The morning news., 1894-09-10
WEEKLY BERLIN BUDGET.
The EmperOr'S Strong Talk Still the
Subject Of Much Comment.


sponse, whatever their intentions may be.
They are still sullen and discontented.
While the emperor's Koenigs berg pro
gramme was under consideration weeks
ago, overtures were made to the great
landlords of East Prussia. The emperor
indicated beyond doubt his eagerness
to conciliate them. 1t was under
stood that those overtures had
been successful and that Chancellor Won
Caprivi to celebrate the end of the agra
rian feud would accompany his ma.esty
to koenigsberg In fact, the emperor's
advances were rejected by the East
Prussian nobility who resigned them
selves doggedly to a severe public reproof.
Even this might have been averted or
moderated, had the leading aristocrats of
the koenigsberg district joined in the
popular receptions of the imperial party
on Sept, 4. The empress had not visited
KoeDigsberg before, and loyal Germans
thought the agrarians would be cour-
teous enough to sink temporarily their
political differences and welcome her cor
daily. The agrarians thought otherwise.
CHILLY RECEPTION.
Among those receiving the loyal couple
there was not a conspicuous member of
the kanitz, Mirbach or Dohna families.
The enthusiasm of the popular welcome
left their coldness unnOticed by the
general public, although in the imperial
circle there was no lack of bitterness and
contempt. To the emperor, the snub was
no surprise. He had already given Count
DoernOf a special mark of favor as
this gentleman has got the cold shoulder
from his neighbors ever since he cut loose
from the agrarians and drew near the en-
peror, the emperor was not expecting
abundant agrarian courtesy.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
Amid the varying press comments on
the probable effect OF the speech are
few, published last evening. which
touched the main question: tWill the
Prussian nobility persist in their opposi-
tiOn}n The authors of these pertinent
articles argue that the emperor's appear
ance in the political arena will bring to
him German land owners who for
some time have followed Mir
bach, Ploet & Co. very reluct-
antly, and have been eager to
renew their political allegiance to the
crown. The emperOr's war cry, For re-
ligion, morality and order against the
force of revolt is taken as a direct ap-
peal for support in the coming conflict be-
tween the government on one side and the
social democrats and anarchists on the
other. The liberals fear that the govern
ment will not keep the bounds thus de-
fined. They suspect some reactionist pro
posals behind the imperial phrases.
WILL DECLARE BOYCOTT.
They object, moreover, to the peculiar
power winch the emperor can employ
and if need be, will employ to discipline
recaIcitrants by threatening tosexclude
them from official places at court and
from the social functions so dear to the
conservative heart. That the emperor
will not hesitate to declare boycott
against stubborn opponents was shown
by the exclusion of Counts Mirbarch and
hanitz from the Koenigsb berg ban
quet. Very few Prussian noble
men could withstand such pressure.
The Kreutz Zeitung, organ of the
feudal nobility, admits sorrowfully that
the logical conclusion of the emperor's S
speech means the recompense of his
friends and the disgrace of his adversa-
ries. Nevertheless" +" it says, ''the gov
ernment's economic policy so grieYously
Affects the loyal adherents of the throne
that they happily find, in infidelity to
their constituents, the strength neces-
sary to bear with bitterness the imperial
displeasure." The Kreuz Zeitung is sup
posed to have struck the key note of the
ultimate surrender. While unwilling 10
yield unless their demands for
more protection be granted, the
big conservatives are expected to
return to their allegiance, one
by one, under the preteuse that their
loyalty must go before their economic
convictions. The liberals and radicals
think that some reactionist measure may
be the condition of the conservative
party's return to the government fold.
The radical leaders say they understand
that the Prussian government has been
approached by the conservatives with a
proposal to abolish universal suffrage.
revive the anti-socialist laws, limit the
right OF assem- bly,, and suppress the right
of boycott. The conservatives are SAID to
have laid a reactionist plan of campaign
for the next session of the landtag. They
will open this campaign, the radi-
calls say, with motion concerning
the rights of assembly and association
and will suffer no opposition from the
government which will take a neutral at
titude The proposal to restrict the fran
chlse in imperial elections, comes from
the extreme conservatives and has only
the smallest chance of hearing While
the Richter party are always conjuring
up fears of a reaction, their forebodinpS
are not euIlfely unlOunQCu JnlS time. The
landtag undoubtedly will be the scene Of
the old tory-liberal struggle all along the
line. The ministerial council will con
slider the conservative projects imme-
diately after the chancellors return from
Carlsbad.
THE NEW TARIFF IN AMERICA.
The American tariff gets its share Of
attention from the press, although no
body knows the status Of the negotia-
tiona between the Washington and Ber-
lin governments. The Kreutz Zeitung
proposes that Germany increase the sugar
premium after the rench method and
give effect to the petition Of the beet
sugar producers for retaliation. The
Freisinnige Zeitung says. I'VE hone
that for the sake Of the exporters
and the people at large, the
government will do nothing likely To
cloud Germany's economic relations 10
the United States. In several Austrian
trades the new law has been welcomed
cordially The Mckinley tariff almost
killed the motner-of-Dearl industry in
Austria by piling up tax that amounted
10 l4O per centage. Under the new rate,
which is about "a per centage, il will be
possible 20 revive the business. The re-