The herald., 1896-12-02
IN THE GERMAN. REICHSTAG
Reference to Gallant Sailors Calls Out
Warm Applause
German Employers Object to the Pro.
posed Arbitration of Grievances
Of Hamburg Dockworkers.

BERLlN, Lee. line OeDdte on tne
estimates was resumed in the reichstag
today. Admiral Won Holman, secretary
of the navy, declared that to strengthen
the German fleet, the value of which was
320.000,000 marks, by new vessels, the
sum of $4,000, 900 marks, annually, ten
per cent of the value of the fleet should
be provided for in the budget. The gov
ernment, however, he explained, only
asked for 20,000,000 marks. Continuing,
Admiral Won Holman paid a warm trib
ute to the sailors Of the German war
ship Itlis. who went down with their
ship in a storm off the coast Of China,
cheering for the emperor. This reference
to the gallant German sailors was warm
ly applauded.
Count Won Pasadowsky, secretary Of
the treasury, declared that the title
of federal states to shares in the surplus
and n the imperial revenue could not
be set aside. although he was willing to
abandon the imperial equalization fund,
and he expressed the hope that the house
and the government would come to
an agreement so that the federal states
would be protected against excessive
claims and that the redemption Of the
public debt would actively proceed
He further said that it would be rash
at the present moment to express an
opinion relative to the working of the
sugar tax law, considering the shortness
of the time it had been in operation, but
the government had not for moment
lost sight of the abolition Of sugar boun-
ties.
Herr Pasche. national liberal. express
ed delight at the thrifty budget, and
said he hoped that extravaganza would
ever become rarer.
The speaker alluded to the Hamburg
strike as being a great injury to the
industry Of the nation, accused English
agitation Of being the root of the evil
and rejoiced at the recent expulsion of
TON" Mann. the English agitator. from
Germany. This called forth protests from
the socialists.
The minister Of foreign affairs. Bar
on Marshal Won Bieberstein, referring
to Herr Shippels, who had pointed out
that the war against Polish associations
was not yet repealed. said the govern
ment was scrupulously keeping its prem
Use on the subject.
THE HAMBURG STRIKE.
HAMBURG. Dec. 1.-The shipowners
union has replied to the letter suggest
ing the appointment Of a court Of arbi-
tration, that the matter was referred
to the General Employers association,
as all riverside industries are now in
terested in the questions at issue.
The Boersenhalle says the employers
object to the proposed composition of
the court of arbitration. 1t is stated that
1900 men and thirty out of forty ware
house cranes are working Bremen to-
day.
An incident occurred in the reichstag
during today's debate with reference to
criticism by one of the members to
the effect that the sailors Of the gun
boat Itlis ought to have prayed to God
instead of cheering the kaiser as the
vessel went down. In reply to this Ad-
miral Holman, secretary of the navy
said that when the sailors had the en-
peror before their eyes they had had
their God before their eyes and they
thought of the authority which God set
over them.
These remarks were met with cynical
cheering from radicals and socialists.
AID PLEDGED.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.-At meeting of the
united trades representatives here last
evening Herr Molkenbuhr, a member
of the reichstag, presiding, a resolution
was passed assuring the Hamburg strik-
ers of the solid support of the working
men Of Berlin and promising them finan-
cial aid.