Show J BERLIN BRIEFS The Adverse Attitude of the Reichstag o PRUSSIA AND THE VATICAN The German Elections Stanleys Expedition Ex-pedition Robbinga TrainThe Deadly SlideOther News Bits from Berlin BERLIN January 15The Landtag was opened to day by a speech from the throne It was ahown that thi > n cial surplus m 1S3536 was 7L I 0 marks This had been applied to deem the railway debt A similar suit is expected in the revenues of if 8U 87 A loan of 23500000 marks would be required in 188S chiefly owing to an mere se in the matricular contribution of 1900000 marks THE ADVERSE ATTITUDE of the Reichstag had g frustrated the proposed pro-posed modification of the mode of expending ex-pending public resources especially the development of indirect taxation The speech announced that bills would be introduced to extend the railway system to regulate the government of the Rhine pIOvinces to subdivide government gov-ernment districts in Posen aud Western Prussia with a view to promote the Germanization of the Polish province and for the futurelrevision of ecclesias tical law The relations between PRUSSIA AND THE VATldAN are becoming more friendly The powers of local governments would be enlarged in the direction fixing taxes to maintain communal schools and help to organize farm laborers accident assurance as-surance associations The estimated de dolt in the budgetfor 18 788is234590CO BERLIN January 15The dissolution of the Reichstag has taken no party unawares Preparations for the how election have been actively proceeding ever since the decision of the military commission showed that the defeat of government was inevitable The num ber of seats likely to be severely con tested is estimated at fifty Of these thirtysix are held by progressists and fourteen by tfce centre party ALL OTHER SEATS are considered to be firmly held The fourteen seats of the centre party which are imperilled are situated in Southern Germany and were formerly held by the National Liberals Government may win them back under the pressure of patriotic excitemen whicbris running high in the Southern States but the general opinion continues to be against the chances of governments obtaining a majority Whatever may be the result government will adhere to tae original demands If the coming Reichstag Reich-stag confirms the decisions of the last one Prince BISMARCK MAY IGNOEE THAT BODY and apply to separate legislatures to sanction an increase of the army This course is indicated in the passage of his speech in which he reminded the Reichstag that the Emperor is always able as King of Prussia to appeal with confidence to the Prussian parliament for the means of guarding Fatherland Or he may try for a period to rule without a budget trusting in the end to obtain the vote of indemnity The ELECTIONS WILL BE WATCHED with most intense interest where contests con-tests are expected to turn on narrow majorities Daring the answer of the rollcall ot voters laughter was evoked by Geqeral von Moltkes replying with an emphatic Ja having mistaken the question of inquiry The teller instantly in-stantly corrected the error Herr Huno shouting Nein General voniloltko j after moment of confusion bowed to the acceptance of the correction The instant that the President finished reading the result of the division Prince Bismarck arose and read with distinct utterance a brief decree DISSOLVING THE BEICHSTAG He added no words of his own Be closed the writing case enfolding the document with a sharp emphasis and abruptly stroke from the chamber to his carriage driving off without speaking speak-ing to any one The North German Gazette reproduces the letters of King George of Hanover written in 1817 and 1863 which were alluded to by Bismarck as proving that the King intrigued with the French to foil the German unity and establish a Guelph empire King George writes urging Napoleon TO DELAY HIS ATTACK UPON PBUSSlA until his preparations are completed so that when the struggle occurs success suc-cess will be assured In another letter the King assures the Emperor that France in assailing Prussia will have the sympathy of all Germans save in the old Prussian provinces A meeting at fleilbrin has sent to Socialist Deputy GnTenberger a letter It explains how it was that twothirds of the petitioners injavor of the army bill came from Wnrtemburg It is alleged al-leged in the letter that the signatures to the petitions were obtained through THE ISrLUEMCS OF lBS PASTORS who preached concerted discoursesand the fear that Grrmany would suddenly be invaded by the French early in the present year Navigation returns f re in isis show that 121350 ships having reIDt red return tonnage of 20o09694 tons entered or left German ports against 120518 ships with a tonnage of 2 403 712 tons in 1SS4 Nunber of sail jug vessels diminished during the same period 1210 and tonnage 241746 tons whereas the number of steamers increased in-creased was 2050 and tonnage232720 The Munich papers announce that the Bavarian government has decided to accede to the imperial governments suggestion that A MINOR STATE OFSIEGE be proclaimed in Munich Professor Klein ot Gollingen succeeds suc-ceeds Professor Webster to the chair of mineralogy in the Vienna University The Berlin police authorities have for bidden the sale of a pamphlet issued by the Chicago Socialists Society protest ing against the sentences pronounced upon the Anar hists in that city |