The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-12
EMIGRATION OF GERMANS.
conditions that Drive the People to Foreign
Countries Discussed.
AScRIBED TO ECONOMIC REASONS.
Bremen Shipping Men Declared that German Emf.
crate Because They Want Freer Political
and Social Atmosphere

Berlin. October 1.-THE cause OF German emigra-
ton is the knotiest problem with which the colonial
congress here is dealing While other sections drift
along talking the reciprocal. hygIenc various
economic aspects of colonization, the emigration
ton spent much OF it's sitngs yesterday and today in
warm discussion OF the political and social conditions
of Germany that drive forth people seek their
tune in other lands Prof. Tile. chairman of that
section attributed the emigration solely economic
reasons. emigrants being numerous when times
hard and fewer when Germany is prospering The
task Of the colonial society and the government was
direct emigration to countries where the German
would retain both his political and economic tie to
the fatherand He should be induced to go to the
German colonies but II he preferred to go elsewhere
he should be guided to South American other
tries where civilization not equal to that of Ger
many. The emigrant going to the United States or
the British colonies where civilization equal the
German citizen was lost to Germany, but he was
Immediately absorbed into his adopted countries But
IN less highly organized aud less civilized countries
than America the German retained his language and
for two generations continued to import German
things
criticism. II affirmed by Bremen shipping
that half the emgrants passing that port left Germany
because they wanted q freer political and social at
mosphere, and would not 20 TO the German colonies
because they could not escape compulsory military
service nor the vexaton of exciting civil and police
control a pastor working among the emgrants at
Hamburg confirmed this observation saying that next
the possibility of making easier living, the Ger
maut dreamt OF the political and social liberty existing
the
In the full discussion. Prof Victor Of Bremen said
that the German colonies had been developed largely
by the l00OO000 of natives inhabting them He con
trased German treatment of the natives with that of
the British and French. Great wrongs We're done In
Togaland by enormous land concessions to companies
who sought exclude the natives from participation
In rubber and other natural profits Of that colony.
The decided to direct emigration to South
west Africa.
The relchstag reassembled Tuesday for its last
session before the general elections of 1903 The tariff
excludes all other subjects from practical discussion,
except the annual financial bills and the rise in the
price OF beef and the Polish Incidents
There clear indications that the agrariancleri-
cal majority is cinging TO the government the
tariff question Herr Richerts chairman the tariff,
speaking Morlenburg said that the high tariff
jority better have something TO submit to compromise
which il is claimed proves that the government viii
make some concessions The clerical newspapers sup
port the declaration that compromise win be no
easy matter arrange, but say it is likely to be
reached before the Christmas holidays.