The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10

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Berlin, July about 400 excursion
lists from the principality Of Llppe-Det-
mold visited Prince Bismarck in Freid-
richsreihe to-day Both the prince and
princess responded 10 the cheers of the
eXcursionists by appearing on the bal
cony of the castle. Despite recent re
ports of the princess bad health, she
looked strong and. d.cheerful.
Prince Bismarck made q notable speech
concerning the relations of the smaller
federal states of the empire. He eX-
pressed the opinion that their parlia-
ments ought to influence the policy of the
empire more powerfully by criticising the
action Of their representatives in the fed
eral council should not be diminished, lest
the national German empire be sup
planted by the great, all-cOntrolling
Prussia. He concluded his speech with
these remarkable words:
There are seventeen federal states
having only a single vote each in the fed
eral connci. If deduct Hauseatic cities
which differ so radically from all the
others, there are Ia such states, and Is
votes in the federal council are a
weighty matter if they keep together II
added to the Prussian votes, they always
give Prussia a majority of the federal
council. The council was divided, as IL
We're in three CategOries-Small states
with one vote each, Prussia with is votes
and the middle states with q votes.
Thus you see what weight the small states
have. l wonder that no politician
has arisen in one or the other of them TO
turn this state of affairs to account. All
that ] am saying to you is jeremiad, If
you wish TO call it such. over the fact that
the national idea has not caught fire
in the parliaments and governments
! of the federated states, as twenty or
| twenty-five years ago l hoped IL would.
l must apologize for directing your at
tention to these matters. Unfortunately
am not strong enough to appear
! in the Reichstag. ] could deliver a
! speech there occasionally, but
! should be unable to perform all the du
ties which the occupation of a parlia-
| mentary seat would entail. You must
| therefore excuse me If on n political occa
! sion, such as your greeting creates, / in
fiict upon you my 1eremiads
! loud applause) hope things
| will change in time and
! that the bureaucrats wnom Armanus
conquered will not become autOcrats
! again. There is danger at present that
! they viii once more, with their blo0dless
| and oppressive habits, gain dominion Oyei
! US, and that what the sword has won be
| lost | will not say by the pence Of the
| diplOmatist but by the bureaucracy OF
| ohiciahsm; by the lazy dilatory policy OF
waiting for others TO do what Is neces-
/ sary, Of waiting, in fact, for the govern.
ment to do it. The princes are all
well intentioned gentlemen, but
necessarily dependent upon officials
ministers and counsellors. My fear and
anxiety for the future Is that thenatlonal
| idea may be stifed in the coils of the
boa constructor of Bureaucracy which
has grown rapidly in the last
few years. Only the federal council
and reichstag can help her, and the former
has the right to assert itself. If the
statesman-like insight of the bureauOc
| racy does not suffice, opportunityis offered
! to the members of the federal council and
reichstag 10 come to its aid with men OF
| intelligence working in harmony for the
! highest intcrestsOf the empire