Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-02
EMPEROR AND CHANCELLOR.
Firm Impressions That There is Serious
Difficulty in German Affairs.

copyrighted 1890 by the New York Associated PressI
BERLIN, Feb. l. Daily incidents
strengthen the impression that there is a
serious divergence Of views between Prince
Bismarck and the emperor, or those hay
ing the Immediate confidence OF the en-
! peror, upon the proper course of the gov
| eminent in some important internal con-
Germs. The princes objection to the tone
of the speech from the throne has been
| commented upon for some days. The fact
| that the Objectionable part was the refer
| ence to labor troubles, and that Won Ber-
lespch had been appointed to a
place in the ministry. giving him
control of those things, prac-
tically in place of Bismarck, seems
to imply that the emperor intends that
those things shall be put in the hands of
one in sympathy with the ideas set forth
in the speech.
Within these few days the emperor has
received successfully all the leaders Of the
different groups included in the Cartel
coalition, and he is in conference every day
with some prominent member of the gov
eminent groups, having A free inter
change CT views and communicating his
own ideas on the proper management of
the elections. There is very great con-
trast between his apparent self-effacement
and his actual activity, and yet greater
contrast between his demeanor and that
of Prince Bismarck, who, though he has
accorded interviews, on request, to Herr
Won BeEnigsen, Prince Schoenarch-Car-
roilth and Others, has nevertheless main
tanned singular reticence as to the policy
to be pursued in the elections.
In the landtag today it was announced
that the chancellor did intend to address
the house. All this adds to the convic-
ton that there is difference of opinion in
high places on the internal policy and sug-
gests moreover that the difference is of
serious nature. The appointment of Won
Berlepsch to the minister of commerce and
mines is regarded by many as an ELECTORAL
ruse, intended to catch for government
candidates the votes of miners pleased
with the fancy that the government is
is ready to do great things for them: to
make a law that will reduce the hours
of labor, increased wages and generally
protect the workman. This attempt at
Cancellation costs the government but lit
tie and indicates mainly an endeayor to
modify the Catholic opposition and draw
workingmen with hopes away from the
magnetic agitatOrs of the socialists.
Forecasts of the results of the elections
are generally to the effect that the German
conservatives, the Eichs party and the CEN
ter party will remain intact, that the Ger
man llDerafS WALL lose SeYeTai seats WHICH
will go to the socialists. The national lib
erals are in the greatest danger, as it is
thought they will lose twenty-five seats
The socialists hope to increase their
strength from eleven in the last reichstag
to forty-two in the next. gaining six from
the German liberals and twenty-five from
the national liberals.
The new reichstag is convoked for the |
middle of March. 1t is likely to present |
formidable p1lalanx of socialists, who, |
combining with the entire party and the |
German liberals, will easily outvote the |
government groups. Incessant efforts |
have been made by Prince Bismarck |
through Prince Derusse, the German am
bassador at Vienna, to induce Emperor
Francis Joseph to adopt a policy that |
should tend to render for the Germans the |
greatest share in the government in the |
Austrian empire. Emperor Francis |
joseph favors the idea.