New-York tribune., 1886-01-10
BERLIN TOPICS.
BISMARCK AND THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ER,S UOWNFALL-THE POLES.

and the Reiohstag on the other. there has cxistod
| for several weeks crisis which at any moment Is
| likely to result In the dissolution of Parliament
| Bismarck has not had for several years strong
| and cohesive majority. He has lived from mana 10
| mouth leaning now upon one party and now upon
| another rejecting none which offered him ad' bus
on the other hand never quito surrendering to any
As long as the Centre. the Ultramontanes In the
hope of securing ecclesiastical concessions were
| ussful in promoting the protective policy or tho
! Chancellor. everything went WE'LL bnt the Centre
il q good business man and does nothing without
| n purpose Now it comes up more than hundteo
strong and presents It's bill to the po"ortni Cnhh-
ceor but he finds it too high and REJECTS III. ino
Centre. however stands like Shylock on It's bond;
and now when the missionaries are belng huhted
out of the German colonies and when the gannt'ot
| is thrown down TO him IN open farha'"o"" IL
| refuses further support to the Chancelior'-aho
| that is he crisis in which we now stand
| When one reflects that ten years ago the uitra'
montanes were the most completely stiiled party in
| Germanv anA that to-day they hold the countrys
| fate in their hands, he comprehends at glance
| Prince Bismarcks policy and It's results mo
| Chancellor has broken with tho Lhorals anu ior
| the purposes of q struggle is dependent UPON tho
| assistance of the Ultramohtanes-the powerful
| Minister who ten or twelve years ago, excianeu'
- We will not 90 10 Canossa" The Centre hesltates
| To SuDpOrt a COntlulthlIo1 VI th0 SN''""''N t'
| and if Prince Bismarck does not obtain majority
| Gov thi. measure in January he will dissolve tho
| pacbstag and order new elections. But one thing
| ga, he nredicted to-day with absolute certainty
tbot the dissolution of the Reichstag Will result IN
| q considerable tightening oil inc Lioeia'
clements The days of the ConservatiVe era ih
| C.rmonv like the days of the Emperor. arc NUM-
| bered.
| Havipp obtained from the Reichstag tobacco
| hp M
! c.llor now comes forward with a scheme for new
mononoIv. viz. in brandy. At present negotiations
rs nas.ng Letween Berlin and the Ministries 0f the
| south German States with reference 10 the
mononolv on spirts; aad il is probable that the
| Southern States will support the project lor the
benefit of their own finances. Inc Capihets AZ
| Nnnich and at Stuttgart are stlli resisting; oht
| Prince Blsmarck's influence IS 80 great anu tlo
financial condition of the small states IS so
unsatisfactory that they will not hesitate 10 adope
any means 10 Gil their little goblcts from the
In,perla cask Germany il, of all spirit-rroducing
and spirt.drinkng lands. tho one which derives
from duties thereon the lowest return. The annual
! ,.v of rho German people per capita for sprltuous
| U,uors s ono and a half marks (3S cents'. mo
supporters of the spirit monopoly rightly say thae
the tax might easily DO increased hVetod' H
would then almost defray the entire COST ol the
| German army. In little Holland, the annual YAK
| ner capta amounts to nineteen MARKS anu ln
,nor;ro IL i, vastly higher than in Germany.
