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IS NOT SURE OF HIMSELF
IMPRESSION PRODUCED BY Won
BUELOW'S SPEECH IN PRUS-
SIAN DIET
TALKED CANAL AND TAXES
German Opinion Us That Won WAL
dersee VIII Remain in China
With His Troops for
a Year Yet.

BERLIN. Jan. 12-The opening speech
of the imperial chancellor, Count Won
BueIow in the Prussian diet Tuesday,
which was largely programmatic, IS here
considered the leading political event of
the week. The entire press is still busy
commenting on and interpreting his re-
marks. Only the extreme Leftists are
wholly dissatisfied Herewith, claiming the
chancellor has gone over, bag and bag
gage, to the Agrarians, while the Moder-
ate Leftists, Center and Nationalist
point out that the chancellor carefully
avoided definite terms in his speech and
that later he probably intends to shape
his Prussian policy, especially during the
forthcoming diet session, according to
how and where he finds the majority IA
voring the canal BILL about whose ulti-
mate passage, Emperor William is still
as anxious as ever. The Conservative
and Agrarian press handle Won Buelow 8
speech with extreme caution. They
avoid pledging support of the canal bill
m exchange for any possible bargain.
The Agrarians continue to distrust Won
Buelow.
The Kreuz Zeitung. while pleasantly
compimenting the chancellor, warns the
latter not to repeat Prince Hohenlohe's
punitive methods towards members Of
ployes for voting against the canal meas
uFe.
THE CANAL BILL.
The enlarged canal bill introduced in
the lower house of the diet today, pro-
vides for the Midland canal 100000, 0GO
marks; for the Berlin-Stettin canal 4, Co.,
900 marks; for the Improvement OF the
Wharf.-The and a connection with the Wis
tula, %, 900 marks; for the Oder toe
water canal, Il, 100000 marks, and for the
Havel and Spree canal, 10000 900 marks,
q total of 3S4, 900, 600 marks. The finance
minister is empowered to sell bonds to
raise, the necessary funds
A significant little incident is this:
Won BUelow's speech, as actually de-
hvered in the diet, spoke of increased
cereal duties, protection of German agri-
culture while the corrected manuscript
several hours later, as it left Won Bue-
lows hands, mentioned only "gesicherter
Zolschuts," meaning assured duty pro-
lection This manipulation has not es-
capped attention and there are all sorts
of surmises connected Herewith
In the best Informed parliamentary cir
cles the opinion is now held that Won
Buelow himself hardly knows where he
stands and that he will skillfully endea-
Vor to push the canal bill through the diet
with what not too eXacting allies he can
find. 1t would be very unlike Won Bue-
low to conclude a fixed bargain thus early
with any party or set of parties
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
The China bill will not be disposed of
by the reichstag for some time as the
bundesrath has only just received the
government bill fixing the China soldiers
pension. Political circles opine that the
Chinese problem is still a long way off
from definite solution as the question of
damages will occupy much time in Pc
kin. Nobody believes that Field Marshal
Count Won Waldersee or the German
troops will be withdrawn by March. The