The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-11-25
OUR BERLIN CABLE LETTER
ECONOMIC COUNCIL DEvor,s
ATTENTION TO IsrERsArro,.,
TARIFF RELATIONS.
The RE|cHsIAK NAY Be DISSOLVED
~, reported the Emperor VIII e..
me ~.s Session Short If Hi. Nav., '
Bi.m. IS Seriously Opposed
arck Dislikes statues

Nv h tha Nov. 2o.-(copyrigntc9. 1907
coun ns associated Press. THE 4conon',s
week and winch began its sessions ,h;r
inoS amu Whose mos. imnortn"t TINS
vas VIII be attended by tha s"n nu meet
ao %a especially called together eih, p
1eeSad en- to devise the beat noa w. sne
tart, roi ~ regard to the internntianaii
tha Ing, iS on with special rufercnno AZ
her ccloniauo states ate and Great Britain an;
scoro reg Ihe council is conInosad ~
rerts IN vi technical and pract,,,.I oY W
and ban on manufacture. agriculture, trado
higher eoveyr uS wen as number of the
among its members are Count
rn %nIue1unel, the agrarian leader Ia Won Won
CoL Manteuffel, the conservati,,' ,a naron
49, Won Posadowski, the mi,;stor CO..
t the INTERIOR and Baron Won r,,elmo r NV
secretary of the imperial ,r,s,s,,rn'
m o@r, eclImlttees have been appointed
tnr. a;tsriculture. transportation. honlin1
sseAtIle, chemical. iron and stoni ~,
a,uslries. They have held dailv Sessions
since tne council was convened The
IAN purpose of the council is ia ascnr-
tan. when industries and to what cy-
'enn,, heed FOSTERING by the state.
po Om monday when Count Won
ne usa tI entered the council at din
xers ate emperor entered into lively CON
majesty snubbed Count Won knn;t1 n,n l,.s
numerically. This fact is in,ernrnteS
as meaning that the agrarian Interests
WIN not be paramount in the Jelibera-
lions of the council.
T. ALother TACT pointing the sane way
~ that his majesty, in conyersat ton on
Enthusiastically praised the lnrer.cnnai nrn.
Ject, intending the joining Of all the
principal German rivers. the Elhe
the Rhine, the Weser and the
Odor., The project is not new enc. It
mas been slumbering for wears until
curing the recent stay of the emperor az
hominten where he had several long
conferences with a wealthy land owner
OF that vicinity, Seydelchelcnen, who is
looked upon as the coming minister of
agriculture and who converted the en-
peror to his views on the subject. The
agrarian party, however, is violci.tly op-
posed to the canal system because lis
members fear a further cheapening of
cereals by reason of their easier trans
portation. The emperor spoke in such
glowing terms of the canal project that
1t IS expected bill embodying his ideas
VIII be presented to the ra,chstag OIL
else be made an issue of the coming cleo.
lions.
Emperor William intends to open the
reichstag in person, which ne has moi
done since 1894. 1t is supposed his laya
projects are so near and dear to his
heart that he will on that account over
come the repugnance he feels for thu
present reichstag in an effort to hrint
about the passage of the measure pro
viding for increasing the strength of IN,
Gtlman navy. AS yet, however Their
seems to be little likelihood of these rava
plans proving acceptable to the reich
stag.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press hears on good authority that l.
the temper of the reichstag, early in the
coming session, becomes clear as being
adverse to the naval projects. the I'm
peror will dissolve that body forthwith
The Lew elections could be held early il
the sizing.
-Four of the socialist reichstag dele
gates, Herren Leibknecht. Hord
Leutgenan and Buell., who have beer
convicted of lese majestic, will be forced
to spend period of the coming reich
stag session in Jail. Another editor
Herr Feldmann has been sentenced to
four weeks Imprisonment for unfavor-
ably criticising King Leopold of Bel
GUM.
The Vorwaerts says:
"All the rulers of the earth Jlyful1y
recognize the fact that in Germany the
monarchic principle is carefully shield
ed against wicked critics, and che fame
of the German penal code will penetrate
even to the rulers of the African tribes.
"Whenever a ruler is unpopular let
him come to Germany. Here, where
under the shelter of lese majestic every
criticism is forbidden, he may spend
the rest of his days in peace"
In view of the growing number OF Bis
march statues Prince Bismarck is re-
ported recently to have said:
at annoys me to see myself stand on
a fossilized pedestal"
The ex-chancellor has thus Ear refused
to attend unwilling of statues erected III
his honor.