Show GERMAN POLITICS SEH tho government Govern mentIn in an unpleasant box HOHENLOHE EI SALARY GRABBER emperor william over the rejection of ills his pet measures an india rubber paragraph rara graph in the revolutionary anti antl 2111 south germans show their discontent Bis marcks health merlin dec 22 copyrighted 1834 1894 by the associated press the political situation continues grave there Is a lull for the moment but the prospect pro sped Is that at atthe thi reconvening 0 of the reichstag the differences between the government anil and parliament which only began to be defined when the socialists ind and radicals Radl cals by the clever man heuver of herr precipitated an adjournment Y will ill assume the character of a real conflict conri lct von Leve levetzow tsow president of the Relon stag hns has wholly discredited alm self with fill the government thus the shelving of the revolutionary anti alitt bill 4 was also a rebuff to him and he showed his displeasure in rather a childish way by not observing the usual custom of wishing n the members ot of tho the reichstag a merry s and a happy new year tear replacing those wishes by an expression of the hope belie that the nation and the retch stas stag would be spared in the new year the discreditable ill spectacle ot of ouch euch a miserable attendance in fact von van levtzow Leveto ow felt the matter so keenly that lie was duly prepared to resign last monday and he be was with difficulty restrained from carry ins out hla his intention by the conservatives who pointed out to him that by resigning he would only further em embarrass the government HOHEN LOHES SALARY 0 on in top of these rebuffs on the part of the government comes the premature exposure of Hohen Holien lohes salary affair it Is now known in spite satte of tho the halfhearted half halt hearted denials of the th official press that Holien Hohen lohe lobe mentioned to the th emperor the tha great discrepancy between his big previous salary as governor of alsace lorraine and his present salary as aa chancellor of the german empire the emperor thereupon offered to nih make good the deficiency from the so called disposition fund this projected arrangement was little less lees than scandal as the fund r referred to la Is granted to the tha emperor by the tha reichstag lor for a very dissimilar purpose namely to assist veterans of the wars who are not nort otherwise provided for the fund amounts to marks annually prince Hohen loho accepted the otter offer as admitted by his own organ the post but he be was induced to withdraw his acceptance of the addition to his big salary by the violent agitation which was started by the opposition press immediately after the tha facts leaked out the matter however will not be at allowed to drop altogether albo gether tor for tho the socialists cia lists declare their intention to question the government on this subject in the tha reichstag Tr iLLIAM 1 l 13 19 ANGRY empal or william naturally Is very angry about the tha affair which he deems to be a special interference Inter ferance with his prerogatives and the manner in which the reichstag Is treating his pet measures measure Is not calculated to diminish his big ire things in brief hinge on the tha fate of the revolutionary anti antl bill without counting the centrist the government can only rely on about votes which Is twenty tour four less than a s majority thus thug in order to pass the bill the government needs to gain the support of 0 the center party and the latter knowing the value ot of its position Is little disposed to show obedience to the governments wishes ashes on the contrary the members of 0 the center party have already formulated their demands and unless these are conceded their support Is extremely ext remey doubtful according to the centrist organs the germania and zel tung paragraphs lio and of the revolutionary anti bill require to be revised and what Is more important to the centrists Centris ts the recall of the jesuits to germany must be granted As already stated the antl anti revola bill la Is really an ameal amendment ment for the existing cri criminal trial code of the fm pire section 1 10 T of the criminal code reads whoever publicly and in a manner dangerous to the public peace incites different oflas elapses ses of the population to acts of violence against each other Is punishable by a fine not exceeding GOO coi marks or with imprisonment not ex deeding two years to this the i bill would add the same punishment may be inflicted on any one who in a m manner anner dangerous to the public peace publicly attacks religion the monarchy the marriage the family or property with expressions of abuses section lathe in the criminal code now reads whoever publicly disseminates invented en ted or distorted facts knowing oRvIng they were invented or distorted havin ans in view to render contemptible institutions of the state slate or decrees of the authorities la Is punishable with ft a line fine not exceeding GOO COO marks or with imprisonment not exceeding two years the revolutionary anti bill would make s section 11 1 read wh whoever oever publicly asserts or disseminates invented or distorted facts of W which aich he knows or according to the circumstances um stances must conclude that they are invented or distorted having tn in view to render contemptible institutions of the state or decrees decree of the authorities ties Is punishable with a line not exceeding marks 1150 or with imprisonment not exceeding two years INDIA PARAGRAPH the addition to section given above forms forma oneff one of the cardinal points of the bill and one over which it is expected the controversy will rage race with the greatest fury it la Is termed an india in lla rubber paragraph and Is s so elastic clastic thai it can be stretched at will by the executive the amendment to section Is directed a against the press and has therefore attracted a greater creator share ot of attention from the german newspapers that the rest of the law it Is claimed that under its provisions the newspapers org organs ays of all parties alike would be constantly exposed to prosecutions it the amendment Is enacted comm alting upon this subject the Vos siche briefly called attention to an instance in which an editor was condemned to two years imprisonment for publishing lits his belief that the policy ot of the government would in involve volve an increase of marks imperial taxation the newspaper referred to claims that bufore the editor had beert been many months lit in prison his prediction was far ar more than realized but the government never dreamed of making reparation negotiations with the centrists Centris ts with the vlen view of revising these two sections odthe 0 the bill are proceeding and will continue through the holidays and th the government hopes to effect an entente e on oil that issue as well as upon the question of calline calling ir lla the jesuits to germany the of the government regarding the tobacco tax the second secona important government measure la Is pr precisely e c isely atmil similar a r to that in n regard regard to th the e anti anil revola U bill the centrist i holding the balance of power may be able to dictate further terms for themselves HE HEALTH tho the health of prince bismarck con finues in tl be satisfactory to his nil ghyst dins ire he went direct from barsin to yesterday in accordance nuth his edras expressed ed wish there WAS as no reception tendered him at any ot of the railway stations the prince was accompanied on oil his journey by count herbart bismarck countess 3 Itan sea its his daughter and dr schwan ger ber lie he was received at tiie the railroad at Frederichs riiho b by y the local lire fire department dc carrying tor torches ches but there was wai no cheering tho the emperor has started the idea of erecting a monument to the memory bf the late herman von van helmholz lie ho lias ims promised tho the sum of marks adolph of philadel ama although althou eh born at charlottenburg Charlotten Charlott enburg bure and who was condemned to ta pay a large fine me here tor for avoiding avo lillne mili military service succeeded in obtaining a freeh trial this week and on furnishing proof that hla his fathi and himself were naturalized in the united states the court acquitted him and saddled the government with the costs of the legal proceedings emperor william has bas dispatched major von moltke 0 ditke his hi aid aide ede e de camp to the court of the hague ue to convey to little queen Wilhel wilhelma ml na who was born bom in ISSO a Christ christmas mis present |