The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-29

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the Berlin municipal council. which IS
held in government circles as little better
than a Jacobin club. although In reality
the niIdest sort OF political liberals. does
not dare 10 erect even a simple. unosten-
tatious monument 10 the memory OF the
several hundred slain in the barrtcade
fights Of the March days of lS4Sand tho
mere motion 20 do so was greeted by tho
entire press almost as a proof OF the in
carnate fiendIshness of the Berlin radi-
Gals.
In all the German public schools that
brief uprising OF fifty years ago although
as a matter OF historical fact the very
Prussian constitution dates from that
time, as II was wrested from the king.
Frederick William IV.) is represented as
a period when the sober German people
were disreputably drunk with the French
fever Of innovation and disregard Of God
ordained authority. a period. in fact. Of
which every good German in his heart
ought to feel and does feel very much
ashamed. and which ought 10 be blotted
entirely from the mind OF the nation.
Such a great change has been wrought
by the Franco-German war which. In
fact. also in other ways has had a by no
means beneficial effect on the morals and
intellect OF the people as a whole / will.
for instance. mention the growth OF cha
vinism. a thing up to that time quite I'M
known in Germany: also the increasing
love OF luxury. the spirit OF speculation.
OF easy gain. the gradual disappearance
OF that solidity and uprightness in dealing
which were prime characteristics OF the
ante-bellum German. etc. However. "a
said the average German burgher has
enough Of the old Adam about him stiil
TO dislike all those un-German qualities in
his emperor. and they are FOR the most
part. responsible for the fact that he does
not Ike him.
Finally, as to the upper classes. II must
he borne in mind that they exercise a
much greater influence on the body polite
here than they do in other civilized coun-
tries. even in England. For here the up
per classes have nearly all the power IN
their hands social and political and milf
tary. This IS. Of course. the case much
more in Prussia than in the smaller states
OF sefetasemd r r.osath taee for else
for in Prussia alone is the "Junkerthum'
that medieval remnant Of feudal lord
ism. stnl strong enough 70 impose its will,
in a great many cases, on the government
as a whole. The agrarian policy Of the
Prussian government during the last fsw
years furnishes striking proof Of that
Well. then. the Prussian Younkers are. IN
the main. satisfied with the emperor
whom they only look upon as their king
There was n time. and shat not 80 ione
ago. when Il was different when william
II. was intensely unpopular with them
when the monarch forbade their principal
organ. the Kreuz Zeifuug anywhere
about his court and IN all his castles and
when there was a well organized cana
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