The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12
William Welcomes king
Humbert With an
AllegOry.
1t Was Devoted to Peace and
Inspired by the Young War
LORD Himself.
Exhibition Army ManeuVers in the
Rain Before the Gus SITS Not
Brilliant Success.

BERLIN, GERMANY. Sept 1l-This
weeks ever-boillng pot of German politics
contained political developments for
which the army maneuvers are an excuse,
although everything was done at Ham
burg, at King Humbert's request, to safe
guard French susceptibilities. But En-
peror William recon secration of the Dre-
kaiserbund was triumphantl- begun and
at the same time the King of Italy
wishes were gratifed. Queen Margaret
OF Italy was handsomely tiattered, the en-
thusiasm of the crowds was complete, and
as celicatessen after the great display oi
military strength the Emperor railroaded
his guests to Wiesbaden, where they wit
messed the first performance CT "Salve, "
composed for the occasion by the court
dramatist, Joseph Lauff, under the
ubiquitous direction of the monarch him
with dawn breaking over the Rhine. Ger
mania was discerned waiting Italia. AS
the latter approached she was reeted by
the spirits OF Industry, Art ana Military
Might. Germania welcomed Italia to the
sister empire, united as one, as herself,
by blood and iron. In the apotheos IS
Rome and the Quirinal were seen i'll gor-
geous splendor, under n lowering group
OF angels bearing the entwined Prussian
and Italian arms while the angel oi
peace pronounced blessing upon them.
Little attention outside the schloss was
paid 10 the peace allegory. Taking the
cue from the tenor OF the speeches, the
German press, in spite OF q mint to t re
contrary from FREDERICKSBURG, is exploit
ing an implied antagonism 10 the triple
and dual alliances to the exclusion of any
possible understanding between Italy and
France. The Emperor's intention i uni
versalIy so interpreted. Indeed, his Mai
esty is credited with saying, after hearin g
OF the Cronstadt speeches: Il III give them
tit for tat on the first occasion"
What was begun at HON burg amid the
panop.ieS OF war the Emperor will COM
-plete in Hungary, where he arrives tC-
morrow, and where addsd force can be
gwen TO decla rations by the presence OF
more OF the sold ers who would eventually
have TO carry them out. The HON burg
maneuvers, however. ar unanimously de-
clared 20 have been failure by the mill
tary spectators. There were almost inces-
SAINT rains and a mum Der of cloud bur Is
over the maneuver territory, rendering
the EN- ployment OF cavalry of which there
were unusually large contingents provided
impossible and preventing the artillery
from playing q decisive part. The infantry
on bo sides were eXerted 10 The utmost.
The Prussians outdid the B ivarlanS in
marching, but the Bavarians excelled their
opponents in dashing attacks
The army bicycllsts. in spite of the bad
weather and terrible roads, proved be-
yond que zion their splendid avlila blity
general usefulness, even over rough
ground, fa- excelled that OF the cavalry
Nearly al the information about the
enemy, upon which both the western
army (Pfuss:ans) and the eastern army
(Bavaiians) relied, was furnished by the
'blcyclists. The Bavarians were better
equipped IN this respect than the Prus-
slams Each Bavarian regiment had
twenty bicyclists. besides a number of i'll
dependent bicyclist corps.
Another reason for the admitted failure
of the army maneuvers was the strong
anti-Prussian fee ing pervadlng the wnole
BaVtrian army, winch iound expression
on numerous occasions.
Fights occurred in several local.. G =.
The worst one was Monday in the vicinity
of Hanan, at win ch Il score 0: serious in
subject of an investigation.
The unpopuiariiy of tine Emperor in
Bavaria was Strikingly m anifesIed ut Nu-
Iemburg. While passing through the
streets in company with the Prince Re-
gent of Bavaria Emperor William was
verbally insulted several times by persons
in the crowd. One man shouted "We
want no Prussian, in B ,varia"
At AurzbIrr, Bavaria, Il mum ber of per-
sons were arrested on the charge of high
treason. The prisoners iLc uded q young
German American lady, Annie Funk OF
Cleveland, Ohio, who was visiting rela-
tiyes there.
II is uifficult TO say whether Prince Bis
marck's Ilp-ihat Germany might rrgre
harassing Great Britain-wi.l be taken in
high quarters, or whether the wo all =
ances, the Dreibund and Zweibund
tthe Franco-Russian alliance) are snow
contendng Tor Great Britain's freindsnip.
but the Cologne Gazette editoIiallv is at
tempting to bring about a better under
standing between Germany aud Great
Britain, declaring that Emperor William
has always had the highest spect for the
Britist court, deploring the nrevailine
hostile feeling, and declaring that if ur-
checked, ii may result in q haired diff
cult 10 smother. SlmuI aneou>ly The Ber-
lin correspondents Of London newspapers
have begun writing i'll similar strain.
The epidem C of accidents on tne Ger
man railToads is prompting sharp criti-
cIsms of The Government control of The
roads
The k7enz Z,itCn prints a series OF
ar.l-les from the pen oiCou nj Won KanitZ,
the agrarian leader. in which he violently
atu cks the Government for DELAYING re-
taliatory measures. The National Zsiiun:
replies that The G rman exporting indus
try Is a. cepiing The Dingley tariff with
equanimity, adding especially as il see M
That the oetterment OF The condition oi
the American farmer will enable us to sell
America e. much as ever Conlin uinc
the National Zeitung says: "Just now Tho
main point tor German industry is to bt
ab 10 compete oneven terms with Euro
pean countrlcs ana there would be an enc
OF that If Coant Won Kanitz and such
friends had their way"