The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-26
THE PEOPLE UNCHANGED
WILLIAMS NATURAL SYMPA
TIIIES WITH THE BRITISH.
BUT BoER SUCCESS BEST FOR GERMANY
High Officials Threaten That as the Socialists
Defeat Every Bill to Repress Them.
Other Means viii Be Found to
h-t..L TIL. RI
Accomplish This End.

Copyright 1899 by the Associated Press.)
Berln. Nov. 25.-The visit of Emper-
or William to England, although more
or less discounted beforehand, has oc-
cupied public opinion this week above all
else. Even the most rabid Anglophobes
found little fault with the reports of His
Majesty's reception. Some papers COM
mented i'm a friendly way, om the EVIL
denoes of good win and sympathy shown
the Emperor even 10y the lower classes
of English, and augured we'll therefrom
fer firmer and a clearer understanding
betweem the two countries. 1T is signd-
ficant that one of Germany's noted pro
fessors publishes a strong argument i'm
favor OF u n-British-American a.
lance, while Herr Barth does the same.
In the nation, however, there is mo
doubt that the vast majority of the peo-
pie and press continue hostile to Great
Britain and disapprove of the imperial
visit.
A we'll known poet, in the pant German
Deutsche Zeitnng has written a poetic
warning to the Emperor, beginning
Mach England Kaiser gehe MIGHT.
While scores of paEeds have vented their
anti-British feelings, signs are discerni-
BILE that opinion begins to veer. Not
only the Cologne Gazette, which has
been friendly to Great Britain from the
start, but even the influential Kreuz
Zeitung, often the barometer of court
weather, and the leading Center organ
the Cologne Volks Zeitung have articles
this week condemming tine ''senseless,
RI
The comment ON the South African
War, generally, is tinctured with ili-will
for Great Britain. The Deutsche
Zeitung. assumes the success of tine
Boers and advises President Kruger to
insist as the terms Of peace, ON the ces-
sion of Delagoa Bay to the Transvaal
which, it adds, will lead to a new and
better German policy in South Africa"
The Deutsche Tages-Zeitung says:
'sIf the English press continues in it's
arrogancy to represent England as the
paramount power and Germany as the
vassal in South Africa an increase, If
possible. of the dislike felt here for our
trans-channel Cousins viii be the ccn-
sequence"
Details of the Cars visit to Potsdam
are leaking out. The correspondent here
of the Associated Press learns from a
person who was present that the Czar
was cool and reserved at first. This
was due not only to his natural DISPOSE
ticn and adherence of scenes and palm
ful explanations, but TO the fact that for
some time past stories have been clrcu-
lated by go7betweens mt both courts OF
biting remarks of the Emperor to the eff
feet that the Gar WINS 'pantoffel and
held TO be ayerse to everything military
about his ''spieleroi Hague conference,
all of which was reported to the Gar IN
distorted shape Owing to this, the
meeting was repeatedly put off and only
finally took place through the influence
of the Czarina. However, the Emperor's
explanations were irresistible, and the
amiability which he knows so well how
to display when il suits him had the de
sired effect, SO the Gar departed in a
friendly mood He was not angry nor
astonished at the Samoa agreement and
better understanding between Great
britain and Germany.
Regarding the Emperor's present feel
ings about the war; the Associated Press
correspondent learns from the same au-
thority that his natural sympathies are
altogether on the British side but he
GltdI1S itdutHSS llleiI IlAI NApiA>
ont of the Beers as an independent polit
zeal element i'll South Africa would not
subserve German interests. FE also
of what he terms Mr.. Cham
berlain's 'insincere and provocative poll
cy."
Although expected, the burial of the
anti-strike bill came more swiftly than
by either the government or
the Reichstag The collapse was due to
the conviction of the CentIists that
their amendments would mot he accepted
by the Government. The correspondent
of the Associated Press learns Tint there
is no intention to introduce another anti
Socialist bill at present. Emperor Will
liam no longer attaches the highest inn
portance to AM anti-stGuNe bill, and even
the canal bill for a time has given way
to the naval bill, the passage of which
engTosses his thoughts. In the mean-
while, Count Posadowslly- Wehner, the
Minister of the Interior, and the Ber-
liner Correspondent, the special organ
of the Governments internal policy, Sc
verely reIrimand the majority of the
Reidhstag, which, on the rejection of the
bill, was made up of the entire Left, Gem
tire, and Socialists. Because of their
lack of courtesy, the high officials threat |
en-, that as every bill designed to re-
strain or repress Socialists is defeated, |
the Government win have to find other