The record-union., 1899-12-12
Prince Won HohenIohe, the imperial
Chancellor,
Announces In the Relchstag the CuncIu-
slons Of the Government.
Has Been Decided to Submit Esti.
mates Increasing the Strength
of the Navy to Double the Num-
Der of Warships at Present in
Commission.


Commission
BERLIN, Dec. 11.-During the de-
pate on the estimates in the Reichstag
Today Count Won Buelow, the Minister
Oh Foreign Affairs, reiterated the terms
oI the various agreements for partition
| ing Samoa between the United States
ana Germany, for repeating the Samoan
ACT ana Tor submitting to arbitration
'iie losses resulting from unjustifable
military action on the part of officers
belonging to either of the three States
ne SAID that after assent of the United
states ana the Bundesrath, bills ratify-
ing the treaty would be submitted In
.he meanwhile he hoped the Reichstag
would not discuss the matter He added
| thal no increase in next years imperial
budget would arise from the supple
mental estimates for Samoa.
frlnce Hohenlohe, the Imperial Chan
cellor, then announced that the fed
Grated Governments had come to the
conclusion that the present navy was
insufficient for the country's needs. and
| that estimates for doubling the present
number of warships would be submit
ted He added that the period within
| which the increase of the new navy
would be affected was not to be fixed
| by law, the number of new ships to be
| provided for annually in the estimates
belng decided in accordance with the
budgetary requirements
! IN this matter" he continued 1.-The
| federated Governments are acting on
the supposition that in accordance with
the general principles governing the
financing OF the estimates the additional
vessels will be paid for by loans"
Count Won Buelow, in supporting the
proposed increase in the navy, said:
Inc President of the United States In
his message expressed himself concern
ing the good relations between the
! United States and ourselves with a
warmth that fills US with sincere salts
faction. AS far as Great Britain is con-
cerned, we are willing and ready to live
in peace and concord with her on the
basis of full reciprocity and reciprocal
consideration
Count Won Buelow also justified the
increase in the navy from a political
point of view, and declared that the
German policy had always maintained
an even course between neglecting and
OVERRIDING trans-oceanic interests
Abiding to the warlike changes and
revolutions of the past few years he
said:
Il cannot yet believe a new partition
of the earth is imminent. We wish to
interfere with no foreign Power but
neither do we wish to let ourselves be
pushed aside either politically or eco
nomically. We cannot be but mixed up
with the future, the prospects of which
have been considerably modified .he
last few years, because we have inter-
ests in all parts of the world. The
| powerful vitality of the German people
! have involved us in the worlds admin
| istration and drawn us into the worlds
| policy. In the presence of q greater
Britain and a new France, we have
claims to greater Germany not in the
sense of conquest, but in the sense of
a peaceful extension of our trade and
points of support. We cannot, will not
suffer that a people shall pass to the
order of the day over the heads of the
German people. Cheers from the
Rightists and laughter from the Left
ists) We have always hitherto come
to an easy and willing understanding
with France in isolated Colonial con-
ventions. In this respect also we have
found friendly obligingness in the case
|
| wholly responded.
! "Just because the external position
is now favorable, we must use it to in
sure ourselves for the future. / wish,
we all wish, that our future may be
peaceful. Whether it will be so no one
| can say
The Reichstag presented highly i'm
pressive spectacle to-day during the
debate on the estimates and the formal
| Introduction of Emperor Williams new
naval program.
| Count Won Buelow, when announcing
the Samoan settlement, was repeatedly
| interrupted by applause. His second
| speech, dealing with the necessity for
| large fleet, provoked approval and
| disapproval almost equally emphatic.
! The disapproval came from the Radic-
| ais. When he declared that Germany
| did not desire to pursue an aggressive
| pyrotechnical course, but was equally
| determined not to be pushed aside po-
| litically or commercially by other
! Powers, and never to allow an inn
portant International question to be
| settled without consulting her, there
was an outbreak of spontaneous APP
plause.
The session was brief, because the
house desired to see the speeches in
print before considering the proposals.
| Emperor William is confident that the
| proposal to increase the strength of the
navy is popular with the electorate,
| and he believes that the new Reich
stag would probably reflect this senti-
ment in other national aims more ac-
curately.
General Gatacre's reverse at Storm
burg was joyfully greeted on the streets
of Berlin. but the newspapers for the
most part are reticent on the subject.
DR.. Won MIGUEL has taken an almost
UNPRECEDENTED step, and defends him.
self in to-day's papers against NUNS
her of press attacks upon his course
| in recommending the removal of the
Landrathe, or District Governors, for
| voting against the canal bill last Au-
gust. The statement bears his own
signature.
Baron Penxance Dead.
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