The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23

Reichstag, through cohesion of it's men-
bers and the masterful tact of it's leaders,
dominates the Cham her, and can always
without directly attacking the govern
ment greatly embarraas the ministry.
The Conservatives and National Liberals
although willing supporters Of the gov
ernment are greatly at disadvantage
in lacking the unification and leadership
of the Centrists.
The Cologne Gazette, in an article
pointing out the danger of allowing the
Reichsta9 to submit to the nlnsterly
| tactics of the Centrist leaders, apne Ills to
the Conservative and National Liberals
to sink their differences upon Aerarian
and other questions and rally to the sup
port of the government, which has al
| ready been assailed within the first fort
night of the present session, through the
machinations of the Centrists upon the
questions of the Bismarck revelations
and practice of duelling in the army.
In connection with the latter question
to submit report upon the regulations
of the ministry, courts of honor, the
committee having held three meetings
since the delivery of Prince Hohenlohe's
speech in reply to Radical Interpolation
tuesday. The Emperor has asked the
committee to expedite it's report and sent
that body draft of suggestions, which
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of the conscience principle laid down by
the Prince Regent of Bavaria, who de-
cidsd that hereafter officers refusing to
fluht duels, upon the ground that they
are opposed to the principle Of duelliDg,
must not be compelled to resign from the
army as has hitherto been the rule.
The leaders of the Radical faction In
clusion that the instructions OF the
Prince Regent will not become strictly
operative in any corps of the army of
Germany. holding that any officer deolin-
ing to fight a duel though he may not be
formally expelled. will become a social
outcast
Herr Rickert, Radical Unionist leader
has announced that upon the occasion
of the debate on military estimates, he
will again bring up the question of duel
ing by moving that any military officer
or official, who shall engage in duel
shall be deprived of his rank and expelled
from the service and the officers Of the
courts of honor shall be abolished.
DR.. Koch, governor of the Reiohsbank,
has submitted to an interview upon the
question as to how the trade of Germany
is to be affected by the election of Mo
Kinlcy as President of the United States
in answer to the specific query. DR..
Koch, saidi "We must wait and see. At
all events Mckinley is lesser evil than
Bryan. I am hopeful that Mckinley has
abandoned his policy of extreme protec-
tion. We are not secure from surprises
and we ought to lie prepared for than. 1t
is to our interest that German trade
should stand well in A America and we are
ready to give or take.
A section of the G entrist party in the
Reichstag, chiefly composed of mberF
from the South German states, decided
to oppose the increase of forty million
marks in naval estimates, which will be
proposed in the Budget and are arrang-
ing coalition with fraction of the
National Liberals and Radicals and
Socialists for the purpose of defeating the
proposal. This movement renders the
passage Of the naval increase clause of
the Budget highly improbable. Minis
terial reports in circulation in the lobby
of the Reichstag agree that the Kaiser is
determined to dissolve tie Chamber, if
the increase is not granted and this being
the case, hot fight over naval estimates
seems inevitable.