AUbTICIA HfXi.AltV. 



n 



postal and. telegraph -rvices were 



..- ... 

 n i 



1*98, 



amM i 



i:, ,,. 



MUJ601 nmi MM ' 



mines, and 648J886 florins 

 from other degrtments of the Ministry of Ag. 



riculture; l 



in by the Council of Minister*. I,u7i,:s&? 

 >e9. Then . by tne Mil. 



lairs stated th.it it a n-.*mml b) Ui- 



" i llinimtrv of KfitM^tLwt n I WMf * 



P ^sJIM*a>6>rY IIJ >IU< AllOn MMl VV OvW 







rt (he gen- 

 the object which the 



composing the Aua- 

 in 



Lhe triple alliance was pacific 

 majata IB* ntt it, UM " it 



L.. tn. lll\i-aM. 



then, also effect A 

 long themselves with a vii 



.f their own legili- 

 iimtt MsjfasjSj, it ou^iu 

 raii.juilht 



.%llianre had lu view, 

 tuftlria. inces 



:.-preaentetl 



.Mature or Heichsrath. and at the 

 time poetess a large degree of legislative and 

 dmin 



vinciaJ din or Uiultag. The Keichsrath eon- 

 .-uhaus or House of Ix.nis and 



The llerrenhau* is composed of the princes of 

 w large feudal proprietor*, who 



. 



:iv; m mi- m < .< ! t--r M\ N. m i * i 



..f , .,- '..r*. rfa . 'I" UVfl pfOpfi : D\ th- .': ft 



the onamber* of oommeroe and industry, and 

 the rural communea. 

 The ministry constituted on Nov. 11. 1898. 



Wi i, oomposed .< * Mi: !' . 

 Prince Alfred Wm.liwhgrlU: Minister of th.- 

 .n|uis Baoquenem; Minbt, r ..f |-,,i,- 



hr. Krnst von Plener; Minister of Agri- 



cult un>. Count Julius Falkenhayn; Minister of 



Mai Economy, Graf Wurm- 



f Justice. Graf 

 Vhfinbt>m; without JN : 

 .ar. Hitter von Jam . 

 Finance*. The revenue of the (i 

 for 1898 was 748^88.000 florins, atxl th. expen- 

 **) florins. For 1WM the total 



>to florins and the total expenditure 

 at 6^i.s:ii.i:: " ,.-... ^ 87,100,068 ftor- 

 ins of extraonlinary expenditure*. Of the or- 

 uiie 1 10495,001 



>K. vix.. 85.690,000 florins from 

 fn.in the bouse 



1.659.000 florins from the industry tax. 



-. n.-ni.H from the income tax, and 



fn.m ..ther taxes; 296^89^75 



florins wen* .i.tam.-.l ly indim-t taxation, viju, 



ise. 3 1.497.875 florins 



m.6 16.450 florins from tobacco. 80.. 



548,000 florins from xtamps. 87.H19.000 florin* 



udii ial fe>.s 16.67X.OOO florins from the 



mm various 



taxes; 5.178.830 florins were received from state 



rties; 86385.000 florins came from the 



postal and telegraph services, 88*54.730 florins 



from nulroaoX and 8.635.880 florins from other 



M0 florin, oy the Ministry of 



11. fii.- 'A. i, - 



iiiid 606.- 



The ordinanr expenditure* were alkicaUd as 



imperial chancery. 74J67 florin*: Bafefanlh. 



;;..; Born ^ ...... ... . 



i ..i,. ,, f M :. -V, ;; y ... 



"396 florins; Mink4ry of 



..1 Defense, 17^69340 florins; Ministry 



.< at ion and I*lc-clr*tai4ical Affair*. I 788,> 



MBioriM '. .. sjtaU +mm* rjS r.. 



florins for wor^ 



. : v M ' \- ; - /,: 



florins; Minbtry of Finance. 88.428.168 florin.; 



trol. 177.600 florins: intrrwt and sinking tod 



rbo of the publkdeU, 158,488^88 florins :aaminnv 

 rative expenses connected with the debt, 606,- 



auota of the common expenditure. 10737MQ8 

 !i riM 



(TUIa. The WindbchgrlU mini 



try depended on the inooograous coalition of 

 Conservatives, Poles, and German Uberak, 

 v'-l Count Taafe's electoral reform 

 lull in 1893 and thus forced bin. These 



parties united against the rnlcnskai of tne suf- 

 frage because it would rcdu 

 ivprvrntati. They had m. pniiVi|.l~ it. 

 mon in regard to electoral 

 <ii.t not expect to defeat r 

 other ( N.I it i. a 1 question*. The 



to fall as soon as the francntse or any 



..'..- . : .. 1 i 



ical*. whose influence in tne Government was 

 predominant, made use of the opportunities that 

 the situation afforded for the advantage of 



th.-ir iMirtv ami the Chun h. The 

 and the Christian Socialists 



lie Government. 

 w'erv a|.|.h.-d hi QfJSOfc tl.e ,.frl ,,f ^i.l do- 

 mocm 



A: - 





with 



. ' 



Prince L 



. f. . f 



ol the 

 feudal 

 the country. " When 



in January to 



cfeUsftio agitation to upper Austria, be 

 to the papal Secretary of State for the Dope's 

 btMdk&ooi apon his movement, which he tald 

 would mUi<e the principles of the (rniml encyo- 

 lical -rrrwu **rvm~ and the benediction 

 was eommunicaietl to him in a telegram from 

 Canlinal ItamMla. The Anti-Semite^ led by 

 nna, held out an ideal of mcial 

 oixxnixation not very different from that of the 

 Christian Socialists, and were to s 



