The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-19
THE PEOPLE ARE AGAINST IT
VISIT OF THE KAISER TO ENGLAND
IL MUCH CRITICISED.
There I, No Doubt 1t Is for Poitticai
Rcasons-Boers Appear to hnNe
sympathy of German Majority.

copyrighted. 1899, by Associated PressJ
Berlin. November 1S.--The rrassembiins
Of the reichstag Tuesday caused hardly
ripple on the surface of political LIE. II
seems that neither the reichstag or the
government is anxious for a CONNECT o'ei
the pending measures concerning WHICH
there is mNch heated difference Oh opih-
ion. Ii vas different with the emperor
denArtrre for ENGLAND, which probably
ni1.- renths OF the nation condemns. since
IL mas been generally known that the WISH
would take place, the press OF every snaue
of opiuion which had been unrestralnedly
abusing Great Britain and grandiioqueh''y
pooh pcohing the notion of his majesty
going th~e, mas become more cautious
and now some Of the papers even speah APP
provingly of the visit. This does NOT ailer
the fact that the people are sun over
whelmingly against the visit, and against
Great Britain in the matter oil the wal
The inspired press is trying hard to con-
vince its readers that the visit is purely
personal and totally devoid of political
meaning. The Tageb'att says: Even IL
the emperor is forced 10 talk politics he
VIII know now to coniine the conversation
to the proper narrow limits Inls, now
ever Is said to be all nonsense. as neither
the emperor, Won Bullow or the foreign OIL
ncerS are at all AubluptioSis. ~ -"
surd 10 say that either the emperor or ms
government had In mind at any time dur
ing the past three months to interfere IN
South Africa for the benefit of the Beers.
unquestionahly his majesy's visit TO Great
Britain is undertaken largely for pollticai
reasons and is distinctly meant as friend-
" act II this Is still cloaked and hidden
from the German public 1t is only in def
erence TO the violence OF the anti BRUSH
81 IN
The Vorwnerts ironically says that
the grandson feels the need OF visiting
his grandmother Just at the time when
she must feel deeply hurt by the provo
: cation and illmanaged wariike enter
prise, is but natural
Conversing with prominent diplomat
on this topic, the latter said to the cor
respondent of the Associated Press: i
is a fact we'll known to all the diplomatic
corps and ia various cabinets OF Europ'
}, that Germany having recently met sew
eral dist met checks from France on oc'
casions favorable to make common caus
J against the common enemy, Germany ha
. of necessity had to turn 10 England
This is 90 patent to anyone who has studi-
ed the events of the last fifteen months
that 1t is folly to preten that German Is
! backward in seeking an entente with Eng
, land. 1t Is we'll known that the emperor
Is yexed with the peoples unreasonable
spite against England and this sentiment
is shared by his advisers
The comment on tho war news this
week is also more cautious but not more
friendly a military writer In the kreua
Zeltung reviewing the situation says;
That the Beers neglect to utilize their
advantages after Nicholson's Mex argues
Ill for their military ability, but the atti-
tude OF The British troops in a number OF
recent engagements according to Engllst
accounts is nothing to brag about The
discipline seems poor Continuing, the
writer says he believes the ByitlsH vii
hereafter advance In compact massesA nu'
merically superior to the Beers, whose
tactics have hitherto been to split \ur
their forces and he thinks that this WI
tell against the latter. AS to the outcorh
OF the war the writer thinks It Is by N
means certain as the enormous size OF tAs
seat OF war makes a guerrilla war likeu
4 The Hamburger Nachrichten expresj
similar views. In the Vossiche ZeituIe
an ex-offcer OF tho general staff sayyi
The history OF past wars and tie dell
crate weighing of all the known facts
factors do not seem TO give bad foreie
for the cause Of the doughty Beers. In 81 .
OF the immense apparent euperiorit,
against them
owing 10 the British censorship hardl,
any cables from their correspondents a
the seat OF war have yet reached the Ger
man papers This week the iirst mail ac
counts of the events up to ana includin
Glencoe arrived. These, however. do no
contain anything materially differing iron
the British cabed reports.
The sympathies OF the Germans ar
strllsinly shown In the large number Q
popular subscriptions for the aid OF III
, wounded Beers, The Deutsche itun
has collected within a fortnight $500
: marks and the Hamburg subscription
amount to bs,445 marks. In Berlin tn
consul general of the Transyaal daily re
celves contributions, many coming iran
the poor. which already foot IN larg
sum. In many towns meetings OF sym
/ pathy with the Beers have been held.