The San Francisco call., 1896-02-10
Members of the Reichstag Also
Make Peace 0Vertures in
Speeches.
WILL ENLARGE THE NAVY.
New Cruisers to Be Added for the
Better Protection of German
Commerce.

go, has suddenly ceased its blasts against
Great Britain, but it cannot be ascertained
that there has been any change in the
course of policy of Germany, except that
from some cause, which is generally sup
posed to be representations on the part of
the other parties to the Triple Alliance
Austria and Italy-the Emperor has put
a check upon German diplomatic activity
in quarters where there have been jeal-
ousies upon the part of England, based
upon the supposition that Germany's atti-
tude was ho stiie.
The debate in the Reichstag on Friday
upon the naval estimates gave Freiherr
Marschall Won Rieberstein, Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, and the members of the
Reichstag who are in touch with the Gov
ernment an opportunity to make declara-
tions which were decidedly friendly to
England, and the occasion was made the
most of.
Apart from the reassuring speech deliv-
cred by Freiherr Marshall Won Bieberstein,
the most notable OF the statements made
In the Chamber was the declaration of
Prince Won Arenberg, Centrist, the Presi-
dent of the Colonial Society of Germany,
that at no time has there been any reason
for the anti-German excitement which has
prevailed in England. This utterance was
received with applause, in which members
of all parties Joined with earnestness.
These reassuring utterances and their
general acceptance have made it almost
certain that at the next session of the
Reichstag, when the Governments naval
scheme is introduced, instead of its being
opposed as a warlike measure suddenly
launched with view to taking advantage
of public excitement 1T will receive the
support of the majority of the Chamber, if
it is framed upon the moderate lines indi-
Gated in the statements made on Friday
by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The debate has made an astonishing
change in the opinions expressed by lead
ing newspapers. even the opposition
papers admitting that an increase in the
number of cruisers for the defense of the
German trade and commercial marine is
necessary.
The vote in the Bundesrath on the Gov
ernment's sugar bill has caused a great
deal of serious comment IN political
circles. For the first time since the crea-
tion OF the empire the vote of the Bavarian
members of the Bundesrath was thrown
against Prussia, the vote being 36 for and
81 against the measure, Wurtemberg and
Baden, besides Bavaria, being included in
the negative column. Apart from those
who are identified with the sugar interests,
the general public is opposed to the meas
ure, and when the bill comes before the
Reichstag all the members of that body
from the south and northwest of Germany
will be solidly against it, while the eastern
and northern sections are generally in
favor of the measure. According to the
Freisinnige Zeitung, the originators of
the bill are Baron Won Wedel- -Piesdorf,
Count von AlvensIeben and the OF her own
ers of large sugar works throughout Ger
many.
DR.. Stoecker, formerly court chaplain,
who was expelled from the Conservative
party, has announced his intention to
found distinct group, to which several
members of the Reichstag who approve
the Christian socialist program me will ad-
here
The journalists who attended the recep-
ton given by Prince Won Hohenlohe at the
Chancellerie last Wednesday agree that
the affair was distinguished for more eat
ing and drinking and less political talk
than upon the occasion of last years re-
ception. More than 500 guests were pres
ent, but there were among them fewer
members of the press than have been pres
ent on similar occasions previously. This
IS accounted for in measure by the fact,
which has become known, that after Prince
Hohenlohe had given his approval to the
list of guests Freiherr Marschall Won Bic
berstein contrived to obtain personal re-
vision of it and strike therefrom the names
of men whom he suspected of Bismarck
ism, at the same time retaining the names
Of those OF his own supporters which ap-
peared in the list.
The consequence was that the assem-
blage was far from being so representative
gathering as heretofore. Among the
notable persons present were Duke Ernst
Gunther, Baron Hausemann, Dr.von Boet-
ticher, yice-president of the Council of
Ministers; DIR. MIGUEL, Prussian Minister
OF Finance, Herren Richert and Mendels-
sohn and Baron Won Stumm.
The Chancellor, with his usual urbanity.
walked about the salon, chatting with the
greatest freedom with his guests. The an
nouncement of supper at 10 o'clock caused
a general rush for the buffet, which had
been erected in the center of the congress
hall, where the guests did full Justice to
an elaborately prepared and admirably
served repast. The function concluded at
IL o'clock. The absence of DIR. Won Bosse.
Minister OF Ecclesiastical Affairs, was
taken as confirmation of the rumors OF his
early resignation from the Prussian Min
istry.
Baron Hubert Won Schorlemer- Alst has
been arrested upon the charge of forging
bills of exchange amounting in the aegre-
gate to $4,000 marks. Baron Hubert, who
has long been q thorn in the side of his
ilIustrious family, is by no means a
stranger in New York and Chicago, though
his soiourns in those cities are not likely
to be recalled by the elite of either place.
He was formerly an officer in the Prussian
army, but got into debt and was obliged
to take hasty departure from Germany
In consequence of his connection with a