The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-12
WILL BE VERY MUCH IN EVIDENCE
DURING HIS VISIT TO
GERMANY
NOT A MISSION OF GOOD WILL
German Periodicals Are stIi savage.
" Attacking and LampOonfng
King Edward and Some OF
His Leading Retainers
INTERNAL ILLS VEx GERMANY

BERLIN. Jan. 1.-THE Prince of Wales
visit to Emperor William on the occasion
of the latter's birthday will be fer only a
day. Those who see in this visit a desire
on the part of the British government to
show good will toward Germany are quite
mistaken. 1t is intended simply as Il
token Of King Edwards personal regard
for Emperor William.
The Prince of Wales has therefore de-
clined all invitations to entertainments
proposed in his honor, including a recep-
tion by the German regiment of which
King Edward is colonel, SO that the Ger
mans may be under no miSapprehenSion
regarding the private and personal char
acter of the visit. Had the Prince of
Wales been here this morning he would
not have been able to read any Berlin
periodical that did not contain lampoons
on his father. caricatures of Lord Kitch-
ener, CT brutal descriptions of British in
humanity in South Africa.
Considering that Chancellor Won Bue-
lows two speeches and the utterances OF
the German minister to Great Britain,
Prince Wolff Won Metternicht, at Ham.
burg, were deliberate efforts on the part
of the government to demonstrate friend
linesS toward Great Britain, the illustrat-
ed papers here show singular malgnity
in giving gruesome representations of
the torture of innocents in the South AZ
ricau concentration camps. These things
do not affect the infex1bly correct atti-
tude of the government, but they intens-
ify the already heated feeling against
Great Britain.
Internal Troubles Not Ended.
The lot Of Germans in Prussian Poland
is full of vexaticns. The Poles are in
geniously nagging the teachers and ot1-
Gals, and boycOtts are serving as a Sys-
tenn of petty intimidation. The govern
ment has decided to station garrisons in
the small towns in order to give moral
support to the german element. This
step has caused a fresh outburst of pop
ular feeling, the inference being that the
government intends to introduce coercive
measures. This, however, does not ap-
pear to be the case. The whole Polish
question viii come up for discussion be-
fore the diet Monday, when the debate
will begin with an Interpolation on the
subject.
The appointment Of a Catholic profess
SOL, DR.. SPAIN, to the chair Of history In
the University of Strasburg was somewhat
severely criticised in the reichstag to-
day by DR.. Sattler, National Liberal,
who characterized it as step in the d1-
rection of further dividing the Germans
in matters of religion. Baron Won Keller
the secretary of state for Alsace-Lor-
AH14JACS HI AO4OIlOlIlS JIlG appointment, U6-
clared that DR.. Sattler exaggerated the
situation. There were only four Catho-
lie professors at Strasburg against sixty
one ProteStantS, IN spite of the increase
in the number of Catholic students. The
unwarranted excitement in the country,
added the secretary Of state, had been
artifcia1ly produced and famed by the
press.
HypnOtized by Roosevelt.
Whether by reason Of President Roose-
velt's specially cordial personal commu-
nieation to Emperor William, recently
transmitted officially, or because the
United States has shown more than
passive good will toward Germany in
the Venezuelan entanglement, the for,
eign Office here shows a disposition to
forward any object in which the United
States is interested. Were the ST. Louis
fair delegates here at present, they
would be welcomed and given an op-
portunity to present definite requests.
siderable interest in the exposition,
judging from the inquiries made at the
United States consulate general.
DR.. James Trow, of the Berlin univer-
sity, who is making studies of the la
Dor market and the industrial situation,
finds that, coincident with the depression,
is a greater concentration of capital
and the squeezing out of the smaller
and weaker concerns The improved re-
ports apply mainly to the great estab-
lishments, which are absorbing markets
previously held by their small rivals.
The consumption of beer in 1901 averag-
ed ffty-seven gallons per head through,
out the empire, the average rising in
Bavaria to 212 gallons per head The
average consumption in 1882, according
to the official records, was thirty
gallons DoT head. indicating in
c~nase in two decades of nearly so per
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