The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-11
rlBIE NEWS FROM GERMANY
-,,r,1s AND CONSERVATIVES WORK.
nc AGAINST THE EMPEROR.

-.rpTCfIS AND fONSTshVI11AVEoV Vim.
DG AGAINST THE EMPEROR
r,popui"r,ty OF Governments Action o"
a.. school Eni-'The Fashionable World
,...rt. B.rIIn-Count SchouvaloH's Su-
IT. n,nuer to the british Ambs ssador-
.,.-.u. says Our Electrical Fr~ms Com
,,,.d 90 Deprive Him OF Adequate space
,.. worlds Fair he rliu wants nm
cxposition In 1s0e-o7.
RrnIy April 10.-With the Iandtag and the
,.,,hstag closed. the editors and political
Lodsrs are devoting themselves to looking
.n,r their party organizations and making
..+v capital Of the exciting events OF tho Inst
,hros months. The C!ericals and the dycd-n-
Ms.wool Conservatives are thought to have
n.do an iropclad cartel against the new lib
.r,lzinc tendency of the Government. and are
sonducing a bitterly aggressive movement
th,ouchout tho empire in favor of the Roman
Catholics and the agrarian interests. which
.s,s Injured by tho Zollverein treaties. The
sreaters at tho meetings held in tho interests
oithe new cartel do not mince their words.
AND make but little effort to conceal the fact
fbst the Emperor Is tho champion OF the polit-
mi policy which they hope to overthrow.
Il
tive and one OF the Emporors unofficial ad-
nssrs. has retired from the Conservative
marty with the avowed intention Of forming
new Conservative party on more or less liberal
lines This is tho immediate cause Of the new
agitation. For some time tho Kreuz- Zeituno.
extreme Conservative. and Parson Suckers
Tolk extreme Conservative and jew batter.
have attacked HelldorfY under cover as one of
the irresponsible advisors who have led the
Emperor astray in the byways Of Liberalism.
Heldorfr has answered them in his weekly
organ with considerable bitterness and
has made no concealment Of his disgust with
the Clerical Conservative combination. The
dispute became SO acrimonious that He'll
dorfrs retrdN ent from the Conservative ranks
became imperative. and so with a parting shot
at the BLACK Alliance" and the "Erax- lei
amo Jew baiters" no went before he was OK
PEELED.
The retirement Of Helldorff is likely to have
wide-reaching consequences in German po-
litcal organization. 1t leaves Parson Stacker.
still smarting under the discipline admins
tered to him by tho Emperor. to succeed to the
leadership Of tho Kreuz- Zeihno section OF the
Conservatives. and to make it's Jew-baiting
tendencies the most conspicuous feature OF its
politics.
moderate Conservatives is as complete as that
between the leaders. The moderates number
but few members. and alone they count hardly
as Parliamentary factor. but united with tho
right wing Of the National Liberals and In
partial sympathy with the left wing and the
Independents Freisinnigel. they will be able
to make most formidable showing in the
Reichstag. especially as they will have the
cream OF the press and Of educated Germany
behind them. The keenness Of the Conserva-
tive Clerical agitation shows that the mem
hers OF this cartel recognize the strength Of
this opposition. Petitions are in circulation
the country protesting against the
withdrawal OF the School bill The meetings
ct which these petitions arc started on their
rounds are large and enthusiastic.
In Dielefeld. Aachen. and Mayence the DEM
onstrations have been noisy and unanimous
In favor Of the Governments reconsideration
Of its precipitate action. In Hamburg an i'm
mense meeting in favor OF the School bill be-
came 80 disorderly that the police were called
by the majority for their unqualified denuncia-
ton Of the Jews. The minority Kissed and
groaned and jeered Parson Suckers name
The confusion prevailed for an hour. and as
both parties were equally determined. the
police declared the meeting dissolved.
The attitude of the Kreuz- Zeitun1 Is perhaps
the best illustration Of the new movement, as
we'll as Of the Rnarchic condition of present
German politics. heretofore this newspaper
has been the recognized organ OF tho feudal
party and the UltraProtestant Since the in
suguration Of the Conservative Clerical cartel.
however. 1t is hardly less Roman Catholic than
the Gamanid. 1t cxtols the Clercals and their
constituencies daily. and breaches tolerance
without cessation. although formerly it rev.
eled in the most bigoted denunciations OF
everything outside Of recognized Protestant
ism. But few months ago half Of its space
was devoted to sensational articles concern-
ing Jesuit intrigues. Papal aggressions. dis
loyalty Of the Roman Catholics. and the like.
Now it stigmatizes all such publications in
other newspapers as base calumnies" and
"boges Of atheists" I've are all Christians"
tsays; what matters the manner in which |
We worship God? Professionals have nothing |
to fear from Roman Catholics. and Roman |
Catholics have nothing to fear from Profess |
tants." |
This new liberality does not extend to tho |
Jews, however. and tho Krein- Zeitun0 con-
tinues to publish sensational paragraphs |
about ritual murders" in far-ofr places. with
out Specifications as to names and other COM
promising details Observers remark that.
"au the hrets-Zthung advocated similar lib
era' IDEAS some twenty wears ago. tho Kultur-
halnpi might have been avoided. The alleged
GaEger did not then exist Now. however. tho
aahser is real and palpable in every phase OF
,"e empires life. as, for instance. was shown
W uhe provisions Of the School bill.
Inc revelations at tho recent trial OF
meteor Ahlwardt, the notorious bankrupt
anu 'ewbaiter. arc cited by tho Krrlz-
He"mo as illustrations OF the necessity
" united action by Protestants and Roman
.a.ho.cs against Jews and inndeIs. 1t came
o Out ~ that trial that DR.. Hermes, Chief OF the
municipal School Board in Berlin. openly
a'owed his atheism and upon the appoint