The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-13

THE EMPEROR CRITICIZED.
THE PRESENCE OF THE
| TYRANT.
HIS TOUR FERTILE IN JEALoUs1Es.
Political Powers OF Berlin Think
Russia's sRuIer light Better
Have Stayed at Home.

BERLIN, Sept. 12.-The unusual
manner in which Emperor William
feted and toasted the car when the
latter was In Germany and the frigid
tones of the latter.s responses has ex-
cited universal attention in this coun-
try, and has aroused in many quar-
tiers strong disapproya1 Many Of the
newspapers point out that the senti-
ments of the German people toward
Russia were not those stated by the
emperor in his speeches, and that the
attentions and honors shown the car
are more effusiver than were ever
shown even toward Germany's ally,
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria.
The most startling instance was that
of Monday. when Emperor William
telegraphed recalling the German fleet
from the North sea manoeuvers and
directed the ships to proceed forth
with to Kiel and parade before the
car. Besides such showers of all sorts
of official decorations, as were granted
by the emperor to the Russian visitors,
have heretofore been unknown. They
covered in their announcement almost
a page OF the Reichsanzefger.
The newspapers take special excep-
ton to Emperor Williams speech in
which he characterized the Russian
army as the most powerful, and they
also complain of the fact that the
car replied to Emperor William in
French, when it is well known that
his Russian majesty speaks German
fuently.
The Cologne Volks Zeitung, one of
the most widely circulated political or
gans says: On questions momentarily
proceeding there is accord; but the
ancient Russian antagonism to Ger
many remains and the alliance with
France remains. II Russian aims and in
terests are ininical to the Dreibund
and irreconcilable. u Unless Russia
relinquishes the temple of her tradi-
tional and popular Oriental policy, it is
desirable that Germany should not
needlessly render Russia services for
which she would receive no thanks,
and that she should not permit herself
to be kept, in regard for Russia, from
joining Austria In forcing Turkey to
treat Christians more justly The
Vossische Zeitung expresses itself in
the same tenor.
So far, as the cars tour seems to
have been fertile in MISUNDERSTANDING
jealousies and reticence and has caused
general dissatisfaction. The newspa-
pers of Vienna are still discussing
whether the Russo-German reunion
can be considered as success or not.
They think Emperor William humbled
himself unnecessarily before the Rus
sian autocrat and some of them re-
gard the visit of the car to Vienna
and Berlin as an effort to put an end
to his isolation due to- the Franco
Russian alliance
The nervous twitcfing of the face of
the car was noticed at Breslau and at
Kiel and, 1t is said. in court circles,
that this is due partly to nervous
affection which recently declared itself
and partly TO a feeling of insecurity
created by the noticeable and extraord-
mary precautions for his safety which
were taken by the government.
simultaneously with the fetes at
Breslau came the news of the begin
ming of retaliatory tariff measures
against Germany But while they are
decidedly hostile, Russia's measures
are within the wording of the treaty
stipulations and Gre justified as in the
case of the German measures, by
hygienic and similar reasons. German
hops and horses arg excluded and a
number of manufactured articles,
hitherto exclusively imported into Rus
STA from Germany, such as toys chem
icals and brass and copper plates, are
now virtually barred ont. In addition
Polish Russian harvesters, $4,000 of
whom are annually employed in Ger