The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
FREAKS OF THE
GERMAN RULER,
He Now Parades in His
British Admiral'S
Uniform.
AN ENGLISH SURPRISE.
Friendly Demonstration Not in
Keeping With Recent
Antagonist.
THE PRESS DOES NOT APPROVE
Stories of an Anglo. German Under
standing With Regard to Egypt
and Northeastern Africa.
copyright, 1896, by the New York Times.l

lCOpyT1RnCy 1885, Dy the NEW I DIX 1lmebsI
LONDON, ENG, June 13.-Nothing has
surprised Englishmen more for q long
time than this weeks discovery that the
German Emperor is once more parading
his British admiral's uniform and tele-
graphing for British consumption about
blood being thicker than water. 1t is
evident enough that his present cue is to
restore alnitY between Berlin and London,
and that this must be so was pointed out
in these dispatches in April last.
But national friendship cannot be SO
lightly made and unmade by merely
changing ones clothes and filling up a
telegraph-blank. The people of Germany
and England intuitively dislike each other,
and the press of the two countries has
greatly enjoyed the improved opportunity
for saying so which last January's partial
rupture afforded. 1t is not too easy now
to call the editorial packs off. Yesterday,
for example, at the conference of Colonial
Chambers of Commerce, one of the
speakers let himself go in an attack on
German traders and their methods, de-
scribing them as "cuckoos of commerce"
roof.
On the other hand German papers have
been literally subsisting for the past six
months on abuse of England and things
English. 1t was in Difference to their viru-
lent clamor that the Emperor abandoned
his notion of visiting Cowes this year, and
only with the greatest difficulty were they
coaxed into semblance of polite silence
on the subject of the visit of the British
naval architects to Berlin. This result
was achieved, indeed, only day or two
before the arrival of the guests. Up to
that time it was being publicly said that
they should never have been invited, and
that their coming to spy out German naval
secrets was an outrage. However, the
Kaiser was able to turn the visit itself to
amiable uses, and the architects are writ
ing home that he is a wonderful young
man, who has been grievously misunder-
stood in England. They even say that he
may now come to Cowes after all.
This fits perfectly with story which
has been taking shape during the week to
effect that Germany and England have ar
ranged a comprehensive understanding on
the subject of Northeastern Africa. 1t
believed that bargain has been made by
which Germany is to purchase Italy's ter
ritories on the Red Sea littoral, and also
take over her claim to suzerainty further
inland. On the other hand it is said thai
England after reconquering the Soudar
is to buy it of Egypt for her own, anC
there is presumed to be no longer any Ger
man opposition to its requirement by the
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of Congo State territory, which is needed
to make straight red line from one end
of Africa to the other.
This statement of an African deal comes
from very good sources, which 1 feel bound
to credit. Probably it has only been def
nitely arranged within the past fortnight
or so, which would account for the vague
hand to-mouth falsehoods told in Parlia-
ment by officials about the Soudanese ex,
petition.
The truth seems to be that they started
it before they knew surely where they
stood and that they were forced to lie from
week to week until something definite was
arranged. Now at last Salisbury feels free
to admit that the conquest of the whole
Soudan is his purpose. Such an admission
the Ministry from power. Now after
Kitchener's splendid stroke at Ferkel and
especially if it becomes known that there
is an all-round bargain with Germany nc
important opposition will be offered here.
AS was suspected would be the case
Balfour's overlarge majority has proved
too powerful for his lady-like driving and
it is now plunglng about on its own &C
count-not without danger that he himself
may get trampled on in the process. He
gave a public promise on the Thursday to
suspend the midnight rule the next even
ing, but on Friday he was forced by signs
of Tory mutiny to announce that he
would not do so. His serried rows of Tory
bucks cheered this announcement up
roariously, but their shouts must have
had painful sound in Balfour's ears.
They signalized nothing but his personal
defeat by his own followers. No leader oil
the House ever accepted such humiliation
from his own party before, but it will be
surprising ii BaIfour does not find the ex-
periences thrust upon him at every turn.
He is practically at deadlock in parlia-
mentary business, chiefly because of the
amendments to the education bill which
his own side of the House piled up. In his
extremity he has called meeting of the
party for Monday, at which, for the first
time, the Liberal Unionists will also at.
tend to listen TO his appeal for a with.
drawal of these amendments.
There is, l am told. faint chance fol
the Irish land bill to get through, DESPITE
the embarrassm ents incident to the sepa.
ration of the Irish party into three camps
The Irish members are acting wisely
about the matter, and if the measure fails
il will not be the fault of their rank and
file nor of Healey or Redmond, who have
parliamentary knowledge and talent, but
Dillon is dead weight to carry.
AS time is all important in the matter
a meeting of Dillon's party, he being il
the chair, formally resolved the other day
to limit all their speeches to ten minutes
but the first time thereafter that Dillon
spoke be used up thirty-five minutes, anc
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