Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-12-17

Berlin, Dec. 1.-THE reichstag yes
terday by 173 to 16S votes rejected
the supplementary budget for Ger
man southwest Africa and Chancei
lor Won Buelow read an imperial mes
sage dissolving parliament.
The expectation that the chancellor
would speak and that on the vote he.
pended the question of whether or
not the government would be de-
feated and the immediate dissolution
of parliament follow, filled the house,
both the floor and the galleries being
crowded
Herr Spain, the clerical leader, be
gan the discussion of the supplement-
airy budget, amounting to $7,350,000 TO
meet the expenses OF the war in Ger.
man southwest Africa rejected by the
appropriations committee Dec. ID by
reporting on behalf of the majority OF
the appropriations committee that II
was their conviction that the numDel
of German troops in that colony could
be reduced to $500 men although the
government and staff affirmed that
the present garrison numbering 10000
men could not be reduced below
5000 Herr SPAIN said he left the
question with the house.
The chancellor replied that between
now and January 4, 1907, 1000 men
would be brought home and that after
January 4 more troops would be re.
called, according to the military neces
stiles; but to reduce the garrison to
$500 men would smean the loss of the
southern part of the colony and would
greatly endanger the central and
northern parts, while German rule in
Africa would be imperiled by re-
newal of the Instruction in German
southwest Africa, which would spread,
naturally, beyond the frontier.
Continuing. the chancellor said:
If we shrink from this last sacri-
fee we shall be guilty, in my opinion,
of a great national crime. canno,
believe that the house will arrive at
such a fatal resolution, which would
be equally deplorable from financial,
military, political and national points
of view AS the responsible leader of
the affairs of the empire, / would not
be able to sign such capitulation.
Buelow argued at length vehement
ly denying the accusations made by
the opposition and urging the passage
of the measure, that the honor of the
Germans might be upheld. He was
K4yov~ apfN1onHnH NV 10 rio nj
left, while the socialists Kissed.
A vote was taken and the supple
mentary appropriation bill was eject
ed. The opposition consisted of
clericals, socialists and Poles. Both
wings of the radicals voted with the
government.
With the applause of the anti-min-
isterialists over the result of the vote
still resounding, Buelow arose and
took Il document from his portfolio 1t
was the imperial decree of dissoh-
ton.
Reading Of the decree was followed
by an extraordinary scene, made up
of tumultuoas applause and disorder
The socialists hurried from the hall be-
fore Count Bailestrem, president of
the reichstag could propose the usual
three cheers for the emperor, but in
spite of this the cheers were given
with unusual enthusiasm, the occu-
pants of the galleries joining i.l.
The dissolution came so suddenly
that the component parties have not
yet been able to take their bearings.
Many caucuses were held last night
Tor the purpose of outlining the
courses of the various parties in the
forthcoming electoral campaign. The
time for this campaign is very brief,
as the elections must be concluded
prior to February II.
The last dissolution of the reichstag
occurred in 1899 over a bill increasing
the peace footing of the army