The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-08
GERMANY'S NAVY.
THAT 1T WILL BE LARGELY IN
CREASED is CERTAIN.
While There is no Particular Reason
For it at the Present Time, the
General Feeling is that it is Well
to Prepare for War in the Time
of Peace.

Berlin, March I'm the course of his
speech before The budget committee OF
the reichstag on Friday, in advocacy
of the governments demand for large
credit to be devoted to increasing the
strength of the navy, Admiral Holman
the head of the imperial admiralty,
mentions an ".Oberse Kriegsleitung" or
chief conductor of war measures. as
approving the credit asked for. This
form of speech was the official manner
of reference TO the kaiser in the reich
stag in the connection in which it was
used and nobody has the slightest
doubt that the proposal for the in
creased naval credit is the kaiser S
personal demand. The strength of the
opposition to the credit in the reichstag
cannot yet be guaged, though it is
known that the centuriStS, both fac
tons of the radicals and some of the
national liberal members, will oppose
it; but the government is convinced
that the demand will be rejected and
upon an adverse vote in the imperial
body it will dissolve the reichstag and
go before the country in a new cleo
ton upon two leading planks in the
electoral platform namely:
SOCIALIST COERCION.
1.-The revival of the socialist coercion
act as announced in the emperor's re-
cent speech at the banquet of the
Brandenburg provincial diet and a
large increase of the navy in respect
of ships and armament. Apart from the
standing of the deputies in the reich
stag upon the question of voting a
new credit for the increase of the navy
strength, there is a noticeable public
reaction in favor of Admiral Holl-
mann's proposals under the influence
=
land is menacing to the TransvaaI gov
ernment and the possibility of a rup-
ture between England and Germany
and Russia over the Greco-Cretan sit
uation.
WILL GET READY.
Extracts from the leading London
newspapers are being published here
asserting that if war should occur be-
tween Great Britain and Germany the
former would close up every German
port and blockade the entire German
coast The publication of these ex-
tracts has had tendency to
strengthen the kaiser's naval policy
with the public. While an open quar-
rel with England is not yet within
sight, there is general feeling that
something of the kind may happen in
the near future. One drift of the popu-
lar discussion of the situation, is that
it would be we'll to be amply prepared
when such an event occurs. Chancel-
lor Prince Won Hohenlohe has arranged
to speak before the budget committee
of the reichStag tomorrow, and will an
nounce upon that occasion that the
ministers are solidly in favor of the
naval demands, and will under no cir
cumstances depart from their position.
WANT UHL RETAINED.
The prominent American residents
and sojcurners in Berlin have cabled
to President Mckinley a petition re-
questing that the Hon. Edwin F. Uhl,
United States ambassador, be retained
at his post, as his recall would be
deeply regretted by American citizens
throughout Germany, irrespective of
political leanings.