The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-02
THREATENS TO RESIGN
Fears of a Cabinet Crisis in Ger
many.
THE CANAL BILL FIGHT
Emperor William Is Dissatisfied With
Or. Miguel-It Marks a Turning
Point in German Politics-A
Letter From Dewey.

Copyrighted, 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, commissions, dissolu-
ton and reconstruction of the ministry.
The opponents of the bill continue the
policy of seeking to kill it by bring
ing forward as many 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
inserting 100000 marks for prelimin-
the support of the Silesian 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 minis
the committee that the failure of the
bill would certainly be followed by a
dissolution. 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
dissolution, as it will involve the rad
zeal change in Prussian politics.
The question of DR.. MiquePs retire
ment from the ministry has again come
to the front. The correspondent of the
associated press learns that the en-
peror has shown plainly his dissat-
isfaction with the manner in which DR..
MIGUEL has conducted the fight when
the minister reported the status bill
DIR. Miguel has always been considered
as particularly solid with the emperor,
and this is the first OCCASION on which
is is known that his majesty was dis
pleased with him. This may not mean
that the emperor is determined to dis
miss DR.. Miguel but it is recognized
that il the bill fails, further attempts
to pass it with the present ministry
will be in vain. The minister's position
with the various parties has also been
greatly damaged since the question
came up, and he has been sharply
criticised on all sides
1t seems as if all parties are about
to drop it. DR.. Miquels fate, what
ever it may be, is likely to be the fate
on so important a measure will leave
the ministry without sufficient influ-
ence to carry on the affairs of
state. The kind of ministry likely to
succeed the present one begins to en-
gage attention.
The Munich Algemein Zeitung believes
the emperor is contemplating replac-
ing the present cabinet officers with a
liberal ministry. This is received with
skepticism; even the liberal leaders
recognizing the impossibility of so do
ing In the present state of politics, as
Stunning that only conservative min
istry can follow the present one.
The Frankfurter Zeitung discusses
the men likely to play leading roles
and says Baron Won Koeller, the gov
ernor of Schleswig- Holstein, is still In
great favor with the emperor But
as a great friend of the agrarians he
would be the last to lead a fight
against them. Count Eulenburg is also
mentioned.
The discussion of possible ministers
seems premature in a country where
ministers are so little responsible to the
legislature as in Germany.
The diet takes a recess next week
until August, when it will reassem BILE
and resume the discussion of the canal
bill Aug. Is, when the fate of the min
istry will be settled. Whatever the
result of the present crisis 1t is GER
tain it marks a turning point in Prus-
sian politics. The agrarians have
shown such stubbornness in opposi-
ton to the progressive classes that
the conflict must continue until one
or the other permanently gains the
supremacy.
The adjournment of the reichstag has
been followed by a lively press discus
sion in regard to mentioning in debate