The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-27
Progress of Deutschland Is Envied
BY the Powers.
ITS NAVAL INCREASE
BASED ON POSSIBILITY OF WAR
WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
Health of Bismarck-0ld Chancellor
Amused By Letters Asking For
His Opinion On Maine Disaster
Our Minister Makes a Disclaimer
In Behalf of Emperor William.

Berlin, March 26.-(Copyrighted, 1898,
by the Associated Press. 1.-The debate
in the reichstag on the second reading
of the navy bill was only a sham fight,
and its acceptance is foregone con-
/ clusion.
The only reason for the long drawn
out discussion was to enable the men,
bers of the reichstag to explain their
position to their constituents. The dis
cussion was chiefly interesting to the
outsiders from the fact that it threw
| light upon the ideas underlying the
scheme in the minds of the promoters
of the measure.
Herr Benningsen, the leader of the
national Liberals, was so impressed
| with the Importance of the matter that
| he departed from his invariable prac-
tice and spoke from the tribune instead
of from his seat. He confirmed the
! view expressed in these dispatches sew
eraI months ago, that the increase in
| the strength of the navy was partly
| based on the possibility of war between
/ Germany and Great Britain and partly
| to enable Germany to maintain neu-
! trality in the event of war between
Great Britain and Russia.
He said that naval experts express
! the opinion that after the realization of
| the present scheme. a battle in the
| North Sea might be successfully risked
against even the strongest sea power.
! Abiding to neutrality, Herr Benning-
! sen said that in an event of An>lo
! Russian conflict in the Baltic, Great
! Britain might be tempted to force Ger
many to take sides.
PROGRESS OF GERMANY.
Herr Benningsen further remarked
| that the progress made by Germany
| had excited the envy of others, her ex
| ports and imports having increased
! 5000 900 marks from 1880 to 1896. while
/ Great Britain's have increased only
| / 600 900. This vast commerce, he con-
| tinued, must be protected. He then
referred to the damage. amounting to
/ $4,000 co., suffered by Hamburg
through privateering during the Fran
co-British war.
Herr Richter delivered a scathing
criticism of the bill which. ne declared
will increase the imperial debt by 90
100000 marks during the next seven
wears.
Continuing. Herr Richter declared
the establishment of the SeDtenate
principle was the first step in the in
PRODUCTION of absolutism in all military
questions.
The emperor and empress attended
the funeral of the Duke of Taleyrand-
Saganon Thursday. His majesty's ply
sicians have advised him to take an
early course at Homburg, and their
maiesties. therefore, will go there on
Tuesda:,.
On Friday. the emperor, accompanied
by Sc guests. left I3remerhaven on
board the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
for a cruise. He returned today.
BISMARCK AMUSED.
The sixteenth anniversary of Prince
Bismarck's entrance into the army was
celebrated with great enthusiasm in
various parts of the country. Prince
Bismarck Is in good health, although
his foot still compels him to use his
wheel chair. The prince is highly
amused at the almost daily cable mes
sages he receives from America, mostly
with prepayment of answer request
ing his views on the loss of the Maine
or on the Cuban question. He says he
pays no heed to these requests.
The weakening of the marines by the
dispatch of large detachments to kiao
Chau will be rectified on April !. when
necessary additions will be made to
the force.
The supplementary vote 70, Kiao
Chau includes the costs of the &'Ialler
works. but the harbor works of con
stTuction will be undertaken by syn
dictate.
WILLIAM NEVER SAID IT.
Mr.. White, United States ambassa-
dor. says: VERY earnest assurances
have been given / nthe highest quar-
tiers that the emperor did not make the
remarks attributed to him relative to
showing friendship for Spain in case
of conflict with America, nor any
thing similar to that. AS a matter of
fact he does not hold the sentiments
attributed to him on that subject"
The government will not admit Amer /
lean fruit waste into the Rhine district, /
as it is said to be gravely injuring the /
jelly industry.
The Cologne Gazette and other news I
papers severely blame the government {
for exceeding the authority given It by
the bundesrath in the fruit decree.
The Prussian minister OF agriculture, (
Baron Won Hammerstein-Lexton has /
issued an official report on. the San /
Jose scale, setting forth that recently I
numbers have been found in all stages /
of development on apples. He adds I
that II must be presumed that German 1
orchards and nurseries are already in
fected and he calls for immediate and /
general investigation of the reports and (
the results.