The morning times., 1896-10-25
GERMAN ARMY REFORMS
Conciliat0ry Tendencies Char
acleriZe he New Bill.
BRUTALITY OF OFFICERS
Jrdi,,uation Has Been Aroused by the
OutrugesCommiitedU Z Upon, hafIheu
and Defenselcss Civilians-War
Budget VIII BE Opposed in The
RsIchstag.

Berlin, Oct 24-The concilatory ten
dcncles Which are understood 10 character
iZc tie governments new Iii 1ot The re-
form Of the military code OF procedure,
which is 10 lie introduced in tie ke!cistaS
at the beginning Of the session Oh tI,it
body next month, is parity Explained 10y
the universal feeling Cr Indignation wmch
has been creatcd blythe co"afdlS outraS's
that have recently been committed upon
unarIncd and defcnsclcss civilians by army
officers. An example Of Ills was furnished
Il Week or so ago 10y tie dastardiy attack
made upon a CIVILIAN IA CaIiSrute By Lieut..
Bruscwl,Z, who has since Lecn sentenced
To four years Imprisonment in fortress
and dismissal from the aThy, greatly 10
the surprise of everybody.
Another cause OF the mild tone Of the
governments demands i'll respect Ct tie
military code bill is tie fact that the
necessities OF tie government require that
tie ReichStag shall make u large increase
In the credits for the army ana navy ana
the kaiser and his advisers are unwilling
10 risk tie deIcaI OF their plans 10y adil"finS
TO their former unLcnding position III ic-
gard TO the military bill, which, III view
of the present aspect Of European affalfs,
has become Il matter Of little II any I'M
portancc in the eyes of the government
In comparison with the matter ol IN
creaSing Germanys military ana naval
Strength as largely and srecdily as possible.
IMPROVING TIE ARTILLERY.
IL is now known tiat the emperor ; pro-
prsals, which have been illuded 10 as
merely dsS lgned tu improve u" dIJiIicrS
arm If the military service involve the
cumpletc reconstruction of tie batteries,
Tie si.g gIaentatIun UI the number aud CailbeF
of the field guns, and an extensive altCr.,-
tiuh of the naval equipments.
Tie FrclSinniGc Press are already up in
arms and declare tfat an oTganIzcd and
powerful opposition VIII make a vigorous
onslaught upon the war budget III the
RcIciIstag, and insist upon slraI shtfprward
explanations on the part of the government
Ia categorical intcrru cations. II is ea Sy
tu furetcll that the government VIII reply
tLat explanations are impossible, iIiSniGcii
Us they would reveal secrets incidental
Ia the defense of the country
Tie claims Of the government will be
referred To ii committee ut Tie keichStaG.
and That they VIII Toe subsequently, voted
favorably. there is no doubt.
In regard TO the outragcs by military
officers upon civilians, il Is noticeable that
The loug-suffering German bourgcuise are
losing patience. and the murder of SIcbc-
mann. by Lieut.. BrusewitZ at Carlsrhue,
seemslikely to bring about climax through
Out Germany. especially i'll the south, where
every town is organizing meetings to pro-
test against the ruifiani>in INDUCED i'll by
army officers. The newspapers ar. also
taking part i'll the matter and publish ab-
solutely Incredible stories about the out
TIGes which aristOcratic hlackguar'i i'll
the army perpetrate upon civilians at
Carl>rhue.
CRIMES OF ARMY OFFICERS
II isn't Brusewi alone that is coin
planned OF. but a number of other officers
nj on rar In ~
wiz belonged are charged with variety
OF criminal eXceSses. Gen. Won BHlow,
commanding the army corps of which Carls-
ruhe is the headquarters, has found it ad-
vIsable 10 forbid Officers rrequeuting pub
lie places for the last fortnight as Il pre-
cautiOnary measure.
The feud between the English and Ger
man press is being kept up and pursued
with great vigor. The Berlin papers think
IL worth while TO reproduce the opinions
OF uaInrless writer's III the London press
ana every da Y these opponents slang each
other about the cffec,S ot their differ
enCcs over The relations between Ger
many and England ana France and Russia.
Long and costly telesrans conveying ir
RESPONSIBLE chatter Ut tui> Chararter APP
pear in the German press daily. In official
circles this sort Of thing MAS amusing At
the outset, but il has now become alb
solutely Worthless and has lost its sig
nIficance even "a Il source of amusement.
The directors of the ReiciisDank at a
meeting held Just prior to the III, rcaSc oi
tha discount rate OF the Bank of England
decided that il Was not necessary 10 max,
an advance in the discount rate Of the
Reichsbank beyond . per cent Toda y
banking opinion points to an increase
In The rate early next week.
POLICE STOPPED THE MEETING
hespite the differences between the
open discount rates and those of the Rcichs-
bank. gold does not 20 into the EciCii>bank
oni II the accounts of the bank wcrr cX.
niIncl it would Ice seen that the drain
toward Russia EQUALS the inflow into the
bank. The Russian imperial bank had
reduced the price it pays Tor gold by per
cent. until the Rank .of England raised its
rate of discount. when the russian bank
raised its price for gold. Stnl gold goc.
to Russia.
The society of Berlin workingmcn held
meeting today TO discuss the matter ol
The governments prose CutiUns for les
majestic. Fifteen hundred persons as
sembied and the liberal leader. Prof.
Quidde. WAS expected TO address them
MIX Ross, who presided, opened the meet
ing and in the course ui MS remarks criti-
cisei severely the large number OF prose,
cutions for what was regarded as les
MA leSte.
n itl'' ~ ptlltt were NItIln tllt
precincts of the hall and seized the op-
portunity afforded by the remarks of Herr
Ross TO close the meeting, which they did
very uncercmoniously.
Tie Rhine Gazette publishes report Of
the case OF captain of Dragons assault
ing q reStauraieur a AuriSch. The captain
differed with the proprietor of the res
taurant about the amount of his bill. and
proceeded to settle the dispute by dealing
the Landlord several blows un the head
with his saher, inflicting severe wounds.
BISMARCK'S HEALTH GOOD.
DR.. Schweninger, Prince Bismarck physi
clan- telegraphs from FREDERICKSBURG thai
the ex-chanccllors health is very salts
factory and that he is able r. drive out
daily.
Hon Bradley b. Smalley, member Of
the national Democratic committee for
Vermont, is i'll Berlin with his wife and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Smalley and their
daughter Will he entertained at dinner
by United States Ambassador Uhl prio
10 Their departure for Dresden and Vienna.
Herr MoritZ Rosenthal, the celebrated
Germ an pianist, sailed from Chcrbourg
Tor New York today on board the steamer
Augusta Victoria
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w WHEELMEN IN A FIGHT.