The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-10
Estimates in the Budget Will In
clude an Allowance for
New WarShipS.
Won HAMMERsTEIN IS FOUND.
No Effort Will Be Made to Extradite
the Levanting Editor From
New Zealand.

BERLIN, GERMANY, Nov. 9.-The an
nouncement of the plans contemplating
allowing the Reichstag from the third day
of December until Christmas-only week
of legislative activity-has created feel
ing of mild surprise. In the circum-
stances a great many members will not
care to incur the expense of fatigues incl
dent to making the journey from their
homes TO Berlin for sake of being present
in the chamber for so short time, espe-
cially as nothing is known as to the inten-
tons of the Ministers to introduce con-
tenuous measures. 1t is probable, there
fore, that the first part OF the session will
be marked by great difficulty in maintain
ing quorum. All important bills intro
duced in the interval between December
and the Christmas recess will be referred
TO committees pending the resumption
of the sittings of the chamber in January.
The official press excuse the delay in
converting the Reichstag by the fact that
the Bundesrath has not yet decided upon
any legislative programme for the session,
but a better reason for the delay is Prince
Hohenlohe's well-known distaste for all
business associated with the sittings of the
Reichstag, he having a positive dislike for
even an occasional enforced attendance as
well as the debates, the incessant party in
triguing, the official winning and dining,
and IN fact almost everything connected,
even remotely, with Parliamentary pro-
ceedings.
Concerning the plans of the Cove m
ment, the budget, the revision of the
workingmen's insurance laws, a bourse re-
form bill and revision of the commercial
laws constitute the part of the programme
of the Ministers that is known to the pub
Iic
Among the estimates the navy budget
alone demands the slight increase of 534,-
231 marks. The ordinary expenditure
allows for the construction of one first
class ironclad, three cruisers, one torpedo
gunboat and eight torpedo-boats, for all of
which estimates are asked. The utmost
economy has been observed, and it is GER
tain that the budget will not excite any
body.
There Is one element of disturbance be-
fore the Ministers, however, and that is
the resurgence of the agrarian and BIZ
metallic situation. The Bimetallic League
htld a meeting yesterday, and decided to
demand that Prince Hohenlohe fulfill his
pledge to arrange for the holding of an in
ternational monetary conference, and, as
the first step toward its fulfllment, to
negotiate the basis of the conference with
the Governments of the United States and
France. This having been done, the
Kreuz Zeitung announces it is the inten-
ton of agrarians to raise the question of
the formation of state granaries, in which
stocks of cereals may be stored so as to
prevent fluctuations in the grain markets..
The demands of the agrarians are des-
tined to play a leading part in the session
and can be summsd up as comprising state
monopoly OF grain, the transit of grain to
warehouse duty free, an increase in the
sugar export bounties and a further in
crease Of import duties upon most articles
of food.
The election by the socialists of bort
mund of Herr Leutgenau, editor of the
Dortmund Arbeiter Zeitung, gives the So
cialists forty-seven seats in the Reichstag.
This was the first election held since the
Kaiser appealed to the people to COOP
crate with the Government against social
ism, and it is no wonder that the Vor-
waerts, the leading socialist organ, exuIts
over the result and answers that ''this is
the peoples answer" The count of the
ceived "a, ass votes against q, 4OS cast for
the National Liberal candidate who op-
posed him.
The Centrists held the balance of the
vote, but under the instructions of their
party leaders they abstained from voting,
and the Socialist candidate consequently
owes his election to the Center. The fact
that Herr Leutgenau was sent to Jail for
five months the day after his election
really adds to the Importance of the VIC
tory from Socialist point of view.
The North German Gazette, comment
ing upon the election of Herr Leutgenau,
takes the Centrists to task for their passive
attitude and says that the endeavor to
overcome Socialism is hopeless if feuds
between the political parties of the order
prevent-their cooperation against the COM
mon enemy. The Centrist organs retort
that the National Liberals have often sup
ported Socialists against Centrist candi-
dates and declare that cooperation cannot
be one-sided
The Socialists CT Pforzheim, in the
Duchy of Baden, have refused to recog.
nize the decision OF the Social Democratic
Congress recently held in Breslau in ex-
polling their delegate, DIR. Reudt, and
have therefore resolved to secede from the
party organization. This action has met
with popular approval among Socialists in
the vicinity, and Socialist circles in Baden
generally are likely to follow the example
of their Pforzheim brethren.
The expectation which has been prev
alent in official circles that peace would be
maintained in the East is vastly increased
by advices received from Constantinople
to-day that the six great powers are acting
in concert TO perfect plans of cooperation
in the event of the Sultan's becoming con-
tumacious, and it is understood that the
arrangements are so fixed that there can
be no discord. In the meantime an in
sight has been had into the matter of
Iewtik Pasha, late Turkish ambassador
mere, as Minister of Foreign Affairs at
oonstantinople, and that, too, is held to
De good sign here.
Durlng the period of his service as En-
Dassaoor Tewtik earned the high esteem of
fflnce Hohenlohe and tine other high Off
ciais with whom he was brought into con-