The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-04
WANTS A BIG NAVY.
Germany No Longer Fears Frances
Army.

Berlin, December 2-Aftsr q fortnight
of preliminary diminishing tse Reich-
stag, during the coming week, begins Sc
rious work, starting with first reading
of the budget, which always leads to seri-
Gus and heated debates, the important
| part Of which will be the advance figh,
| for aud against the new naval bill The
whols energy Of the Emperor aud the gov
eminent will be used towards making
the bill law and thus securing from Ger
many the second place Of the world as q
naval power.
After surveying the parliamentary
field, It seems pretty probable that the
bill viii pass as tie whole right, part
of the centre and portion of the left
ssem sure 60 vote Tor It's passage. No
douts German Vlbllc opi-ioa over.
wholmlngly favc-s the bill, &c ths .a9p,e
bsi.eve, with tire emperor. 49, It 3 al
/ 5olute.y necessary for Germany tGatln-
ued prestige as q T-sia power hRd fe~ 80
extension Of German s.aGe and iaGuence
abroad, Besides, the coasictloa IS not
he'd generally here the. B.anoi aesi no
longer be feared as = serious oors ,sitor
militarily, She having Vsacaed ne ulti-
mate limit IN incrss sing Der sxIay, and
Is unable to compete Will NtTna1y's ad-
d!tionnl 10, Oh, go OF luhab!5lnts. Thus
1t may be said that Germsny now has her
hands free nom naval ey pantLcn.
Ths governments rurposo to transform
kinder, hitherto Il small North Sea har-
Dor, into hrst-cas s naval port. has be-
coma pla.ncr every day. On exceptional
authority 10 Is learned that these plans
, EN- brace the deepening OF the river bed
SO as to allow TIE largest warship to en-
! ter tno port. The irst instalmsnt Of 81
i roc % marks for this Improvements will
reach the Pr1ssiRn diet after Its recon-
vening, Tho government will also erect
big naval ship-yards and dock yards ut
Emden. The dry docks will be pushed SO
that a number of the vessels demanded
by the Few naval bill ohn be built at
kmden.
The dssirabillty of the United States
abroad Is again unpleasantly illustrated
hy She humil!ating experience Of Am
| eassador White. whose landlord sold the
anil f ,acor's residence to the govern
ment OF the Grand Unohy of Baden, re-
pudiating MIR. Whites contention that
! the lease of the premises was for the
am haseador's term. and by the fact just
revealed. that Minister Harris at Vienna
| is undergoing worse experience. MIR.
| Whites trouble is likely to be tided over
| as 1t is undsrstood that the govern mert
Of Baden has offered to allow the Anne
r!can AMBASSADOR to occupy the top fiat
of the building 1t purchased until the
end of President Mokinley's term. Siros
Mr. Harris arrived in Vienna, he has been
vainIy searching for a suitable house.
The difficulty Is the unwillingness Of
Austrian landlords to rent TO Americans.
MIR. Harris's predecessor, Mr.. Bartlett
1ripp, had dispute with his landlord
and the latter sued MIR. Trip successful
| ly. He pleaded ex-terrltoriality. but
| without effect. Even the Vienna trades
men are disinclined to supply any one
connected with the legation, unless paid
in advance. Both these Incidents are
causing much aston shsd talk In diplo-
matte circles at Vienna and Berlin and
many di'paraging remarks have been
made against the United States policy In
this respect.
DIR. Won Miguel, whose skin In tinan-
oially squeezing the German subjects for
the benefit OF the state Is provsrbial, has
fallen a victim TO his own tax gatherers.
They have rejected DIR. Won Miquel's
own income tax return. declaring he
omitted the income of his Silssian estate
which DIR. Won Miguel claims is unpro-
ductive. The controversy, which the
courts will probably have to decide, in
wolves only small amount, but the de-
partment insists ON Its alleged rights
again st Its own chief.