Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-15
KAISER'S ARMY BILLS
Emperor William Will Keep His Reichstag
Busy Over Military Reforms,
CENTRlSTS PROMISE A LIVELY SESSION
Questions About Bismarck and Turkey and
Other Live Topics,
CONSERVATIVES ADVOCATE A ZAMPFZ0l [
New Weapons Arc Ordered for the Navy,
Artillery and Cavalry.
oNSERvATWES ADVOCATE A zAMPFzOL [
MARKED ADVANCE IN THE FIGHTING POWER
Eli Proposed Which Provides for
Enormous Increase in the Pay
of Line officers from First
Lieutenant Up.

Copyright. 1896, by the Associated Press)
| BERLIN. Nov. 14.-The Reichstag met on
| Tuesday after recess of nearly four
months. The reassembling OF the house
was a very quiet affair, the attendance was
thin, there was no enthusiasm and even
the customary call for cheers for the EN-
peror was omitted by the president. The
! immediate work before the Reichstag is OF
a humdrum character except the bill pro-
viding for reform in military procedure,
which will cause sharp debates, as the rad
| icals and socialists have collected mass
Of evidence showing that the projected re-
form is only a half-hearted measure and
ought to be more thorough and liberal
! The bills to increase the navy and for re-
arming the artillery may also lead to lively
! scenes and there are unmistakable indica-
! tons that the centrists who furnished the
government It's necessary majority last win
| ter and spring will not be so doclc this ses-
sion. They claim the government has not
| kept its promises made to them a year ago
and the tono of the centrist press is
again almost hostile to the government
| so much so that the editor Of the
| Centrist Tageblatt of Treves has been
arrested for lcse-majeste and the paper has
| been seized On the other hand, a union
! of all the radical and liberal factions, in
| Guiding the socialist wing for parliamentary
| purposes is being attempted. Prof. Huiddc
of Munich is now making n tour Of Germany
with this object and meetings with Herren
Richter, hamburger, Sonnemann, Songer
| and Rlckert have occurred.
| The interpretations of the government on
Monday next are expected to create much
excitement in the Reichstag. The centr!sts'
attack upon Prince Bismarck, headed by
| Herr Lieber. will be fierce, and the radical
Interpolation on dueling and the Bruce
witt affair Will also stir up considerable
feeling, and militarism in high circles and
undue military prerogatives will be fully
ventilated. Herren Richter, Bebel and Son
ger intend to speak and Prince Hohenlohe
| the imperial chancellor. is expected back
| from his estate at Posen in order to reply.
| WILL BE ASKED ABOUT TURKEY.
| The government will also shortly be asked
| to give a distinct statement of Germany's
position in regard to the Turkish question
! and as to whether she is In accord with
| the other powers.
The semi-oficial and conservative press
runs in advocacy of a so-called Zampfzoll
|
| ernment to apply the tariff whenever other
nations adopt a distinctly unfavorable
tariff toward Germany This matter will
also come up in the Reichstag this session
German bimetallists, under Count Won
Kardoff held a meeting on Friday and
decided not to drop the fight in conse-
| quence OF the defeat OF the silver party in
| the United States.
Emperor Williams order to arm all the
modern vessels OF the German navy with
| fifteen, twenty-one and twenty-four-centi-
meter Krupp quick-hring guns has given
| immense satisfaction to naval men. These
! guns said by experts to place the Ger
man ships ahead in fighting power OF those
of any foreign navy. In fact, they
are declared to be six times more
powerful than other vessels of the
samo size. Orders amounting to
many millions of marks have been
| placed with Herr Krupp, who hopes soon
to be able to apply his latest inventions
| to the twenty eight-centimeter guns. For the
! artillery a similar new equiGment will
be made and the cavalry will get
new Mauser self-loading revolver, which
is said to be an ideal weapon at close quar-
| tors, while it also carries up to a thousand
meters. The breach can be heightened
mechanically and adjusted to the shoulder
for aiming The emperor hopes to effect
these gigantic changes without serious OPP
position in the Reichstag.
INCREASED PAY IN THE ARMY.
Another bill which will be presented pro-
vdes for an increase in the pay OF army
officers, from first lieutenant upwards, by
5O IN 1OO ner cent CoIonels II this meas-
ure becomes law, will receive 5000 marks
majors viii get 5000 marks captains will
draw 5000 and lieutenants will be paid
l 500 marks per year.
royal decree Just issued makes the
provincial colors of Posen identical with
those OF Poland, white black and white, in
stead OF white, red and white. This is in
tended to check Polish imitation.
Arthur Van Wyck OF Milwaukee, the bari
tone, gave a concert here on Tuesday last
to a large and fashionable attendance.
The members of the American colony OF
this city are arranging for Thanksgiving
celebration on November 20. There will
be dinner at the Kaiserhof and speeches
followed by a ball The United States
ambassador Mr.. Edwin +. Uhl, will pre-
side and will hold reception in his own
house prior to the celebration proper. The
committee consists of Messrs. Uhl, Krss-
man, McGee, Meier. Griscom, Zimmerman,