The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-26
LIKE AMERICAN POPULISTS
German Farmers Want to Reverse the
Whole Policy of the Government.
ests That Threatens to Worry Chancellor
Caprivi and His Young Master.

BERLIN, Feb. 25.-Emperor William was
present at an Official dinner given last night
by Dr. Won Boettcher. Secretary of the
Imperial Home Office and representative of
the Chancellor. His Majesty led the COZ.
versstion. which was devoted to the ALL
sorbing topic in political circles-the for
nation of a great agrarian party. Chan
celIor Won Capriv1, tho anniversary of
whose birth 1t was was the only Minister
who was not present at the banquet The
Emperor. In Offering q toast to the absent
Chancellor. alluded to his sacrificing his
personal feelings TO serve the state and to
his fidelity to his Emperor in suoh terms as
inspired the conviction among his hearers
that Chancellor Won Caprivi will only be
driven from Office when the Emperor shall
have been forced to sucoumb before an
overwhelming defeat of the imperial pol.
10y.
Tho agrarian commissions while affect
ing loyalist reverence for the Emperor,
practically demand radical change In
the imperial policy. The strength of the
agitation led by the Farmers League de-
veiops daily. Since the Agrarian League
formulated it's programme, every day has
seen adhesIOns to il from kindred interests.
The congress of German agriculturists
and the Peasants League with 40, 900 men,
bers. the Financial and Economic Reform
Union and the Timetable Association have
successlvely announced their full agree
ment with the objects of the Asrsrian
League. The wire-Duliers behind all these
associations are the same, but as the stage
changes different persons appear in the
scene. The plot tends to one denoeument
the overthrow of Won Caprivls protec-
ton to the agricultural interests and re-
turn to bImetalllsm.
The leaders of the coalition already feel
powerful enough TO declare that nothing
short of reversal or the whole policy of
the government will content them. AS the
Emperor cannot be- expected 10 assent to
their demands, the party aims Of IA dissolu-
tiOn OF the Relchstag at the earliest possi-
BILE moment.
Formidable In itself. the coalition is fur
Their fortified by union with the anti
semitics. The Peasants' League. in agree
lug to dissolve and merge itself into the
Agrarian League. passed q resolution de-
claring that the agrarian interests must
consolidate so AS to show bold and united
front to radicallsm. socialism and j Judaism.
The Freisslnige press at first treated the
movement with contempt. The agitation
is too obviously potent now to he discussed
otherwise than seriously. An election at
Leignltz hitherto q stronghold of the
Freissinige party giving at he last preced-
ing election only 40 votes to the anti
semitic candidate. nearly resulted on Tues
day last in Freissinige defeat. Hertwig.
an advocate. who was the antisemItic
candidate, received upward of 5000
votes, against 5000 cast for the
Freissinige candidates. Herr Hertwig's
sole claim to the votes of the electors was
that be was counsel for rector Ahlw ard 3
in the recent libel suit brought against that
noted antisemiJic He owed his heavy
poll TO Conservative votes. A reballot 10
necessary. and this will probably result in
the return of the FrelssinIge candidate. In
the meantime the enormous increase in the
antisemitic vote has dismayed the Liber-
ais. who are regarding their chances as Sec
ond in the less hopeful districts The En-
peror is following the movement with close
attention. He directed Herr Lucsnus. tho
chief of his private Cabinet. to send trusted
agents To attend the agrarian meetings and
to telegraph reports from the various GEN.
ters of the country.
Prince Bismarck 10 in the closest touch
with the agrarian leaders. He has re-
sronded TO expressions OF Devotion sent 10
him from number OF meetings with as
surances that he is in full sympathy with
the agraran agitation. The Hamburger
Nschrlchten. in series of articles obvious.
ly inspired by Prince bismarck. incites the
leaders Of the movement not 10 abate their