Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-02-08
Williams Plans Find Increased
Approval.
HAS PROMISE OF LARGE SUMS
II the Rcichstag Refuses the Money an
Appeal TO the Nation VIII
Follow.

Berlin, FeD. IA nlSH OlllCldl u LIN
colonial office informed the correspond
ent of the Associated Press that En-
peror William is firmly determined &c
carry out the project Of doubling tht
size Of the German navy The otttcia
alluded to has had repeated conVersa-
tons with Emperor William on this
subject during the past three weeks
and he asserts that during the coming
summer the plan for the reorganization
OF the navy will be drawn up. The
present program for slowly enlargIng
the navy must remain in force for the
next six years, but in the meantime the
new plan will be adopted, the preiiln'
mary steps will be taken and the means
to execute it will be ascertained. His
majesty IS convinced that this is abso-
lutely necessary in order to secure the
German empire the power to protect her
position as a great power and especial
ly as rising colonial power. Hence all
the emperors energies will be bent to
that conclusion. Something, however,
must be done Immediately, and If the
present reichstag refuses to grant large
sums for the building and equipment
of fleet Of fast cruisers, the nation
will be appealed to and an attempt will
be made to raise money for this pur-
pose by popular subscription.
Already a score of German LObleS,
especially merchants, have declared
their readiness to subscribe 100000
marks to form the nucleus of fund
Among them are John Albrecht OF
Mecklenburg, the duke of Saxe-Meinin-
gen, Prince Frederick Leopold of Prus
STA, Barons Bleichroder, Stumm anC
Krupp, and a number of Hamburg and
Bremen exporters.
1t is further stated that Prince Bis
marck had expressed to the emperor
his belief in the necessity Of creating a
strong German navy. The fact that
Prince Hohenlohe the imperial chan
cellor, and some of the other members
of the cabinet do not aCquiesce in these
views, it is asserted, has caused his
majesty to seriously consider the adVis-
ability Of making changes in the minis
try. The emperor'S intention, however
is not to hasten this change, but to wait
a favorable opportunity. Prince HO-
henlohe's successor, it is thought II
court circles, will be Count Philip Vor
Gutenberg, the German ambassador al
Vienna, who, with his brother, is a
great favorite of his majesty.
1t is significant that the Hamburger
Nachricten Prince Bismarck's organ
in an article published on the emperor's
birthday denounced the cabinet anC
charged it with obstructing his majcs
tvs plans. Admiral Won Holman
naval secretary of state, who is known
to differ from the emperor on the plans
of the navy, has already handed in his
resignation.
The fact that Russia and France tool
pains to show their friendliness towarC
Germany upon the occasion of Emper
or Williams birthday is generally com
mented on. For the first time in q
years the French embassy on the Paris
ser Platz was splendidly illuminated
and the Russian ambassador, in pre-
senting Emperor William with the
czar's congratulations and handing his
majesty beautiful present, conveyed
the cars high qualification that the en-
tente cordiale between Russia and Ger
many had been renewed during the i'm
portant crisis of last year.
The reichstag on March 2 is to cele
brate the signing Of the preliminary
peace of 1871 by a grand demonstration
to which Prince Bismarck and othe
surviving statesmen and generals o
the wartime have been invited.
BACTERIA IN RYE.
In the reichstag yesterday attention
was called to the fact that bacteria ha
been discovered in imported rye. Her
Kohler, director of the imperial boar
OF health, explained that an examina
ton had been made Of German, Amer