Show THE GERMAN MILITARY BUREAU Public Interest Increase By the Sacrecy Eo garrting the Measure BERLIn Oct 23 Public interest in the military bureau has boon increased by the secrecy maintained regarding the provisions provis-ions of the measurE According to good authority the number of recruits to be raised annually will be increased by 60000 making the total 230000 There is little doubt that discussion in tho Reichstag of the bill will be stormy and eventful A mass meeting has been called at Ern stein next week to consider the subject of the proposed duty on tobacco which opposition oppo-sition is specially directed against Preparations Prep-arations have been made for similar meetings meet-ings elsewhere A prominent paper as sertstaat 4000 men will bo made idle in Bavaria alone by the tax while the poorer classes throughout will suffer as cheap foreign cigars is a possibility possi-bility and cigars made of homegrown home-grown tobacco Is certain to bo raised above the price that poorer people can purchase Several papers assert that although Prince Bismarck is suffering from acute neuralgia he will lead the opposition against tho bill The time approaches for the reconsecra tion of the Luther Memorial church in Wertumbuug and it promises to bo a ceremony cere-mony of extraordinary splendor a The emperor and empress will bo present and the former bas invitod all the protestant prince of Germany to attend while all protestant foreign sovereigns will be represented rep-resented c |