The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-12
AFFAIRS OF GERMANY
THE WEEK IN KAISER WILL
 IAM'S CAPITAL.
The Time Most opportune for Re- presentatives of the St. Louis
 Exposition to Make
 Known Their Desires.

Berlin. Jan. 1t.-whether by reason of President Roosevelts especially coroiai personal communication to Emperor Will Ham recently transmitted unoficially or because the United States has shown that passive good will toward Germany in the Venezuelan entangiement. the foreign office hero shows a disposition to forward any object in which the United States is interested. Consequent ly, this is the moment for the St. Louis Exposition management to tell the Ger man Government what it desires for the fair. Since last summer when the foreign office gave little encouragement to the representations of the United States Embassy on the subject. a change in the governments attitude has taken place. Were the St. Louis delegates here at present, they would be welcomed and given an opportunity to present definite requests. German manufactu- rers have taken considerable interest in tthe exposition, judged from the inquiries made at the United States Consulate.
 The arrival here of Walter Williams. the well known newspaper man Of Columbia, Mo, who Is at present mak- ing a tour of Europe. has stimulated newspaper interest, and the newspapers are printing interviews with him and notices and descriptions of the fair. Dr. Jastrow of the Berlin University, who is making studies of the labor mar ket 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.
 The consumption of beer in 1901 aver aged fifty-seven gallons per head throughout the empire. The average consumption in 1882. according to the of- ficial records, was thirty-eight gallons per head. an increase in two decades. of nearly 50 per cent.
 The Prince of Wales's visit to Em- peror William on the occasion of the iatter's birthday will be for only a day. This visit is not intended as desire on the part of the British Government to show good will toward Germany. but is simply as a token of King Edwards per- sonal regard for Emperor William.
 The Prince of Wales has therefore de- clined all invitations to entertainments proposed in his honor. including recep- ton by the German regiment of which King Edward is colonel. Had the Prince of Wales been here this morning he would net have been able to read any Berlin periodical that did not contain lampoons on hi sfather, cartcatures of Lord Kitchener and brutal descriptions of British inhumanity in South Africa.
 
 two speeches and the utterances of the German Minister to Great Britain, Prince Wolfe won Metternicht. at Hamburg, were deliberate efforts on the part of the government to demonstrate the friendli- res steward Great Britain, the illustrat- ed papers show singular malignity in giving grewsome representations of the torture of innocents in the South African concentration camps.
 The lot of Germans in Prussia Poland is full of vexations. The Poles are in- genuously nagging the teachers and off, ficials and boycotts are serving as 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 outbreak of popular feeling The whole Polish ques- tion will come up for discussion before the Diet Monday.