The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-05
He DIDN'T IMPRESS THEM
The Emperor's Dramatics Didn' t
Phase the Delegates.
HIS SPEECH CRITICISED
William Has Increased the National Debt
Over Billion and a Half of Marks
for Military and Naval Pur-
poses Bills Cannot Pass.
Copyright 1897 by Associated press.

Copyright 1897 by Associated Press.
Berlin, Dec. 4.-Poltically, this has
been a very lively week il Germany.
the opening Of the reichsta eing the
first feature of Importance. n the
chinese question a good secol. When
he made his speech from the in
the white hall of the castle on 1 ay.
Emperor William had everything ar
ranged to render the scene impressive.
On the landing of the stairs hung a
colossal painting, showing the emperor
taking the oath on the colors in the
presence of the same reichstag, but the
effect was wholly inadequate. The ma
jority of the delegates. on leaving the
castle. openly and vigorously criticised
the speech. The Cologne Nolks Zeitung
commenting on the whole scene. said:
There is a chasm between the en-
peror and the nations representatives"
Continuing. the Nolks Zeitung reminds
his majesty that since his accession the
debt has been increased by 1.5o0, 900, 900
marks. almost exclusively for military
and naval purposes. Where does this
lead tor the paper asks.
4 As a matter of fact this reiehstag
will stand or fall with two important
bills introduced by the government on
the opening day, the naval bill and the
bill for the reform of military trials and
neither will pass in the present shape.
That may be safely predicted. Talks
which the correspondent here of the as
sociated press has had with the leaders
of the majority of the parties. make 1t
evident that opposition to the govern
ment's bills viii not be overcome. The
center party objects to the naval bill
chiefly on account of the septennate
feature which will curtail the reich
stag's constitutional prerogatives and
ind ha GfYpp Nf ta mr. "a ant II
stag during their whole legislative pc
riod of five years and longer. The So
cialiStic and all the radical factions,
however, object to the bill principally
on account of the enormous expenses.
The Tageblatt says: How shall we
characterize the conduct of the gov
ernment which dares to put such a bill
before the peoples representatives? -
The Boersen Courier and other moder-
ate papers also condemn the measure
and predict its failure. Some of the
papers, however. especially the con-
servative organs. uphold the naval
bill.
= One of the governments arguments
in the memorial accompany the bill is
immigra tion. Reviewing the past flow
to the United States. 1t expresses the
hope that with a larger navy and
consequent larger sea trade this immi-
grafton may be more largely diverted
10 the German colonies. The first read
ing of the naval bill will take place on
Monday, but unless the government is
able to accelerate the proceedings a vote
cannot be taken until March Is.
II The emperor will witness the depart
fure of his brother, Prince Henry of
Prussia, from Kiel for China. 1t is be-
lieyed in government and parliamentary
circles that the trouble with China will
not be adjusted for long time. The
-four vessels which are going out under
nj 1psasx % .4fAy aY.l 1axt laat
fitted out for Is months service. In re-
gard 10 the statement of the German
papers, the correspondent here of the
associated press learns that no instruc-
aions regarding China have been sent to
the United States ambassador.
The downfall of Count Badeni, the
late Austrian premier, was received
with rejoicing in Germany The Aus
frians of Berlin Illuminated their houses
in honor of the event and the entire
press expressed satisfaction. Even the
government newspapers. which have
hitherto been Very cautious, express
pleasure at the counts retirement from
power. Prince Bismarck's Hamburg
Naehriehten voices the same sentiment
! The center party has feintroduced the
bill providing for the readmission of
JesuitS into Germany.
The budget contains an item fixing
the salary for the imperial chancellor
at 1000 marks instead Of so, 00o marks
1t is said the increase is in accordance
with promise The emperor made
Prince Hohenlohe, his salary being in
adequate In view of the lavish enter
tainments expected of his office. The
item will De the subject Of attacks upon
the part of the socialists and radicals.
The city of Berlin is to float a loan of
6S,S0o,0 600 marks for permanent munich
pal improvements, of which sum 26 000-
600 marks is for extending the sewer
age system.
An interesting case has just been de-
cided by the Saxons government. A
Saxon born lady, wife of an American
professor, after obtaining divorce, re-
aurned home TO Saxnny and wished to
resume her rights as a Saxon subject
to which the American law offers no
obstacle. but the Saxon government
decided against her. She has appealed
TO the American embassy
An American club is being formed