The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
SHARP DEBATES
ARE THE ORDER
Interpolation of the Radi-
Gals May Cause a
Storm.
Bismarck's Tactics and the
Brutal Treatment of Civil.
ians by Army Officers.
THESE WILL BE INVESTIGATED
On the Whole the Coming Session of
the Reichstag Will Result in
Many Reforms.

BERLIN, GERMANY, Nov. 14-The in
terpeilatlon which is to be introduced by
the Radicals in the Reichstag on the
murde of Herr Sieberman by Lieutenant
Won BrusewitZ at Carlsruhe and other
military outrages and scandals has been
set down upon the order of the day for
Monday, and will be submitted after the
Interpolation of the Centrist party upon
the revelations made by Prince Bismarck
through the medium of the Hamburger
Nachrichten, and it is probable the whole
OF the week will be occupied by fierce de-
bates on both motions.
The Centrist motion is so phrased as to
endeavor to induce the Government to
disclose the nature of the treaty existing
between Germany and Russia prior to
1880 and to explain why it was permitted
to lapse. As Prince Hohenlohe, the I'm
perial Chancellor, left Berlin on Monday
last. to be gone several days, it was under
stood that he had arranged with Freiherr
Marschall Won Biebersi Elm, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, to answer the interpella-
tion in relation to the Russo German
treaty; but to-day it is stated that Prince
Hohenlohe himself will read the Govern
ment declaration Prince Hohenlohe has
been hunting with the Emperor and the
Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia at Letz-
dingen, and it was reported that he was
going from there to Strasburg.
However, whether Prince Hohenlohe or
Baron Won Bieberstein replies to the Gen.
trist motion, nobody expects that an ex-
plicit statement will be made in regard to
treaties other than the Russo-German neu-
trality convention of 1884. 1t is expected
that the reply of the Government will
be substantially denunciation of the
publication of the disclosures, neither
affirming nor denying Prince Bismarck's 8
revelations, accompanied by a protest
against the newspa per discussions of the
old Chancellor's indiscre tions, which the
whole country ought to regret.
Although the debate on the Centrist
motion in regard to the treaty will be
OF great i'm portance perhaps still greater
interest attaches to the debate on the
military reform measures which will
arise from the Radical Interpolation.
The mystery connected with Lieutenant
Won Brusewitz's sentence of four years
confinement IN fortress ana dismissal
from the army, the subsequent denial that
he had been condemned, the report that
his colonel set him at liberty and only
caused his rearrest upon the orders of his
(tbe coloneFs) superiors and the other
stories of abuse of soldiers by officers re-
quire explanation, and the Radicals mean
to have II II possible.
In an article on the subject the Tage-
blatt says that the Emperor, after speak
ing to the recruits on the occasion of their
being sworn in on Thursday, addressed
the officers seriously in regard TO the al
legged military outrages upon civilians, but
znlr L -
remarks were only audible to those imme-
diately surrounding him. The Vorwaerts
the organ OF the Socialists, draws the
worst augury of the Governments defense
from the report that the En- peror in his
address to the recruits said, Whoever at
tacks my uniform insults me-"
Whatever may be the issue of the de-
bate, however. it will clear the atmos-
phere around the subject and give an i'm
petus to The military judicial reforms.
As result of the recent bye-elections
the Reichstag is now composed of So
Conservatives, 81 Imperialists, 100 Gen.
trists. As National Liberals, Ia Radical
Unionists and Richterite Radicals, 25
Freisinnige Volkspartei Richterites, Is
Social Reformers, 19 Poles, 10 Deutsche
Volkspartei, Is Socialists, 80 Independ-
ents Gncluding 6 Guelphs), Bayarian
Peasant party and two seats vacant.
The marriage of Miss Lucy Uhi, daugh-
NeT VI 1Ou EUWdru Il. u III, u nlteU states
Embassador to Germany, to Professor
Guy Thompson of Yale University, has
been fixed to take place in Berlin on De-
cember 9.
A committee of American residents in
Berlin, with United States EN- bassador
Uhl as chairman, have decided to cele-
brate Thanksgiving day bv giving ban
quet at the Kaiserhof Hotel. Messrs. J.
b. Jackson and II. G. Squires respectively
first and second secretaries of the Ameri-
can EN- mbassy; Charles de Kay, United
States Consul-General, ana Messrs. Girls
com, McFadden, Boies and the Rev.
Dickee are members of the committee.
The Government announces that hence
forth Germans naturalized as American
citizens returning to Germany for any
length of time shall be subject TO an
especially strict surveillance and granted
only limited period of sojourn in the
fatherland. If it shall be notoriously
known that any of the returned Germans
emigrated to the United States to avoid
military service they will be immediately
expelled from the country. Any persons
discovered who shall continue their resi-
dence in Germany for two years may be
drafted into the army, despite their
naturalization, and required to serve a
regulation term in the military service if
such persons have not passed the age of
81 years. If they are more than 81 years
of age they may be expelled. Sons of
naturalized Germans born in America and
coming 10 Germany for the purpose of
permanent residence will be recognized as
citizens of the United States and not be
required to serve in the army.