The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-05
Arrow AMONG THEALLIES
AN OPEN RUPTURE NOT REACHED
YET, BUT IMMIN ENT.

Bismarck May Turn to His Old Scheme
OF Consolidating All the German
Speaking People Under One Flag If
the Alliance Goes to Pieces-Matters
in the Reichstag.
Copyrighted, 1890, 6y the Nev York associated
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BERLIN, Jan. "A state council is sum
moned for Wednesday next. Prince Bis
marck, though still suffering from
recurrence Of his neuralgia, is certain to be
present. The reassembling of the Reichstag
for the last evsntful days before dissolution,
and the re-opening Of the Landtag compel
this general ministerial meeting. The lead
ing questions before the Reichstag will be
the increase of the military credits, and
the socialist bill. The National Zeituag
reminds the Cartel party that the time
is opportune for grand rally around the
chancellor, and urges them not TO fail TO
appear in their places on the first day
Prince Blsmark's long-expected declaration
OF the foreign policy of the government
Will probably be made during the debate
on the military credits.
THE SOCIALIST BILL.
The attitude Of the government on :the
socialist bill is inhexible The national
liberals have been hopeful that
Prince Bismarck would upon the eve Of the
second reading accept such modi-
ficationS as would enable them
to vote with the government
without violating their scruples touching
the arbitrary aspects of the measure, but
hitherto seni-official organs merely advise
all members of the government groups to
stand together for solid vote. Some topics
involving delicate phases of the govern
ment service, and likely to be exciting, will
come before theI4audtag. One of these will
be consideration Of the disposition of sums
oonfiscated during the kulturkamp, and
diverted into the select service fund.
THE REPTILE FUND.
Within recent years the reptile fund has
been so little used that the name of it
sounds almost ancient But few papers are
subsidized and few agents are mentioned.
Ventilation of the subject in the Landtag
is likely to curtail in an even greater de-
gree executive misuse Of those moneys. 1t
is also thought that the Landtag will disap-
prove the lottery project in regard to the
monument of Emperor William. The
purchase and demolition of GER
tain houses i'll order to make a
site for the monument is necessary
and the project of raising money by a lot
very WulA6 IL IN no uOuDb a IOEin OF making
popular the subscription, is form not much
approved by public opinion. 1t is believed
that the Landtag will favor the plan of
direct purchase. the money to be voted by
the state.
UNIVERSAL PEACE CHORUS.
The year opens with a universal peace
chorus, the National Zeitltng declaring that
external tranquility is guaranteed, while
internal tranquility depends entirely on the
character Of the next Reichstag.
80 that the nation can vote
for peace by voting into Office a chamber
50 subservient to the will of the chancellor
that it shall never cause any irritation by
differing with him. Despite this lovely
prospect of peace abroad and at home upo n
defined conditions, the foreign ofics itself
was never SO pervaded by d sense of the
insecurity Of the continuance Of the triple
alliance.
CAUSES OF IRRITATION.
Prince Bismarck's refusal to support Aus
tria's policy in Bulgaria is a great source of
irritation and suspicion, and Premier
Crispi's persistent intriguing for the cession
of Trentino is another. Premier Crispi is
thought to be little disappointed Just now.
He had counted upon another conference at
F'riedrichsruhe at the close Of the year. He
attaches very great importance to this sort
of repeated recognition Of him, as adding
much to his prestige among the statesmen
of Europe.
BALRED BY BISMARCK.
His scheme to close the year with such an
individual conference was upset by Prince
Bismarck. who holds those favors at high
rate, and who advised Premier Crispi that
an interview would not be timely ia view
OF the acute 1ealousies of Austria. The
Diretto has since urged a direct settlement
of the Trentino affair with Austria, aban-
doning the attitude Of complete reliance
upon Prince Bismarck's mediation.
GERMANY AND RUSSIA
The prospect for a meeting of Emperor
William and the czar on the Polish frontier
in April tensifies official anxiety and watch
fulness in Austria In diplomatic circles
there is lively discussion of the prospect of
a renewal of the German entente with Rus
sia, as Prince Bismarck continues to
find the want of homogeneity in the
Austrian empire and the growing
discord between its various nationalities
an obstacle to good politics, and sees how
greatly these reduce the value of an Aus
trian alliance. 1t is said that he already
contemplates very radical change of base
in his policy, and speculates upon a large
application of the idea of the race feud
that was the basis Of so many schemes and
projects at the period when Alsace was an
ALL GERMANS UNDER ONE FLAG.
His new application of the theory of
bringing all German speaking people under
the German flag would be at the expense of
Austria and at the expense of
Russia, but for Russia there would be COM
pensations. The policy, in fact, would wipe
out Austria, az that empire now stands, for
Germany would take the Austro-G German
duchies; and while Germany would also get
the German Baltic provinces now held by
Russia, Russia would get an
equivalent in Galicia and Buckowina,
and would be given free hand in
Roumania and the Balkan countries. The
Austrian government knows that this is not
merely diplomatic dream, but is one of
the present possibilities Of the chancellor's
policy, and may become a probability If
the race feuds now pervading the empire,
combined with hostility TO Germany, shall
force the chancellor to project alliances
elsewhere.
THE GERSAN-CZECH CONFERENCE.
The German-Czech conference opened in
Vienna to-day. II is watched here as hav-
ing an indirect, yet important, bearing
upon international relations. Count Taafe,
who presides, Is not personally hopeful Of
success in reconciling the differences be-
tween the German and Czech parties in Bo-
hemia. Besides the German delegates,
headed by Herr Plever, and the Czechs, head
Drs I 1It,