New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-25
KAISER BITTERLY CRI1foioHD
so1n GERMAN ARIsToCRACY Al-AhMhD "A
I-MPERoR,s MARKED FRIENDSHIP fof
UNTITLED BUSINESS MEN

.., y. T7mneror William is bitterly
,r;t,cisea fn alistocratic drawing rooms ioi ma
,np business men without titles constitute w
majority of his guests on his recent eAOui i'-
,n tho North Sea on the North GERMAN l1oSu
steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm. So signlncan' Is
the Emperor's attitude toward these men re-
,raraod bv the old aristocracy that newspapers
all over Germany with aristocrauc IealihsS
I'm the last two days have begun a regular edi-
.orial cannaiCn against the new policy intro
,,,oaa into court life While the German no.
bflty have long noted with apprehension his
maiesty's liking for the company OF the men
VINO are making industrial and commercial Iei
MANY. his public entertainment of so many pusi-
ness men is accepted as deliberate recognition
OK that class az court
The ..I.eipsiger Neueste Nachrichten," Of Bis
MARKHAM traditions. describes Emperor Will
tsu,s guests OF the Kronprinz Wilhelm as fol-
lows:
They were not the heads Of conservative, noble
Families. not representatives of real German
c;-tzeushfp: not men who can be characterized
as guardians of the spark Of national idealisn
as 30 ;o,,-oader Rallin and I.oewe Herein
lies a certain danger for the representatives
Of old Prussian traditions who have been stand
ing aside for years. who have been treated as
rahels and who, when they voted against the
canal heard many sharply censuring words =,
The indications are that the Iar1r plll VIII
crea,e a still worse estrangement- The conser-
yative elements feel themselves more ana more
forced TO the defensive; the upholders of the
traditions Of the past see that the sympathy OF
+le man who characterized himself as the n1st
nofIaInan of Prussia is disappearing
The Cologne yolks Zeitung." referring TO the
same subject says II perceives that increasing
the social position OF men OF great capital viii
make the American IDEA supreme in Germany
The ,aper defines the American idea as the
giving OF the greatest hOnors in the State to the
Creators Of the greatest values and TO the men
who add most to the national wealth I'm
neror William Of course. has the right 10 select
his own company" continues the Cologne pa
ner THE public also has the right to draw its
own conclusions and IL is justified in inferring
that his majesty. II surrounded continually by
rhe princes of gold. Will be influenced by their
ideas Herren Wiegand and BALM undoubtedly
have the Ernperor's ear, but they are not the
only ones The Emperor properly selects the
most varied intercourse. he wants to hear every
side for himself and naturally, .lnder the cir
periai ear The question now is, Which side
Will gain a predominant influence? If the con-
eervative Agrarian element is pressed to the
wall and IL the men who have written on their
banners AN Industrial State World Trade and
World Politics get the upper hand. then Ger
many will face the nlightiest internal trans
formation which modern history records
The Grand Duke OF Hesse. a brother-in-law
Of Admiral Prince Henry OF Prussia, has been
much criticised for sitting at table and drink
ing beer with q prominent Socialist. Deputy
Cis4ch OF the Hessian Diet, with whom the duke