The age-herald., 1897-10-03
And Subsequent Meeting of the Cabinet
 Caused Considerable Guessing.
TURKEY IS SEEKING AN ALLIANCE
Will the Naval Bill Go Through2-B Bavarian Democratic Peasant Federation Springs a Formidable Platform-Bcy-
 clists Are Under the Ban.
Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated
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 Benlsn OoF. 2.-The erIgire German press fs specuiatHng upcm the rsw naval bill, which is rew bsa.lg considered by the cabince Both Dr. MSque1, the vdca- president of khe couEscI of ministers, and the bund srsith have approved the meas uf'a, butt before It reaches the reichstag it may still be somewban changed. The bth asks for a tallal appropriation of Al, ,00c,000 marks to be distributed over ssvsn years, and coritemplstes the ccn- struc.1ou of a score of vssge,s, ten of which arc to be barge ships. If the rerckkl,ag refuses ito graQyt this amount of money it will be sent home by the gov ernment and new etsctllcns will be cr- dsrsd for hjwfth, n wlich the naval plans of thla emperor will be made the prrrl.fpal issue i'm splIe of the whole agIarlian panty's advice, who i'm That case. fear defeait
 G7he repcr.s in the Turkish newsIa Iarers to the effect lhat Turkey ss negotiating With Germany for a special defensive afl.arce and that Turkey is on the point of joining the dreibuEd are denied em- phatically at the German foreign office. Press, however, learns from diplomatic circles that approaches to tf1a. effect have repeatedly been made by Turkey durfnlg the past three rnonths, and l,flere sfs @ variance of opinion between Elm eperor Wa,Eam and Baron Von Buelow, and Prince Hoherdohe, the imperial chancellor the latter dfeitincly rejecting all such overtures.
 The hurrleid arrival En Berlin of Count Won Munster adcnburg, the German ambassador to Frames and his subse- quenat movements have created a sel1- sation. Immediately after the ambassa- dor arrived here from Paris on Mon day fe had a lengthy correspondence with Dr. Miquel, Pirnce Hohenloihe be- ing still away, elnd she same day he stalted for Rom.n'ton ito see Hhe em-/ p=ror After the ambassadors return ito Berlin on Wednesday thece was a epe-
 
 vorl Munster-Ledenburg then returned to Paris. Thsre are many surmises re- gaa'ding the mysterious movements of the ambassador, but nothing definite has been ascen.ained concerning them.
 In Bavaria the democratic peasant federation is rapidly gaining strength During the past week two hitherto op- posite branches of the organization have united and adopted a most radical plat form calling for liberty of association, meeting and of the press; reform of the Judiciary system; a complete division of church and state; a ddminution of the military burdens and the assumption by the state of all rural mortgages. The peot to sweep Bavaria at She next elec- tfon.
 The emperor is having poor sport ;I, Rominton, from which place he has sent 4,000 marcks to the poor of Buda Pest. His majesty has prohibited bi- cyclists having access to the whole of Rominton district and forests the reason being that on the day of his majeasy's arrival herds of bicycIsts were impudent s enough to race along the road both in front and beside his carriage, soaring the horses and outspeeding them. Em- peror William was so annoyed at this disraspectful behavior on the part of the bfcycligts that he summoned the first policeman he met and ordered the officer to arrest the worst offender.
 At Woorischofen there is bitter strife between Dr. Baumgarten and Prior Reila, each trying to become sole suc- management of the famous water cure establishment.
 The government is preparing bills pro- viding for compulsory life insurance throughout the whole empire and for odd age Insurance for the laboring classes. Delegates of the insurance bu- reau have been asked to advis- the gov ernment in these matters.
 The official statistics of exports and imports of the empire show a large in- crease for August compared with the same months in 1895 and 1896.
 Herr Klefsch, a wholesale dealer in hams and pork at Cologne. is being tried for regularly selling spoiled or trfchfn- ous goods. Other dealers. schHes. Sciern & Co.,, and Oswald are also im- phcatsd. Klefisch, when arrested.