The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23
THEY WILL HOLD ON,
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ticular, his eulogy ofpeace at the Hamburg
banquet has produced a deep impression
everywhere. Of the physical aspects of
the great and probably unparalleled show
nothing new can be said. Friends return
ing to-day, however, have stories to tell of
extraordinary popular demonstrations
everywhere reserved for the American
squadron, its officers and men, which have
not found their way here in print.
1t is not only that our white vessels were
the most beautiful in the whole armada of
the world war shipping, but, the Germans
laid themselves out all along the route
to mark their special sense of the kinship
and affection in which they hold America.
This experience in German, Irish and
Scandinavian waters is nothing new for
our navy, but to it was given a novel back
ground at Kiel by the presence of all the
other nations as observers.
1t is also previously reported that the
French did not behave very nicely. Their
officers rather brusquely declined several
invitations right and left, and their decks
kept sulky silence when others were in
exuberant uproar. Their ships alone
showed no Examinations Thursday night
They made point of entering Kiel harbor
side by side with the Russians, and it is
understood that they are leaving in the
same way.
The Germans deliberately pretended to
notice nothing and saw to it that the
French got full share OF cheering zen
route" but they put away as their saying
goes with good many things behind
their ears to remember
AS soon as the echoes of Kiel die away
we may expect to see fresh developments
of the international rivalries, intrigues and
clashing ambitious which are suspended
for the time being while the festival is on.
Turkey has employed the intermission in
ably tanging up the Armenian diplomatic
snarl, until now nobody has the faintest
idea when definite answer may be reason
ably expected. England stands in an ex-
tremely unhappy position in the matter OF
making her interference good.
We hear renewed reports of fresh Rus
sian moves to the Armenian frontier, and
simultaneously of Bulgarians and Mace
domains acting in some mysterious sort of
concert to embroil the Turks in quarrel
on their Roumelian border.
turning on the Turkish or the Chinese
pivot, adds further elements of anxiety
and foreboding to the situation. Only in
the most indirect fashion can Austria S
new ministerial experiment be regarded as
of European Importance or interest. No
outsider has ever tried to understand what
the protracted crisis, now ending, is all
about, although the Vienna correspond
ents have been explaining it daily in pro-
digious detail for months, one might say
years.
In general way it may be taken that
the Germans inside the polyglot empire
are steadily getting the worst of it. Each
new parliamentary shuttle leaves them
weaker than before, while the Poles, the
Chechs and others by combining with the
ultramontanes and the old feu0alists,
who, though they speak German, hate
modern German, are continually getting a
frmer upper hand in the State. Count
Kielsmansegg, the new Premier, is a
Hanoverian, who came to Vienna when
Prussia oveITan his native kingdom, just
as Count Won Beust abandoned his Saxon
birthright and can hardly be expected to
love Berlin. None of these gradual
changes is vitality significant in itself, but
their bearing on the solidity of the triple
alliance may be very important later on.
The spectacle of fully fifty legislators en-
gagged in pummeling one another in the
stairway, the aisles and over the upper
benches during an ordinary business ses
sion gives an adequate idea of what parlia-
mentary government has come to mean in
Italy, as has been heretofore pointed out
Signor Crispi's nominal majority of 100
insures him no real control III this crazy
new Chamber and its most important SUBJ
committees have actually organized
against him.
At the same time tits perfectly clear
that no rival politician would be able to
form even nominal majority in body
which is equally intolerant OIL any author
ity, and incapable of sensible cohesion on
any issue. Even the caimest Italian Lib
erals are beginning to express doubts
whether it will not be necessary to try the
experiment of governing without any Par
lament at ALL
Although cloudy weather has now set in
with promise of rains it is feared that re-
lief will come too late to save England
from disaster almost as heavy as that of
1893. All over the country crops are third
of the usual yield or less. All the cereal
crops have suffered terribly from fifty days
of drouth, and reports show that there are
thousands of acres in all parts where the
expenseof harvesting will not be recouped
by the yield, the fruit being badly blighted
and shriveled as well.
Hops have withstood the dry term bet
ter than most things, and if rain comes in
the next ten days they Will be all right
otherwise they will be ruined altogether.
These drouths seem to be recurring nova
days in manner unknown to the England
of generation ago and they are less easily
borne by the farmers because the vast sup
plies of foreign produce available prevent
prices from rising as they did formerly.