The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-16
REICHSTAG TO HAVE A ROW.
BIsMARCK's DISCLOSURES TO DE
THE BONE OF CONTENTION.


ties Sure TO FOIIOw-The influence
of England to BE Brought Into
PrOminence--Edftor Comments
on the Military Scandals Out
Iawed.
Copyright, 1896. by the United Associated
Presses.
Berlin, Nov. 15.-Public interest has been
greatly excited over the promised inter-
pelation of the centrist leaders in the
Reichstag tomorrow demanding that the
government disclose the nature of the
Russo-German neutrality treaty, the eX-
istence of which from 1884 to 1890 was re-
vealed in Prince Bismarck's recent ar
ticles in his personal organ, the Ham
burgher Nachrichten. and an explana-
ton why the agreement was allowed to
lapse. Application for admission to the
galleries have been enormously in excess
of the capacity of the space devoted to
visitors, and full attendance of men,
bers of the Reichstag is also assured. 1t
was given out last evening, however, that
it is not the intention of the centrist lead
ers to press the debate upon the inter-
pellation concerning the revelations OF
Prince Bismarck to the extent of embar-
RAISING the government, but it is never
| theless certain that the debate will be a
very spirited one and likely to lead to
sharp exchanges of personalities. 1t is
also understood that Count Herbert Bis
marck, who. it has been suggested, was
| responsible to great degree for the pub
| lication of the revelations-though no.
body now believes that he was-will take
part in the discussion of the centrist mo-
| ton.
An article in the Hamburger Nachrich-
ten indicates that the line of the ex-chan-
cellor's defense of his course in making
the disclosures will be that it was in the
| interests of the country, who ought to
| learn the motives which actuated the late
| Chancellor Count Won Caprivi in severing
the bond between Russia and Germany
| which existed from 1884 to 1890. If the
| government is able to explain this action
| on the part of Prince Bismarck's sue
| cesSor to the chancellorship, the Mach
richten says, it will be a very easy mat
| ter to tranquiliZe Germany by showing
| in what way German relations with the
other foreign powers made a Russian al
| lance unacceptable.
ut will be equally important the pa
| per continues, ito ascertain whether the
policy of England exerted an influence
| such as did not conform to German in
| terests, and the question whether a pow
| erful neighbor like Russia was not in
| closer sympathy with Germany than with
| Germany's adversary in Europe, meaning
France, is one of the greatest impor-
tance."
This line of argument. however does
not meet the charge that the ex-chancellor
| committed a breach of the law in dis
closing state secrets and is rather of the
| character of an insufficient apology for his
course, an apology which only out of def
| erence to the great name of Prince Bis
marck can possibly be accepted.
| Prince Bismarck's persistent attacks
| upon his successors, and the crown as
well, are supposed to be based upon the
presumed leaning of the kaiser toward
| England, and have a distinct connection
with the eX-chancellor's old feud with the
| Empress Frederick, to whose influence he
has attributed the thwartng of his Russo
| German policy. Nobody suspects the
| prince of being actuated by other than
| patriotic motives, but his bias for his per-
| sonal opinions has always made him intol-
| Grant of opposition.
| A majority of the press of all shades,
while discussing the matter from their
respective political points of view, are
rather sympathetic with the old chancel-
| lor than otherwise.
The speech recently delivered in White
haven, Eng, by Lord Lonsdale, who is
| an intimate friend of the emperor, In
| defense of the kaiser's course in sending
a telegram some months ago to President
| Kruger of the Transvaal republic, con-
| graduating the latter upon his prompt
and effective suppression of the Jameson
| raid, has greatly added to the anti-Eng-
| lish feeling prevailing in Germany and
fcrn ia "a I'll -, fon
| lily influence is still very much too strong
| i'm the German court. Lord Lonsdales
| explanations Of the emperors course GER
| tainly do not make amends for his un-
| qualified assertion that the kaiser was
| never hostile to England's policy in the
| Transvaal. Commenting upon Lord Lons-
dale's speech, the Vossche Zeltung says:
whatever may have been the kaiser's
| sentiments, the whole of Germany was
glad to see the English get a lesson from
the Beers"
The popular German antipathy to Eng
| land, however, does not imply a general
acceptance of Prince Bismarck's pro-Rus-
| sian policy. The Reichsbote shrewdly
| points out the danger of acceding to Rus
| sia's alleged endeaVors to reconcile Ger
many and France, and adds that Germany
| must rlrst know the price at which France
| Will abandon her ideas OF revenge
If France now wants to oust England
from Egypt and make France the master
there" the paper says, 'it will make Eng
land Germany's enemy, while French
pride will be increased and lead to greater
Indictment TO wipe out the defeat at Sc
| dan"
The semi-ofiicial Hamburger Correspond
enz speaks in the same strain, arguing that
Germany cannot assist IN an attempt to
| drive England out of Egypt under any
circumstances.
A project is now before the Bundles
rath connected with the reform of the
military judicial procedure which in
cludes the creation OF a supreme military
tribunal, but the federal governments dis
agree as TO the advlsabllty of the meas
ure, so the bill will be postponed until la
| ter in the session. The sentence OF Lieut..
| Baron Won Bursewitz, the murderer OF
| Herr Siebemann in a cafe in Carlsruhe,
| has been confirmed and the disgraced lieu
| tenant Is now a prisoner in the castle OF
Ehrenbreitstein. Since the cropping out
Of great number OF military scandals Of
late the authorities have endeavored 70
suppress all mention of them by the press
| and the consequence Is that they are not
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