The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-02
eERMANYS NAVAL GRANTS.
THE SUBJECT MAY CAUSE HOHEN-
LOHE's DOWNFALL.

The Minister Of the Imperial Home
once and the Head Of the Imperial
Admiralty Reported a. Also ON the
Point of observation-disclosures Also
AhOat That the Cabinet Crisis WIFE
He Averted by Parliamentary
Coalition.
Berlin, Feb. The rumors which
have been in circulation here OF the inn
pending resignation of Prince Won Hohcn-
lobe. the imperial chancellor. Herr won
Eoetticher. minister of the imperial home
office ana representative Of the chancellor,
and Herr HOLMAN. the head of the i'm
perial admiralty. have been traced 10
Journalists who Claim connection with
high official sources of Information. THESE
rumors. of course created great stir
until they were semi-ofcially denied,
when the interest they had awakened
subsided
If there is nothing behind these reports
the government have had themselves 20
blame for their circulation In choosing
as mediums Of spreading information
upon previous occasions men whom they
are now obliged TO repudiate.
In spite Of those officially inspired de-
malls. however. some responsible newspa-
pers persist I'm the assertion that
ministerial crisis is merely postponed. In
support Of this contention the Neueste
Nachrichten recalls the circumstance
that the late chancellor, Won
Caprivi, upon the eve Of his dis
missal from office, received orders
from the emperor TO assure the
ministers Of the several federal states
that the then current stories of a minis
terial crisis were positively without foun-
dalton. Nevertheless. Gen. Caprivi was re-
lieved within a very few days thereafter
The Hanover Courier insists that crisis
Is latent the emperor persisting in his
motion of asking the Relchstag for large
increase OF naval credits Tor the cohstruc-
ton of additional Warships, etc, which
Prince II ohenlohe had declared II 70 be I'M
possible TO obtain.
Within the ministerial circle Prince Ho-
henlOhe is credited with having taken
more hopeful view regarding the voting
of increased naval credits by the Reich
stag, assuming that he is able TO manage
a coalition of the conservatives and agra
rians with the national liberals and agra
rians. The chief difficulty in the way OF
such a combination, however, is the fact
that since the defeat of the kanltz gram
monopoly proposal the majority in the
Reichstag Is bitterly hostile to the minis
tiers.
The government is now. endeayoring to
reconcile the situation and has chosen the
Unterhaus as the scene of its first APP
proach to an entente. Herren Heyde-
brandt and Strachwitz, agrarian members
Of the Unterhaus, having declared that
Count Kanitz's proposal had then second
place, the monetary question coming nTst,
Herren Won Puttkamer and Plauth, con-
servatiVes, next declared that suCh a de-
csion in regard to the executive pro-
gramme ought in no wise TO separte
party from the government Then Baron
Won Hammerstein-LoXten minister of ag-
riculture, following his cue, assured the
agrarians that the government was in no
respect hostile to them.
Chancellor Hohenlohe watched his best
chance for a deal in furtherance or the
governments monetary scheme for naval
purposes and seized his opportunity to say
that he had always regarded the agra
rians as the proper representatives OF the
agricultural interests of the country. A
further exchange Of courtesies of this
character followed and the whole pro-
ceeding is held in ministerial circles 10
corroborate their contention that a pro-
ject is on foot looking to a coalition with
a view to securing the desired navy
credits.
The public are clearly Indifferent to the
matter of constructing new warships, as
evidenced by the fact that the movement
in favor of calling for large public sub
scription for the purpose of building cruis-
ers has collapsed, the total sum collected
in a week having been insufficient to pay
the expenses OF the required agitation
DR. Stoecker, formerly court chaplain,
has resigned his membership in the con-
caused by his refusal to declare himself
against the Christian socialist movement
The emperor paid a special honor to the
late Ambassador Runyon by sending six
teen officers drawn from each regiment Of
the guards now in Berlin to the memorial
service held in st. Georges Episcopal
church, all of whom were attired in parade
uniform. This distinction corresponds with
the usage in Germany at the obsequies of
brigadier generals who have served in act