The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-29
MADE VIGOROUS
REPLY TO SP aim
Prince Won BueIoW Reused by
Criticisms of Center Party
Leader in RiChStag.
EMPEROR NOT A WEAKLING
CAMARILLA COULD NO EXIST IN
GERMANY.

Berlin, Nov. 2S.-Today's sitting of
the reichstag was notable for the en-
erget!c speech of Prince Won Buelow,
the German imperial chancellor. in de-
Tense of the RAINY. the emperor and
himself. In replying ia DIR. SPAIN. the
leader of the Center party, who assert
ed that conditions prevailing in the
army recalled those of ancient heather
Rome the chancellor rose full of fire,
and declared that no one imagined
that the whole army was affected by a
rev INSTANCES of unworthiness, the
roofing out of which. the chancellor
assured the house, would be sharply
attended to by the emperor, than
whom no one strove more for a high
tone of morality in both the army and
the nation.
1t was the crown prince, he said,
who had called his fathers attention
to The articles in the zurunft 5isciOs-
ing corruption, with the result that
immediate action was taken in the
matter He pointed out that neither
the chancellor nor the ministers could
take such step without holding
proofs of their assertions.
CamsrilIa Could Not Exist,
Prince Won Buelow then referred to
the so-called court camarilIa, which is
widely alleged to have Influenced the
emperOr'S decision. No one, ne said
had ever accused the emperor of being
without his own will. and the camarilla
could only exist where the monarch
was willing. Such a poisonous growth
as a camarilla, he said, was utterly I'M
German, and reports regarding its az
istence could be taken as being with
out foundation.
In concluding his address. the chan
cellOr denied the assertion that he had
dissolved the last reichstap in order
to protect himself against personal at
tacks relative to his supposed partici-
patton in intrigues. The reason fer
such action. he said, was the oDstruc-
ton offered by the Center party,
which desired to pit its strength
against the nations will. Any chan
cellor who had submitted to sucn a
course would have forfeited the con-
fidence of the nation. The chancellor
promised to take part in the budget
debate tomorrow.
Indirect Taxation.
Freiherr Won StengeI, secretary of
the imperial treasury, stated that di-
rect taxation could not be raised N
consequence of the increases in the
estimates, and the government must
rely upon the indirect method, but as
yet ne was not prepared to state by
what means he hoped to bring the en-
pire's finances to a sound condition.
The representatives of virtually
every group, with the exception of the
Socialists, gave assurances that they
were prepared 70 vote for the aug
mentatiOn of appropriations for the
army and navy if it was proposed in
the committee that this was neCeS-
sary To the defense of tine country.
DR.. SPAIN greeted the emperor's
visit to England as a sign Of better
relations between the two nations and
a step towards the maintenance of the
worlds peace and the development of
commerce. He then declared that the
powerful Center party was utterly OPP
posed to the new Polish eXpTOpriatiO I
bill, which, in his opinion, would give
America and other countries a further
reason for their impression that free
dom was unknown in Germany.