The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-27
POLITICS PLAYS A PART
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS IN GER.
MANY ABSORB ATTENTION OF
THAT COUNTRY
GOVERNMENT SCORES VICTORY
Weakness of Agrarians Demonstrate t.
ed-POpuIarity of the BOers In
Berlin On the Wane as the
End ApprOaches.

| by the Associated Press.
! BERLIN, May 26.-Interest this week
has centered on the doings of the rechs-
! tag and diet, and Prince Ludwig's speech.
1t has long been murmured in court cir
! cleS at Berlin and Munich that the re-
! lations between the two cou3 is were Sc
! irously disturbed. A number of facts
! bore this out. The prince regents birth
! day is no longer kept here by a special
| dinner, nor is the emperors birthday
/ kept in Munich, where it was even for
bidden that the government and ether
/ public buildings display the German flag
! THAT day. And during the crown prince 8
! coming Of age festivities and the pres
! ence of the emperor of Austria here,
| neither the prince regent of Bavaria nor
the heir to the throne of that country
| came to Berlin, only an Insignificant
! prince being present. Nobody seems
| able to tell exactly why this state of feel
ing exists on both sides, but Prince Lud-
wigs speech certainly shows his senti-
ment is more anti-Prussian than ever.
! Not only the North German press speaks
against the prince, but large part Of the
Bavarian newspapers, AID even some Of
the Munich newspapers nearest to the
! Bavarian court.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press learned the canal bill, which the
emperor did his best to push through.
angered the BaVarian patriots, including
Prince Ludwig, because it was looked on
as a further attempt to isolate Bavarian
river navigation, especially on the DAN
ube.
THAT MEAT BILL.
The imperial government still rejoices
at the passage of the meat inspection bill
practically because of it's demonst rat
ing that the extreme agrariaDs have no
power to dominate the reichstag, as had
] vt To-,
ly proclaimed that the meat inspection
bill was to serve as a test of their rela-
tive strength, and as preliminary to
the struggle to decide the nature of the
! projected commercial treaties. In this
sense the passage of the meat bill was
a defeat of the extreme agrarians. This
fact is now pointed out by the semi-offI-
cial press DR.. Miquels Berliner Politische
Nachrichten calls this q reason for con-
gratuatiOns
The obstructive tactics whereby the Lex
Heinze was defeated by the minority are
now strongly disapproved by the gov
ernment and its press as being a two
edged sword, which, if 1t once became an
| established institution might easily lead
to the destruction of German parliament
arism. 1t has been arranged that the
reichstag, which will begin its Whitsun-
tide vacations on the 30th, will reassembie
on the 9th of July, and adjourn the 18th
of the same month till winter, If moth
ing intervenes. The diet has already ad-
Journed until the 7th of June.
BOER POPULARITY WAVES.
The latest news from South Africa is
generally interpreted as showing that the
Beers are tired of war, and are only look
| ing for decent preteXt to make peace
The Kreuz Zeitung says:
Drawing parallel between the Beers
and the ancient Germans, there will not
be such a fight of desperate men as that
of the Goths at Naissus"
The paper adds: THE Beers do no.
possess the species of personal bravery
which in European armies is self-uuder-
stood. If this knowledge mad obtained
here sooner, the Beers would not have
enjoyed such popularity
Quick justice is being meted out to the
car strike rioters. The first batch was
sentenced to from six months in iail to
few days Imprisonment, and another
batch was sentenced today. A third latch
will be tried before a higher court for
revolt against the state, on which hang
| long terms at hard labor.
Herr Bebel publishes in the Vorwaerts
an article on the book of the French
Capt. MOoch, recommending the substitu-
ton of militia for a large army. Herr
Bebel approves of this. and says social
ism will draw powerful weapons from the
| book to fight militarism
! The regatta of the Imperial Yachting
club at Kiel this week was miserable
failure, mainly because of the unpropi-
tiOus weather. The emperor took no in
terest in the affair.