, 1892-03-06
Germany Settling and Boiling
with Discomfort.
Two Leading Parties Buck
Against William.
Prosecutions of the Press In
stigated by the Emperor.
Mark Twain Making a Pleas.
ure Journey in France.
Germany,s weekly Contribution.

Germany's Weekly Contribution.
copyrighted 1892 by N. Y. Associated Press
BERLIN, March 5.-The leaders of the
national liberal and freissinnige parties
are exchanging confidence with a view to
absolutism. The leaders of the fressin-
nigie party want to challenge openly the
pr~etensions Of the emperor by raising a
debate in regard to the pending press
prosecutions. The national liberals. how
ever, more cautiously advocated the
policy of obstruction in consideration of
estimates. If the advice OF Prof. Del
burk followed the proposed coalition can
form an alliance with the free conserva-
tives and this ought to be sufficiently strong
to cause the government to succumb and
the emperor to adopt a new line of policy
but nobody expects this fortunate issue.
The press prosecutions are undertaken
in accordance with thee mperor's express
instructions. Those who seek to apollo
gize for his majesty, assert the prosecu-
tons were initiated in consequence of the
course adopted by the public prosecutor,
but it is a well known fact the emperor
HAS Dttu REtdtlp tuTdRtu ny press COLI
ments on his Brandenburg speech and Is
determined to contest the generally rec
ognizcd rights which hitherto protected
the press from prosecution. The por-
ton of the speech, in which he advises
the dIscontented to shake the dust of
Germany from their feet, is becoming
familiar as a proverb. 1t Is asked at
whom he aimed as ''slippered grumblers. "
1t certainly could not have been social
lists. nor progressionists. 1t is surmised
the phrase had reference to the national
liberals, perhaps to Bismarck and Won
Bennigsen. leader of the national liberals.
and DIR. Miguel. finance minister. An.
other surmise is the emperor simply hit
the phrase in a moment of ~vicious ex-
liberation. His majesty drinks less than
most wine-drinkers, aud can stand less.
After two glasses OF champagne he be-
comes laxative. and after three is indis
Greet and pugnacious. His ~after-dinner
speeches usually require toDing down,
but his Brandenburg utterances we're
published without being edited.
Prosecutions of the press imply hat the
emperor has decided tn abide by his
recent declarations which arc offensive to
most educated Germans.
The revival of the brandy monopoly
scheme, on which Bismarck's govern
meDt was defeated in 1886, means that
Emperor William and Chancellor Won
CaprivI are daunt,ess in the face of exist
ing difficulties and will deliberately raise
more.
TO sum it up, Germany is on the verge
of a period of internal turmoil which may
afford external enemies OF the monarchy
a long hoped for chance of attack. The
reichstag has passed a credit for the sun
preston of the slave trade in east Africa.
The bundesrath has approved the copy
right treaty with the United States.
According to a newspaper report, Bla-
marck recently said he would appear in
the upper house shortly but remain a
silent listener to the debate on the educa-
ton bill, watching the parties meet the
fate of the fighting cats, of which, there
were left only the tails.
Mr.. Belfrth of the United States
department of labor. after visiting the
technical schools of England, France and
Germany, will return to America on the
9th inst He holds that the technical
schools OF Boston and Princeton and a
number of other American institutions of
a similar nature compare favorably with
anything of the kind he has seen during
his tour in Europe.
Mark Twain" and his wife have left
for the south. Their daughters will re-
main in Berlin to complete their musical
education.