The herald., 1896-02-02
IN THE kA|SER'S REALMS
The Emperor Determined to
Double the Navy
A POPULAR SUBSCRIPTION
viii Be Asked if the Reichstag Fails
TO Act
Venezuela and hay Make Naval
Demonstration

Associated Press Special wire.
BERLIN, Feb. 1.-[Copyrighted, 1896, by
the Associated Press. IA high official of
the colonial office informed the CORE.
spondent of the Associated Press that
Emperor William is firmly determined to
carry out the project Of doubling the size
of the German navy. The official alluded
to has had repeated conversations with
Emperor William on this subject during
the past three weeks, and he asserts DUR
in. the coming summer the plan for the re-
organization of the navy will be drawn up.
The present program for slowly en'arging
the navy must remain in force for the next
twoyears, but, in the meanwhile, the new
plan will be adopted. the preliminary
steps will be taken and the means to exc
cute it will be considered. His majesty is
convinced that this ia absolutely necessary
in order to secure to Germany permanent
)y her position as great power, and espe-
cially as a rising colonial power. Hence,
all the emperor's energy will be bent to
that end. Something. however, must be
done Immediately, and ii the present
reichsta9 refuses to grant large sums for
the building and equipment of fleet of
fast cruisers, the nation will be appealed
20 and an attempt will be made to raise
money for this purpose by popular sub.
scrption.
Already score of German mobiles, es.
pecially merchants. have declared their
readiness to subscribe 5000, 900 marks to
form the nucleus of The fund. 1t is further
stated that Prince Bismarck has expressed
to the emperor his belief in the necessity
of creating a strong German navy. The
fact that the Prince Hohenlohe, the imper-
ial chancellor, and some OF the other MEM
bers of the cabinet do not acquiese in those
views. has. it is asserted, caused his
majesty to seriously consider the advisa.
bility of making changes in the ministry.
The emperor's intention. however, la nOt
to hasten this change, but to await favor.
able opportunity. -
Prince Hohenohe's successor. it is
thought in court circles, will be Count
Philip Won Gutenberg, the German amhas-
sador at Vienna, who, with his brother. is a
great favorite OF his majesty.
1t is significant the hamburger Mech.
richten, Prince Bismarck's organ. in an ar
ticie publ shed on the emperor's birthday,
denounced the cabinet and charged it with
obssr1cting his majesty's plans. Admiral
Won Holman. naval secretary OF state,
who is known TO differ from the emperor
upon the plans of navy reorganization, has
already handed in his Resignation. .,..- ----s-.
| The fact that both Russia and France
| took pains to show their friendltness to-
ward Germany upon the occasion os
Emperor Wiilism's birthday is generally
commcn'ed upon. For the first time In
twenty-five years the French embassy on
the Pari-ser Platz, was splendidIy illumi-
ma ed and the Russian ambassador. In pre-
senting Emperor William With the czar y
congratulations and handing his inaj jesty a
beautiful present, conveyed the cars
high qualification that The entente cordisle
between Russia and Germany had been
renewed during the important crisis of
The reichstag, on March I'd, is to cele-
brae tine signing of the prel;min mary peace
of 1871 by grand demonstration. TO
which Prince Bismarck ana other surviv-
ing statesmen and geneia of war times
have been invited.
! In the reichstag yesterday attention was
called to the fact that bacteria has been
discovered in imported rye, Herr Koeller,
director of the imperial board of health,
explained that an examination had been
made of German, American, Russian. Aus
trian, Roumanian and Turkish samples OF
rye, with the result that it was demon
strated that the American cereal had the
least impurities. He added that expari.
ments proved bacteria could not resist
baking and boiling, and that thcse found
in grain are innocuous.
In the lower house Of the Prussian diet
| today the minister of husbandry. Baron
Won Hammerstein.L LoXsen, declared that
government measures regarding the inn
! port of cattle and meat were exclusively
| intended to prevent the danger of iufec-
| ton. He further explained that the short
| ness of the period in which arrivals of
cattle from northern countries were kept
| iu quarantine was due to the fact that
cattle diseases we're less prevalent there.
Mr.. Dean d. Mason, vice consul for the
| United States at Vienna, has been trans.
| ferred to Frankfort-on-Main.
| The news received here from New York
! that German war vessels have been Or
dered to Venezuela ia denied at the for.
| ment said TO representative OF the 40.
| sociated Press:
! "Assuredly, however, Count Won Rex
| (the German minister to Venezuela) has
| received instructions enabling him to bring
the Venezuelan governnent to terms.
President Crespo cannot invoke the aid Of
the Monroe doctrine In this matter.
| The doctrine may serve in frontier
Quarrels but it does not extend far enough
! to shield q williuily recalcitrant debtor
against the just claims of an European
! nation. Germany certainly intends, after
waiting more than reasonable time. To
collect the debt due her citizens, and a
| naval demonstration. may finally have to
be made in Venezuelan waters. But just
| now no hing has been ordered.
The relations be, ween Emperor William,
and Prince Luitpold, the regent of Bavaria
| have improved lately, and OIL the imperial
birthday the regent gave . splendid BAN
| quent and enthusiastically toasted the en-
peror. The regent also appointed his
/ majesty chief of the Sixth bavarian regi-
| ment.
! incidentally during the next session oi
the Bayarian diet, the insane King Otto 1.
to be declared civilly dead nnd Prince
1 - Hn nh tv&S. - H.
| There was . judicial inquiry yesterday
| into the publication. unauthorized and in
explicabls by tie Vurwaerts, organ of the
Socialists, of the imperial dpcree granting
amnesty to prisoners. which the emperoi
| made public on the celebration OF the
twentysflfth anniversary ibf the re-estab
| lishment OF the German empire, The
| whole Of the staff of the vorwaerts was OK
amined minuteiy, but mo light on the sub
ject was apparently obtained.
|
diad its Over
| Ct,ttlMnus, O.. Eeb. The Jury in ths