Show iro i O INCREASEHENAV o Germany Is Preparing to Build Many New Battleships 8 SECOND ONLY TO ENGLAND 4 BUT EMPEROR IS OPPOSED IN HIS PLANS 1 His Political Enemies Decry the Necessity Ne-cessity of the Great Tcrease Comment In Berlin On Transvaal War Unfavorable to England Friendly Feeing For America t Copyright 1890 by the Associated Press Berlin Oct 28 Emperor William Will-iam is looking for another cabinet but has not yet found the material for i In piace of Dr Von Miquel th minister min-ister of finance his majesty wanted Herr Siemens of the Deutsche Reich bank and in place of Herr Thielmann the minister of public works he wanted want-ed Herr Jencke the Krupps general manager But they both declined on Sunday the reason being that their present jobs are more lucrative so the emperor is still seeking other suitable men One of the reasons why he desires new men is that he wishes the navy greatly increased and faster than at the present rate and he deems the existing ex-isting cabinet too yielding to efficiently efficient-ly push these wishes before the reichstag reichs-tag The emperors Hamburg toast is generally gen-erally interpreted as urging the neces urgng sity of a much larger navy while an inspired article in the Nord Deutsche AHegeniedne Zeitung apparently contradicting con-tradicting the idea is regarded a intended in-tended to smooth matters Admiral Von Tirpitz secretary of the navy has received his majestys sanction to project an enormous increase in-crease of the navy giving i fifty seven battleships fifteen large and thirtysix small cruisers and making it equal in size and efficiency to another an-other navy Great Britains excepted This would involve an expenditure of 1700000000 marks and make the naval budget 212500000000 marks annually mfrks New Ships to Be Built Later today it was learned from an absolutely reliable source that Prince Hohenlohe had agreed to the following new naval programme and that the government the emperor consenting will present the programme to the reichstag between 1901 and 1903 Instead In-stead of one each three will be built annually until 1916 From these vessels gels a new third squadron will be formed and also reserve squadrons in place of the Siegfried class The number num-ber of cruisers in foreign waters will be increased by six large vessels The emperor has been of the opinion since 1897 when the present flotten plan was adopted that the political I situation of the worldhas changed so enormously since the SpanishAmeri I can war th sejzure of Kiao Chou the I looming up of the whole Chinese question ques-tion and the development of Japan asa as-a big marine power that it would be I a suicidal policy for Germany to stick to that plan that it would be tantamount tanta-mount to her abdication as a big power and he trusts there is enough patriotism patriot-ism in the reichstag to ensure the increased in-creased navy which Germany needs to fully due play the role he believuj is her Not Meant as a Menace The correspondent here of the Associated Asso-ciated Press recently had a conversation conversa-tion with art employee of the foreign office who fully enjoys the emperors confidence and he took special pains to assure the correspondent that the proposed pro-posed increase must In no sense ba construed as a menace to any power or group of powers He added I For a colonial power like Germany it has become a matter of necessity to get a bigger navy Recent events show how necessary it is It is interesting to note how public opinion ha taken this idea of the emperor em-peror Its reception has been most varied The whole agrarian press seized the opportunity to assure the I emperor that the agrarians are quite willing to vote for a bigger navy if he will drop his canal project The Kreuz i Zeituns says there is not enough money to pay for both The Centre organs declared that the absolute necessity for the increase must be shown before the delegates in the reichstag vote for i and the national liberal reichstag PanGerman anti Semite and a number of nonpartisan papers discuss the plan rather favorably favor-ably Oposed to the Increase On the other hand the whole radical and socialist press decries the need oft of-t ht il = > nse The newspapers claim the masses have about reached the limit of taxation and ought not to be lurtner burden luttnel opinion of well informed politicians politi-cians is that Prince Hohenlohe will be only too glad to resign as soon as the emperor finds a suitable successor butt but-t will be difficult to replace him in these critical times So far his majesty does not know whom to ask to step into Prince Ho henlohes shoes He has no intention of replacing Count Von Buelow the minister min-ister of foreign affairs although the latter for some time has been the butt of large portion of the press owing to what the newspapers consider lack of courage and luck in dealing with recent questions of foreign politics The entire jingo press violently attacks him this week for his alleged subserviency to Great Britain and the United States in the Transvaal and Samoan matters these The press continues to discuss questions repeatedly Comment On Transvaal War The war news arrives here in a contradictory con-tradictory shape and is often unintelligible unintel-ligible The comments of most of the papers irrespective of party is anti British and often couched in a satirical and taunting tone The belief in general gen-eral that Great Britain has got the worst of the light but that the news is