New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
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France and Russia. and carry on their dip'o-
matte relations with the latter without any ret.
erence to, or concurrence Of. the Imperial fo5.
eign Office at Berlin.
1t will readily be seen how powerful oioW
this constitutes against the unity OF the German
Empire. and it may safely be taken for granted
that the non- Prussian monarchs OF the Conreo.
Grafton whose patriotism as Germans Is aooVs
suspicion reproach. would never nave re-
sorted to a measure so extreme had they not reis
that the independence of their own states. the
best interests Of the latter political as well a.
economic. and above all their fair name were
endangered by leaving any longer the impusive
and erratc young Kaiser in unrestricted control
of the destinies Of the Empire whole.
EVIDENCES OF PARTICULARIsM.
This restoration Of independent diplomatic re-
lations between non-Prussian States Of Germany
and the various foreign Powers notably France
and Russia, may be regarded as the latest OF
a long series of manifestations OF what may
be described as "Particularism' on the part OF
the Southern Germans. Every one OF the readers
Of The Tribune will recall the sensational episode
at Moscow last spring when. At banquet given
by the German colony to the German royaiues
present at the coronation festivities. the cha'r-
man having proposed the health Of Prince Henry
Prince Louis, heir -presumptive to the throne OF
Bavaria. arose from his seat in violent anger.
exclaiming that neither he nor any one Of the
German princes present formed part OF Prince
Henry's train" that they were not vassas OF
the German Emperor. but allies of the King
of Prussia on IAN equal footing" and every
bit as independent in their sovereign preroga-
tives and rights as the Emperor"
These utterancas. which were received with
manifestations Of enthusiastic approval through
out all non-Prussian Germany, and which have
never yet been officially recalled or disapproved,
were preceded by the refusal of the old Prince
Regent Of Bavaria. two years previously. to
respond to the invitation to meet the Emperor
at Metz on the ground that he had no intention
whatsoever "of parading on the esplanade" Of
that great fortress IL he were "a mere orderly
officer of the King Of Prussia" On another oc-
casion when the Emperor passed through Mu.
Mich deaf ear was turned to his ntimation
that he would like to review the Bavarian troops.
! Nor can the Prince Regent be blamed In the
matter For few months ago. when the EN-.
peror, on invitation OF the King Of Saxony-that
fine old veteran of the Franco-German War. and
one of its most successful generals-reviewed
the Saxon army Leipzig he so far forgot
what was dIe to his venerable ally and hos
pitable host to publish in the Imperial Ga
zette' at Berlin a general order addressed to the
Kings brother. Prince George, who, as Field
Marshal, commanded the parade. expressing his
qualification at the manner in which the Prince
had trained and led my troops. Strong re-
monstrances were at once addressed by the
Court of Dresden TO the Emperor concerning
this unwarranted piece Of presumption and dis
courtesy and a few days later William was
compelled to publish another communication In
the Imperial Gazette" in the form Of a letter
Ly;vrx -
warmly congratulated the King the mag
nifcence of his-that is the Kings-troops.
DIsCOURTEsY AT THE CANAL OPENING.
At the time of the grand opening OF the Baltic
Canal Emperor William insisted on heading
the procession Of ships through ~he new water
way alone on his yacht, leaving the Kings Of
Saxony and Wurtemberg, and the other German
sovsregns invited TO the celebration to follow
in another yacht in his wake. Several Of them.
His Majesty of Wlrtemberg among the number.
were so much annoyed by this piece OF dis
courtesy that they departed without waiting for
the termination of the festivities. without
taking leave OF the Emperor The relations be-
tween Stuttgart and Berlin have since been OF
the most frcezingly cold description while the
state of the intercourse between William and
his uncle the Grand-duke OF Baden, is best
shown by the fact that the Emperor alone
among all his family was not invited to take
any part in the recent celebrations at Carlsruhe
duke and Grand-duchess. although he was in
the neighborhood of the capital OF Baden at
the time The Grand-duke of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin. who is married 10 Russian Grand
duchess, has never made any attempt to con-
ceal his pronounced aversion for Emperor WILL
lam, and has invariably refused TO take part In
any of the grand functions at the Court OF
Berlin, although the Emperor. with that lack Of
discretion and tact which is one of his main
characteristics. has on several occasions in
vited himself TO Ludwigslust.
Emperor is in conflict with his allies many
questions OF domestic policy economic as we'll
administrative, one of the most acute points
of issue being his attempt TO introduce the OBJ
noxious Prussian methods of military judi
cature In Southern Germany. and TO render all
military tribunals throughout the Empire sub
ject himself Generalcsimo Of the I'm
perial Army. AS every man in Germany be-
tween the ages Of twenty and fifty belongs to
either one branch or snother OF the army, ana
as such is arnenabe even for offences committed
civilian TO military tribunals, II will readily
be seen that this pretension on the part OF WILL
lam constitutes grave infringement or the
sovereign rights OF the nOn-PruSSian states.
The result OF all this has been the transfer OF
the centre Of the gravity Of the Old World from
Berlin to ST. Petersburg. Strong neither at
home nor abroad. Germany is now compelled
to take a second seat in what is known as tho
Concert of Europe. Bereft of its foreign ALI.
ances which will scarcely survive the recent
Bismarck revelations of the trickery OF the
Berlin Foreign Office. with open disunion ana
enmty between the States Of the Cor fedora.
ton. and with the Socialists rapidly acquiring
an alarming preponderance In the Imperial Par-
lament the condition of Germany Is such as
TO give ground for serious reflection to that
most restless of all monarchs Emperor William.
who on asking his sailor brother. Prince Henry,
the other day what he could do TO aStonish
the world" received the following reply Re-
main quiet just for one week. and every one
will be dumfounded