The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-10

Berlin, Oct. 9.-(Copyrtght, 1897, by
the Associated Press}.-In spite of the
selni-official denials the relations be
tween the imperial chancellor. Prince
Hohenlohe, and Emperor William, are
very strained. The prince has made
his remaining in Office for another brief
spell contingent upon two things-the
presentation to the reichstag of the
military trial reform BILL and no new
taxes for purposes of larger naval ap-
propriations. The bill for unifcation
Of the military penal code is still hang
ing fire, in spite Of the chancellor's
declaration in the reichstaG in 1895 that
he would stand or fall with that meas
Ure and the emperors strong objection
to publication in military trials. AS to
new taxes for increasing the strength
of the feet. the North German Gazette
points out that it is significant that
the government and all the conserVa-
tive newspapers are dwelling upon the
absolute necessity for such taxes. The
Post afffrms that beer Will be taxed
higher and that the import duty on
cereals Will be raised to SO marks per
ton. which together would yield the
government an extra revenue of at
least $4,000, 600 marks.
The Volks Zeitung says that the
chancellor this week offered to resign
for the fourth time and that the
chancellorship crisis is now in an in
active state.
The Cologne Gazette corroborates
this and adds:
1T is certain that if Prince Hohenlohe
is in Office at the opening Of the reich
stag, and has to confess his inability
to keep his promise to present the
military reform bill the reichstag will
at once vote want of confidence in the
government. An agreement to this
effect was made during the present
week by the leaders Of the parties con-
! stitutinG the majority"
MILITARY REFORM BILL.
The Franldurter zeitung asserts
positively that no understanding has
! been reached With the emperor regard
| ing the military reform bill and 1t is
( also said that his majesty has been
trying for months to find suitable
! successor to Prince Bohenlohe,
! It appears. however that all his at
| tempts in this direction especially
/ among the princes of the ,reigning house
and other men of similar rank with
| Prince HohenIohe, have been fruitiess
Prince Bismarck has been repeatedly
appealed to EXPRESS himself on the
| subject of the governments nava
plans. but the only opinion which ht
! has vouchsafed was the statement
which he made on Oct q, in the course
of an interview with a representative
of the SchIeSsiche Zeitung that he ap-
proved the strengthening of the
navy by an increase in the number OF
cruisers and by replacement of the
obsolete battIeship. but as deprecatins
a course calculated to alarm the tar
payers, by what the prince termed
Gigantic scheme"
SOCIALIST CONVENTION.
The Socialist convention just ended
at Hamburg was a most important
gathering. There were over 200 dele
gates present and they represented 2.
25O.O 600 votes. The proceedings have
been widely criticised and the Con
sentative press claims that now th'
Socialists remain strictly within theil
legal rights they have become mucf
more dangerous.
The Hamburger Nachrichten, in al
editorial article. urges the adoption o
violent measures to suppress socialism
1t advocates the abrogation of thu
general franchise at the reichstag a.
being the best means of curtaiEng tn
political influence of the Socialists, AM
concludes:
IF they should then try to reacl
their aims by Illegal ways the oppor
tunity would not be wholly undesirable
. as it would offer a shorter mode O
warfare against them"
On the other hand the Liberal pres
claims that the convention has show
the Socialists to be rapidly becomin
purely a radical reform party
RETALIATION URGED.
The Agrarian newspapers continue t
demand vigorous measures of retalia
ton against the United States on &C