The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-06
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
4 GERMAN COALITION AGAINST M
PERIAL ABS0LUTiSM.
The Emperor Apparently Willing
to Assume the Role of an lire.
spOnsible Leader.
A Revival of the Spirits Monopoly Scheme
On Which Bismarck Was Defeated
Some Years Ago
The County Council Elections in London
Result in Sweeping Victory for the
Liberals Political Riats in Japan.
Archbishop ireland on the
Memorial Recently Semitic
Rome From St. Louis.
The Greek Minis
try-0abls
Notes.

BERLIN, March 5-The leaders of the
National Liberal and Freissinige parties
/ are exchanging condolences, with a view TO
| concerted action against the emperor S
absolutism. The proposed coalition would
not be sufficient to overthrow the empe-
ror's pet legislative projects, unless n alli-
ance were effected with the Free Conserv-
atives. sthe advice of Professor Del
bruck, one Of the most prominent of the
! Free Conservatives be followed, this
alliance will soon be accomplished, and the
government. no longer able to rely on a
compact Clerico Conservative majority,
ought TO succumb, and the emperor to
adopt new line of policy. But nobody
expects this fortunate issue. The emperor
might dissolve the reichsteg and landtag
trusting to obtain majority through the
labor vote and union of Clericals and
steadfasJ Conservatives or he might 90
further towards absolutism sby governing
on the strength OF his prerogatives and de-
spite parliamentary ma joritIes.
Everything known regarding Emperor
Williams mood points 10 his majesty's
readiness to act as an irresponsible ruler,
Il allowed to do so. The press prosecu-
tlons are undertaken i'll accordance with
his express Instructions Those who seek
to apologize for and to excuse his majesty,
however, assert that the prosecutions were
initiated in consequence of the course
that they were not prompted by the en-
peror and were contrary to his wishes. 1t
Is Il well known fact that the emperor has
been greatly enraged by the press COM
ments on and criticisms of his Brapden-
burg speech. and is determined to contest
the generally recognized rights which
have hitherto protected the press from
prosecution.
The Brandenburg speech of his majesty
continues to be the universal topic of con-
versation here. 1t is said by some that the
emperor simply hit upon some of the
Objectionable phrases in that speech in a
moment of vinous eXhiliraton. After tax
ing two glasses of champagne he becomes
talkative and after the third becomes in
discreet and pugnaciouS. His after dinner
speeches usually require toning down, but
the Brandenburg utterances were publish
ed without having been edited. The prose-
cutions of the press imply that the emper-
or has decided TO abide by his recent de-
clarations, which are offensive ITO most
educated Germans.
The revival of the spirits monopoly
scheme, on which Prince Bismarck, chan-
ceilor of the empire was defeated in 1856,
means that Emperor William and Chan
cellor Won Caprivi are dauntless in the
face of existing difficulties and will delib-
erately raise more.
To sum up the position: Germany lis on
verge of Il period of internal turmoil,
which may afford the monarchy s external
enemies the long hoped for chance of at
tack
According to a newspaper report, Prince
Bismarck recently told a friend that he
would appear in the upper house shortly.
The eX-chancellOr declared that be would
not interfere, but would watch the parties
meet the fate of the fighting cats of which
there were left only the tails