Show WANTS A BIG HAVI british superiority on the sea is galling REICHSTAG DENIES THE CASH scheme to raise marks by dy independent means trado of german colonies decreasing cant construe tho the amnesty decree decision of 0 interest to returning german americans americana berlin jan 5 1896 by the associated presa l A project Is now being seriously considered by tho ilia emperor and tho the cabinet of 0 providing for a formidable increase ot of the german navy it Is 13 well known that his majesty has long lone wished to do this but the refusal of 0 the reichstag to vote tho the necessary funds has bas rendered the scheme impossible up to the present prea ent recent events however especially the attitude lUll atti tudd of 0 great britain toward germany have ripened tho the plan to accomplish on mn exten extension rion of at the navy without the grant of 0 largo sums sum i of 0 money by the reichstag the emperor during the last fortnight has had a number of conferences with authorities on chloi colonial iaal affairs with reference to the position and needs of the german colonies and the inadequacy of the german navy particularly in first class clasa Iron ironclads and cruisers to maintain germanys germanas Germ anys creten preten pretensions t Is tons as aa IL a colonial power was gener generally ally lecog atred this years budget shows oh 0 wil but n small item for or new battleships and nil tho the present reichstag which expires in wa will not vote large sums for the navy therefore in order to overcome me the difficulty thus presented it Is 13 now proposed to ralso raise m loan ot of marks the means mcana tor for which are to be obtained by the convere conversion lon at 0 the 4 per cent funds into va Z per cents his majesty sounded founded the leaders of the parties parrice both in tho the reichstag and in the diet during tho the recent fetes tetch and re calved replies dr maauel the minister for finances Finan Ilna ceI was favorable favo rabla to the scheme echeme but prince hohenlohe Hohen lohe the chancellor and several ot at the other ministers are opposed to it the colonial party has been much encouraged by emperor williams speech delivered on january silt last upon tho the occasion of the twenty lath anniversary of the re establishment of the german empire it lims has stirred them to increased activity and at an enthusiastic meeting of tho the colonial association Foci atlon on thursday e aning last hist dr peters tho the explorer urged that a petition be drawn up tip and addressed to the chancellor in favor of a large increase of at the navy lit in order to protect ger banys worldwide world wide interests at tor for instance adelaide on the orinoco and in tho the yang too klane kiang amoni among other dr peters said that germany must have tho the power to act and not to have to WASTE TIME IN TALKING prince von arenberg who presided was more conservative in his remarks he condemned any precipitate action and pointed out that it was impossible for germany to create a a navy which would rival that of great britain the nevertheless adopted dr pe teras resolution and a petition setting forth the demands of the colonial association will bo be presented to tho the chancellor and to the reichstag it will contain the request that marks bo be appropriated to increase the navy an instructive contrast to these demands Is furnished in tile the official report of the colonies which has just been published from this document it appears that out of tho the thousand germans to whom the emperor referred only have apparently elected to taku take up their residence in greater germany slid and of this number are military and civil authorities these figures fagu rl s do not include southwest africa to tor r w which no statistics are given MOTE AND PERSONAL the trade of 0 the german colonies colon lis tho the report also shows Is steadily Etea dily decreasing necessitating an increase of imperial subvention i by 1 marks making a total cost ot of over mar marks ks striking testimony of 0 tho the militarism of the colonial government Is shown in tho the tact fact that it dumps negroes donkeys and oxen together under the heading of beasts ot of burden of east cast africa atine afine emperor williams arreg birthday on art monday manday d my next will bo be c celebrated leb rated in tile the us usual U al way among the princes present will noll bo be the king of saxony the grand duko duke at 0 baden and others of almost equal rank the amnesty decree which emperor william issued on january was so indefinitely worded that the courts doubt how bow to apply it in hamburg and altoona prisoners were released but of llila its number iga ah had to be re incarcerated the following day the imperial court at on monday last ruled on a caso case which at feet lecta the rights of german americana F r of brooklyn Dro oklyN N Y was lined in september last the sum of SO marks tor for evading military service by emigrating the court quashed the sentence as an not being in accord with treaty rights herr knebel doeberitz a high official a of f the of tho the interior who drafted the regulation excluding the american insurance companies from doing bunsness in germany has received a high decoration from emperor william dr ahlwardt has baa written to friends here saying it Is hla his intention to re rc mian in the united states its a editor or of a western newspaper the united states ambassador mr theodore runyon and mrs biro runyon dined on tuesday with the empress exempress ex frederick and on thursday mr flun yon was present at emperor williams larns diplomatic dinner at tile tho palace hlf 1114 majesty was waa very pleasant to the united states slates Embar and referred jokingly to the venezuelan question as the lato late unpleasantness |