The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-12
posed to believe, has not been read by those
who voted in the majority yesterday IN
Washington"
SPEECH by A SOCIALIST.
Herr Rebel Crfticises the German En-
peror and His Ministers.


the latter only did what was permitted 10
other parties. The speaker then proceeded
TO inveig9 against the Emperor. and was
twice interrupted by the President of the
Reichstag. Herr Bebel declared that the
socialists had never been hostile TO the
unification Of Germany. and that without
the previous national development the eN-
istence OF the Socialists would be impoSsi-
BILE. Was IL likely" he continued. there
fore, that they would desire Germanys de-
structiony The country may yet be gia9
the Socialists when Its enemies assail IL
right and left
The Berlin correspondent OF the London
Times says: Herr Bebel spoke in the
Reichstag for two hours to-day. He began
by remarlNng that when the tameness OF
with the Emperor's speech on the same
day at BreSlau, il was easy to understand
why Chancellor Won Hohenlohe had been
deputed to read the former by proxy. He
reminded the ho use that many well-k known
Socialists, including Herr MIGUEL. in the
Sn d r the of unity
at time when its chief opponents We're
Hohenzollerns and Prussian junkers. The
attitude of the Socialists toward the Sedan
celebrations was governed by the convic-
tion that never was more fatal mistake
Reichsiand which had made Russia the
chief arbiter of the destinies of Europe.
The Socialists had never claimed to be
angels. and they could not be expected TO
forget the manner in which they had been
treated during the reign of the first Will
liam: Even the CONSERVATIVES would have
We tamely suffered the insult of being de-
scribed a rabble unworthy of the name
to our quiet protest. Why, prosecutions
and imprisonments without end Tor iese-
The speaker then continued TO denounce
the constant appeals TO the army against
the Socialists as the best possible encour-
agement to Germany's enemies abroad.
vorI roma IN Ia -f mn
and last penny in defense OF unity" he
said, you will find us standing shoulder 70
| for love of ourselves. The real revolutipn.sts
are those who are always urgi1g the acop-
ton OF violent measures against tne 81
Pointing toward Baron Won Stumm. Herr
Bebel exclaimed: 1T Is such men that
banker after barricades, and not We"
| Finally, referring TO the taxation Of the
working classes, the speaker declared that
| the government policy was the most power
| full weapon OF the Socialist agitation and
| one which no amount Of persecution would
| blunt.
| Minister OF War, who mad been listening
| to this speech with great impatience.
| piled most angrily that ssie Socialists might
| be sure that the irmy would co its duty.
upon i it's heroic and % venerable leader IN 1870.
| Should the police fail and the army re re-
| quired to deal with socialism, that would
| be no child's play.
Ship Builders Strike Settled.
| GLASGOW, Dec. 1.-THE great ship
building strike has been settled. The mas
| ters have agreed to grant the Clyde men
| shilling week advance Immediately and
| another shilling advance in February. The
strike has also been settled in Belfast,
| where the men will get shilling advance
| in February. The settlement was undoubt-
edly brought about by the fact that both
| in danger of losing important contracts TO
| build foreign war ships, orders for which
have already been received.
The strike began at Belfast, on Oct. ii,
when three thousand engineers and their
assistants refused TO work any longer
without restoration OF the wage rate
previous to 1892. The employers urged that
\ the yards were full of work and they had
| accepted contracts at such unremunerative
| rates that they could not afford TO increase
wages until these contracts were COM
| pleted. An important feature of the strike
| was the fac. that two yards on the Clyde,
| the Thompsons and Farfields. which closed
| in sympathy with the Belfast companies.
| had government work which they were
| asked TO push forward to the utmost. The
| Clyde companies subsequently locked out
| their EMPLOYEES. When the strike was in full
| sway ii estimated that more than a
| hundred thousand persons We're affected,
the coal and iron industries being consider
ably hampered by the ship-building strike.
MOnopolies I'm France.
| PARIS, Dec. lin the Chamber of Dep
| uties, to-day, the war budget was dis
cussed and a resolution was adopted in
| viting the government to prosecute those
who have been engaged in cornering leath-
err The Minister of War, NJ. Cavaignac.
| admitted that there had been a rise in the
| price of leather, and intimated his inten-
| ton to inquire il the operations of the
| American trust was responsible for it. He
| added that If it was proved that leather
| power to deal with 1t. VI. Mariel-Habert
| called attention to the monopoly of wheat,
and urged that the law be applied to defeat
| government had resolved TO do so.
UprOar I'm Italian Deputies.
| ROME. Dec. ia dlsorderly scene oc-
| Cured I'm the Chamber Of Deputies to-day
over a discussion of the governments pro-
| posals for army enlistment. S,gnor Marezzi
wanted to read an old letter from Premier
| Crispi containing an alleged Inconsistency
| with his present attitude. The President of
the Chamber refused to allow the letter. TO
great nr IN fbs ana
| The sitting had to be suspended In order TO
!, restore order, but later it was resumed and
the session ended quietly.
Hall Caine Praises Americans.
LONDON, Dec. 12.-The Chronicle this
morning has a long interview with Hall
Caine, in which he said that he thought
that there was fair prospect of a COM
| promise copyright scheme being carried
into effect. Both the American publishers
and authors are satisfied as to the general
| principle. He much struck with the
| loyalty of Canadians toward England. Mr..
Caine also spoke with the greatest en-
| thusiasm and admiration of Americans
and of his visit to President Cleveland.
700 Italian Soldiers Killed.
ROME, Dec. u.-General Baratieri has
telegraphed an account OF the battle at
| Ambalagi, in which seven hundred Italians
were killed by the Abyssinian forces. Gen.
Baratieris account shows that only one en-
gagement was fought, the Italians making
a heroic defense against the enemy. Major
Toselli. In command or the Italians, died
only after arranging tor the retreat OF his
troops. Ras Michael was killed, Ras Alua
was seriously wounded and Ras Mangascia
was slightly wounded.
MaIays Killed by Dutch.
THE HAGUE, Dec. 1L-Advices received
here from the Island OF Madura. Malay
archipelago, one OF the Dutch possessions
announce that disturbance among the
natives there led to a conflict between
them and the Dutch troops, during which
twenty-nine natives were killed and many
were wounded.
Cable Notes.
The issuing OF passports to Russian pill
| grims to Palestine has been suspended ow-
ing TO the disturbances there.
1t Is announced that the Hamburg
| American Steamship Company has decided