The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-03
German Discomfort.
WHY THE GERMANS ARE ENGRAVING

WHY THE GERMANS ARE ENGRAVING.
The London Daily Telegraph shows thu
reasons for German emigration to the
United States. In the new Army Bill, tbs
Emperor, or rather Bismarck, demands y
greater total of army strength and Longer
| term of service from each man than fha
representatives of the people think essen.
tial and from the experience of 1862. Tho
people know that the Bill will be carried in
utter defiance of the popular wish, as thu
Army Bill that year was carried. Thu
Telegraph says =" We are not at al spr'
prised that in the face of these facts there
should be large amount of German
discomfort expressed in many ways-bv
Republicans returned for Berlin, as on,
correspondent has pointed out, by increased
igration, and by various signs of social
uneasness. The Liberals of German
quote the success of the Bavariau troop,
in the late war as proof that two years,
training ia enough to make man yer,.
fair soldier, and they naturally point to
great victories, an enriched treasury, A
doubiy- fortified frontier, and a disabled
rival as reasons for some relaxation of tho
perpetual military strain. Is all this nra'
paration for war to be eternal Is the how
to be forever bentf 1t is all very we'll fo,
martinez Generals, who have never been
civilians, and will never leave the service
to spend their lives in the delights ofSn
unending drill but the German, though a
of family, and of peace, looking to the
future, and not greatly elated even at the
glories of war. The Liberals in Parliament
really represent the opinion of the masses
on the question, and we may be sure chat
the popular demands, so reasonable in
themselves, will sooner or later make wav
The personal influence of the Emperor and
Prtnca Rismarn q Of or
the present day. But they cannot live for
ever, and the time will come when rulers
and statesmen destitute of their presia,.
and perhaps without their prejudices, will
yield, readily or reluctantly, to the TEN.
perate demands of the German people for
of wide CONSUMPTION and protracted service.
While that is the outlook of the nation asa
whole, individuals have better mode Of
redress. They can emigrate to America
and they do SO in thousands. They find
abroad masses of their countrymen and
kinsfolk they find no Princes, no con.
scription, and future for their children
such as no German State can offer. For
merly they had one draw backs; they could
not return to the Fatherland without being
subjected to penalties for having evaded
the CONSUMPTION but now an American
even though of German birth, is
protected by his new nationality, and can
Some of these returned EN- grants may be
found along the Rhine, proudly Boosting of
their citizenship across the sees, and talk
ing English with American accent, German
pronunciation and Yankee slang. Through
out Germany, as the people grow more
prosperous they will more and more resent
the personal annoyance of the CONSUMPTION,
and be glad to escape to land where
privileged classes and perpetual drill are
unknown. Germany loses great deal by
this movement: the flower of the popuia-
ton goi the young, the hardy, the adven-
furious. The very expenses and difficulties
Of tho change act as a sieve to sift ont for
America the best grains. 1t is curious
destiny for that nation to be able to mako
6 Germany, Ireland, and to some extent
England itself, free nurseries for young
American citizens. Without charge we
feed them, teach them, clothe them during
their non-earning years, and then, when
their minds and muscles are SO grown that 3
they can support themselves, America re-
ceives them and profits by their work.