The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-19
KAISER is AGGRIEVfD.
Defeat Of the Army Bill by the Reichsiae
Keenly Fell.
DISSOLUTION OF THE BODY THREATENED
The Emperor Was Almost Alone In
His stand for II Mig Increase
in the Army.

Copyrighted 1880, by Associated Press.)
Berlin. March 1s.-The unexpected
reiehetog crisis which has overshadowed
everything this week was brought about
by tho reichstag, Judging from the words
and manner OF the minister OF war Cen
efal Won Gossler who was led to, believe
that the emperor and the bundesrath we're
satisfied with the military bill as Axe by
the budget committee granting everything
demanded in the shape OF reorganization
" the artillery and cavalry AMI an in
crease for the army peace footing. ex-
eept that oni: 700 men were granted out
of 2s.GOo asked .or. This, however, is
really not the case, so far as the emperor
Is concerned, and It was ouly after the
minister Of war suddenly announced that
the report was considered insufficient that
it was discovered his majesty insisted on
| tue Iass0ge Of the bill In its original
shape, or that the reichstag would be dis
I solved ana new elections ordered on this
! issue. Those who are close to tha en-
peror have repeated his sayings on ne
SUBJECT which leave no room to doubt his
| majesty's attitude.
! But he is virtually alone In the stand
taken. since a majority of the bundesratb
made IL clear TO the imperial chancellor
| Prince Honenlohe, Wednesday that their
| governments we're satisfied with the bill
IN me shape reported. They further de-
! ciared that dissolution of the reicbstae
| on such Il trihi n, matter seemed uudoeira
bic and injudlcious. The bundesrath he.
ing constitutonally the final arbitrator in
| tue matter, the emperor risked being dis
| credited IL he carried out his intention OF
uissoiVlng the reichstag, and it also seemed
ciear that tho result of an election would
not be more favorable to the emneror's
wishes The popular votes. represented
by the majority rejecting the increase In
! the peace footing of the army on Tuesday
the vote standing 200 To 14t, outnumbered
the votes rejecting other proposals by
| almost two To one.
| Ihe statements Of the leaders of the
reichstag carried much weight. DR.. 1e,-
ner' spokesman of the center party
| showed that within few years besidsa
the regular military appropriations, the
feichstAg has voted 1888 900, 900 marks aud
That the peace strength Of the army is
much stronger than appears from the hill
considerably over 10000 men,
Tbs effective arraignment of the IN
satlGbie military demands and the state
ents OF the other opposition leaders
MADE considerable impression. Herr
hcaier' the radical leader, said: ''If the
reichstag Is now dissolved IL will not he
because OF this trifing reduction i'm the
military bill, but because another reich
stag is wanted, one which will pass
reactionary anti-strike bill and modify
the election law, and its motto will be
NO Autocrat. but Absolute Government
ana Destruction of the Rechstag's indie
pendence'
rms ana similar remarks by another
speaker were vigorously applsuded by the
wnole right and 1t was even declared that
inc members of this party would not be
| n tn
polls.
Nevertheless. II was very hard to change
the emperors mind, and 1t was only AZ the
last moment before he started for Fried
fichsruhe to attend the entombment OF the
remains OF Prince and Princess Risn1orrl
two hours before the decision OF the
relchstag that he told the imperial chan
celior and Count Won Posadowslfv-Weh-
her secretary of state for the Interior
that he would content himself with the
reduction.
Still the emperor felt that the reIchs-
tag action was personal defeat. and
his modification was correspondingly
great for the Influence OF the court n1iit
tary party for weeks has been strongly
In the direction of not yielding in this
mater The triumphal shoutngs of the
opposition on Tuesday, when IL became
evident that the government and the EN-
peror would Yield, and utterances OF an
antagonistic nature have added to the en-
perors modification. II Is said he feels
dissatisfied with Prince Hohenlohe, Cen
eral Won Gossler and Count Won Posa
dowsky- Wehner for the unskillful manner
in which they handled his demands In the
reichstag
Before the decision of the reichstas
was arrived at the correspondent OF the
Associated Press heard gentleman Of the
emperor's suite say; This has been am
other OF Hohenlohe's pyrhus victories. The
emperor Is tired of him and he will have
10 so at the first fitting opportunity: It
is said that his majesty is further irri
lated by the fact that the ultra-montanes.
though only one-third of tho minority.
upon this occasion triumphed in Protestant
Hermany over the Protestant emperor"
The newspapers are discussing the
chances OF effecting commercial treaty
with the United States. taking as basis
the arguments for and against the figures
quoted by Count Won Posadowsky- Wehner
In the relchstag q month ago, purporting
TO give the official statistics OF the i'm.
perts and exports OF Germany and the
United States. These are seriously incor-
rect and not in line with the hgures fur
nished TO Mr.. Robert p Porter since he
mas been here with Oscar Paustin. chief
OF the bureau OF statistics Of the United
states treasury department. The latter
has collected official figures dealing with