St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23
WILLIAM LACKS WISDOM.
Germany's Emperor Is Likely to Sci
Europe in a Blaze.
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.
The Kaiser Is Inclined to Ignore Bis
marck and Acts as His Own
Chancellor.
special Cable to the Globe.

Special Cable to the Globe.
LONDON, Dec. 22.-Despite the fact
that the Christmas holidays are at hand,
politicians generally take very gloomy
view of the European situation. owing to
the inSurrectionary state of affairs in
Servia and to the fact, now plain to all
statesmen, that the German emperor
has ceased to consult Prince Bismarck
respecting either his foreign or home
policy, and acts as his own chancellor.
1t is now obvious to everybody that
Emperor William s tour through Europe,
which he took against the advice of
Prince Bismarck, was a failure. The
car was not pleased by the haste with
which the emperor set out, so soon after
his fathers death; and Russian diplo-
macy, which is essentially cautious, was
unfavorably impressed by his feverish
haste to get in the support OF
the car. The car and his min
listers saw in the young mans
character new reasons for playing the
waiting game which Germany and her
aged chancellor have most to dread,
and recent events have confirmed this
opinion. In Vienna the emperor pro-
duced even less favorable impression.
He was thought to be domineering and
self-assertive; while the insult he
offered to Count Taafe raised a strong
feeling of hostility against him among
a very influential circle of politicians.
The result of his visit to Rome was still
more disastrous, so far as the Vatican
is concerned. The cOntemptuous man
ner in which the pope subsequently al
luded to him shows what was thought
of his behavior at the Vatican. 1t would
be a small matter that the emperor
should have made himself unpopular, if
it were not that he has so great
A POWER FOR MISCHIEF
in Europe. A rash or imprudent step
on the part Of the German kaiser may
at any moment set Europe in blaze.
British politicians feel uncomfortable
under the reflection that England is the
peculiar object of this young mans
hatred. Judging from what Prince Bis
marck'S organs have been saying dur
ing the week England has been nearer
to a disturbance over the Zanzibar af-
fair than most people imagine. The
chancellOr'S organs admit in so many
words that a positive threat from Ger
many induced Lord Salisbury to enter
into the existing alliance. NOtwith-
standing this alliance, there is no doubt
that Germany is extremely hostile TO
England. Germany, moreover, is in
creaSing her navy with some rapidity,
and England must increase hers.
Sensible men, both in England and
Germany, are doing their utmost to
counterfeit the irritation which has been
set up by the events of the last few
months. The people of England and
Germany have no quarrel with one an
other, but it is feared that their rulers
I,,ir int
before the Zanzibar troubles are settled.
The secret of the excellence of the Ger
man army is to be found in the anxiety
of the authorities to improve it. A
change of vast Importance is proposed
for the beginning of the next military
year. the 1st Of April, 1889, when the
field artillery is to he reorganized. The
Germans in 1872 separated the garrison
from the field artillery. including in the
latter category the batteries whose
gunners are mounted. The object of
this reform was to enable each of these
services to
ATTAIN GREATER FACILITY
in the duties peculiar to itself. The
Germans, training their troops solely
with a view to the work of war, have
taught their artillery to shoot straight.
They are now anxious to make the ar
tillery, if possible, still more of fight
ing arm. For this purpose the field ar
tillery is henceforth to be assigned by
brigades to the army corps, and the bri-
gade of artillery, instead of being sub
ject with its brigadier to an inspector of
artillery, will come under the command
of the general commanding the army
corps. To guarantee. however, that the
habit of hitting shall not be forgotten,
new official. called the inspector gen.
eral of shooting" is to be appointed,
whose sole duty will be that conveyed
by his title