The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
McKinley's Success and the In
evitable Return to Protec-
ton Is Dreaded.
WHAT LEADING PAPERS SAY
Sequel TO the Crusade Against the
Socialists-Bisma rck's Continuous
Stream of Visitors.

BERLIN, GERMANY, May 1.-THE ap-
preaching Presidential campaign in the
United States is creating unusual interest
throughout Germany, particularly in the
manufacturing centers. in consequence of
the prospect that Mckinley will be sue
cessful in securing the nomination in the
Republican Convention, with more than
even chances of his election. Mr. McKin-
ley's success in the election next fall is
greatly dreaded here, as his election would
be regarded as an inevitable return to ex-
IRENE protection in the United States.
In an article on the subject the North
German Gazette ascribes Mr.. Mckinley IS
renewed popularity in the States to the
fact that the masses are realizing by ex-
perience that the Democratic party during
their present administration of the Gov
eminent have been unable to achieve the
economic wonders which were SO freely
promised in the last Presidential cam
paign.
The Vossische Zeitung laments the deep
wounds which McKinleyism has inflicted
upon trade and exchange, and express es
fear that McKinley's chances of success
are only too brilliant
The Berlin Post discusses at length the
possibilities of a reaction from the present
drift OF McKinleyIsm in the United States,
especially if Mr.. Cleveland should allow
himself to be persuaded to accept the
Democratic nomination for third term.
The Altdeutsche Batter. journal most
advanced in colonial jingoism, wakes
wroth in behalf of the German planter,
Bulow, and against the action of the
American Chief Justice of Samoa, II. G.
Ide. in refusing to deal with certain COM
plants made by Bulow against native
Samoans because the charges were lodged
in the German language, which Judge Ide
does not understand. Pursuing the SUBJ
iect, the paper remarks that the Germans
in Samoa pay more than two-thirds of
Judge Ide's salary, and demands that the
German Government intervene to the end
of securing fair treatment for Germans
coming under his jurisdiction.
The startling crusade against socialists
inaugurated last November by Herr Won
Koeller, the Prussian Minister of the In
terror, upon which occasion the houses OF
many prominent socialists throughout
Germany, including the residences of
several leading Socialist members of the
Reichstag, were raided and many impor-
tant documents and large quantities of
socialist literature seized by the police,
together with subsequet arrests of social
lists and seizures of letters, books, etc.. are
having sequel in the Berlin courts in the
trial OF fortyseven socialists under charges
of lese majestic, sedItion and the like.
Among the defendants in these trials are
Herren Auer. Bebel, Singer and Gerisch.
prominent mem bers of the Socialist party
in the Reichstag.
At the opening of the trial, which began
on May Is, the Judge remarked that sthe
question at issue was whether there had
been any breach of the laws governing as
sociations and warned the defendants he
would not permit any political declara-
tons in the course of the proceedings.
The public prosecutor declared that the
documents which had been seized by the
police in the house of defendants proved