The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-22
GERMANY HAS WOE
Things Not Lovely in the
Country of the Rhine.
FOREIGNERS ARE EXPELLED
Condition of the Laboring
Class of Berlin.

Berlin. Now. 21.-Afore than the emperor's
,e,1rn from the orient more than the
converting of the newly elected reichstaag
she wholesale explosions in various prov
inces Of Prussia engross public attention
these days. When it is considered that
over all aft million Of persons of foreign
birth reside in Prussia, and that the eX-
nulsions hitherto reported were-ordereo
for the most part, for a variety OF reaS-
ons and in many cases for no Vlslo-e
reason al all: that among these men ana
women of foreign birth there are many
who occupy leading positions in different
walks of life, and for that, for instance.
an unusually large percentage Of them
ara emnIoved on the Prussian press, many
in a prominent way, the unrest will be
understood which has seized upon Ger
man public opinion in regard to the mat
ter. Even the government press Is maze
up in a large part by editors who are
really "Aus1aander," such as Lauser' the
chief editor Of the Norddeutsche ALSe-
meine Zeitumg. the most influential gov
ernmental sheet; Mantler the leading man
on the official telegraph bureau, ETC., etc,
and a score of others.
The question among them all has be-
come: What is the meaning Of these ex-
pulsionsg Are they 20 be a part of the
new government system. and are they
intended to hit only obnoxious foreign
ers," or are other reasons potent? And
the answers, too, differ greatly. Thus, it
is quite certain that=the provincial goV
ernor OF Schleswig-Holstein, the former
very reactionary Prussian minister Of the
interior. Won Koeller. has expelled for the
most part men and women and children
Of Danish birth, for no other admitted
reason than that they were in the employ
of native Schleswigers who belong to the
Danish sympathizers." to the protesters,
70 men OF Danish blood still hoping for the
reunion of schleswig. at least northern
Schleswigr with little Denmark. In the
Prussisn provinces adjoining Holland,
where wholesale explosions are likewise
being effected. the reasons given are diff
ferent again. but in the majority of cases
the fast that among the Hollanders resid-
ing in those districts there are many who
refuse to become Prussians and bear arms
in the Pr7lssian army, is held accounta-
bic. a. ri So
There are it is true, towns and villages
in those frontier districts where the cir
cumstances are peculiar. Inthe city of
Gronau, for example about half the popu-
lation is of Dutch birth, and intermar-
Tiages in the population have still further
complicated matters. so that of the male
members Of one and the same fam-- it
often happens that half of them. of Dutch
birth need not serve in the German army.
while the other half having married Dutch
girls, but being themselves Of Prussian
birth, have to do so. Naturally the Dutch
part of the population there not losing
time in the Germany army gets along
better in a financial and business way
than the other half which has 10 serve
TWO or tire years actively, and a number
OF years in the reserve. with annual man.
oeuvers taking them away for another six
weeks. Along tht Austrian and Russian
frontiers. again, where Poles and other
Slavs from the neighboring provinces are
particularly plentiful purely political rea-
sons prevailed in ordering hit explosions
And the same seems to be true about the
explosions in Alsace-Lorraine during Nov
ember. Singuarly enough the Prussisn
government itself has not so far explained
the motives underlying these explosions
utterance as to whether they are to con-
tinue or whether they are merely of a tenn
porary nature or a political coup pure and
simple
1t must be admitted that the German
press. as whole. does not approve of all
this and mat there are many papers of
note which condemn the policy as vigor-
ously as any paper outside Germany could
OF course he liberal newspapers do so
Several of them have said outright thar
II is not worthy of a large and powerful
country. which reckons itself with the
most advanced in civilization to indulge
IN such practices and the Berlin Tace-
olajt directed attention TO the widespread
Indignation, not in Germany alone which
was aroused by the expulsion of the Ger
mans residing in Paris at the outbreak
ot ihe Franco-German war. and AIDES
Yet those were times of war and the
people expelled We're part OF the enemy
weik hence the reichstag assemblies
anew There is good reason TO sInnoso
that the initial session OF this body elected
for period Of five years. VIII he a stormy,
one. as the military Dill. which also pro-
Gus measures framed in the interest of The
Agrarians. and several other bills of los
notoriety viii occasion n bitter 6ph- IN
inc reichstas. During the absence IF he
emperor IN the orient many things have
tended 10 breed anew that spirit If o;s-
satisfaction with the present political con
di'lons in Germany for which the word
ReiehsverdrosSenheit'' has Just beon
con ed Above al the more and more mo
necnced predominauce OF Prllssian mn
ence IN the councils of the nafio, -
"ec@sioned sentiment Of deep discus+ IN
south and central Germany. and the feel
IN SIN Bavaria and Wurttemberr. asn7cf-
ally. as such thai IL Is not too much =, sa,.
'hat the empire aHd the emperor are -hor
oaGhly unpopular there. There was a -f,,,s
"hen Prussia was ahead. POLITICALLY NJ
the south German states. This v-ss tbir,,
years ago Now il Is the other Uaz. "a
u Is not ONLY the Prussian arrogance
which Is deeply resented hv the NOR
"SN-Soins me nof the southwest. but SIN
more tho PrusS-an reaciionary s,irit
Whieh is infused into its dealings with m,
hoh-Prussian states. tits q grear pitv -rs,
Germany has no actual Chancellor f,r
oesrept Prince Hohenlohe. = while We'll
meaning and exerting wholesome and re-
s'rs'ning influence upon the emperor. 50
lar as that influence goes. Is lacking in
energy and in initiauve-snd no ae,aaI
Nao'nei While the emperor himself. with
81 doe regard for his undoubied gifts and
e"oo intentions. IS as ye5 not amenahle 10
me sound advice Of more experienced and
more impartial men As the leading Ger
man SatiTicai paper. the Kiadderads-scb