The Anaconda standard., 1895-05-26
NEWS FROM BERLIN
THE BIMETALLIC AGITATION


Copyrighted, 1895. By Associated Press.
RerIin. May zs.-The work OF the
reichstae session. which has just
closed. was mainly Of . negative char
acter. In an unexpected parting att
tack on the government yesterday. Just
previous to ad5ourument, Count Won
Kanitz reproached the ministers with
this fact. He declared that the mem-
bers of the retchstag might as well
leave Berlin empty handed as return
to their Constituencies with "misera-
BILE pieces OF legislation touching upon
sugar ana spirits" Such results. he
added. could only increase discomfort
in the country. The government, he
insisted. had done nothing to relieve
Agricultural distress. and he demand
ed that the government draft new
bill by autumn or accept his motion
to raise the price of cereals.
one of the chief features OF the ses-
sion. which has not been without start
ling incidents. has been the rapid
growth of the bimetallic agitation The
bimetaIlic party has been even more
successful in the Prussian Diet than
in the reichstag, inasmuch as the res
olution of the diet. instead OF merely
asking the government to call con-
ference. instrucfs the chancellor.
liking. to persuade the bundezrath to
so frame Invitations to the monetary
conference as to make It plain from the
start that Germany wishes to bring
about the general adoption OF a double
standard. DIR. MIGUEL. the Prussian
minister OF finance. has In his speeches
on the subject in the diet, while doing
his utmost towards effecting concili-
alton of the conservatives. been care
full to bind the government as little as
possible to any definite policy. Practi-
cally, however. there Is no doubt that
the bundezrath will empower the gov
ernment to invite the powers to send
representatives to a monetary confer
ence.
Finding no support for the bill advo-
Gated by Count Won Kanitz looking
to n state monopoly of the sale Of
grain. they regard a money standard
as one of the big remedies which they
claim the government owes them. and
they will be satisfied with nothing less
Ii is Interesting to note that Prince
Bismarck, in his recent table talk with
the Saxon deputation, declared himself
to be a bimetallist, saying to Mayor
Beck of Frefberg that he was obliged
when in office to yield his own convic-
tions to the opinions OF currency ex-
perts.
Rumor stilI busies itself with the
probability OF a ministerial crisis and
that Count Won Gutenberg. Count Won
waldersee and Count Won Badowisld.
the German ambassador at Madrid. are
canvassed as possible successors to
Prince Hohenlohe.
Emperor william. after fndulging In
deer stalking to his hearts content. Is
back in Berlin looking remarkably well.
While a guest at Wirschkowitz. the
emperor was present at an exhibition
given by Herr Fielder. an inventor OF
Berlin. on a new fluid The inventor
poured some OF the liquid on the waters
Of the lake and directly in coming in
contact with them IL burned upwards.
giving a high flame on the surface A
strange feature OF the exhibition was
I'm the fact that the flames could be
pushed aside by will by boatmen on
the lake. The emperor was highly
interested In the spectacle. and ex-
pressed the opinion that the invention
can be made use Of IN case OF war.
Emperor William has painted fine
picture representing Pagel OF Nibelung-
lay fame, and has presented II to the
new German iron clad. Nagen. where
it adorns the mess room
The measures to be taken in order to
counteract the effects of the American
petroleum Combine are still under con-
sideration by the government For one
thing IL Is proposed 10 differ between
raw and refined petroleum in the levy
| ing OF duty, 30 as to permit the estab-
lishment OF oil refneries in Germany.