The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-09
TlDINGS FROM FATHERLAND.
THE FAIL or EUGENE RICHTER
MAKES SENSA TON IN GERMANY.

BOOke-Tho Fear OF tho COssRck.
rDr1oh 1880 By TnE sUN Printing ana Ir1rIhtno A,,o
cation.
LONDON. June s.-The deposition OF Eugene
Ricbtor from tho chairmanship OF the parlls-
mentary committee Of the Liberal party in
Germany. has more importance to-day than Il
would have had before tho February elections,
and eXcites bitter comment In the press OF THAT
party, To Richter. the editor Of the
FeSjnuge Ieiun0, it Ia serious, as he
lIses the prestige OF having his paper regarded
rs the party's organ 1t is largely, however.
by the use he has made of his paper in lee
turing colleagues who differed from him that
he has raised the instruction against what
his enemies call his Bismarckian methods.
The fact that his fall was assisted by such men
as the Oberburgermeister Of Berlin, Forken-
beck. Haenel. Barth. BamberRer. and Rckert
will make 1t difficult for him to recover his
prestige unless he makes very humble apol-
oRy for his past overbearing behavior.
Or. Schrader. the present leader, assured US
last week that there was nothing whatever In
this retirement OF Richter. beyond a general
irritation among the parliamentary members
against his rather dictatorial way OF dealing
with minorities and general assumption on
his part that lie was Indispensable to the party.
The split has no other Significance. and II it
Goes no further all concerned will soon shake
hands and work together as before. Schrader
was In Loudon for three days only on
private business. Tho colonial situation Is
increasing the number OF gray hairs in
both English and German diplomatic
heads. Count Hatfield. the ambassador In
London cannot sleep at night for the distract
ing geographical places he must pick out on
maps Of doubtful accuracy purportinR to rep
resent German spheres OF interest in the Dark
AYR ltpit
he must bully Salisbury ut the Foreign Off1ce
for territory which neither cares straw about
hut which each must pretend is bound I'D with
the honor of his nation.
While Stanley is denouncing Germans In
London Emin is toasted in Berlin as the Bis
marck Afrcanus who Is planting the New Ger
many that is to divert from Castle Garden the
thousands OF his countrymen who now annual
" run away from military service. As Emin is
Hebrew from Polish Prussia. and therefore
credited with unusual commercial tact, the
fact that he has made large purchases Of land
In his new sphere OF usefulness should encour-
age land spectators, If no others.
Moltke's successor. Waldersee. is m aking a
military inspection of the various means by
which German army might. in the event OF
war; be most rapidly brought to the French
frontier, and is able to congratulate his coun-
trymen that there are now seven doube-track
railroads leading from east to west directly
toward France. as against only three that ex-
listed in 1870. The last one. Just opened. was
not commercial necessity so much as O
strategic road intended to obviate the neces-
stty OF crossing Swiss territory in getting into
France. In fact. much OF the burden OF German
taxation is represented by railways construct
cd and operated for military rather than COM
mercal purposes. The Emperor and his Prime
ft..l,,
horses during the past week. each running So
rious risk OF his life. The rapidity with which
the Emperor recovered from his accident Is ex-
celent evidence Of the general good health he
enjoys, In spite OF his having but one arm to
speak Of
The Government bill to increase the army
coming in company with unusual dema nds for
colonial enterprises. and for raising the pay Of
non com missioned officers as well as those OF
the higher grades. creates widespread feel
ing opposed to the three years military ser
vice. favoring in its stead one or two years.
TIC Liberal papers are in the front OF this
movement in insisting that two years is
enough for training recruit. and that the
present depressed condition OF German indus
try demands relief in the direction OF leaving
the industrial classes longer at peaceful work.
Richter points out forcibly that the increase
In the German army is not provoked by any
act Of France that, on the contrary. the latter
is inferior to her neighbor across the Rhine
whom the military budgets OF the two countries
are properly analysed. Richter is famous ia
Just such analyses. and in view Of the fact that
Germany has nearly lO00O000 moro people
than France the Government plea that they
must keep pace with French improvements is
weak, and they know 1t Ia weak. but do not
care to give the true reason which most Ger
mans fee. and that is that the present state OF
Europe is a war Of bank books. and the one
who holds out longest will ruin his neighbor
quickest
Germany piles on her expenses. knowing |
that France must follow suit. The Kaiser |
knows that France alone will not make war on !
hlm but he has no guarantee that his semi
owned neghbor with the knout will not. and |
II Is to meet combination of two first rate
powers Mt once that he is calling on mis- people
10 do. not merely all and more than France
does but to do all that Is POSSIBLE and run no
FISK OF seeing Cossacks second time in the
streets OF Berlin.
We are able to correct three items wired to
the Figaro from Berlin. First that out OF in
ternatonal courtesy the Russian court has
suppressed certain recent happenings between
Berlin and st, Petersburg that make an official
Interchange OF courtesy impossible. This ia
false. Next that tho Kaiser desires to extend
mis- RUSSIAN travels as far as samarkand That
IS false. Then that recent events have caused
he projected visit to tho Gar to be much
modified MS we'll rs abridged. This is equally
false Frenchmen do not buy papers that do
not feed them with tho news they wish to hear,
but outside Of Paris this curious PSYCHOLOGICAL
phenomenon is not appreciated.
Russian editors, by the way, have called a
for tho lst OF September In ST.
Petersburg to celebrate the twenty fifth ami.
Versary OF press independence in the Cars
dominons. If the present condition OF Russia's
Iress ls freedom, it ID time We learned TO des-
lGnate correctly the state Of things before the
present alleged liberty came into vogue.
The great ship canal now constructing be-
tween the Baltic and Atlantic has started in
Germany u new interest In ship canals. and the
engineer in charge oflthe preliminary surveys,
Herr Echeck has decided that from Berlin to
Stettin is the place for the next one. a distance
II about one hundred miles. tho cost not to ex-
,eed $4O.0000O0. There is nothing but sand.