The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-27
BISMARCK.
His Successful Policy, as Noted
by Our Consul.
THE AMETHYST" AND CREW
To Avoid TrOuble-M Military Change
Destructive Blaze-Drunk
Doesn't Count.
Success of Bismarek,s Policy.


| WASHINGTON, December 25. = Mr..
Frederick Raine, American Consul
General at Berlin, in the introduction
to his annual report, writes briefly OF
the rise of the German empire. Cauti.
tiously but steadily, he says, the new
system of government was carried into
execution. The almost uninterrupted
flow of new laws was apparently not
retarded by a single inconsistency.
They formed systematical parts of a
| structure that long before its erection
was planned by far-seeing statesmen.
| Sufficient financial and other means
were abundantly on hand With the
establishment of the empire an i'm
mense amount of intellectual and
moral forces for centuries neutralized
rivalry between individual states of the
confederation became available, and
Bismarck was prompt in inviting and
directing them to higher aims. With
their aid he was enabled to forge for
midable instruments for the erection of
new political and other organizations
hardly thought of before. Mr.. Raine
embodies in his report a series of tables
from which he deduces several interest
ing facts. The population area now
comprised in the German empire which
was "a ,831 900 in 1916, had increased to
45 ,234, 900 in 1880, and at the present
rate of increase it doubles once in
forty-seven years. This is in excess of
the growth of population in any of tn e
neighboring powers. Great Britain.
Mr.. Raine says, doubles her population
in ffty-ene vars, the Netherlands in
fifty-tWo years, Denmark IN ffty-four
years, Austria in sixty and one-half
years, Belgium in sixty-one years,
while France requires two hundred
years to double her population at the
present rate. Emigration from the
empire shows steady and marked de-
crease since 1881, from which fact
omical condition of Germany has I'M
proved the attractive force of America !
has decreased or Bismarck's colonial |
policy is proving successful. This !
policy is meeting with universal ap- !
proval throughout the empire. The |
German Colonial Association formed |
two years ago spread with great !
rapidity. The first acquisition was
made by Bremen firm of traders, the !
area being 800 German square miles in
South Africa. The traders applied for
and received recognition from the
home government and other traders
speedily following their example. pos
session being thus acquired in East
Africa, CameroOns, Augra Paquena
and other South Sea islands. 1t is now
that iall associations and
which are eDdeavoring to
shall be federated, and the question Mr..
Raines says, will be considered at a
meeting shortly to be held in Berlin
Government has recently subsidized
TWO lines of steamships to run between :
the parent country, and the colonies,
and third line has just been established
1y private enterprise between Hamburg
md Congo. Mr.. Raines describes
another colonial enterprise of a novel
character which is now in successful 4
operation. Three or four years ago, he
IayS several hundred thousand tramps
infested Germany. and drew from the
people many millions, annually be-
slowed in charity. A clergyman first
a plan of colonizing these
people, and with the aid of men of .
wealth, secured tracts of waste. or
partly cultivated land, in Westphalia,
where he . organized a "workmen's
colony" Local committees were every
where formed to counsel the withhold
ng of aims, and the bestoWal of an +
equivalent sum to the new colony.
Tramps were compelled to emigrate to
he colony in large numbers. There
hey were washed, provided with cloth
ing, and furnished with employ
nent as farm laborers. Gradually 4
in the progress of colonization
hey found work at their respective
rades and many of them became use
nj members of society. The rest found
heir way to the workhouse. The
Emperor and many influential men of
the En- pire took deep interest in the "a
matter and at present such colonies are
in all the colonies and
States Of Germany. Mr.. Raine dis
,usses exhaustively the conditions of d
The German trade and industries and t.
including the new protec-- II
i've policy of government, which ared 3
them. s. He finds that manu-
acturers are complaining more of low
prices than of want of opportunities to
dispose Of their goods. edgThe prices
obtained do not yield the desired pro
its, but nin NEARLY all branches of r.
plenty of work and new
Industrial establishments are being
'-eated.a sqodn a.IIil e.sl