Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-01
EMPEROR OPENS RElCHSTlC
DvsIlH al Length OF the Necessity Q.
Increasing the Navy.
NECESSARY FOR NATIONAL PROTECTION
Development Of Germnny's Naval
Equipment. SHgs tbe kaiser. Does
NOt Correspond with It's
Mission Mt sea

present Reichstag wEs opened IN the WhI1H
hnl cf The ruyRl castle a. noon today.
Emperor william opened the session in per
suu fGr TIE first time since 1874. The ce-e-
nouy took place in ths whEe han Of the
royal castle. Hs majes-v read the speech
from ths -nrune. The navy occupied The
principal place in the speech. The message
on this subject was IS fol1w-
The development Of the German navy
does not correspond WIKI Germnry's mission
a. sea and IN The event Of warIlke u1upIlca-
tiuns il would net suffice CO insure TIE
security uf the hcue purcs and COASTS against
q blockade Or more extensive operations on
/ the Part of the enemy. Neither hae it kept
pace with ne rapid growth Of Gs-ulr trans
ureaElc ia.eresrs Wtle German trade is
participating increasingly in the worlds gz-
change o. msrCHau5ise the humber Of or
wur vessels does not suffice to afford our
. cuu1t try--nsn abroad ccs measure u r-utHCtluu
corresponding with Ge-uauv's position nor
. the support winch cac only be secured by
display Of power
Although IL is n0t our object % We vi-h
the uart1us powers Of The frs rznk Ger
many must nevertheless be placed iu q pos
Ct-r 10 uaIutgIu by mems uf preparedness.
4 STATE Of being ready 90 protect itself"
Alu1luE 70 The pr95sctEd reform il the
military penal procedure ms majesty in
ms Speech sad: The proposed reform.
while following SO IN US possible the Lines
Of che c.vI penal code meets ths require
merits aHsalUtsly necessary fur ths u-araa
nance OF discipline. The hin VII De SUB
u-tted without DENY"
TOUCHES ON FINANCES
The eupsrors speech then touched upon
/ chs finances Of the county, on which sub
( jscr his majesty remarked. The Eeuera-
/ cO-dlliCu Of finances IS So .sfaccurv. and
I considerable portion of the autlctu ua-ed sur
I plus VIII be employed af last year. II ngyr-E
/ the imperial debt.
An economic COMMITTEES consisting .cf rep
{ raser-l-ves of industry agrirul tire and
trade has been appci--sd ty means Of whose
expert advice il is intended 10 define The COZ
1--c-s and scope Of -he extensive rz-zfaa-
/ tons Of home productions II order rU obLa--
a firm basis upUr which 70 shape future
CUSTOMS tariffs u-1 commercial relations
! with fore -gu countries.
Referring ID the naval demonstration il
/ E-s0-Chu bay. China. Emperor WIIta- said:
The murder Of ire missionaries II Chlza
Hrd the srlacks upon mission s-acl0Is which
have been placed undsr nv imperial prutec-
tiur a1d Lher welfare which ! have a. hsurr
( have compelled ne ID cause nv squadron il
/ eastern Asia 70 proceed 10 Eiao-Cnu buv
The point nezTezt the scene Of the outrage
and land Troops II Ur5sr u Chain ful rep
a-a-lun and security against 4 recurrence o.
similar ,ane1tnsie events
Touching the general political sItua1iU-
MS majesty Sid: Our pul--cal relations
/ with foreign states ere II every wav graft
tying AID valuable guarantees Of the main
tsrarce Of these re.a-lurs asve again bea-
Afforded ne by ny meetings with lhH allied
and friendly mCEarcrs. es vel as by The
brilliant and cordial receptions IrcurGed ne
Il ny visits to Ps-erhuF ard Buda-Pez-h.
Tts speech concluded: An II -dica-lurs
justify the expectation that WIN Gods help
We nay in the fuzure. Is II the past. look
forward 70 the peaceful development Of Eu-
rope md -he German 1a-her-ana"
PRESERVE TIE EMPIRE
Altar reading MS speech thH emperor
added Twp years sen. from L1Is platform
swure before YOU, upon the cousec-atsd
colurs Of ny frs regiment Of guards ID
preserve The empire ar I took II from ny
g--ntla-tzr and u protect and safeguard
ttE honor abroad You have thus al become
parties To ny oath and pray Il ne name
Of The empire and The presence Of Almighty
God, chas he VII RsEs; you n your work
and help ne 70 protect il the future Gs IN
The past, the honor Of the empire abroad
which / have not valued to0 low 70 give MY
cUIy bruIher L pledge for T.
Al The conclusion of the ceremony the
members repHlrHG 10 the Ralchsrag where
Baron v8r BueaL IS president Of the house
zt the last session, opened The sitting After
welcoming -he members he Grpuln-ed -en-
p0rErv secretaries
Among the bills already presented % the
Rsichseag are the budgeI bin the naval
biz ard The bin providing f1r reforming
military penal procedure The ron call
showed thar ia members Of The Rsichs-aE
were present at The opening o. The sitting
The election 10r members Of the presl5su-
r.al bUrsuu Wi tske place tomorrow
Auhazsador Whlre ana UEt-ed States
Consul General Guldschutdt amended the
opening sitting uf The Rsichst1E
The speech from The throne WIS uufzrur-
ably criticised ar & rule by those who have
up 10 the present been able 70 weigh H.
REFERENCE TO KIA0 CHAU CHEEREn
TIE empress, WIKI Prince Henry Of Prussia
Prince Frederick Leopold En1 tha.r wives
were Present a. the opening Emperor VII
-lCn wore -he U1E1rm cf the Guard du
Corps Of me Black Eagle WIN an eagle
cEHstec helmet. He read MS speech in q
clear vu4es, the deputies preserving Silence
until he reached the uasgags referring 10 he
occupu-iou Of Ka0 Cheu. This was received
with l5ud cheers.
II was supposed thu: his maiasrys address
had ended when he remarked thzs al ind
aa-inns justified rhs expectation thar Wi-h
Gods help the German psoplE might look 10
he peaceful development Of Europe and he
F--herIand. DuI 10 the sst1liEhrneu- OF every
body. including Prince Eohsulohe. -he en-
Derar handed his manuscript back 70 une
prince ana chen raised his voice and ADDED
-hs ae-h TWO Years ago from the same Ular-
lurn upon the cniurE of the FIrst regimen. OF
the guard znt stared ina al bslurs I'm
had thus become parties 20 MS aath pledged
70 Assist nm in protesting ne hanar Of lhe
empire abroad
THIS Is criticised IA virtually Uni0ing ne
EJECT ci the uuusEzl moderation OF the on
c-Al speech which was conspicuous bv the
absence uf such phrases as ny army nv
ana fFrrrt l-r1a-r saR-lTar.az H-r-.r-1aas