Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-03
THE PRINCE OF IRON.
Bismarck's Early Return to
Power.
The Effects Thereof Already
Made Manifest.
Lively Times in the Reichstag Ex-
pected to Ensue.
The Ex-Chancellor Says He VIII Not
Antagonize the Emperor From
Personal Motives.
Associated Press Dispatches.

BERLIN, Nay 2.-[Copyrighted, 1891
by the New York Associated Press. l.
The prospect of Bismarck's early reap
pearance in reichstag has given an i'm
petus to the governments plans for the
Cancellation of the various parties so as
to render them ready to coalesce in the
governments interests. The Centre and
Freisinnige parties and the Guelphs and
Poles in turn receive government in
ducements. The recently developed
tendencies of the government towards
the conciliation of the Poles, are justly
to be ascribed in part to a quickened
sense of justice in dealing with them.
Whatever mixed motive may animate
the government, the Poles of western
Prussia and Posen have been favorably
influenced by the freer use of their ma
tional language in schools; by greater
facilities affored them for the acquire
ment and sale OF land, and by increased
courtesy afforded by the officers to Pol
ish families.
Today's debate in the lower house OF
the diet, on the commission for the Ger
man colonization of Western Prussia
occasioned remarks touching the govern
ment's policy in Posen, and provoked
Chancellor Won Caprivi to explain. He
denied that the government had con-
ceded to the Poles anything beyond
what came within the scope of the settle
ment law; it had met the wishes of he
Poles as regards both school and church.
The Poles, on their part, had mani
tested a desire to bring themselves into
closer accord with the government.
This, the chancellor said, was indee
pleasant and surprising change. If the
Poles would like to lead upon the path
of reconciliation, the government and
Germans were ready to follow.
Bismarck's victory is modified by the
fact that he polled 1000 fewer votes than
did his National Liberal predecessor.
The socialist ballot was reinforced by
over one thousand Guelphists Freisinnige
voters, whose hatred of the prince ex-
ceeded their dislike of the Socialists
The prince in an interview on the eve of
the reballot, declared that if he went to
the reichstag he would never attack
any policy directly initiated by 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
within. He would not refrain from ex-
posing it, but he certainly would never
say anything to give his opponents rea-
son 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 Won Mnltke adds to
the desire OF Germany to see Bismarck
in the forefront OF politics. "a senti-
ment OF disquiet, says the Nachrichten,
''fills the empire. The future is uncer-
tain. The new men into whose hands
have been confided the destinies of the
fatherland, cannot reassure the coun-
try"
The Freisinnige and Cent:ist press is
indignant at this language.
The Austro-German plenipotentiaries
will sign the treaty of commerce at vi
emma tomorrow.
The American department of the in
ternational art exhibition is thorough
success.
The appointment of Lieutenant Clarke
OF the United States cavalry, to serve
with the Dusseldorf Hussars, has evoked
approving comments from the press.
The Vossiesche Zeitung says it is the
first case of the kind, and ought to be
recognized by America as proof and
pledge of the warm feelings which those
in the highest station in the German
empire entertain towards the common
wealth.