The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-03
BIsMARCK's REAPpEARANCE.

The Government Striving for Alliance
With the Opposition.
Copyright 1884, New York Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 2.-The prospect OF Bis
marck's early reappearance in the Reichstag
has given an impetus to tho governments
plans for the Cancellation of various parties
so as to render them ready to coalesce in
the governments interest. The Center and
Freisinnige parties and the Guelphs and
Poles in tnrn receive government induce
ments. Recently developed tendencies Of
the government towards the Cancellation of
the Poles ought justly to be ascribed in part
to quickened sense of Justice in dealing
with them. Whatever mixed motives may
animate the government the Poles of west
ern Prussia and Posen have been favorably
national language in schools, by better
facilities afforded them for the acquire
ment and sale of land, and by increased
courtesy accorded by officers to Polish
families. To-day's debate in the lower
house of the diet on the budget commission
for German colonizng of western Prussia
occasloned remarks touching the govern
ment's policy in Posen, and provoked Chan
cellor Won Caprivl to explain. He denied
that the government had conceded to the
Poles anything beyond what came within
the scope of the settlement by law. 1t had
met the wishes of the Poles as regards both
schools and church. The Poles. on their
themselves into closer accord with the
government. This, the chancellor said,
was indeed pleasant and surprising
change. If the Poles would take lead upon
the path of reconciliation, the government
and Germans were ready to follow.
Biemarck's victory is modified by the
fact that he poIled 1000 fewer votes than
did his national liberal predecessor. The
socialist ballot was reinforced by over a
thousand Guelphites and Freisinnjge vot-
ers, whose hatred of the prince exceeded
their dislike of the socialists, The prince,
in an interview on the eve of the re-ballot,
declared that if he went to the reichstag he
would never attack any policy directly in
itiated bv the emperor and that his line of
conduct would be the same as that followed
by him since he left Berlin. He was con-
vinced that the greatest danger to the
fatherland WAS not from without but with
in. He would not refrain from exposing IT..
but he certainly would never say anything
to give his opponents reason to charge him
with attacking the emperor from personal
motives. This sort of assurances
promises lively times in the reichstag.
The Hamburger Nachrichten holds that
the death of V IN Motlse ADDS to the desire
front of politics. "a sentiment of dis
quiet" says the Nachrichten, fills the en-
pire. The future is uncertain. New men,
into whose hands have been contided the
des,inies of the fatherland, cannot reassure
the country The Freisinnige and Cen
trist press is indignant at this language.
Austro- German plenipotentiaries will
sign n treaty of Commerce at Vienna to-
morrow. The American department of the
International Art exhibition is thorough
success.
The appointment of Lieut. Clarke, of the
United States cavalry, to serve with the
Dusseldorf hussars. has evoked approving
comments from the press. The Vossiscce
Zeitung says it is the first case of the kind,
and ought to oa recognized by America as
proof and pledge of the warm feelings
which those IN the highest station in the
German empite entertain towards the great
commonwealth,