Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-23
KAISER WILLltM
Having His Hands Full With
the Affairs Of His Army.
The Trouble Between officers and
Civilians Is One Small Item.
While Opposition 10 Increase in Army Budget
Is Big One.

Berlin. Nov. 22.-The Emperor will go
to Kiel, tomorrow for the purpose Of
swearing in the recruits collected at that
place, and there is a considerable degree
Of expectation that His Majesty will in
the course of his address to the recruits,
make some reference to the recent Incl
dents impeaching the conduct of military
officers and privates toward civilians. 1t
is most probable that the Kaiser will
the old formulas of exacting allegiance
to himself. In military circles the story
published in the Berliner Tagebiatt i'm
plying that the address of the Emperor to
the officers Immediately surroundirx him
on the occasion of the recent swearing
in of the troops in Berlin was not what
it purported to be, is generally discred-
tied.
The Tageblatt's object was plainly to
lead it's readers to believe that the En-
peror. while pretending to admonish the
Gently reported outrages upon civilians
by officers, really gave them to under
stand that any insult to their uniform on
the, part Of civilians should be promptly
and effectively resented. This is denied
by several of the officers present, who
say that the Kaiser simply advised them
to avoid collisions with civilians.
The audacity of the Radical and Social
list speeches in the Reichstag. especially
those delivered in the course of the
Brazewitz debate by Herren LenZmann
ana BtDI. nave greatly ltlctIlStu tHe Eli
peror and government officials generally,
who hold that Baron Won Buel Beren-
berg. President of the Reichstag. ought to
have restrained the opposition from using
language particularly offensive TO the
Emperor and his ministers.
1t is reported that the Emperor has had
a protracted conference with Prince Ho-
henlohe imperial chancellor. in regard
to the position of the various parties in
the Reichstag. with view of establish
ing better control of Interpolation de
bates. The present party OF the Center
in the Reichstag. through the cohesion of
its members and masterful tact of its
leaders dominates the Chamber. and
can always without directly attacking
ministry. The Conservatives and Ma
tional Liberals. although willing sup
porters of the government. are greatly
at disadvantage in lacking the unifica-
The Cologne Gazette. in an article
pointing out the danger of allowing the
Reichstag TO submit to the mastery, tao
tics of the Centrist leaders. appeals to
the Conservatives and National Liberals
to sink their differences upon the agarian
and other questions and rally to the sup
ready been assailed within the first fort
night of the present session. through the
Vaccinations of the Centrists. upon the
questions of the Bismarck revelations
In connection with the latter question,
committee of officers has been APP
pointed to submit report upon the reg
ulations of the military courts OF honor,
the committee having held three meet
ings since the delivery of Prince Hohen-
lohe's speech in reply to the Radical in
asked the committee to expedite its re-
port and has sent that body draft OF
suggestions which, it is understood. en-
bodies rhe recognition OF the conscience
principle laid down by the Prince Regent
of Bavaria. who decided that hereafter
officers refusing to fight duels upon the
ground that they are opposed to the
principle of duelling. must not be COM
PEELED to resign from the army as has
hitherto been the rule.
Leaders of the Radical faction in the
Reichstag have reached the conclusion
that the instructions of the Prince Re
gent will not become strictly operative IN
any corps of the army of Germany: mold
ing that any officer declining to fight
PEELED. will become a social outcast. Herr
Rickert the Radical UniOnist leader.
has announced that upon the occasion OF
the debate on the military estimates he
will again bring up the question of duel
ling. by moving that any military ohicer
or official who shall engage in duel
shall he deprived of his rank and expelled
from the service, and that officers courts
of honor shall be abolished.
A section of the Centrist party in the
Reichstag. chiefly composed of members
cided to oppose the increase of 4O.ooO.ooo
marks in the naval estimates which will
be proposed in the budget. and are ar
ranging a coalition with faction OF the
National Liberals and Radicals and So
cilists for the purpose of defeating the
proposal. This movement renders the
passage of the naval increase clause of
the budget highly improbable, Minis
terial reports in circulation in the lobby
of the Reichstag agree that the Kaiser
is determined to dissolve the Chamber if
the increase is not granted. and this he,
ing the case. hot fight over the naval
estimates seems ineVita bic.
DR.. Koch. governor of the Reichsbank.
has submitted to an interview upon the
question as to how the trade of Germany
is to be affected by the election of Nc
Kinley as President of the United States.
In answer to a specific query. DIR. Koch
said We must wait and ,sslsS see evil AT tb am
Bryan. I am hopeful that Mckinley has
abandoned his policy of extreme protec-
ton. but We are not secure from sur
prises and we ought to be prepared for
them 1t is to our interest to have Ger
man trade in America and we are ready
to give or take
Porte with a view of preserving the
status quo of Turkey. proves to be the
financial plan of the directors of the OF
toman Bank, Each power acting in the
nominal concert of powers Is doubtless
playing its own game: for the present.
the question of obtaining fresh supplies
of money rules the decisions of the Sui
tan.
Sir Edgar Vincent. governor Of the I'm
perial Ottoman Bank. was in Berlin prior
to going to Vienna for the purpose of
comforting with members of the Vienna
syndicate. and while here he saw repre- |
sentatives of the leading German finan- !
ciers. to whom he proposed the raising
of Turkish 8 per cent. loan upon the |
of the old debts and general
guarantee of the Powers, proposing also I,
a scheme of reform Of the Turkish debt
by the appointment of a Rus |
sian delegate thereto.
Since NJ. Neilidorff. Russian ambassa |
dor to Turkey. has arrived in ST. Peters |
burg. Sir Edgar Vincent has learned That !
the Gear is uncertain about the appoint |
ment of a Russian delegate upon the
Turkish debt commission. the claims of
Russia upon the finances of Turkey be-
ing superior to all other considerations.
The sum of the matter is that Russia |
once more blocks the way Of the Powers |