Moreover of recent years the Temperance move,
,uent has been making constantly greater and
o,,er nrocre,s among us and. aside from the fact
that tine Government itself is well disposed toward
il. high taxation on spirits w0uld attract cohSiu-
| erable sympathy upon moral grounCS
Tho Court preacher Stoecker. tho dis n ;li>bet
onti-Semitic agtator has preserved rcn'rkabie
| silence of late lie has not once opened his mouth
! in the Reichstag since lis scandaons prosecutions
| of last summer. and his glory has weii-niSh
denarted IL must not be forgotten hat II Prus'ia'
and even in the very l6efal city OF 10 I'n' inc
| Conrt and the will of tho Emperor play tAo
nr;pcipal mart So long tho people supposed that
the old Kaiser favored the persecution OF tho jews
the anti-Semitic feeling was very mnch the n"do'
,Itbonch the mass of the people, in Eorlin at least
had not any unfrlendly feeling whatever against tho
Jeys It became. however. n faShionaole @nnso-
meut TO ridcule them naturally OF course tho"e
whom one didn't know; while ones relations to TIC
excelleut Jews whom one did know continuei I" he
f the ul.asantest kind But since tho prosecutions
befor. the Berlin courts with which Stoocker was
identified mnde him morally an "mp'sSlhla
persou." the Imperial Court has not attended the
cathedral on those Sundays on when the anti
Semitic apo. tie breaches. and the agatioh against
the Jews has practically disappeared.
Our colonies up to the present time. have gwen
~ vastly tIUubtO than pront. ah' lIr N,s''
are trn-iold the returns. Prince Blsiniok mas
recently addressed a memorial 10 IaII'aicut ~ !.
which he tvkes tnc ground thdt not ti" EmPIiI o"s
the trade speope of Bremen aid Han "urs ought 20
undertake. the admuIst ration and bear the CO.'S" ot
tha colonies But the ilansratIcs are shreNi
rcckonrrs and they prefer to ENJOY he protection o
! th, German flag ut the cost oi 'ho hoiHiah t'A-
naysr. Of that colonial enthusiasm winch % year
ago attacked the whole people NE leveri .n''t ,
sc,rceIy tIace remaining. Nowuero mas t"o
contest over the Caroline islands arouse' -
| interest than among the mass OF Tue G'Inan
nannle I'm the first place. the majority or th'm
oyts not the remocst idea where those interesting
| I.Iands lie and 10 ono clt amy Incubation u o1S'
lice money and blood upon tHtin; ,ne Gilt IL trn
tina CarOiines has cost our lbdu'Iry aiieauS Y
! t,rna. "A much by reason of tho interruption ol
trade with spain as all the islands ca nnder any
| circumstances he wDrth. A..
) AdnIph Menzcl our greatest painter, perhaps the
greatest painter OF the time; las reconty
hls seventrth birthday win tue ave'a. & ",tr,"n,
artist a long letter in his own bandwrting ana ''o
Crown Prince visited him IN person and mauo n,I,
r,ch rresents At present the talk is abont shR'o
,raat artist. but next summer there Will Oe .
nbiIee ex hibtion of the fine arts at 'e' I'm ~ when
ioreiV,ers may be represented. III WOMB pe az
evrrilent opportunity Tor American art. OF whca
scarcely anythng is known here. to eXhiht tS'., S
III competition with tntope. lne DILL n tI; I,,t I'm
| always shown NSeii "oi' 'A'NH'' w
'rMo vrors AGO so-caed Edison Company was
established hers for the illumination OF tho c,y ~
tho eIer, re Ixht: but to this day IT haS not SUI
gle lamp in operation. lno CITY E,c, tnr
of Berlin gave this company cnu'lIot 'llo'.nonv ,V
! ali the city lighting and every other compay
would gladly assist 1T in getting into optraiiVn
but the Edison has made 10 movement. anu t1o
resut is that at tho present time people VINO SSs ~
on having the electric light are obtaining ny
nryate machines. In the direction OF the company
irnoreoyer no American is found. III there "tlo'
, nrnbabIy tho undertaking would have been ton-
dncted in a more energetic nanner Eo,son hi'"'
} s,if has nothing whafeN or to do with the ailar.
''1 i' oxnnIsin1 of the Poles from East Prussia
contirues. and the misery Of the poor outclNs
Increases by reason of the fact that priVate char
cam no longer relieve their wants. More thau
: % 000 innocent people who had voluntarily aoan,
domed their old homes and thought TO H mn fro@ IS1
IT, aat Ill shah mode of lie and turned huft.