The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-22


guages, and hence they have been torn
to their very foundations by race hatred
and internal dissention which has had
a most disastrous effect on their indus
tries and commercial interests.
Austria is that part of the Apstro-
Hungarian monarchy north and west of
a line drawn from the head of the Adri-
attic sea to the southeastern corner of
Germany. 1t has about 2O,0oO,OOO inhabi-
tants and the German language predom-
mates. In the old German fedora ton
previous to Napoleonic times Austria was
the leading state, a position later secured
by Russia. A great many Austrians be-
lieve that union with Germany would
rut an end to those internal dissentions
in Austria--~hich of late years have
been so intense as to practically make An
telligent legislation impossible and that
it would also secure for Austria that
wonderful prosperity and industrial
growth which Germany is at present en-
joying. Germany would not only make
an immense gain in territory and popu-
lation, it would also acquire an outlet
for her commerce on the Mediterranean
namely, the harbor of Trieste, at the
head of the Adriatic sea. great many
people believe that this union will take
place on the death of the present aged
emperor of Austria, who has no children
Holland was part of Germany up to
the beginning of modern times, and the
language of Holland is really German
dialect. The seaports of Holland would
be the natural outlet for most of Ger.
many's commerce, which at present goes
by way Of Hamburg and Bremen, and
while these cities have experienced a
growth equaled only by that of leading
American cities, the seaports of and com
meTeIal centers of Holland have renamed
almost stationary in population The
Hollanders realize perfectly what a union
with Germany would mean for their COM
merce and their colonies in East India.
great many Of them favor a union and
see in the proposed marriage of their
young queen with German duke a step
that will ultimately lead to this result.
Belgium is about half Flemish and half
French. The Flemish language is nearly
the same as that OF Holland. The laws
Of Belgium give equal rights to both
Flemish and French, yet for long Tina
it seemed as If the Flemish was des-
tined to be supplanted by the French OF
late years, however, through the ir-
Auence of the pan-Germanie movement
there has been great revival of tho
Flemish language and Flemish IA tionaI
sentiment and according to latest ac-
counts the Flemish is gaining ground
rapidly over the French.
Naturally the movement also extended
to that other great branch of the Ger
| manic race, the Scandinavian countries,
which really preserve the old Germanic
stock in its greatest purity. Denmark
holds aloof on account of the wars in the
sixties and the loss of schleswlg-H olstein,
but the emperor OF Germany is personally
very popular in Norway, which he visits
every summer and Sweden feels itself
naturally drawn to Germany by.its appre-
tensions of Russia, which is suspected of
wishing to secure an outlet to the North
sea and the Atlantic by conouering
Sweden
For long time, however, the pan
a17io
askanee at the third great branch of the
Germanic race, the Anglo-Saxon, which
left its home in Northern Germany in the
sixth century. When this movement
started Germans had considerable dislike
for the two great nations representing
the Anglo-Saxon stock, England and
America. They disliked America. be-
cause, through the tide of emigration It
was draining the population of the father
land of it's best clements But German
emigration has practically ceased and
Germany no longer has any cause for i'll
feeling toward us on that ground. The
i'll feeling towards England was largely a
matter of commercial jealousy, and that
too, has greatly abated of late years, and
as result we have seen leading news
papers in recent times advocating an al
lance between the three great nations of
Germanic origin, the United States. Great
Britain and Germany, thus uniting the
three greatest and most progressive ma
lions Of earth and securing for the Ger
manic race unquestionable world SUI
premacy
The different peoples of Germanic origin
on the continent of Europe in Germany.
Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium
and the Scandinavian countries. number
in all 100, 000,O 900, or more. 1t remains to be
seen whether it is possible to unite them
under some form or other. 1t is quite
clear though. that such a union is prac-
tica1ly the only hope Western Europe has
against the threatening dangers of Rus
sian aggression. If such union is pos
sible, no doubt, emperor William of Ger
many, in spite of his incidental vagaries
is the man that has the energy and abil-
ity to accomplish ii.
A far reaching opinion Of 1t should be
| sustained, has been handed down by
Judge Lochran in the case of the Duluth
Telephone company. The franchise grant
ed by the city of Duluth to this COM