The times., 1898-05-28
NEWS FROM. GERMANY.

| Officially the fact is carefully concealed
| In Germany that there is strong and
| ever-growing movement in favor of an
neNing those countries and provinces con-
sidered to belong bytrights. by the bonds
of nationality, blood and language, within
the pale of the new empire. When now
and then some paper or speaker of Hol-
land. of the Flemish part of Belgium or
| the German cantons OF Switzerland ex-
press a fear that sooner or later the big
| empire may want TO grasp these neigh
| boring territories in its brawny fist, the
| government press of Germany at once
| denies any such intention now or in the
| future.
! Most cautious of all, however, is the
| tone of this press in treating the Aus
trian question. There.is never any official
| or semi-official admission Of aspirations
| aiming at the incorporation of those Aus
| trian provinces where men of German
blood dwell, 1o0o0,0oa of them. Neverthe-
! less, | said, there is a vigorous move
ment aiming at the gradual aggression
OF all those provinces, and even OF the
so-called Baltic lrovinces of Russia,
| where live 3,G00000 men OF the German
! race, men from among whom came a
! number of the ablest statesmen OF Rus
| sia, like the Pahlens the Ostens, the Mu-
raus and soldiers like Todeben, or ad-
minstrators like the Krachts.
| The addition OF Ill these neighboring
| provinces of German blood would give
| Germany 70, 600 600 mere of people and adj
| ditionai territory half as large as the
| whole OF Germany pday-a gain of such
| enormous proportions as comparatively
| to dwarf the aequiiition Of little Alsace
| and German Lorraine. There Is, however,
no immediate chanos of acquiring any or
| all of this territory. and to openly foster
| the propaganda in behalf of II would en-
! broil Germany with all its neighbors-
! with Austria, Holland. Belgium, Switzer-
| land Hence quite slrewdy the German
government In no wise takes part In II,
| but neither does tbs same government
| in any way discourage the movement
| deemins ii useful toilet things take their
| course, in the hope hat time may come
| when opportunities favorable to the ac-
| duisition of these provinces may arise
| In acting I'm this beief the German gov
| ernment is followin, in Bismarck's foot
! steps. whose politica belief II always was
| that everything cones to him who waits
and who seizes ne right moment to
grasp il.
Meanwhile there is a whole school Of
! politicians in Germany who keep alive the
| all-Deutsehe) part, with members of
| prominence in tie national councils
! Scores of newspapers here are exponents
OF this pam -Germanidea. and many mem
/ bers of the reichstig and of the various
! state legislatures klong TO it, especially
| among the conservatives. OF course all
! this is what the Gemsns call ''zukunfts-
music, but il Is. 70 instance. confidently
| expected that AGstia will fall apart be-
| fore long; that TN inner natioBalistic
! strife which RACES now will hasten the
! process Of dismembrment, and that when
! the aking-up cones the German parts
! of that empire VII naturally gravitate
! toward the brethr0 OF the Germany OF
| today. a calculFtiuJ which is probably
quite correct. The movement Itself Is on
par with the paf-Siavic movement in
Russia. where i vas, during the reign
OF the late car Alexander III. the domi-
! nent movement. md, with the pan
| American moyemet in Great Britain it's
colonies. and the 5aited States-like 10
like-that is thelnoitb these days.