Show 1ECHSTA s OPENED Jp Speech from the Throne I Dwells on Chinese Affairs H I POLITICIANS DISAPPOINTED Liberal ITowspnpcrs Express Dissatisfaction Dissat-isfaction with the Bensons Adduced 1 for the ismporor Not Obtaining the 1 Sanction of the Reichstag Before 1 j Sendincr the Chinese Expedition m p Political Circles Generally Disappointed t t r Disap-pointed at Colorlcssncss of the Address L > L jl I I 3crUfl Nov 14 The Reichstag reassembled ii re-assembled today The speech from the I throne dwelt at length on the events In t China which have excited civilized people I peo-ple sayIng I Fanatical hate andY dark supcrti 1 foil incited by unscrupulous advisors of the court have driven misguided masses of Chinese to acts of atrocity t against the outposts of Western civ I p illzation anu unnstian worsiup uwciuuir i peacefully In their midst R My Minister died at the handsof nil assassin in n courageous attempt to overcome theorising peril The foreigners I for-eigners at the capital saw themselves I threatened life and limb These things j of horror united the civilized world where otherwise there was a Divergence All nations against which the unparalleled r unparal-leled onslaught was directed drew closer Their sons fought with one mind shoulder to shoulder oven as yonder standards float side by side So the Governments show themselves In ouncll united with the sole wish to re Htore nn orderly stale of things as speedily as possible and after the punishment t pun-ishment of the chief culprits avert a P recurrence In the future of such a disturbance J dis-turbance of the pence of the world II In announcing the relations of Germany Ger-many with all the powers are good the ri speech recalls his Majestys sorrow at iho assassination of King Humbert of Italy saying he was my ally and dear t friend who fell a victim to a damnable outrage The speech then proceeds I would sooner have consulted the Reichstag on the measures in China but for the necessity ne-cessity of prompt action and the dill culty of furnishing reliable Information Whenever the Reichstag could form decisions de-cisions or estimate the expenditure the Government felt confident that the representatives rep-resentatives would not refuse their subsequent sub-sequent sanction to the necessary J j u oxncndlture1 I Turning to domestic auairs nis via Jesty said that In consequence of the natural growth of the revenue and the Increased taxation voted last session I abundant funds were available In almost al-most every branch of life In the empire especially for measures for the benefit of workers and for the defense of the country Customs tariffs he added would probably be laid before the Bundesrath during the present session At the conclusion of the speech Emperor Em-peror ttilllam was warmly cheered and Count von Buelow the Imperial Chancellor Chan-cellor formally declared the session opened Several of the evening papers announce an-nounce that the German financial bill submitted to the Federal Council shows that to balance It the um of 2210017SOl marks will be required The bill empowers em-powers the Imperial Chancellor to raise ii loanpf 372SC31 marks and to Issue treasury bills to the amount of 175000 000 marks to strengthen the ordinary working capital of the imperial treasury treas-ury The Liberal newspapers express dissatisfaction dis-satisfaction with the reasons adduced Ju the speech from the throne for the Emperor not obtaining the sanction of the Reichstag before sending the ChIne ChI-ne e exyedltlon The Kreuz Zeitung the organ of the Prussian junker hierarchy while ap proving the speech asserts that the Ripht will not be able to support the Government on every kind of question during the session t me isauonai ieltung says Parlia mont of course will grant the expendi ture demanded but It must clearly give tjie Government to understand that in future It expects different treatment Political circles generally are disap pointed at the colorlessness of the speech from the throne All the papers point out that the speech from the throne contains no surprises Many including some gov ernment organs admit that the ex planation for the delay In calling The Reichstag Ig weak The Berliner Xcusto Nachrlchten says We do not believe that Ihe ex planation offered will prove Acceptable to the Reichstag An appropriation for n preliminary credit could have been carried in three days without opposi tion and the government would thus have secured the approval of the Reichstag in advance for its unavoid able action InChina In that way Its iposltlon would have been incomparably stronger y Even the ICreuz Zellung admits that the criticism of the Governments course arc not without a certain Just ification The Cologne Volks Zcltung the leading Centrist organ will say to Borrow The explanation offered not in I convincing Admitting that the Reichstag could not have been called Immediately upon the breaking out of the China troubles mill nothing pre vented calling It months ago In order to add weight to Germanys action But even the papers which criticize admit that the Reichstag will vote the credits asketL The Frelsslnnige Zel insiu points out that the speech from throne failed to mention that the budget forecasted for 1901 will n cess itato a loan pf 0700Q000 ance marka to hal Contrary to the usual practice ad misMon cards for the press and visit ors to the opening of the Reichstag by the Emperor were not Issued This is explained as due to the extra procau safety 1Ioiig flQ taken for hIs Majestya |