The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03
Rushing His New Naval
Bill Through the
ReichStag.
But the Left Is Jumping on the
Idea With Heavy Ger
man Feet.
She Wants to Get Into the
Drelbund.

BERLIN, GERMANY: Oct. 2.-The new
naval bill! asks Tor an appropriation OF
410, 600 900 marks, to be distri buted over
seven years, and contem plates the con-
struction of a score of vessels, of which
ten are to be large ships. If the Reich
stag refuse. to grant this amount of
money it will be sent home by the Gov
ernment and new elections ordered forth
with, in which the naval plans of the EN-
peror will be made the principal issue, in
spite of the whole agrarian party's ad-
vice. who, in that case, fear defeat
Against this Government programme
there is already great deal of opposition.
The entire left, including the Radicals.
ultra Liberals, Socialists and the Center
party, are denouncing it in their newspa-
psrs. The leader of the organ of the Gen.
ter. The Cologne, Volks Zsitung. fatty re-
fuses in vigorous editorial to LEND a
hand in binding the Reichstag, in it's ap-
preparations, 10 period of seven years, F"
as "abridging the constitutional rights of
that body" The Center party. with 100
votes, is absolutely necessary to pass the
measure.
The reports in the Turkish newspapers
TO the effect that Turkey is negotiating
with Germany for a special defensive al
lance and that Turkey is on the point of
joining the Dreibund are denied emphati-
cally at the German Foreign Office. The
correspondent of the Associated Press,
however, learned from diplom tic circles
that approaches to that effect have re-
peatedIy been made by Turkey during the
p'st three months and that there is vari-
ance of opinion on the subject between
Emperor William and Baron Won Bulow
on one SIDE and Prince Hohanlohe, the
Imperial Chancellor. on the other, the
latter dis inc:ly rejecting all such over
tureS.
The hurried arrival in Berlin Of Coun t
Won Munster Led enburg. the German EN-
bassador TO France, has created a s,nsa-
1i)n. Immedi ltely after the En- bassad or
arrived mere from Paris on Monday he
had lengt thy conference with DIR. NJ .quel,
Prince Hohenlohe being still away, and
the same day he started for Rominten to
see the Emperor. After the EN- bassador's s
return to Berlin on Wednesday there was
special session of the Ca abinet and Count
Won Munster Ledenburg then returned to
Paris.
The Government is preparing bills pro-
viding for compulsory life insurance
throughout the whole empire and for old
age insurance for the laboring classes. a.
Miss Amy Crawford Peacock, grand
daughter of Mr.. Griscom, the Pennsylvania
banker. was married in great state
on Wednesday last to Lieutenant Axtell
Won Den Knebeck of the Eleventh Regi-
ment o Uhlans.
Miss Leonora Jackson, the young Amer
lean violinist, has just won the much
coveted music prize known as the Men
delssohn stipendium. She was sent TO
Berlin by Mrs. Grover Cleveland and
other ladies TO study music under Joachlm.
This is the first occasIou upon which The
prize, am ounting 10 1900 marks, has been
won by an American. The CO npetition
aroused the keenest interest, representa-
tives OF a score of countries and of all
parts of Germany taking part in it.