BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-20
GERMAN POLITICS.
Breach Between the !Government
and the Agrarian.-The Kaiser's
Change Of Heart His Wooing..o ..ol
Russia and the United States
Possible Dissolution of the Reichs.
tag.

Berlin, March 3.--Kaissr William has |
retired to his cosey bunting lodge in Huber |
tussteck forest for brief season of rest and |
reflection. To this 4aaint old lodge, with
its fortress tower, its sentries, and rugged
exterior, he summoned Osprivi and vtnl
Hohenloke, sshen be decided that they had
ul SLED the measure of their usefulness AZ
Okancellors. Ga every occasion when the
GeJman ship Of state tOsses in heavy sea
the announcement is looked for in the court
calendar that 'his Majesty. the Kaiser, lea
YES for Hubertusstock" New again there
are mutterings that weighty matters Of state
are being propounded and international po-
licies forced
Ovsrshadowing the signifi ,anoe attending
the departure Of Prince Henry 10 the in
ereasing breach between the Government
and the Agrarisn party. Once more danger
signals are displayed, with warnings of
dissolution Of the Rsichs,ag. Whereas
Ohancellor Won Bullow and the Spokesman
Of the "Junksrs" formerly carried on po-
lite intercourse, the slumbsr.ng flame uu-
derneath has broken through the veneer and
the Government and the feud i faction are
once more opposing each other, az they did
at the close of last session, when the
canal bill caused sudden adjournment Of
the legislative chamber. True to his pre-
mise, the Kaiser has delivered his ultima
tum to the antagonists Of reciprocity. The
Government will not support any move
ment or increase in the minimum tariff rates
which are designed to break of reciprocity
treaties and precipitate tariff wars with the
United States, Russia, Austria Hungary,
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convention. The Kaiser makes no secret OF
his wish to avoid tariff war with the Unit
ed States and Russia.
Change Of Views.
| Important Developments in international
affairs have prompted the Government to
change its attitude. The statesmen who
speak for the Grown are convinced that
Germany cannot afford q sosr Of reprissls
with the United States : that the admission
of raw materials from the United States,
such a. grains, cotton, petroleum, steel,
copper, and even finished products, can only
have Q wholesome effect upon German in
dustry and commerce. But q short time
ago Minister of Commerce M0llsr and Min.
ster of Interior Possdowsky ssere strain :
iug7 with the Agrarians. NoH the Agrarians
fnd that the leading members Of the Oabi.
net have deserted them and, with Chancellor
Won Bulow, declare that the Government
seill not s' listen to further increase in
the proposed tariffs on wheat, rye, and
other agricultural products" and that the
Government cannot undertake to nullify
the expiring reciprocity treaties without
negotiating fresh sgreements. One may
observe the diplomatic hand of the Kaiser
underneath it ell.
The English-Japan treaty, the exchange
Of " exposures" regarding the respective
positions of Germany and Great Britain
towards the United States during the Span.
ish-Amsrican war, and the desire of Rus.
sis to seek further Continental support as
defence against the new alliance, have
brought German and Russian diplomats
cloeer tAan in many years. The Prince of
Wsles's visit to Berlin il now old history,
but it served to show the coolness which
exists officially between Great Britain and
Germany, not to mention the undlsguissd
resentment caused BY the embargo placed
By the British Government upon German
Boer contributions and relief expeditions.
Kaiser William il pursuing an open and
aggressive policy to establish strong ties
with Russia, in spite Of its alliance with
France. His purpose is to rebuke the
Agrarisns for venturing to promote . tariff
policy schich would open = tariff var and
possibly political complications with Rus
sis. The German Government seeks to
cultivate sympathy in St. Petersburg By
decryiDg the Eugllsh-Jspsn compact A. .
Ne quel to the launching Of 81 400 900 worth
Of japanese bonds in London, while the
Ozar is showering favors upon Prince Frans
Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Austrian |
throne. Germany studiously avoids crit els. |
ing Russia's Manchuris policy, and, althsugh /
there is no official guarantee to that effect,
the official papers freely circulate the