The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-21
NAVAL BILL WILL BE PASSED.
WILL PROBABLY GO THROUGH BY \
SMALL MAJORITY.

Recent Events Have Greatly
strengthened Emperor Williams
Pet MeeSurc-German Comments on
the Recent Interpolation in the
Northumberland Warned TO He
More CarefuI-ComingC Court Fes-
tivities.
Copyright 1850 by the Associated Press.
Berlin, Jan. 2o.-During the coming week
the naval bill Will be the main political
topic. II is surmised that the measure
viii reach the Reichstas early in the week,
as the Bundosrath has expressed before
hand its readiness 10 pass it,
It's fate in the Relchstag, parlamenta-
rians now say, is 10y no means assured,
though it is predicted that enough MEM
bers of the center party VIII support the
bill to enable its passing. The force Of re
cent events has been telling altogether in
favor Of the measure, and an enormous
amount of agitation on the subject has
been made by The fleet enthusiasts
throughout the empire.
Judging from the present prospects, the
correspondent Of the Associated Press can
foreten that the naval bill, on which the
Emperor's whole heart hangs, VIII be pass
ed after a number of assurances and ex-
plantations about there being no need Of
new taxes from the government though
with the smallest majority.
The Interpolation.
The German press to-day comments lib
orally on yesterdays Interpolation in the
Reichstag on the seizure of German steam
ers by British cruisers. The Lokal An
zeiger says:
''The whole session showed that since
the English answer was known before
hand, this peculiar parliamentary action
might have been spared us"
The Freisinuige Zeitung expresses the
opinion that The Interpolation took both
a dignihed and appropriate course.
The Tageblatt, in its comments, remarks:
England now knows fully that in the
German empire she faces a country which
win not yield a hairbreadth from what it
conceives to be right. The foreign min
lister and the Reichstag both carefully
avoided shouting triumph at Great Brit
aims back down but people in England
win deduce a lesson from this reserve, that
the German empire, whose moderate poi
icy is supported by vast majority of It's
Parliament cannot be provoked with i'm
munity."
the Prussan election district meets with
the governments disapproval, although It
is admitted that the existing system Is
superaanuated The governments argu-
ment Is that the Barh redistrictng would
rebound in favor of the Socialists, as the
cities where new seats would be created
are strongly Socialist,
German Court Festivities.
The coming week will be the hight of
court festivities beginning with the coro-
nation fete, 10 which all who have either
recently received or about to receive or
ders and decoration are bidden This
time the number of guests runs between
8 O00 and 1000. Next Tuesday Is the de-
fliercour for the diplomatic corps and
male and female civilians, all wearing gala
dress. All the members OF the American
embassy will be there. On Thursday there
will be a military defliercour Saturday
will be the EmperOr'S birthday. The
Kings Of Saxony ana Wurtemburg are
expected to be present and the officials
of the American embassy will be among
the number Of congra tulants.
The whole Rhine district is threatened.
with floods owing to the masses of SHOWS
and frequent thaws. a number of the
moselle towns are now flooded. The
Rhine in several places rose ten feet
within twenty-four hours.
The Oberammergau Passion Play man
agemeut has issued a statement that per
formances will occur May "a and q and
June T. 10, IS, II. "a and 29, and that there
will be six performances in July, seven
In August and six in September. covered
auditorium has been erected at q cost of
$4,000 capable of accommodating 1000 per
sons Oberammergau will be made a rail
road station and the hotel and boarding
accommodations will be vastly improved