The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02
Probability Of the Fall of the Ger
man Ministry.
FIGHT OVER CANAL BILL
DISCUSSION ALREADY AS TO
THE NEW OFFICERS.
In the Meantime Emperor William Is
Not Permitting Politics to Trouble
Him and Is Enjoying Himself By
Taking Part In Beer Evenings"
Affects Prussian History.

Copyright, 1899, by the Associated PreSS.)
Berlin, July 1.-The canal question
overshadowed everything this week,
and the final. outcome is more doubtful
than ever. The air is full of rumors
of compromises, combinations, dissolu-
ton and reconstruction of the ministry.
The opponents of the mill continue the
pollok of seeking to kill it by bringing
forward as manw rival projects for
compensation as possible, these now
numbering $50. None of them has been
made in good faith, but for the sole
purpose of gaining time to eventually
checkmate the supporters of the canal.
Yesterday an amendment was voted in
sorting 100000 marks for preliminary
work on the Oder. This secures the
support of the Selesian centrists and
clearly improves the chances of the bill.
The talk of dissolution does not i'm
press the conservatives, who do not
believe the ministers will have the
courage to appeal to the country al
though DR.. MIGUEL, the vice president
of the council of ministers and minister
of finance, informed a member OF the
committee that the failure of the bill
would certainly be followed by a dis
solution. This threat has been over
looked as if it had not been made.
The liberals and centrists also doubt
that the ministry will go to the length
of a dissolution, as it will involve the
radical change in Prussian politics.
The Ministry In Danger.
The question of DR.. Miquel's retire
ment from the ministry has again come
TO the front. The correspondence of
the Associated Press learns that the
emperor has shown plainly his dissas
isfaction with the manner in which
DIR. MIGUEL has conducted the fight
when the minister reported the status
bill. DR.. MIGUEL has always been con-
sidefed as particularly solid with the
emperor and this is the first occasion
on which it is known his majesty was
displeased with him. This may not
mean that the emperor is determined
TO dismiss DIR. MIGUEL but it is recog-
nized that if the bill fails, further at
tempts to pass it with the present min
iStry will be in vain.
The minister's position with the vari-
Gus parties has also been greatly dam
aged since the question came up and
he has been sharply criticized on all
sides. 1t seems as if all parties are
about 10 drop it. DIR. Miquefs fate,
whatever it may be, is likely to be the
fate of the entire ministry as its de-
feat on so important a measure Will
leave the ministry without sufficient
influence to carry on the affairs of the
state. The kind of ministry likely to
succeed the present one begins to en-
gage attention.
The Munich AIgemein eZitung be-
lieves the emperor is contemplating re-
placing the present cabinet officers with
a liberay ministry. This is received
with skepticisf, even the liberal leaders
recognizing the impossibility of so do
ing in the present state of politics, as
Stunning that only conservative minis
try can follow the present one.
TSalk of New Officers.
The Frankfurter Zeitung discusses
the men likely TO play leading roles,
and says Baron Won Koeller, the gov
ernOr of chleSWig-HolStein. is still in
great favor with the emperor. But
as a great friend of the agrarians, he
would be the last to act against them.
Count Eulenburg is also mentioned.
He has long been regarded as a man
with a large political future, but as he
IS also a strong agrarian, he is another
impossibility.
The discussion of possible ministers
seems premature in a country where
ministries are so little responsible to
the Legislature as in Germany.
The diet takes a recess next week
until August, when it will reassembe
and resume the discussion of the ca
nal bill Aug. 10. Then the fate of the
ministry will be settled. In the mean
while the correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press learns from an excellent
source attempts Will be made by the
CentriSts and Liberals to reach a COM
promise on the canal and reformation
of municipal election questions, so that
they may present a united front. The
informer of the correspondent, "A per-
son who is in close touch with the
Centrists believes a compromise will
be effected and also hopes the Left and
some of the Conservatives who are of
ficials will vote for the canal bill or
absent themselves in sufficient numbers
to insure the passage of the measure.
Affects Prussian Politics.
Whatever the result of the present
crisis, it is certain it marks turning
point in Russian politics. The agra
rianS have shown such stubbornness
In opposition to the progressive classes
that the conflict must continue until
one or the other permanently gains the
supremacy. Even the moderate Lib
erals are more than ever before in
censed at the agrarian reactionaTy ten
denotes 1t seems as if the conflict
could not end without leaving a per-
manent mark on Prussian political his
tory
The adjournment of the reichstag has
been followed by a lively press discus
sion in regard to mentioning in debate
the emperor's utterances and the en-
peror's relations to the reichstag.
Count Won Ballestrem. the president.
rule that the words of the monarchy
are not subject to discussion, by ad-
hitting such discussion where the
words were printed in the official
Reichsanzeiger. Near the close of the
Rnti-strike bill discussion, Herr Bre-
field, the Prussian minister of COM
merce, sharply criticised the president
for permitting a reference to words of
the emperor. The president replied
with sharpness and directness.
The papers admit the difficulty of OBJ
Eerving the old rule of constitutional
monarchies that the monarch only
speaks through the ministers for the
frequent speeches of the emperor on
political subjects render the observa-
lion of the rule almost impossible.
Criticise the Emperor.
The Tageblatt says: The kaiser.
with his impulsive nature and seeking
10 act in his own person, has changed
the entire question. The old doctrine
cannot be upheld in the case of the
monarch who speaks, writes or tele-
graphs his views from shipboard with
put the presence Of a responsible min
Ster"
The Frankfurter Zeitung says: 1T
gould be simply hypocrisy and an i'm
possible demand that the representa-