The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-10-30
EMPEROR WILLIAM
Is Looking for Another Uabinet
But has Not Found It

hooking TOT nnnthNf rhhinei hut mas
Noi ya found fhc material for a. In
f,laec of Dr Won Miquei the minister
uf nntnce. hls majesty wanted Herr
glemens AMI ln the place ~ Herr Tha-
Cen. the minister of public works. he
wanted Herr Icncke. Hut they both de-
slnri 0n Sunday the reason baIng that
sheir present iohs were more lucrative
o. tie emperor .s stiil seekins other
ouhabie men one of the potent reas-
sns why he desires new men .s that
fe VI thes che navy greatly Increased
und faster than at the present rate, and
be deems the existing cabinet too
cleiiinE 60 efficiently push these wishes
before the relchsiag
TIA cmpcrors iiamhurg toast is gcner-
ALLY Interpreted ne urging uhc necessity
" "a much larger navy. while an inapir-
81 Article in The Nori Deutsche A.iege-
sueine Neitung. apparently contradict
fug the idea. ie regarded a. intended 90
smooth matters Admiral Won Tierpltz
secretary OF the navy. has received hls
naiesty's sanction % project an enor-
snOus Increase 20 the navy giving it 81
battlcshlps. i5 large and - small cruis-
ers. and making % equai in size and cr-
fceacy 60 any other navy. Great Brit
uins cxceuted This would involve an
expenditure % 100 million marks and
make che naval budget 2i2 900 O00. .O00
sharks annually.
Later today Il was isarned from an
absolutely reliable source that Prince
iiohcnlce had agreed o. the following
sew naval program and that the gov
ernment. the emperor cpnsenting. Will
present the program to the roichsiag
betwcen 1901 and 1905 Instead of ore
each three viii be built annually unn
1915 From these vessels a new third
squadron will b. formed and also re-
serve squadrons IN place of the sleg.
5ried class Tho number Of cruisers
On foreign waters VIII be increased by
eix large vessels
rhe emperor has been of the op.niw
since 1897 when the present notton-plan
Mas adopted that the political situation
~ the world has changed 80 enormous
A. since the spanish American war. the
seizure of the Kiao Chou the looming
up ~ fhe whole Chinese question ana
the development of Japan as "a big mar
ttime powyr that 10 would be "A sulcld-
ui policy FOR Germany o. stick go that
plan. that lt would bc taniamount 20
her abdioaiion az big power. and he
trusts that there is enough patriotism
a. the r'ichatag 20 ensure the increas.
td navy which Germany needs 10 fully
piay the role he believes o. due Tho
correspondent hero of che Associated
Press recently had "a conversation with
IN employc ~ the foreign office who
fuiiy enjoys the empcrors confidence
und De took special pains to assure tha
correspondents chat th- projected ln-
crease must lu no sense Dee construed
o. "a mcutce Co amy power or group oi
powers. He added "For n colonial pow
a. like Germany h has become "a max
ter of necessity 90 get "a bigger navy
1lecent events show how necessary 10
g."
IL ia Interesting 90 note how public
opinlon has taken 40 this idea OF ms
emperor its reception has been mos,
varied nho whole Agrar.an press has
seized the opportunity % assure the
emperor that Agrarlans are quite Will.
ing 90 vote Tor a bigger navy N he viii
drop ms canal project
Tho sar news arrives here I'm "a con
tradiotory shape ana Is often unintel.
tgiblc. The comments or most OF ths
papers irrespective oi party o. anti.
brttlsh and often couched IN "a satlrica
and haunting tone The belief Ia genar.
81 that Great Britain. thus far has gl'
Ghs worst of the hght but the news u
eupp~esss'i by the cable --re,,rsnip tns
geault - r'hs'h. - a ,~-- 4. = ..ion-
aAratcN r~st , ie sr.ea.,ser, thsf c1r.
Snany 80 "at'wci and operate ca.
Iiles fne prese.u state Of thing'
Hgith 3gitain owning all the ca
tles. ,s-f In the even. OF war. viii
o. ent 1ly in lhs pYHrr ~ Great Brit.
@in as s0EA~ds news. Hence many pa
pers adyocafe the laying OF a number
% German cables There have been
gnRny complaints this week of the non-
deilvery ~ cables o. and from South
africa and II IL charged that the Brit
tlh officials have been supprcaaine
q ~m From the enormous percentage
vf l0ss " British officers in South AZ
giea. the papers here argue that ths
aiOers have not lost their markmanshlT lT
during she dong term of peace ard theJ
also a.aknowiedge the superior bravery
of their ofhcer. The Tageblatt says.
'-The loss furnishes "a brilliant testi.
moniai Of the heroism of tho officers
no maner nov the war and ita caus,
nAy De rcsarded we a. not scrupie q
eay thia"
The aewHpaper str9teg.lta have prov
ed owes and over again that every &c
ported nrtish success 10 really q de.
feat or a retreat. Tails 10 conspicuously
displayed Ia thc headlines The oniy
fEpor,.ai9 daily siding with Great Brit
ain 10 the Cologne Gazette. though IN,
u