The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-29
II Germany Is to Maintain Her Press
tire She Must BE N Power ON Sea
as Well as on Land.
NEW CABINET NECESSARY
TO CARRY OUT THE WISHES OF THE
GERMAN EMPEROR.
status OF Samoan Negotiations-Em-
peror williams Delicate Compile
ment to Ex-President Harrison.


lCcpyrighted, 1888, py the Associateo FteSS'j
BERLIN. Oct. E.-Emperor William IL
looking for another Cabinet. but has not yet
found the material for IT. In place Of D<
Won MIGUEL. the minister OF finance. MS
Majesty wanted Herr siemens, OF the
Deutsche Reichsbank. and In place OF Herr
Thielen. the minister Of public works. he
wanted Herr Jencke. the Krupps' general
manager. But they both declined on sun
day, the reason being that their present jobs
are more lucrative the Emperor Is stiii
seeking other suitable men, One OK the
potent reasons why he desires new men
is that he wishes the navy greatly increased
and faster than al the present rate. and
he deems the existing Cabinet too yielding
10 efficiently push these wishes before the
Reichstag.
The Empezor's Hamburg toast Is generally
interpreted as urging the necessity Of
much larger navy. while an inspired article
In the Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
apparently contradicting the idea Is regard
ed as intended to smooth matters Admiral
Won Trpitz. secretary Of the navy. has re-
ceived his Majesty's sanction 10 project an
enormous increase Of the navy. giving IL
fifty-seven battleships. fifteen large and
thirty-six small cruisers. and making II
equal in size and efficiency to any other
navy, Great Britains excepted This would
involve an expenditure OF 100 100000 marks
and make the naval budget 2l2,5oo,ooo marks
annually.
Later to-day 1t was learned from an abb
solutely reliable source that Prince Hohen-
lohe had agreed to the following new naval
programme and that the government. the
Emperor consenting. viii present the~pro-
gramme to the Reichstag between 1901 and
1903. Instead Of one ship. three will be built
annually until 1916. From these vessels
new third squadron will be formed and also
reserve squadrons in place OF the Siegfried
class. The number Of cruisers In foreign
waters will be increased by six large vessels.
The Emperor has been OF opinion since
1881. when the present Flotten plan was
adopted. that the political situation OF the
world has changed 50 enormously since the
Spanish-American war. the seizure OF Kiao-
Chou, the looming up of the whole Chinese
question and the development of japan as a
big maritime power, that it would be a sui
cidal policy for Germany to stick to that
plan. that it would be tantamount 10 her
abdication as a big power and that he
trusts there is enough patriotism In the
Reichstag to insure the increased navy
which Germany needs to fully play the role
he believes Is her due
The correspondent here of the Associated
Press recently had a conversation with an
employe Of the Foreign Office who fully en-
joys the Emperor's confidence, and he took
special pains TO assure the correspondent
that the projected increase must in no sense
be construed as a menace to any power or
group OF powers. He added: For a
colonial power like Germany IL has become
matter OF necessity to get bigger navy.
Recent events show how necessary il Is"
1t is interesting to note how public opin-
ion has taken this idea Of the Emperor.
Its reception has been most varied. The
whole Agrarian press seizes the opportunity
to assure the Emperor that the Agrarians
are quite willing TO vote for bigger navy
IL he will drop his canal project The Kreuz
Zeitung says there is not enough money TO
pay for both. The Center organs declare
that the absolute necessity OF the increase
must be shown before the delegates 10 the
Reichstag vote for IL. and the National Lib
eral, Reichspartei. Pan-German. anti
Semitic and a number of nonpartisan papers
discuss the plan rather favorably. On the
other hand. the whole Radical and Socialist
press decries the need OF the increase. The
papers claim that the masses have about
reached the limit or taxation and ought not
to be further burdened under any circum-
stances.
The opinion of well-inforrned politicians is
that Prince Hohenlohe will be only l. D glad
to resign as soon as the Emperor finds a
successor but it will be difficult to replace
him in these critical times. So far his
Majesty does not know whom 10 ask TO
step into Prince Hohenlohe's shoes. He has
no intention of replacing Count Won
Buelow, the minister of foreign affairs. al
though the latter for some time has been
the butt Of large portion of the press
owing TO what the newspapers consider lack
of courage and luck In dealing with recent
questions of foreign politics The entire
lingo press violently attacks him this week
for his alleged subserviency 20 Great Britain
and the United States in Trsnsvaal and
Samoan matters. The press continues to
discuss these questions neatedly.
Samoa continues 10 exercise the press.
which indulgcd this week in the widest sur
mises On the authority OF the Foreign
once and the United States ambassador.
Mr. A D. White. the correspondent OF the
Associated Press Is in a position TO say
that the present situation is THAI the nego-
tiations between Berlin and Washington
some time ago reached satisfactory agree
ment, and those between Berlin and London
are progressing satisfactorily. The chances
that they VIII shortly reach definite and
satisfactory conclusion have apprecfaoiy
improved during the last few days. Great
Britain seems on the point Of yielding 20 a
certain extent 10 Germany's claims and
representations Of major rights In ths
islands. Al present Il looks as n Great
Britain would retire altogether and leave