The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09
THE IRON CHANCELLOR INTERVIEWED.
He Defines His Attitude Toward the
Emperor as a Member of the
ReichStag.
lie win Not Attack Him or His Poi
icy The Significance of
His Vote.


IC"r5right 1881 by New York Associated Press.
BERiAN. May > The prospect of
Prince Bismarck early rcappcarancc in
the reichstag has given an impetus to
the governments plans for the concilia-
ton of the various parties 50 as to rem
der them ready to coalcscc in the gov
crnmcnt's interest. The Centre and
F'rcisinnige party and Guclphs and
Poles in urn believe the governments
efforts towards the Cancellation of the
Poles ought justly to hc ascribcd in part
20 a q%uickcncd II of justice in deal
inc with them. Whatever mixed mo
tivcs may animate the government the
Poles of Western Prussia and Poscn have
been favurably influenced by the free
use Of the national language in the
schools; 10y greater facilities afforded
them for the requirement and sale of
lands. and by the increased courtesy ac-
cordrd 10y officials To Polish families.
Today's debate in tn" lower house Of
the Dcit ON the Budget commission for
the German cOlonizing of Western Prus
.ia. occa.iuncd remarks touching the
governments policy in Pos.n and pro
vokcd Chaur"llur Won iapri,i 20
explain he I.ur4i inat the
government had ronrr,;"d to
the Poles br!oni ,hal which, came with
in In" sropr of thr settlement law. 1t
had met thu wishes of the Poles as re-
CARDS both sch"uis and church, The
Poles N 1IIrir part haD ais" manifested Il
drsir" tn hrrg Themselves Int" rioscr &c
cord with the government. This desire
found expression in the support which
the Poles gave fine government propos-
ais for the increasing defensive power of
Germany. This til" chancellor said was
indeed a pleasant and surprising change,
If the Poles would tax" she lead upon
the path Of reconciliation the govern
mcnt and Germans were ready To- follow.
Abiding To the suggestion that ami
cable treatment of the Poles had "A latent
aim 10 make proscIytcs among them
Chancellor Won Caprivi secuted the idea.
The sole aim Of the government was H.
cOnciliatc the Poles through Il sense Of
justice. The speech met with general
favor in the house. If he had designed
to contrast the conditions Of the Poles in
Poscn with that Of their harrasscd kin
dred over the Russian border the chan
cellor could not have spoken better.
Prince Bismarck's victory in Gccstc-
mundc is modified by the fact that he
pullcd 1000 fewer votes than did his
national liberal predecessor in the seat.
The socialist ballot was reinforced
by over a thousand Guclphist and Frcis
ln"lgc voters whose hatred of the prince
exceeded their dislike to the socialists.
The ~semi-ot1icial press abstain from com
mcntlng on the result. The Frcisinnigr
Icitung halls Prince Bismarck's entrance
INTO h ~r"lchStag as AN act of homage to
IN" parliamentary system which he per
Slstcntiy tried when chancellor to dis
credit and weaken. The Prince in an
interview on the eve Of the ballot de
cIar"d that II he wen to the reichtag he
would never attack any policy directly
initiated by the emperor and that his
I'M" of conduct would be the same as
mat followed by him since he left Bcr-
M II" was convinced. he said, the
greatest danger to the fathcrland was
not from without. but from within. 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 per
sonal motives. This sort of assurances
promise lively times in the rcicbstag.