suppressed by the cable censorship the result which it is argued demonstrates that It is necessary that Germany should construct and operate cables for in the present state of things with Great Britain owning all the cables i Germany in the event of war will be entirely in the power of Great Britain as regards news Hence many papers advocate the laying lay-ing of a number of German cableS of There nave been many complaints this week nondelivery of cables to and from South Africa and it is charged I that the British officials Have Been suppressing sup-pressing them t From the enormous1 percentage of los of the British < officers in South Africa Ute papers here argue that the Boers ave nQt lost their marksmanship during dur-ing the long term of peace and thejj also acknowledge the superior bravery of the officers The Tabieball says ThE losses furnisl a brilliant testimo J f i r 7 i I nial of the heroism of the officers No matter how the war may b regarded wedo not scruple to say this Thenewspapers haye > proved over andover i and-over that British r again every reported Brtsh sUc S Js really r defeat or retreat This conspicuously displayed in the headlines Tliei only important dally siding with the Brit h is the Gazette though fhQ Bremen Veiser Zeltung does sift haj heariedly It has j been lejirned by the correspondent pondent of the Associated Press from a reliablesource the antiBritish crusade is greatly against the wishes of the emperor and the government asa I as-a whole A high official of foreign affairs af-fairs said to the correspondent that this violent antiBritish campaign In a part of the press notably the panGorman organs even going to the length of threatening1 a couhte demonstration incase in-case the emperor goes to England may have the op osifd effect on official attitude at-titude rom the one intended One exceptional authority says that Germany Has no Idea of Interfering with Great Britain in South Africa now or later f rUmor afloat to that effect are baseless and probably circulated circu-lated for a purpose All appeals to the emperor and government this week by meetings and urgent letters l from Africa will have no effect on German policy During the whole duration of the war Germany wilt strictly neutral as the Associated i Pres correspondent has pointed out from the start The Samoan Question Samoa continues exercise the press whlc Indulged this week in the wildest wild-est surmises On the authority of the foreign office and United States ambassador ambas-sador Mr Andrew D White the correspondent cor-respondent of the Associated Press is in n position to say that the present situation Is that the negotiations ba twen Berlin aWcl Washington sometime some-time ago reached a satisfactory agreement agree-ment and those between Berlin and London are progressing satisfactorily The chances that they will shortly reach definite And satisfactory conclusion con-clusion have appreciably Improved during dur-ing the last few days Great Britain seems on the point of yielding to a certain extent to Germanys Ger-manys claims and representations cf major rights in the Islands At present pres-ent it looks as though Great Britain would retire altogether and leave Germany Ger-many in sole possession of Upola Sa vii and other islands except a coalIng coal-ing station at Pago Pago belonging to the United States This solution in fact has been reached In principle but what equivalent equiva-lent Germany is to cede to Great Britain I Brit-ain is yet in doubt What has just been said shows the earnest desire of the German government to remove all ground States for friction with the United As indicating an equal wish to cultivate vate the most friendly relations maybe may-be mentioned the delicate compliment paid to the United States on the occasion I occa-sion of former President Benjamin I Harrisons visit to the new palace at I Potsdam when the stars and stripes were hoisted on the palace This was the first time they have ever floated I over 3 royal Prussian or imperial palace pal-ace aceEthibit Exhibit Friendly Feeling Another attention was shown General Gen-eral Harrison When the personnel of the United States embassy was entertained enter-tained at dinner by Prince Hbhenlahe the latter and all the GerTnan officials present did not woar their decorations I asa delicate compliment to the Amet ican guests The last of the new chain of forts I about Metz has just been begun near Spoint de Jour Ten million marks will be snent on theo fortifications this year and during the coming spring About 1500 men mostly Italians are employed on them I The war office Is i experimenting on a I large scale with Russian frozen pork mutton and beef Miss Regina Mueller a German I American has erected a fine villa on an estate covering seventeen acres of ground at Spreenhagen near of1 which has just been opened a a home for cats The American Colony Dr Eugene Wasdin past assistant surgeon of the United States marine hospital service has arrived here after af-ter a tour of inspection of the continental nental ports Lieutenant Commander I William H Beelcr the United States naval attache starts on home leave on I Nov 2 11 and Mrs White are going to Italy for three months They leave Thursday I The American colony here this winter win-ter will be particularly large The ladies la-dies are arranging for a big bazaar next month for the benefit of the American Citurch and American Wo mens club The latter gives a house wormincr Its now Quarters on Kleln strass tills evening |