The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-12
PREPARE FOR FUTURE.
Germany's Minister Of Foreign Affairs
Urges Naval Needs.
WILL INTERFERE WITH NO FOREIGN POWER
mt VIII Not &c Pushed Aside II FAR
tition ofthc Earth Is Attempt-
ed ny Others.

Berlin. December 1t.--During the de-
bate on the estimates in the reichstss To-
day Count Won Bulow, the minister OF
foreign affairs, reiterated the terms ol
the various agreements for partiuonlng
Samoa between the United States ana
Germany for repeating the Samoan act
and for submitting to arbitration TOE
losses resulting from unjustihable mill
| tary action on the part OF officers belong
ing to either OF three States. lie said that
after the assent of the United states SEN
ate and the bundesrath, bills ratifging the
| treaty would be submitted. In the mean
while he hoped the relchstas would not
discuss the matter. He added that no
| increase in next years imperial budget
would arise from the supplemental esu-
mates for Samoa.
Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial chancel-
Tor. then announced that the Federal gov
ernments had come to the conclusion that
| the present navy was insufficient for the
| counry's needs and that estimates ior
J doubling the number of warships would
be submitted
Count Won Buow justified the increas
in the navy from political point OF
view,
of a greater Britain and new France we
have claims to a greater Germany, not IL
the sense of conquest. but in the senl'
al a peaceful extension OF our trade ald
points of support We can not and VIII
not suffer that IL people shall pass TO th'
order of the day over the heads OF the
German people. CHEERS from the righ,lst'
and laughter from the leftists.) | WISH
and we all wish that our future may h'
u T.. .asi1 ha mn nnl
can say. We must be secured against sur
prise. not only on land, but also AT sea
We must create and possess fleet stron!
enough to exclude attack by any power
and | emphasize attack, for in the 40
solute peacefulness of our policy. 1t CAT
never be other than question OF defens
German foreign policy Is neither cove;ois
restless nor fanciful
Continuing. Count Won Bulow said: I'll
the coming century the German peop
| must he either the hammer or the anvil
In the name of our countrys best intere 81
entreat your favorable reception OF th
! navy bill +"
Baron Won Thielmanu secretary of Tn
treasury. described the financial posi.i 81
OF The empire favorable and said IN
interest on the navy loan would be guar
: anteed by the imperial revenues
Count Won Bulow. when announcing III
samoan settlement, WAS repeatedly me
s rupted by applause. His second spec
dealing with the necessity for large
5 fleet. provoked approval and disapprova
i almost equally emphatic. The disapprova
came from the radicals. When he de
., clared that Germany did not desire to pur
sue an aggressive pyrotechnical course
but was equally determined not TO b
y pushed aside politically or commercially b
u other powers and never to allow an I'm
q portant international question to be sci
d tied without consulting her, there was a
c outburst of spontaneous applause.
5 The opposition. which is APPARENT
+ stronger than had been expected, wa
dumbfounded by the vigorous, Sius gov
eminent onslaught, After the adjournmer
it was said In the lobby that the emperc
y had given strict orders for the dissolutio
:, of the reichstag should the cabinet considf
: 1t unlikely that the bill would pass, III
Il correspondent of the Associated Press Of
n tanned confirmation of this report in his
: quarters.