The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-06
Diet VIII Resent Governments Action
on Defeat of Previous Measure
by killing This One.
INCREASED DUTIES ON GRAIN
REICHSTAG is EXPECTED TO RAISE
THE RATES MATERIALLY.
Prefecture Project for Berlin Arouses
OppositiOn-VOn BueIow's Debut
in Domestic Politics.

BERLIN, Jan. 5.-The press was occupied
this week with political and business re-
views of 1900, threshing over old political
straw and forecasting the work of the
Reichstag and Diet, which reassemble
Tuesday. The Diets session takes place
earlier than expected, so as to allow
ample discussion of the remodeled canal
bill, which will be introduced next week.
The bills prospects are by no means
bright Beside warning the Conservative
press that the government is only prepar-
ing for another defeat, the Cologne Volks
Zeitung, the leading Centrist organ, also
printed an article this week which attract
ed wide attention, admitting that the canal
bill is hopeless as ever. The paper in
question points out that the governments
policy on the defeat of the former canal bill
utterly ruined the chances of the present
measure, which nobody can save. 1t men,
tons the weak undecided policy of the
government in retiring the officials who
voted against the bill and in promoting
them afterward to better positions. The
discussion of the measure will begin at an
early day. 1t is already announced that
the Ministry will make a hard fight to Sc
cure the bills passage. The debate will be
particularly interesting, since it will be the
first occasion requiring the new imperial
chancellor, Count Won Buelow, to show his
hand in domestic politics. Deep interest is
felt regarding his first bout with the Agrar-
ians. In the meanwhile Won Buelow con-
tinues mute. ION all domestic questions"
says Vossische Zeitung Independent Lib
eral and Free Trade, ''Von Buelow smil-
ingly assures us that nobody really knows
MIN. In the province of domestic politics
we admit this is true, for Won BueIow is an
unwritten page therein"
In the Reichstag the work of the remain
ing session is not expected to be important
After disposing of the China bill the budget
will come up. But it is now generally ad-
mitted that tariff revision will be post
poned to the autumn session. In the mean
while the Berliner Tageblatt (also indie
pendent Liberal and Free Trade) reasserts
on inquiries in official circles that the gov
eminent has already decided to raise the
grain duties to at least 80 marks per ton
and also to introduce maximal and minimal
duties on grain. 1t further asserts that the
government is firmly resolved to make new
commercial treaties after the expiration OF
the present ones.
The press has given much space this
week to the discussion of the project TO
make separate prefecture of Berlin. The
Liberal papers oppose the proposition see
ing therein the intention of the govern
ment to more sharply control Berlin's local
affairs. The semi-official papers on the
other hand, assert that the suggestion is
based purely on the idea of providing bet-
ter local administration. The Berliner
1ageblatt says the Prussian budget viii
provide project for Berlin.
Various cases in which physicians have
exceeded humane bounds in experimenting
on patients having attracted painful at
| tention during the last few years, the Pr,s-
| sian Ministry of Public Worship and Edu-
cation has now issued decree restrain
| ing the owners of clinics, etc.. from fol-
lowing such practices
| The United Service Magazines article
suggesting that Grea1 Britain exchange the
island of Cyprus for German East Afr;ca
| is widely discussed this week The prono-
stion finds absolutely no support in fha
German press. The Cologne volks Zeitnny
especially emphasizes the view that Ger,
many's possession of Cyprus would givo
the lie to her protestations of having p1re-
Is commercial interests In Asia Minor
| The United States ambassador and Mr..
White VIII give their first Diplomatic re-
| ceptton Jan. Z. -
| The Berlin papers discuss In q lively No.
ner this week methods for prsventinr 49,,
acoidsnta On street railroads. and n,r,,.
attention haf ~ 1lven e he Ansr,ss s /.