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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1897.

REBUFFS FOR WILHELM

1

HIS REICHSTAG SPEECH AND MEAS

URES SEVERELY CRITICISED.

No Hope of Passing; the Government

Bills in Their Present Form-

Threats Against Haiti.

(Copyright, 1897. by the Associated Press.)

BERLIN, Dec. 4.—Politically this has

been a very lively week in Germany, the

opening of the Reichstag being the first

feature of importance, with the Chinese

question a good second. When he made his

speech from the throne in the White Hall

%f the castle on Tuesday Emperor William

had everything arranged to render the

scene impressive. On the landing of the

stairs hung a colossal painting showing the

Emperor taking the oath on the colors In

the presence of the same Reichstag, but the

effect w’as wholly inadequate. The majority

of the delegates on leaving the castle open

ly and vigorously criticised the speech. The

Cologne Volks Zeitung, commenting on the

w’hole scene, says: "There is a chasm be

tween the Emperor and the nation’s repre

sentatives.” Continuing, the Volks Zeitung

reminds his Majesty that since his acces

sion the empire’s debt has been increased

by 1,500,000,000 marks, almost exclusively for

military and naval purposes. “W’here does

this lead to?” the paper asks.

Asa matter of fact, this Reichstag will

stand or fall with the two important bills

introduced by the government on the open

ing day—the naval bill and the bill for the

reform of military trials, and neither will

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Indianapolis journal. (1897). Indianapolis [Ind.], 1897-12-05. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015679/1897-12-05/ed-1/?sp=4

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Indianapolis journal, 1897-12-05.