The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-12


consul. A few of the italian students
made remarks in German and then the
professor of italian in the university
spoke for nearly twenty minutes, while
the students paid more attention to
their beer than to the speaker. At mid
night the professors retired, and then
the students started in on their knipe.
The Italians mingled with the Germans
and drank bruderschaft or brotherly
glasses with each other; the strangely
shaped lons-peaked green caps of the
Italians contrasting with the German
mutze. Some one started Santa Lu-
ella" and it was sung with a will that
was astounding; the Italians singing
the words of the song and the Germans
coming In strongly on the S-a-a-u-t-a
Luchee-ahl AT about O'Clock the as
sembly began to thin out, and at little
before five Deutschland Deutschland
uber allies" was sung in an hazy, muf-
fled tone and your correspondent went
back to his rooms, leaving, however, a
goodly number of students hard at
drinking. I noticed that there were
only four or five of the Italians who
were able to hoist their krug to their
lAPoS sNAltl lIlSoE lSllOW5 al Ildl1GAl LASAlA
the university of Padua, from which
fact judge the Paduans to be Of the
Velvet club genus. For a short time
the prince regent and some Of the Hof-
dame (court LADIES' occupied box and
were amused spectators of the lively
scene in the body Of the hail. Luitpold
is great favorite with the students
and had to bow, and say how pleased
he was to see the cordially between
the students of the two countries. l
| understand that there is political sig
nificance in this visit of the Italians,
but what 1t Is I am unable to say. The
| Kaiser and Kaiserin were here short
| time ago on days visit to the regent.
Wilhelm Is splendid, soldierly-appear-
| ing fellow, but his wife is simple,
plainly dressed, kind-faced lady, and to
stranger looks anything but an ideal
empress. q.
Although the Tureo- Grecian war IS
now a matter of recent history the out
look from the political point of view is
much gloomier. The danger comes Of
the energetic personal policy Of the
German emperor, who, for a number of
reasons Is trying to force England into
a war. 1t is a pity the English treat
the situation so lightly, and it is like
wise unfortunate that such free vent, in
a vulgar form, should be given to their
feelings of animosity against the Kais-
| err. Everybody has been panied at the
open encouragement of Turkey shown
by the German emperor and the undig-
nified way to say the least, in which he
is wreaking his vengeance against his
sister. 1t is said that since the time of
| the Caesars there has not been an ex-
| ample of a sovereign at the head of a
strong and mighty nation welding such
| power The young kaiser Is ambitious
and Is burning to distinguish himself;
| moreover, he has defect in his charac-
| observation-disclosures The sixty years
| calm reign of his grandmother serve as
an irritant. The idea that England is
a greater nation, owing to her possess
sions all over the world, is gall and
wormwood. On the other hand the
| English underrate the superiority in
many respects of the Germans. Thus
far the Kaiser has played his cards very
| cleverly. The great nation, with its
| vaunted liberal professions, has, owing
| to Lord Salisbury's policy. been
dragged in the wake of Germany and
made to support Turkey under the lame
| pretence that England is bound by the
treaty of 1856, The question arises as
| to whether the other powers, would
back up Germany, or whether the Ger
man people, who are not anxious for a
war, would sanction a war-like policy.
OF course all would depend on the
spoils to be divided, and with such vast
possibilities as an enormous war indem-
nifty from wealthy England, the chance
of France getting Egypt, and probably
India q make no mention of Russta),
and above all, the humiliation of Great
Britain, would reconcile the continental
powers to a war. The pretext will east
ly be found either in the Egyptian or
Transvaal questions. The English may
be certain of one thing-namely that
they have made themselves generally
detested by all nations. The situation
viewed from continental standpoint Is
full of menace for England, and the
English at home seem to be in that
state of ignorance and oblivion as were
the French before the war of 1870 Are
the English prepared? Thus far they
have only had to operate against un-
armed Ito great extent savage hordes
in latter years. They have never en-
countered foe such as the German or
Turk. On the other hand the British
found the Beers very hard set to sub
due. They have freely expressed their
contempt for the British troops ever
since the fight at Laing's Mex, when
General Colly was repulsed with heavy
loss and number of brave British Off
GERS were slain; since the fight at the
Ingogo river, when the British were
again repulsed with great slaughter;
since the desperate conflict at Majuba
Hill, when the Beers again drove back
the British; since the ignominious de-
feat Of the Jameson expedition. There
has even been sneering jest current
for years in the 'Transvaal concerning
the British flag. 1t is the fashion
among the Beers to raise a pseudo-dis-
cussion as to what the English flag is
like, and it is always settled by some
old Boer Cincinnatus claiming that the
English flag is white. II saw 1t at La
ing's Mex, I saw 1t at Ingogo river, !
saw 1t at Najuba Hill, and it was al
ways white" I don't wish to express
any anti-English sentiments, but it
does seem that the English are far too
optimistic. Although many of our
American women are singing in operas