sentences:  The former Secretary of the "Reichsmarineamt" (Imperial Navy Office), Leo von Caprivi became the Chancellor of Germany in 1890, and "Vizeadmiral" (Vice Admiral) Friedrich von Hollmann became the new Secretary of the "Reichsmarineamt".Hollmann requested the first in 1892, but the Franco-Russian Alliance, signed the year before, put the government's attention on expanding the Army's budget.Parliamentary opposition forced Hollmann to delay until the following year, when Caprivi spoke in favor of the project, noting that Russia's recent naval expansion threatened Germany's Baltic Sea coastline.