Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-12
BISMARCK'S GREAT EMPIRE.
Efforts to Turn the Anti-Russian
Feeling Against France.

BERLIN, Sept. 11,--Mr. Pendleton,
United States Minister, who has been
travelling In Switzerland, returned to Ber-
lin to-day aud resumed the duties of his
office.
The meeting OF the Reichstag is awaited
with much anxiety. Nobody believes
that the business Of the session Will be
limited to discussion OF the Spanish
treaty. Ii Is reported that Prince Bis
marck, in explaining the European situ-
alton, will seize the occasion to convey a
frank warning to France.
The North German Gazette and other
o1ilclal papers comment increasingly on
what they term the bellicose manifesto
tions of France, and they denounce Gen.
Boulanger's projects organizing the
French army as n measure that lmme-
diately menaces Germany.
INTENDED AS A BLIND.
Further reasons are also given why
Prince Bismarck should direct attention
to France. 1t Is asserted that he will
adopt this course inlOrder to divert the
mind OF the people from his unpopular
policy regarding Russia, and to sustain a
renewal Of the military septeunate and
the sanction of the Reichstag to in
creased war charges, among which
is the cost of production OF
new repeating rifles. The factories in
which the rifles are made have been
working night and day and have accu-
mulated a stock of rifles sufficient to arm
1,500, 900 men, the number that will be
included IN the next mobilization, and
there is large surplus stock besides.
THE POLES.
Herr Won Windthorst will endeavor to
raise a question concerning the Poles in
10 ~ ~ E,.,
probable that the government will sue
ceed In limiting the session to three days
IN the face of the prevailing excitement,
political and religious.
The anti Russian sentiment is increased
by reports of prosecutions Of Germans In
the Baltic provinces under the energetic
carrying out OF the scheme to Russify
those provinces. The judiciaries in 1.-Two
MIA, Esthonia and Kourland have
been changed, and the Judges
| nominated through the German-BOur-
geoise have been dismissed or placed un-
| der Russian,J Judges. German schools are
| supervised by Russian inspectors, who
insist that conversation and correspond
ence shall be carried on in the Russian
| language.
POLES PUT TO THE FRONT.
Poles have been appointed to admins.
ter German rural schools, while Luth-
eran pastors are excluded. These meas
ures are resulting in a stagnation Of busi-
ness and the emigration OF Germans
homeward. Many of these emigrants are
ruined financially, aud all entertain the
bitterest hate toward Russia.
Prince Bismarck has ordered Baron
Won Schloezer, the Prussian rep
resentative at the Vatican, to
curtail his leave of absence and return
to Rome. The Baron is Instructed that
| the Pope's influence be exercised to pre-
vent the resurgence Of Kulturkampf
! upon demands for readmssion into
Prussia of the religious orders.
| The Catholic press claims the
| approval OF the Pope for the
programme OF the Breslau Congress.
The Papal briefOf July II, in favor OF the
Jesuits, is cited as having prepared
| the way for the decIsiOns made by the
Conference Of Bishops at Fulda, and for
the resolutions adopted by the BresIau
Congress.