New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-06
STORMY TIMES AHEAD'
THE STRUGGLE OVER THE ANTl-soClALioi
Pill. VIEWED WITH APPREHENSION

r,.rsn.v-ruE GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT
COLLAPSE OF THE RADICAL AGITATION
Won LEvETzow SUSTAINED BY
THE KAIsER-ILL-FEELING BE-
TWEEN BERLIN AND THE
FEDERAL CAPITALS
per,ip Ian. The Rechstag will resume work
NJ, Tuesday. The opening business will be the
first reading Of the Ant-Socialisi bill, which went
over the holidays for lack of a quorum OF the
House The beginning of the struggle is viewed
with general apprehension. The Emperor caiieu'
unannounced Chancellor Won Honehiohe !"
the Wilhem-strasse yesterday and remained iot
breakfast. Later the Ministers were summoned
IN the Chancellery. There was fuil discusSioH
Of the Anti-Socialist bill. and the parliamentary
tactics to be used in pushing it to final vote IL
+. understood that the Ministers decided not to
amend the bill before the committee stage
The Government now acts as if confident that
the measure will be carried without important
changes This confidence Is due partly TO the
friendly attitude Of the Cercals and the uhahhi-
itv Of the Federal Council in support OF the Oil"
and nartlv to the failure OF Radicals and Soc.ai
Democrats to arouse any popular protest against d
reactonary policy. The grand agitation VINO" a
tho Democratic groups were expected to let loose
lie
o,s were ready enough but the people were apa-
thetic The plans for the big opposition ma
meetings in Berlin were never realized. ms
week the Richter Radicals Of Cologne gathered"
hear Deputy Lenzmann condemn he Govern
nan, bu. he did rot 10 Il with the habltual Neor
~ his Marty He said that his colleagues "ouiu
n, reject the bill absolutely, although Determined
., defeat the proposals to restrict the freedom ~
tho nress This statement was received VII"
so,,e favor by his hearers. The only large Hoc'd'
democratic meeting was held in Hamburg. Dep
nv Frohmc denounced the Government rouh''S
i'm the usual terms. and at his SUGGESTION d f''
test against the Anti-Socialist bill vas signed ana
sent at once to Berlin
Among tho Deputies and Parliamentary oW
Gals interest centres In the unexpected a,'acN
uron Herr Won Levct2ow. President OF t"e
Rcichs,ag Although Lcvetzow has been s"od
executive he has earned the dislike OF the Dep
uties Of the Left 10y struttng in his militia UNI
form on all public occasions ana by po"ihs
rather humbly TO the young Emperor ever!
beck and nod. He also hurt himself with 'he
National Liberals by refusing to do anything
with tho bismarck Monument Fund II which
nc is the chief trustee. 80 long as the emperor
and Bismarck were out Tn" hahoaiS anu 81
cial Democrats who Will lead the coming altaSn
will has. Their case on the ground tnat me
President compromised his position d! uEuS
To force the debate on the Anu-'Vcid f,, 81
and hv voting TO prosecute Deputy llebk"'Vi,'
ag,insf the wishes Of the majority. IN" Muh''n
"Nlgcrncinc Zcitung' d}.smerckian mas caus''
u sensation this week 10y DEMANDING ,,.',y - s.'i q,
IcVefznw resign. \ bad feature OF tniS "uSS .,
that the Emperor's Ministers are determlheh
10 defend LeVctLow 70 the last dltch' ne w.
ii.ni himself Is willing enough 10 er' " ~ q"
b. docs not car" 90 Increase the irrl'hn'',' "a
o.. H.irh.tag and complicate the tangie III
which the proceedings opened. but ne mas pf'I
made p0werleEs TO act sine" the 'ap'n', an"
TN, eNtrou" Tory Deputies nave come Pus""-
clously 20 his support
Tho iourncymcn brewers who object to Paul
Singers method " ending III" beer boycott held
a meeting On Wednesday, and denounced singer
and the Boycott Committee with Sociahst TT
vur Comradc Schneider said In his speech thA'
the men for whose so-called benent IN. com
promise was made had never been cohsuIleu a
a. the settlement Tn" boycott was declaicu
on h. asserted In defiance of the mems inter
.si Those who had called the compromise
Social Democratic triumph were ryinS To hooa
wink the workingmen. \ trades-unlon deieea''
named Mlllarg replied that the )ourhesi men
brewers evidently wished TO live from the d
contributed 10y other workingmen rather than
work I'm peace. He thought they were s.ihp'y
sorry because they must now work for iiNIhs
instead OF lounging and consuming the bread
bought With the hard-rarned pennies oi nous
,rious men M,llarg did not hnsh ms speech
A roar of protests followed speedily by
tight and the chairman hastily dissolved the
meeting Just as the police appeared Inc so
cial Democratic leaders Unanimously approve
of Singers arrangement
There is no sign u better feeling between
Berlin ana the provincial capita.s The trlenuly
kilograms exchanged Ostentauously by the EN-
pcror and the King ~ Wurtemberg are re-
garded az written for apl earances only Inc rear
condition ~ feeling among the Federal PRINCES
was shown clearly 10y he sudden departure 81
Prince George Of Saxony. the Kings brother. ana
commander II the Second Army Corps. immedi-
atelv after the New Years reception. He came
To- Berlin for this ceremony. but LETT the Old
Castle AZ soon the formal congratulations
were over and did not attend the rollca.l at the
arsenal or the banquet. Prince Arnuf or ia
varia although remaining longer In town. also
| held. aloof from most VI the functions which ne
was expected 10 attend. These and other incl
dents 81 the week have compelled the "Lol-
| uischc Zctung" which formerly denied the
growth Of ili-fecng in the Federation. To ac-
! knowledge yesterday that in the high political
! circ.es of South Germany the ahu-Prusslan senu-
mrnt had increased I'm recent years
The proposed reforms f the Military Code nave
| been dropped Prussia refuses IL make conces-
! sions L. the liberal spirit ~ Bavarias ana
! Wuri4mbcrg's military laws. TIE latter refuses
| To repeal the law granting Army trials by Jury
and other advantage to the accused men wnich
! conflict with the secret methods prevailing IN
| Prussia.
The Bavarian Peasants League has taken an
| importan, step in adopting programme which
| reveals clearly the ends % the whole domestic
and foreign policy favored lay the extreme
| Agrarians. This programme calls for the inter
national regulation II ne silver question. thc
/ naturalization of banking, state monopoly or
| tho grain trade lighter taxes for small traders
| and peasants and heavier taxes for capitalists
| and big landowners and abolition ~ ground
| rents The League has declared. however. that
| I'm political matters II cannot march Win the
| prisslan conservatives and farmers unions.
! Ambassador Runyon diled on Thursday with
| Jorr Won Wedel chief of the ROYAL Household.