New-York tribune., 1896-11-18
,pONY FOR THE KAISER.
-xc,TING DEBATE IN THE REICIlsTAG
-ovcERNING THE ARMY OUTRAGES.
-,,prpOp.s WORDS. WHOEVER INSULTS
,,r KINGS COAT INSULTS THE KING
MYSELF nEEIKED by HADl-
>, Gals GENERAL. VON GosS-
.EIts NAIi.uE L


Nv i,-To-days proceedings in the
,.,chstag were OF quite as mnch interest as 'hoSe
H"s'ordav H''1" ard in many respects 4 great deal
oi ,.;rg As announced las; week, tho Eadi-
H'o'. .--.ou,+ion or the recent murder OF Herr
.arann GO" at Carlsruhc by Lieutenant Baron Won
.ri,z and other military outraGes and scan
, ,a also upon tie question OF duellinS was
u'.oduced today in tho presence OF fun House
80" cLcd galleries. The motion was offered by
s '.. v,nckcl Rieh;crtc Radical who. in the
so of his remarks referred TO the concluding
'0 -. Of tho EmDcrOr's address TO the recruits
,,ook The words o: the Kaiser Herr Munckel
20, co,.la have but meaning md that was
49,, whoever insulied the Kings coat insnlied the
,",. hir,ssif This Interpretation of tn" kaisers :
- olicited ronic.,l cheers from the members OF
%, and noisy cries from the members OF the
n,n, and tie speaker WAS vocifcrously cheered
.A padirals when he declared that Lieutenant
~ pr,sevitz was a criminal whose liberty en-
.cered the safety Of peaceful citizens.
pr,rce Won Hoheulohe replied by reading declar-
o from the Emperor ordering entirely new
.inu,at,ons in regard TO courts OF honor the effect
hitch was that the decisions OF the courts
", 40, ,a,essari lyinvove duel The Chancellor
s,;ona "a discuss the matter Of the Emperor's
r,srosa,ive TO pardon Lieutenant Won Bruscwi;z
-, o,hars who had been condemned by military
snd other Tribunals
GENERAL yon GosSl"r. the Minister o' War.
<oiovsd in lame SpefCn ~ was Ms HlSt "uHl'SS
o. tho Rechst1g and ne made an exceedingly
.'ntay,rahe debut, The sentence imposed upon
7 Iieu,,nan, Won Erusew.tz by the military court,
te sad had not yet been submitted TO the Kaiser
for HIS sanction He protested against TN" inciie-
pent OF the public against the army by exploiting
cases O, cruelty on the part Of officers toward
soldiers and civilians. Cries of shame" and
oh OH The House ought 10 recolleci the in
stance in which Officers had been insulied in The
streets General Won Gossler rerounted several
such cases and then followed awkward pause
the new War Minister having lost the thread OF his
discourse members Of the Opposition adding 10 his
embarrassment by audib'y utterns
Won GossLER HOOTED AT.
Finally. the speaker pulled himself together and
continued his remarks lie ooniended tfat an Off
Ger had the same right as a civilian OF selfdcfence
when he was attacked This declaration caused
q great uproar In which loud laughter was mingled
with boots. catcalls. etc.
When order was restored the General Announced
that he would mako a further communication 10
the Reichstag upon the OF Lieutenant Won
Rrlsewitz when he Rad obtained the sanction OF
tho Emperor. Herr Lerzmann. Radical. followed
with fiery speech. in which lie defended the rights
Of civilians against the brutal and wanton as
saults OF officers.
Herr Lenzmann was followed by Dr. Bachem.
Clerical. who spoke In similar strain.
At the conclusion OF Or. Bachems remarks the
President OF the Chamber Baron Won bnol- -b'''N-
berg rose and in grave accents expressed regret
that General Gossler. the War Minister was
not n member OF the House. that he 'ihe Presi-
eenD might call him TO order for having said that
the incitement of hatred of military officers mad
been carried into the House.
The Presidents remarks were greeted with min
gled cheers and Kisses.
The speech OF General Won Gossler was then as
called In strong terms by Herr Bcbcl one of the
Social Democratic leaders. who declared that il
was an insult the rights Of civilians Herr Bebel
also criticised the Emperor's recent utterances 10
the recruits, which he characterized az bordering
on madness and calculated TO strain the allegiance
Of the people I'VE could we'll" he said. hang
up the Kaisers uniform In the Inter den Linden
and demand that the passing crowd render II
homage" In the course of his speech Herr Hebel
said that General Gosslers remarks concern
Ing the case OF Lieutenant Won Brrsew,z might
please the military circle. but they could not he
called the remarks OF gentleman.
At this point the President intervened and called
Herr Bebel order Herr Rebel. resumng his
speech said that the style of General Won Goss-
lers address had provoked his (Bebel.s) remark
General Won Gossler attcmpte. TO refite the state
nents made by Herr Behc. Ile began speaking
in a low tone but the persistent Interruptions of
Louder, Louder" cxaspcrated him. and ne finally
raised his voice to q high pitch. and cried THE
Insults Of the Socialists | regard as an honor.
At this manifestation Of temper on the part OF the
Minister OF War the l.eftists laughed derisively.