The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-06
HERR BEBEL AROUSED
LIFTS TARIFF DEBATE OUT OF
 THE COMMON.
He Charges That the Measure Pro posed by the Government is in the Interest of the
 Land Holders.

Berlin, Dec. 5.-The most insignificant looking man in the Reichstag, Herr Be- bel, broke his didactic monotony and lift ed the tariff debate to emotional levels.
 Herr Rebel spoke to breathless gall leries. He often provoked his opponents but some times he enthralled even them.
 The wagon maker is diminutive in body and has a large head. Pulling at his pointed chin whiskers, he took the trfb- une after the peasant farmer, Herr Ms sen, and as the representative of 2,S0o.0O voters. he lodged the socialist protest against the hunger duties," as he called the tariffs, on grain.
 The man seemed to grow bodily as he warmed up to his work. He spoke, as al- ways, with astonishing ease and rapidity of utterance Herr Bebel said there were two nations in the German State, the plunderers and the plundered. "The Inn perial Chancellor, Count von Buelow, spoke for the former. Fiften per cent. of the German people are engaged in ag- riculture. The Chancellor said the re- mainder were engaged in other occupa- tions and that 72 per cent. of these lat ter were industrialists. The proposition of the government was to lay tax on between 600, ,ooo 900 and 700, ,0OO.OOo marks on | food in order to make more profitable the occupation of 15 per cent. of the peo- | pie. Only one-ninth of the grain Is inn ported. "Agriculture in Germany might be | called prosperous. The late Dr. won | Miquel. former Minister of Finance, in an official declaration three years ago, | said German agriculture was prosperous. The Prussian crown knows 1t is prosper ous, but it is now investing 100000 marks in new agricultural holdings. The reduc- ton of farm mortgage foreclosures of recent years shows that agriculture was better off than previously, and the value of lands has increased during the last century. This bill is intended not for the betterment of the farm laborer. but fol the betterment of the landlord. If any landlord Is not getting on well now, 1t is because of hunting parties. gambling l well filled wine cellars, sons in crack cavalry regiments and town houses 1T Berlin"
 l At tbis point of Herr Bebels speecl l Graf von Kardorff, one of the greates land magnates, laughed jeeringly.
 | Yes" continued Herr Bebel. "Tha | is the way with you fellows. You la! taxes upon the poor, and when it Il proven to you that they are unnecessary you laugh. But the worlds histor! rolls on over you regardless"
 Later Graf von Arnirn, another grea Agrarian leader, scornfully interrupte' Herr Bebel while the latter was relating an incident of a Prussian school girl wh wanted to go to heaven because ther was no hunger there. Upon this oc currence. the socialist members of tn Reichstag rushed in body toward tn conservative side of the chamber.
 The President of the Reichstag fire quently rang his bell or called Herr Bebe and other political groups to order. Her Rebel. inspired by the tempestous tempe of the house. said: This bill foment insurrection. The Chancellor aims t overturn social order. We shall do ou utmost to send this bill to hades am
 we only regret we cannot send it's author and abbettors there also."
 Baron von Rheinhaben, the Prussial Minister of Finance, advised Herr Bebe
 that if the social democrats stirred u
 rebellion the government assured then
 they would reap a harvest of brokel
 heads. This was greeted with cheer
 on the right and laughter on the left
 Herr Moeller. the Minister of Commerce
 said he regarded the new tariff as an ef
 fective weapon in the hands of the gov
 ernment to force to a conclusion favora
 ble commercial treaties. The Reichsta
 then adjourned.