New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23

men Of all their national poets anu piay Ieor,ti
| The mastery which the Baroness by quite iceIu-
| mate means, obtained over the young rihpe,o ~.
was 80 great that II led to HIS Majesty ILL -
| plete reversal OF the Blsmarckan policy iowa.
| the Poles, whereupon tho ex-ChanceloI, III nc
course OF q public speech, declared that INC
Polish influence augments to the detriment u.
Prussia always in the measure that some fo.iSn
family obtains more or less influence al court.
need not mention that OF the RadZlwills-ano ",
day we have exactly the same state OF anairs,
Bismarcks allusion to the RadZiws was re, 81,
erence to the old Emperor's "grande passion
for that lovely Princess Elizabeth Radzlwh
whom he was at moment on the point OF
marrying and TO whom he remained devoted
throughout her lifetime.
William. On the contrary, 1t served merely 70
inclte him to show more and more favor 20 the
KoscIols and in Difference to their entreaties he
not only re-establshed the Polish language In
the schools and churches Of Posen and nominal.
ed a Polish ecclesastic to the Archoshoprlc or
that province. but likewise appointed NUMBER
NJ Polish mobiles TO important Offices at court and
in the army.
beautiful and clever woman. IL court gossip at
Berlin is to be believed both the Empress Victo-
ria Augusta and her mother-in-iaw' Empress
Frederick showed themselves aggrieved by the
amount OF talk created both at home ana aoroao
through the attentions Of the Kaiser to the fair
Pole Moreover during the grand army
maneuvres that took place In the province vi
Posen. some OF the Polish mobiles In whose cas-
ties Bavarian, Saxon and other princes Oh the
confederation known as the German Empire nao
been quartered were emboldened by what they
looked upon as the Emperor's favor toWara ,1ci MI
race to adopt a spirit Of independence when TOOK
the form in several cases Of a refusal 10 holst
the flag OF their royal guests over their castles on
the ground that no colors could De Perhtteu "
fly there except those OF Poland. the cnmaH'
however came when the Baron Kosclol-hoS-
celskI on meeting the Austrian Emperor al tne
opening Of the exhibition at Lemberg IN aus
tran Poland hailed not Emperor William, put
his Austrian Majesty the real and only King
OF Poland" the "ony king TO whom alone all
Poles were willing to accord allegiance
A SUDDEN REvULsIoN.
This speech was Immediately communicated to
Emperor William, and as II happened TO reach
his ears simultaneously with angry protests rom
the King OF SaxOny, who complained OK the
Sights to which his brother, Prince George, had
been subjected as above described by the Polish
noblemen at whose castles he had been quartered
during the army manpuvres, ne determined, IN
his usual inlpulsive fashion. to cut adrift from
Influences that had become a matter or publlc
gossip and popular ill-wlll So he intmated 10
the Baron and to the Baroness that their abb
sence from court was preferred TO their presence;
and when the Baron travelled 10 Potsdam 70 Try
to explain matters the Emperor sternly refused
to receive him, and suggested in a manner that
allowed no misunderstanding that the Baron
should leave the city at once and remain on MS
estates
That ended Polish influence at the court OF
Berlin, and as II 10 atone for his infatuation,
which, while it lasted. seemed to estrange many
of his Prusslan mobiles and his South German
allies. William is now manifesting as much bit
terness and ill-will toward the Poles as he for
merly showed favor He has as far as possible
removed all the Polish mobiles from the positions
Of dignity and trust TO which ne had appointed
them while subject TO the thraldom OF the
Baroness and loses no opportunity OF saying
harsh things about the Poles in general, de-
nouncing them as ungrateful and disloyal,
threatening them with the fullest measure OF
his wrath in the event of his discovering them
engaged in any practices that can possibly be
con strued as reasonable Naturally, his subordi-
mates take their from him, and the result is
that at no time have there been recorded so
many instances OF persecution, oppression and
downright brutality on the part OF the Prussian
authorities toward the Poles as OF late.
OF course this only serves to accentuate the
concliatory course pursued by the Car the
eastern banks Of the Vistula. and one Of the ef-
fects thereof has been TO lead many great landed
proprietors In Prussian Poland to migrate across
the frontier and to transfer to the Car the allie
glance hitherto accorded to Emperor William at
the same time placing at the disposal OF Russia
the valuable knowledge, strategic economic,
polite, administrative and military, which they
have obtained while still subject to the German
Kaiser Numbers OF them are being naturaZed
Russians. Among the most recent instances