New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-06
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
NTTCTs OF THE GERMAN EMPERORs
SPEECH TO his BRANDENBURGERs.

EFFECTS OF THE GERMAN EMPERORS
SPEECH TO his BRANDENBURGERs.
yAE BERLIN NOTWITHSTANDING THE PHEss-
TIE EMPERoR's HEAITH-THE FRENCH MIN
1srRY-rHE sAYwARD CAsE-MR. GLAD
STONES RFTU URN-THE COAL STRIKE
-TnE DUKE OF DEVoNsHIRE-
GOVERNMENT BY CLERKS.
,u1 CABLE TO THE TArBUNE1
copwtsht 1892. By Tho Tribune Annexation.
London. March 5.-Perhaps never before nae
INV speech by any man in great publc position
ehcited a disapproval SO universal as that OF the
German Emperor last week to his faithful Bran
denburgers Ten days have passed, and the III
imprecSion then recorded deepens day oy oay
The riots in Berlin one expression ol 1t.
Riots in Berlin, it has been remarked, are unusual
They are and for good reason. Inc berhn naoo
h one Of the toughest in Europe. but the ~rlih
police are rougher than the Berlin mob, and the
mob knows it has little chance. NO civl 1orce
In Europe is so military, and mono uses the SABRE
and it's horses heels so freely. The MOB has
nothing 10 do but to get out Of the way. No
mob header has appeared. There has peeh no
organized violence Now, for the first time, there
known or visible leader. The riots lasted three
DAYS They did not subede till the leaders, who
ever they were had become convinced that IL was
useless to persevere. They are thought 70 nave
retired TO perfect their preparations, and 10 walt
for . more convenient season.
mob. however, is at best only mob. Inc
Emperor has the sympathies OF Europe Win MIN
In putting 1t down. even though III was cieariS
meant as . protest against q speech winch mas
the sympathies of no sensible or reasonable man.
The protest of the German press is very dlherent
matter 1t has been general. IL may be called Tor
Germany vigorous, where slight display OF vlgor
in printed speech may mean and often does mean
months Of prison to the speaker. Yet at all
risks the press speaks out. We should think
the criticisms mild enough but the meaning of them
Is clear; and were there doubt Of their mean
ing. their unaninity would make it clear
The Emperor. it is equally clear. is amazed
that such low persons as journalists should pre-
sumo to differ from him, and to express hostile
views of his august utterances. He is not lack
ing in wild kind of courage, and his first answer
% these press critics is to order the prosecution
of the leading paper of all Germany. The
Cologne Gazette" 1t was not easy TO find any
technical ground for such prosecution The
article in which the EInperor's speech was discussed
was perfectly temperate, even friendly. and full
of respect for the great mans good intentions.
But the editor omitted 70 assume we are told that
His Imperial Majestys after-dinner Grafton had
been delivered under the advice of responsible
Minister That is enough. There is a legal
basis for an accusation of insult to the dignity
OF the sovereign. Another journal is to be prose
cuted for quoting rather strong remarks of
London paper. A third is prosecuted for an
academicl essay on Imperial oratory. fourth
Is prosecuted for something else. They all come
under one head, known in the German tongue as
majestats beleidigung-the identical offence for
which housemad at Dresden this week
sentenced to three months imprisonment. Apollo
gists of the Emperor say that it is not he who
puts the criminal lawyers at work. He may or
may not give in each case the specific order, but
the spirit which directs these proceedings Is his
One other first fruit Of the Emperor. indiscre
ton has been seen in the Prussan Parliament,
where the Government has been beaten by
coalition between all shades of opposition. This
is that very coalition which Count Won Caprivi, in
debate on the Reduction bill. lately derided as
impossible.
Meantime, alarm, amazement and vague ap-
prehension are spreading through Germany. what
will he do next ?' is the question which the good
German is asking about his ruler. II is question
TO which answer is possible. There are dis
quieting rumors about the Emperors health, even
about his mental health. They have certain
foundation. II is known privately that the state
Of the Emperor's health occasions anxiety In his
own family The malady which affects his ear
grows worse, and not better. Assesses form, and
until they break cause acute pain, and it is during
these paroxysms of pain that lie says and does
most of those things which frighten his friends.
You will remember that some OF the French
papers published a story, last year, that the
Emperor during his yachting cruise in Norway,
had become insane. French papers are not good
authority in German matters, and il is not true
that he was insane What is true is this lie
had slipped on the deck Of his yacht and injured
his knee and confined to his berth for some
day. 1t is his custom TO take much violent eX-
ercise The pain in the ear is kept under in this
way 1t is toerable long as he can spend hall
the day in the saddle. If he cannot, 1t becomes
intolerable. The assesses are dangerously near
the brain. and the balance Of the mind is per-
hans affected when the agony is greatest. So
though tie Emperor very far from being m&d'
he did at that time say things which startled those
about him. and perhaps lent color 10 the
stories then current.
The French Ministerial crisis lasted just thlr-
teen DAYS, during which VI. de Freycinet was three
times asked to resume his post as PRESIDENT ol lf
Connci and three times refused VI. RibOt Waf
not asked NJ Rsuvier failed because he included
NJ Constans in bis proposed Ministry, and one
main object of this crisis was to exclude NJ. Con-
stans, whose expulsion is resented by large classes
NJ. Bourgeois failed because NJ. de Freycinet would
not serve under one of his former colleagues. VI.
Ionbet succeeded because neither of these dificul-
ties hampered him. 1t is for all practical pur-
poses the old Ministry minus NJ. Constans and plus
M Loubet. and 1t has started of well
The Radicals with VI. Clemcnceau at their
head. were at first disposed 10 overthrow the new
Ministry il they could, at once: They still sns-
nected some secret understanding with the Pope.
Rnt NJ. Ribot said plainly that there had been
: o.;o,;nns with him If the Cardinals will