The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-14
GERMAN STATESMEN
IN GRAVE TROUBLE
Know Not How to Provide
Funds for Clamor for
Greater Navy.
RICH DODGE BURDENS.
Wealthy Demand Vast Arma-
ment, but Want Poor Popu-
lation to Foot Bills.
BY FREDERICK WERNER.
.cial CD,h1a TO The Tribune

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Special Cable to The Tribune.
BERLIN, April 13.-Shakespeare Is
words: "Uneasy lies the head that
wears CROWN are no longer quite up
10 date. The kings and emperors of
today, having been reduced to about
the same importance as the king in the
game Of chess, are having compare
lively easy time of it, unless they are
Of pbilosophic turn of mind and
ponder over their own absolute useless.
ness. Today it is the chancellors and
PRIME ministers whose heads lie un.
J easy while their irresponsible masters
have nothing to do bat to enjoy life
in idleness
The kaiser is at Corfu ENJOYING
bimself very much, occupying his mind
with nothing moro serious than plnn-
ming his annual Norwegian cruise for
this summer, but poor Bethmann- -Holl-
veg has been left here to face the
j music and the tunes he has to listen to
are neither harmonious nor pleasing
TO tho ear. His position was anything
but easy when Winston Churchill, Just
before the kaiser IS departure. made
his famous navy speech in the English
house, which created a panic in Ger
many. and nearly put an abrupt end.
ence.
For Greater Navy.
If I remember rightly 7 wrote a
week or so before the recent elections
to the relchstag that no matter what
happened, no matter who was at the
head OF the German government, were IL |
thcevjl one himself, the government was
sure to have majority in favor Of
it's military and naval laws IN the |
reichstag, and probabilities are that |
the opinion of the reichstag is backed
up by popular opinion. II a plebis |
/. cite were asked for now, TO determine |
whether Germany ought to cut down |
ber naval programme after reaching an
aagreemnt with England. what would |
rtho result be9 Every German voter
with the exception of the Social Demo
crats would vote against any such
proposition. 1t is not even sure that
the Socialists would all indorse it.
II is an undeniable and regrettable
fact that no matter how heavy the
naval and military burdens, the COM
mon and indelibe hatred of England
is strong enough to support them.
Finances the Problem.
The difficulties which the imperial
government is facing in regard to its
cnaeal and military policy are solely
Financial. Even before the programme
vas presented it resulted i'll the fall
OF minister, Herr Wermuth tho EN-
pres minister of finance, was dis"
missed with all signs of disgrace be-
cause be openly declared that without
an Inheritance tax the necessary mil
lions could not be raised. 1t was tho
question Of Inheritance tax which :
brought about the fall of Chancellor
Won Buelow.
Immediately after the opening of the
sciehstag on February 16, Chancellor S
Bethmann.Hollweg said "When an hon,
|orable member of the Right has stated
That it must be considered breach OF
iaith with the parties who carried I
through tho tax laws of 1909, If the ]
government proposes an inheritance {
faz bill, dcnounce this as too strong {
oppression; rs one concenliDg demands c
|Enich l absolutely refuse to recog. !
|bize. ~ G
This statement was greeted with loud I
spproval Of the Liberal party as sign |.
|tnst the government, TO secure the !
passage OF it's military and naval bills, !
Fas ready to give up its opposition to
~ inhoritanco tax.
Now everything is changed; the .
snaneellor has not only given up all a
.oea of an inheritance tax, but he has .
|s7en permitted one of the most talent !
|fa members Of his cabinet to resign On /
AiH question. =
nneritance Tax Necessary. v
The kaiser is away enjoying himself, c
Wy presence is not necessary here, as Z
exerts no influence and has no Vote
rlen the most important Questions are {
seidod he is 40 better than an alien, c
0ut heavy FIGHTING is bound to come in II
~a relchstag. There il undcniably "
HNorlty in favor OF the "defense u
as the government diplomati- =
uy has labeled them, but at tho s,
a.e tame thcro IL IN even more un- i,
Iuiaole demand that the wealthy 81
ssses. the largo land owners, must II
s upon their shoulders their just a
~ OF the burden in shape Of the In
nsance tax which caused tho down n
n, t,,of OF horr Won Buelow, and the prob y
su,tty exists that Us Won Buelow fell II
sounS for the Inheritance bill, his q,
SSeasor will fall fighting against it. Il
ANY questions arise now. Will the w
saeolloT dissolve the reichstag if he /,
oot force through his army and d.
Sry appropriations without an inherI- IN
es law7 And will the voters in Il
[rI, or 4 dissolution return moro II
ole reichstag. willing to do the
tHacellor's bidding7 1t is quite like fc
taaf dissolution will be tried, but n,
Ess,. ~, nnlillnly that it will lead to the m
ait the chancellor wants. =.
aa Avoid Burden. &C
El, pt
nave tried to show the close con- m
f,on existing in Germany between q
81 aarai, military and foreign politi- m
euestions, and tho domestic quar- ~
Hd difficulties arising from the al