The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-21
To Carry Them Out He Will Unbend
to ReichStag.
INTER CENTRAL CANAL
PROJECT TO JOIN ALL LARGE
GERMAN RIVERS.
Agrarian Party Opposed to the Canal
Count Won Kanitz Snubbed-
William Will Open Reichstag in
Person-Lese Majeste-Bismarck
in Stone-Gossip.

Berlin, Nov 20-(Copyright, 1897, by
the Associated Press.)-The economic
council, which began its sessions this
week, and whose most important meet
ings will be attended by the emperor, is
a body specially called together by the
government to devise the best measures
needed in regard to the international
tariff rlations, with special reference to
the United States and Great Britain and
her colonies. The council is composed of
score of technical and practical eX-
pertS in manufacture, agriculture, trade
and banking, as well as NUMBER OF tne
higher government officials. Special COM
missions have been appointed on agri-
culture TRANSPORTATION, banking, tee Cie.
chemical, iron and steel industries. They
have held daily sessions since the council
was convened. The main purpose OF the
council is to ascertain which industries
and to what extent need fostering by the
state
On Monday evening, when Count Won
Posadowski entertained the council at
dinner. the emperor entered into lively
conversation with those present, but ms
majesty snubbed Count Won Kanitz most
numerically. This fact is interpreted as
meaning that the agrarian interests Will
not be paramount in the deliberations OF
the council.
INTER CENTRAL CANAL.
Another fact pointing the same way is
that has majesty, in conversation That
evening. enthusiastically praised the in
ter-central canal project. intending the
joining of all the principal German rivers,
the Elbe. the Rhine, the Waser and the
Oder. The project is not new one. Ii
has been slumbering for years until the
recent stay of the emperor at Rominten.
where he had several long conferences
with a wealthy land owner of that vicin-
ity, Zydelchelchen, who, is looked upon as
the coming minister of agriculture, and
who converted the emperor to his views
on that subject.
The agrarian part, however, is violently
opposed to canal systems, because Its
members fear further cheapening OF
cereals by reason of their easier trans
portation.
OPEN IT IN PERSON.
Emperor William intends to open the
reichstag in person, which he has not
done since 1894. 1t is supposed MS nava sa.
projects are so near and dear to his heart
that he will on that account overcome
the repugnance he feels for the present
reichstag in an effort to bring about +at
passage of the measure providing -ol
increasing the strength of the German
navy AS yet, however, there seems t.
be little likelihood of these naval plans
proving acceptable to the relchstag.
The correspondent of the Associated
4 Press hears on good authority that if tn
I temper of the reichstag early during thu
! comin- session becomes clear as belni
/ adverse to the naval projects. the empe
| ror viii dissolve that body forthwith. TIL
! new elections could then be held early il
| the spring.
LEsE MAJESTE.
Four of the Socialist reichstag delegate
! -Herren I,iebknecht, Rord. Luetgenal
and Buel, who have been convicted OF les
majestic will be forced to spend perlo3
of the coming reichstag session IN lal
Another editor, Herr Feldmann, has bee
sentenced to four weeks Imprisonment
for unfavorably criticising King Leopol
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