The San Francisco call., 1897-11-14
Changes That Affect the
Dreibund to Certain
Ex.ent.
HOME TROUBLES OF THE
FATHERLAND.
Poor Crops and Rising Price VIII
Compel Legislation In the
Interests of the People.
Special Dispatch to The CALL

Special Dispatch to The CALL
BERLIN, Nov. 13.-The visit OF Count
Goluchowski. the Aus tro- Hungarian Min
lister for Foreign Affairs, to King Hum
bert at Monsea, and it attendant cirCum-
stances, are regarded in German political
circles as being OF the highest importance.
The Conservative and Agrar:an newspa
pers interpret the visit as meaning a closer
understanding between Austria Hungary
and Italy and as a leaning OF those two
powers toward Great Britain. The lead
ing organ OF the Agrarians and National
lists, the Deutsche Zeitung, says:
I'm this we are unable to see anything
but a weakening of our diplomatic posi-
tion. Under Prince Bismarck our coun-
try was the mediator between Russia and
Austria, and Austria and Italy, while
France was isolated ana England was
kept in check by Russia. The Russo
English irreconcilab'e contract IS still ex-
isting but France has made an agreement
with Russia, and Austria has made one
with both italy and Russia, in each case
over our heads, aud the internal and for
eign policy OF Austria go hand in hand,
L
Goluchowski, who aim at The suppression
of German influence"
The Rundschau publishes an article to
the same effect, denouncing the duplicity
of British statecraft, whereby both Aus
tria and Italy are gradually becoming es-
tranged from Germany"
An old diplomat of Berlin, who belongs
10 one of the Dreibund powers, said to a
correspo austria for several years
has been disapproving of Emperor Will
liam's foreign policy SO far as England is
concerned, and the needless provocation
of England contained III that famous
message to President Kruger has been Sc
riously, if silently, condem ned by Aus
trials statesmen. The same Is true OF
Italy. Both Italy's and Austria's Medi-
terranean interests are OF vast and far
reaching i'm portanCe, and they cannot be
sub erved so long as there is latent an
tagOnism against England as the feature
of the Drel bund policy.
IAN iniente closer than has ever existed
has been established between Italy and
Austria so far as their Oriental and Med
iterranean interests are concerned and
this means consonance OF their in terests
with England in that res Dect, To that
extent the Dreibund has been-w weakened
and Germany has been left to follow her
own Oriental and colonial policy at the
side of Russia and France. 1t does not
mean the breaking up Of the Dreibund,
but the resi- ping OF interests to some ex
tent outside OF II.
The official newspapers are silent upon
the subject, but the editor OF one OF the
leading Government papers said: I'VE
are still waiting for our cue from above.
Confirmatory news has been obtained of
the report that the Rechstag, when it re-
convenes, will revive the naval bill and
the military reform trial bill. In regard
to the naval bill. however, the Govern
ment will encounter strong opposition
from the Center party. Through ITS Lead
er, Herr Lie Der. II sought to effect
unders anding with the Chancellor,
Prince Hohenlohe, but the effort failed.
The Center wished TOR d promise that the
Jesuit expulsion law would be repealed,
in exchange for which the Center engaged
to support the naval bill; but Prince
Hohenlohe t1atly refused, and the naval
bill could not pass without the votes OF
the Center party.
The refusal OF Prince Hohenlohe to agree
to the demands of the Centrists was solely
due to the Instructions OF the Emperor,
who feels highly indignant at the Pope's
encyclical, in which the Reformation
is represented as being "holy rebel
lion" and in which the Prussian kings
on these passages have been made by
many Protestant clergymen and leaders
in Prussia and their remarks during the
month of October were brought o the
attention of both the Empress and En-
peror and greatly incensed them.
The Boersen Courier a leading financial
organ, says: 1--WE are approaching famine
conditions. Victuals have risen in price
to such an extent that sustenance OF
whole strata of the population is in doubt.
Meats have become for the la aboring
G. asses. thanks to the Emperors pro-
hibltions, an article of luxury hardly at
tainabe, ana our poor crops hive driven
the prices OF cereals to such heights that
not only the industrial population and
the dwellers in cities, but even the rustic
population, excepting that part OF 1t be-
longing to the suffering Agrarlans, are
threa ened in their existence.
"a moment is approaching when the
Government will be compelled 10 throw
open again those avenues of trade which
are now artifcially closed.
The Guelph party at Brunswick, at its
convention al Helmstedt this week, NOM
mated candidates for the Rechstag. In
the whole duchy each candidate Is
pledged to support the succession OF the
Duke or Cumberland to the throne.
During the presence OF Emperor Will
liam in the food suffering districts OF ST.
lesIa it was remarked that the police made
numberless house searches and seized
many thousands of anarchist and socialist
pam phiets ald journals.
Herr Felix Weingartner, director of the
Royal Opera Orchestra of Berlin, has be-
come insane from verwork and will b.
confined in a sanitarium.
The Conservatives Will introduce a bill
in the Reichstag fixing the age of electors
30 years instead OF %, and providing for
pubic IN stead OF secret ballot.
Vica Consul General z n herman of
California sails for New Y k next week
on board the North German mer Spree.
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