The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-01-27
AGAINST SOCIALISM
THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND
THE WoRKlNGMAN.
He Will Return to the Restrictive Policy
as Has Been Advised-Other Top
les Under Discussion.

s.,
Berlin, Germany, Jan. 24.-The EN-
peror's allusion at recent court DIN
ner to the reported existence oil
camarilla, or court cabal, and his
statement that he knew nothing OF
any such clique, as has been alleged
tn exist does not alter the fact that
besides his maiesty's public minister
ial council he has his all potent pri--
vate advisers.
The influence of General Won
Hahnke appears now in the aScenuan,
With the kaiser, who has on several
oooasions dined his chief of the mill
tarv cabinet alone, distinguishes
mark of imperial favor and conn
dence. General Won Hahnkes as
cendancy implies much. IL means
the active prosecution OF the plans lor
Increased armament and in the sphere
Of internal politics (for Hahnke Is no
were professional soldier) IL alSo
means a return to a policy OF repres.
sion Of liberal ideas and especially Oh
socialism. Gov
It is known that the kaiser mas lor
some time past regretted the line ne
took in 1889 in endeavoring TO recon
ollie the radical workingmen. lie
fnds that they will not be placateo
on any terms but their own, ana 'ha'
his efforts at reconciliation have Deeh
taken as a proof of weakness Oh
his part. In going back to poilcy
90 obstruction. of which the UmsturZ
hill IN the reichstag was an instance
the kaiser will have the heartiest
s,,nnort from the Hahnke clrcie'
There. is good reason for expecting
n government measure in the lano-
tag, proposing such amendments ', 10
the existing common laws as VIII
sunnlv the Prussian authorities WIN
ample means to counteract che SUN
growing socialist propaganda Inc
law touching political organizations
rights of meeting and press crltir'sihS
of public or private events is 10 DC
"amended" and the severest repreA
sion resorted to, as in the worst
period of the Bismarck regime. Ihe
composition of the landtag renders
these proposals more likely of accep-
tance by the landtag than was ac-
corded by the reichstag to the um,
sturz bill. Apropos OF the spread
of socialism, socialist review, 'Dle
Nuenizit' of Stuttgart, publishes a
statistical table on the influence eX'
ercised by religion on the develop
ment of socialism. The figures as
given shrow that in every case where
Catholicism is dominant, socialism
has the smallest relative number OF
adherents. In Hamburg, for instan
ce, where the numerical majority il
Protestant, the socialists compose
500 percent. of the suffrage. In dis
tricts. as in Hesse, where the Catho
lies form an important majority, thu
socialist vote descends to "a per cen
and in districts, such as Hozen,
Catholic province, there are only
per cent of socialist votes.
Centrists papers draw the inference
that the Catholic religion offers {
greater resisting force to the growtl
of anarchistic ideas than the Pro
testant, and hence that the govern
ment in combating socialism ought t.
recognize its best ally in the part,
of the centre.
The kaiser is understood to hav
consulted Minister Miguel on tn
question of the Turkish finances, es
pecially in the light of the recen
report of Sir Edgar Vincent, pres
ident Of the Imperial Ottoman bank
The result has confirmed the kaise
in his project of council of tinanc
composed of Turks and Europeans az
pointed. by the sultan himself, an
not as desired by Lord Salisbury, III
der European control The conclu
sion of the Vincent report that Tul
key will soon be financially sound an
prosperous under even a moderated
good administration is now the q
fetal conclusion. The kaiser appear
still TO rely on the sultan as being dt
sireous to obtain an honest and e
fective administration. Immediate d,
velopements in the east will tend
disprove the generally accepted nj
ton that Grman interest in and il
fluence upon Turkish matters are OF
ly of minor character. Upon this ;
important and initial question of fiji
ancial reforms, the sultan, with til
support of Germany, will have h
way. German policy, adroitly pas
i've regarding Armenia, has bee
equally adroit on the leading questio
before the ambassadorial conference
One result of this agreement betwee
the kaiser and the sultan will be see
in increased concessions to Germa
subjects, who now hold the conces
ions for the leading anatolian rat
ways.
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