The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-13
Reference In Reichstag to His
Speech at Hamburg.
HAD BEEN ILL-INFORMED
DIR. LIEBER's REMARKS UPHELD
BY PRESIDENT.
Freedom of Speech Is Upheld Even
When Directed Against the Ger
man Emperor-Debate On the Ma
val Bill Grows Animated-Rela-
tons With the United States.

Berlin, Dec. 12.-Dr. Lieber, the CEN
trist leader, on entering the reichstag
at noon today, was attacked by a man
who was apparently insane. The doc
tors assailant. who struck him with
stick. was promptly arrested.
The minister of foreign affairs. Count
Won Buelow. replying in the reichstag
today to a remark of previous speak
er, said he did not wish to
discuss the Samoan agreement. He
might, however. say, in the most posi-
tive manner. that the agreement con-
tanned no secret conditions of any kind,
either of a political or economic nature,
and entailed no obligations, political or
economic. either towards Great Britain
or the United States.
During the debate in the reichstag
today on the first reading of the budget
estimates, DR.. Lieber. who apparently
was not inconvanienced by his encoun-
ter with the supposed maniac, observed
that the favorable financial situa ton
was due to the careful manner in which
the house scrutinized the budget. This
practice, he continued should be adj
hered to- The 'PruSsian financial Jug
gler'' CDR. Won MiqueD,- he further re-
marked. had biased the estimates Of
permanent expenditure on fiuctuating
revenues" This. according to the
speaker, was impolitic, and a heavy
penalty would have to be paid for it
some day.
Fresh Taxation.
+ The 'centrists were of the opinion that
the governments requirements could be
met without recourse to fresh taxa
ton. At present he was not prepared
to say whether or not he would sup
port the naval bill The declaration of
the government, the speaker claimed.
would have had great weight if it had
not been given publicity beforehand,
thus sighting the reichstag.
Dr. Lieber concluded with saying that
past and future events would prove to
the emperor that he had been Him
formed when in Hamburg regarding the
feelings of German people. During the
first eight years of the emperors reign
the reichstag had by no means persist
emily refused to increase the navy.
Prince Hohenlohe. the imperial chan
cellor, said he sincerely regretted that
the emperor's speech had been intro
duced in the debate. The speech, he
added, had been called forth by the po-
litical situation. 1t was an expression
of solicitude from the monarch for the
power and prestige of the fathertand.
In view of the eminent position which
the king of Prussia occupied as Ger
man emperor his right TO exhort his
people to unity in order to achieve great
ends and to give expression to his
wishes could not be commended.
Supported By President
Count Won Ballestrem, president of
the reichstag, intimated that he had al
ready ruled that members of the reich
stag could not be debarred from dis
cussing in a suitable manner the
speeches of the emperor as published
in the Reichsanzeiger, adding:
Il should regard myself as trenching
on the highly important position which
the emperor occupied in political life
if / did not allow his significant utter
ances to be mentioned here. This must,
of course, be done decorously, and. in
my opinion. the previous speaker COM
piled with this condition."
Count Won Lomburg, Stirum conser-
vative, declared the financial situation
demanded the greatest economy. There
could not be much retrenchment in the
foreign estimates, but while certain
credit was due to Count Won Buelow
for the successes he had achieved. both
agriculturalists and manufacturers
were suffering from the present rela-
tions with the United States.
The Naval Question.
The speaker said the naval question
and the native power of the states had
changed but little during the past two
years. But, he added. the Hispano-
American and Transvaal wars had i'm
PEELED the conservative party to con-
cur in the opinions of the government
The growing antipathy to England and
English policy, he asserted. were re-
markable, though Mr. Chamberlain's
speech and speeches of British states
men generally had little more value
than electoral speeches.
Herr Bebel. socialist. declared the in
creasing loans were in opposition TO the
rosy exposition of the budget The
empires debt. he asserted. had increas-
ed enormously, and Germany did mis-
cradle business with her colonies. Too
much was paid for the Caroline islands,
and Kiau Chou was a fever nest. To
increase German trade propOrtionately
with new fleet was difficult matter.
According to the speaker. yesterdays
speeches seemed better adapted to the
navy league than to the reichstag. With
Great Britain's fleet and Germany's
army the two countries could rule the
world
The secretary of the navy, Admiral
Tirpitz said that when the last navy
bill was presented he did not know the /
extent of German industries. In
naval war, the secretary asserted, TIE
workingmen would be the first suffer-
ore Tho hor1ca fher a 1iOtr~ue5