The San Francisco call., 1897-03-28

OPPOSED TO The
KASER'S POLICY
r
German Opinion Does Not
Favor the Coercion of
Greece.
Newspapers Denounce the Brutal
Act of intervention in
Cretan Affairs.
In Expectation That Naval Credits
Will Be Rejected William Orders
Two New Cruisers.

BERLIN, GERMANY, March 27.-Ths
current of German opinion has set in
strongly against what il known as the
''Kaiser's policy" regarding Greece, not
in the columns of the Liberal press alone,
but in those of newspapers which have
hitherto been giving their support to the
policy of Intervention in Crete by the
united powers. The journals have taken
a new tack and are now deploring the
part which the united squadrons of the
powers are playing and are likely to play
in Cretan waters. An example of this
newspaper opinion Is shown in an article
in the National Zeitung, commenting
upon the official announcement of the
share taken in the naval concert by Ger
3many's cruiser, the Augusta Victoria, In
pom harding the Cretan insurgents, which
characteriZes the affair as an unheard-of
disgrace, adding that nothing more is
needed to prove that the Intervention of
the powers is futile.
The Vossische Zeitung, in an article on
the same subject, says: This senseless
and brutal act OF interven ton on the part
of the powers in Crete may well be the
last that Germany takes part in. Nobody
could witness the departure of more Ger
man ships and German troops for Cretan
waters without grave misgivings and
anxiety. The German navy can leave
such task without jealousy to other
nations.
The paper concludes its article by say
ing: "The first step to be taken is the
immediate withdrawal of the Turkish
troops from Crete. That public senti-
ment will influence the Kaiser is outside
the bounds of probability, but if the
Government speakers in the Reichstag
try 10 influence that body as they did in
to-day's de bate on the navy debates by
add ucing the paucity of the German
share in the naval demonstrations of the
powers in the East as compared with the
fleets of other nations, then their arguments
will fall Hat as they did to-day in face of the
fact that Germany prefers not to cooper
ate with the other powers in any measures
of coercion OF Greece"
The. rejection of the Government de-
mands in regard to the navy credits by
the Reichstag is a foregone conclusion
but there is no public excitement over the
matter. In connection with the rejection
of the credits the old stories are being re-
vlved that Prince Hohenlohe, the Impe-
T1dt SndHCcIlOIy 10 OcSLIOus Vi OO1AS 10
lieyed of the cares of office, pie ding ad-
vanced age and the inBrmities thereof,
ana 1t isssaid tina: if Prince Hohenlohe re-
tires MarschalI Won Bieberstein, Minister
of Foreign Affairs, will resign also.
e. The Emp is IN expectation that the
Reichstag will reject the naval credit pro-
posals and is concluding an arrangement
with the Krupps for the construction of
two cruisers after plans furnished by the
Government under an agreement that if
the Reichstag shall refuse to grant the
credits necessary to pay for them when
the estimates for 1898 are submitted the
Krupps will be allowed to sell the ships to
any foreign power wishing to purchase
them. In the meantime the krupps ar e
to have years credit at the imperial
treasury.
The importance of the vote in the
Reichstag yesterday in favor of paying
salaries or fees to mem bers of that body IS
likely to be misconstrued. Already the
Reichstag has nine times affirmed the
principle of payment of salaries or fees to
mem bers of that chamber, and as often
has the Bundesrath vetoed the measure,
and the same fate certainly awaits the
resolution that was adopted yesterday pro-
viding that the State pay fees and travel
ing expenses to mem bers of the lower
body. The N otion was offered by Herr
Richter the Radical leader, but it found
supporters in all of the groups.
The columns OF the newspapers are
still given up to criticism of the William /.
centenary fetes, which were held on Mon
day. Tuesday and Wednesday. Apart
from the semi official organs many of the
papers protest against the excessive glori-
ncatien OF the old Kaiser. The Vossische
Zeitung advises that the phrase William
the Great" be left to the verdict of future
generations.
The illness with which Prince Bismarck
is afflicted is not serious and is due to a
chill which seized him while walking in
the park Count Herbert Bismarck, the
e1-Cnancellor's eldest son. left Friedrichs-
ruhe Yesterday.
H. G. squires, second secretary of the
United States EN- mbassy, and Mrs. Squires
we're the guests of Freiherr Won der Recke
der Horst, Prussian Minister OF the Inte-
rior, at dinner this week, and United
States Embassador Uhl and Secretary
Suuires were entertained at dinner by the
Italian EN- bassador, Count Lansi di Dusea.
Canadians Hunt Free Trade.