Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-10-29
LOOKING FOR
CABINET timber
Several With Paying Jobs Decline
German EmparOr's Invitation.
LARGER NAVY WANTED
Hc won,d Place Germany onEqunilty
with England In Thts Respect
PrIneo Ii ohcnioho Anxioux 10 no
sign-wnr News In Ex,rnor.
dinnry shnpo and often UntcIlisi-
bIo-AntI> British Crusado-R criin
and Washington.
LARGER NAVY WANTED

bIo-An.I> British Crusado- Bcriin
and Washington.
Copyright, 1899, by Associated Press)
Berlin, Oct. 2S.-Emperor William is
looking for another Cabinet. but has
not yet found the material for 1t. In
place of DR.. VonAIiquel, the Minister of
Finance. his Majesty wanted Herr
Siemens, of the Dcutsche- Relchsbank.
and In place of Herr Thielen. the Min
F. lister of Public Works, he wanted Herr
JencSe. the KrupDs general manager.
But they both declined on Sunday, the
reason being that their present jobs
are moro lucrative, so the Emperor Is
6till seeking other suitable men. one
OF the potent reasons why he desires
new men is that he wishes the navy
greatly Increased and faster than at
the present rate. and he deems the ex-
listing Cabinet too yielding to efficiently
push his wishes before the Teeichstag.
THE HAMBURG TOAST.
The Empcror's Hamburg toast is gen.
orally interpreted as urging the ne
ccssity Of Al much larger navy. while
an inspired article in the Nord
Dcutschc Allgemiene Zcitung, APP
parcntly contradicting the idea, is re-
2arded as intended TO smooth matters.
Admiral Won TriptZ, Secretary of the
Navy. has received his Majesty's sane
ton to project an enormous Increase
of the navy, giving 1T seven bat
tlcshirs, fifteen large and &c small
cruisers. and making it equal I'm size
and efficiency to any other navy, Great
Rritains excepted. This would involve
an expenditure nf 100 million marks,
and make the naval budget 2l2.500,o00
marks annually.
PROGRAM AGREED TO.
Later to-day 1t was learned from an
absolutely reliable source that Prince
Iiuhenlohe had agreed to the following
new naval program and that the gov
eminent. the Emperor consenting. Will
present the program TO the Reichstag
between 1901 and 1903 Instead OF one
shin three will he built annually until
1916. From these vessels n new third
squadron will be formed and also re-
serve squadrons in place of the Sieg-
fried class. The number of cruisers in
foreign waters will be increased by
six large vessels
THE EMPEROR'S OPINION.
The Emperor has been of the opinion
since 1897 when the present Flotten
plan was adopted, that the political
situation OF the world has changed so
enormously since the Spanish Ameri-
can war. the seizure Of Kiao Chou. the
looming up of the whole Chinese ques-
llOu ana tHt vi Jdl'tlIi sts5
IL big maritime power. that 1t would be
suicidal policy for Germany to stick
TO that plan: that 1T would be tanta-
mount to her abdication as Il big pow
err. and trusts there is enough patriot
Ism I'm the Teichstag to ensure the in
creased navy which Germany needs to
fully play the role he believes is her
due. -.
WHAT 1T MEANS.
The correspondent here of the Asso-
ciated Press recently had n conVersa-
ton with an employe of the Foreign
Office who enjoys the Emperors con-
fldence and he took special pains to
jected increase must in no sense be
construed as q menace to any power
or group Of powers. He added
"For a colonial power like Germany
1t has become a matter of necessity to
get a bigger navy. Recent events show
to note how public opinion has taken
this idea of the Emperor. It's 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
a bigger navy II he will drop his canal
project The Kreuz ZeitunE says there
Is not enough money TO pay for both.
The Center organs declare that the alb
solute necessity of the increase must
be shown before the delegates to the
Rechstag vote for it. and the National
Liberal, Reichspartei. German,
anti-Semite and a number of n-par-
tisan papers discuss the plan rather
favorably. On the other hand the
whole Radical and Socialist press de-
cries the need Of the increase. These
papers claim that the masses have
about reached the limit OF taxation,
and ought not to be further burdened
under any circumstances.
TIRED OF THE CABINET.
The opinion of well informed politi-
clans is that Prince Hohenlohe will only
be too glad to resign as soon as the
Emperor finds n suitable successor;
but 1t will be difficult to replace him
in these critical times. So far. His Maj
esty does not know who to ask to step in
Prince Hohenlohe's shoes. He has no in
tention OF replacing Count Won Buelow
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, nj
though the latter for some time has
been the butt of a large portion of the
press, owing to what the newspapers
consider lack Of courage in dealing
with recent questions OF foreign policy
The entire lingo press violently at
lacks him this week for hs-alleged
subserviency to Great Britain and the
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