New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-31

THE WHOLE EMPIRE BOILING WITH
AGRARIAN AGITATION.

/
or DISSOLUTION AND REORGANIZATION OF
THE M1NrsTRY-corNT MlRBACH voIClNG
BIsMARCK's oPINIoNs-PRoGREss or THE
ANTI-socIALIsT Bu.I>-CURIoCs PRES
ENTs FOR THE OLD CHANCELLOR
Berlin. March SO-The Rcithstag has been
watching for two days the struggle between
the Ministers and the high-tariff Conservatives
OF the Farmers League. The debates nave
been animated. and o.tcn bitter for the Agra
Ran leaders have gone at the Government with
all the energy they displayed in their attacks
upon Count Won Capriyi.
The peg on which the debate was hung was
Count Kanitz's famous proposal that the Gov
eminent raise agricultural prices by rnonopoilZ-
ing the grain trade. The mere announcement
of the subject drew an unusual number OF
Deputies and a crowd OF visitors who filed the
galleries to the last seat. Most OF the visitois
were Agrarian sympathizers. who ignored the
rules Of the House and murmured audipiy theif
approval Of the leading Conservative SPEAK
ers The ought to have been rebuKen ~ '"'
President but in the excitement OF the depa'e
their offence was overlooked.
Tho stroin brought upon the pollticai "oriu
by tho demonstration against BismarcA mas
boon Increased steadily this week by rePo''' "
n dissolution and reorganization OF the C"'
In the interest OF the B.smarckahs' AZ '
o,,o ti,ne minors that a restriction or the
suffrage was contemplated by the emperor anu
his Ministers have been revived by "oc'a'-
Do-,ocrats and Richter Radicals. who evident
" believe them and are correspohd'hsS 'uou
,crt The Agrarians are using every instru-
ment of agitation to keep up the popular icr-
rent. Meetings Of peasant farmers are held IN
rio to
demand for n new Rcichstag ana a higher tariff
ON grain Agrarlan literature clogs the mails.
There Is hardly a hamlet or crossroads whore
the pcopIr are not being stirred with Agrarian
leaflets and by ASraran speakers. The Prus-
sian landtag and other Provincial Diets have
been impressed into the Agrarian service
They have rung all the week with the land
owners foundations of the commercial treat
les and the Governments indifference to Agra
rian claims.
The Conservatives and their allies in the high
tariff movement are determined to win at any
cost Defeated In the Council Of state, they came
n, once before the Prussian Iandtag with argu-
rncnts In It's favor In the debate n this Tory
stronghold Count Mrbach disclosed the dearest
wish Of his party by urging the necessity OF
coup dctat. He argued that universal suffrage
had put the Government at the mercy Of the
ignorant and incendiary elements OF the Empire
The only way out - deprive these elements
Of their misused power. The Federal Council
would have the approval Of all thinking Germans
II they should dissolve the Releasing suspend
IA. Constitu,i3n and rolI the elections On ,hc
basis Of a limited right Of franchise. Count Mir
bac admitted that # would be iinicut to devise
a new electoral system on-hand. but he Insisted
upon the necessity OF it II Germany were to be
md fDu Mlrba
- one II the fcw politicians who haG the courage
10 maintain openly his friendly relations with
Gi,marck when the I'D CAanC II n was under
III. imperial Gisplca sure II" san follows closely
every turn in the poll, Il FrIedrichsruh and in
this case he undoubtedly expresses B.smarcks
views for I'm recent years Bismarck has hardly
, concealed iis opinion that he made mistake In
granting manhood suffrage. Few newspapers
venture now t. advocate either dissolution or
a r"rirction = the sunrrge. The Ere" Conser-
yaiive Post" has come out holly with the dec
laratlon nat Mrbach has suggested the one pos
slh'e way ott u the present cr.s!s There can
b. no real security II the nation and society" II
says. until universal suffrage and the secrecy
OF The ballot shall be- ab,lished' Even the
feudaI "Kreuzze!iung" hesltates to speak az
frankly although us editor FreheIr Won Ham
fncr-to.n IL not less cNtI"m" than NirOdch IN ma
Asrarian taiiy. Eugene Richter "FreIsnniEe
Xeitung' says IN reply 10 these il'N'S 81 NH
bach policy tha' revolution nom above "Ju!u
tc followed by one from below.
Meantime during the debates on Count Ka-
nitIs proposal the Ministers have eVinced no
disposition - satisfy the Agrarian demands.
Frc!hcrr Won Iammcrstein-LpNtrn. the Minister
I Of Agriculture. promised reforms or the taxes on
sugar and spirits. but th"s" are small remedies
FOR the agricultural depression. and the Agra
rlans scorn them openly. Freihcrr MarscniIl
Won E.eberstcin Secretary u the Foreign Once,
answered c0diy yesterday the heated arguments
/ from the Conservative members The Govern
ment has lust fixed for ten years" he said. the
duties grain. 1t has done this under treaty
| and has obtained concessions In return WIN
what excuses and requests can We now 80 TO the
Powers
TIE committee on the Anti callst bill yester
day passed the last six paragraphs, including the
/ CIerlca. amendments. and to-day adopted the
whole measure by vote ~ seventeen to eight.
The "Frclsnnigc Zcitung' says that the bill VIII
| c1rne back To the House In Il more drastic form
than the original II is said in the Parl!a-
meutary Hobbies to-day that the Clericals VIII
vot. In solid phalaux for the bill to please the
! Emperor.
! It has been arranged after much negotiation
/ that the Emperor vii, receive the new President
| and Vic Presidents Of the Keichstag shortly be-
/ fore the Bismarck banquet on April1. The idea
! Of inviting them 10 the banquet originated with
/ the Emperor. who thought II great joke To
! obl!ge them to join In congratulating Bismarck
after refusing IN the Reichstag L. do So
/ Among the curious presents received by BIS
marck are buffalo bull and COW from the man
aver Il the Cincinnati Geological Garden. Both
arc pasiurcd I'm the Fricdrichsruh park. They
lion \ handsome eating dish for Tyras the
Princes dog. Is the present sent by ten English
women.
Ambassador Runycn has engaged suite Of
rooms at the Hotel Victoria. kiel. for the fetes
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