv-ProposinE the Abontion OF Uni-
versai spfssee-The vo, Kotse AGsir.
BEatiS. May Tho failure Of tho leading
Government projects does not seem to havo
impaired the position OF either Chancellor Won
Hohenlohe or Herr von Koeller the Prussian
Minister OF the Interior Isoth the foreign and
the homo press ovcrhastiiy concluded that
changes In the Ministry would inevitably fol-
low the defeat of tho Anti-Revolution and
Tobacco Tax bills forgetting how these meas
ures. particularly the Anti-Revolution bill.
originated The press blamed the Chancellor
and Herr Won Koeller as the authors OF the
measure that Count Won Caprivi. who was
Chancellor when the bill was drafted, would
undoubtedly have been intrusted to carry
through the House II the Emperor had not
found the time oprortune to dismiss him.
The Emperor Is credited with regrettng that
he has to rely upon Herr Won koeller's manner
of handling debates both in committee and in
the plenary sittings Of the House.
Herr Won Koeller to-day inauRurated the In
dustral Exhibition ut Strassburg ir the pres
ence Of large concourse Of people from many
parts OF the Empire.
placldly watch the course OF affairs from the
Chancellere. The Emperor has been hunting
all the week. regardless Of tho Ministerial crisis.
The papers have insisted that until the EN-
peror returns to Berlin the question OF what the
Government will do after it's series of defeats
will not be decided.
The semi official Schlcsischc Zcit,,ng declares
that It 10 impossible to conduct the Government
with q Reichstag elected by universal suffrage.
- tfx, . Hl,o
electoral laws, a coup d'6tat will be necessary.
The empire. the paper adds. must be recon-
stituted OH new basis. excluding universal
suffrage. Gen. Count Waldersee is suR-
Rested as the guide for the State through the
revolution.
The Kleine Journal. commenting upon the
subject OF a coup d'etat. says that such stroke,
involving the dissolution of the empire. would
entail the gravest complications. notably a rev-
sion Of the treaty Of Frankfort, and perhaps the
loss of Alsace- e-Iorraine ana the Hanseatio
towns.
In order to show the way to new condition Of
things. Count Pfeil Hansdorf will prepare q mo-
tion for submission to the Landtag proposing
the abolition OF universal suffrage and the Sc
cret ballot. This proposed motion Is already re-
Ceiving the adhesion Of a large number OF men,
bers. The upper House OF the Landtag is GER
tain to adopt the notion. and oven the lower
HOUSE Is likely 10 dppTONc ~.
Under Prussia's electoral system the adoption
of such motion would mean no more than
sp to s
Conservatives in the LandtaR aim ut the imme-
dss Of pbo1na thar the
nents Of tho other German states will! follow
Pt%ssas example AZ ;.eIr Baden Bavaria +; and ,na
plans Of Prussia. Germany may become the bat
tlefod Of policies tending to weaken the empire.
urges the appointment OF a strong reformed
Ministry. with Gen. Bronsart Won Schelling-
Imperial Chancellor. ,.
The foundation stone Of the Emper9, william IN
the i Emperor M on on July T. The ceremonies will Be
Tx Ike Won Ketze affair has now entered its final
master Of ceremonies. was arrested on the
charge OF being the author OF the scandalous
letters that for long time kept the highest cir
cles Of German society in a ierment. HIS inno-
esncs was ultimately proved but t,,d duel L grew
lie has now recovered, nd Duke Ernest Gun.
conrratuiate Won Kotze on his restoration to
health. Hands were shaken BY the some time
opponents, and 1t was agreed to let bygones be
Nearly every resident Of the village of Haeer-
n the Of
VIII the
The re.dents ss of RIei lave already commenced
10 calculate their profits in connection with the
opening of the North Sea Canal, which will be
ono OF Tho greatest functions Of recent years
Every available room in the town and its neigh
borhood has already been engaged BY persons
desirous Of seeing the great display that will be
made on the occasion of the opening OF the new
waterway. Those who have rooms for hire ask
twenty marks per night for the most msagre
apaI tment. The railway authorities OF Ham.
burg and other centres will defray the cost of
the erection of q temporary imperial marquee at
Holtenau.
This will be planned to accommodate 1900
guests. 1t will be l20 metres long and twenty
four metres wide. 1t will be built in imitation
Of the German training frigate Niobe. the
masts and rigging OF that vessel being used in
the construction. With regard to the defects in
the canal. 1t can be said thnt they are chiefly
between Brunebuttel and Rendsburg. The
banks need constant watching. but thing Is
likely to occur that will impede navigation.
After the extreme heat severe cold has set in.
Snow has fallen in southern and western Ger
many, and there have been heavy snow storms
in Galicia and Posen.