The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-01
the KAISER'STROUBLES
Rising Opposition to His For
eign and Domestic Policy.
GERMAN GOODS ATE BoYooTTED.

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Known n EuroDe's Leading "Cap-
tain Of Industry."
A new reactionary party is steadily
asserting itself in German domestic
and forslgD politics whose cardinal
principles are those OF the great Chan
esllor B,s~Arek says tho Berlin CORE
SD~oo~,. Il the New York Post. The
a3vassoa vsswe- shs Won Bulow min
ssos7 4, ~ n~~Cp~'s~s ~ Kaiser Will
bstln a~A thu AsAssD Conservative
pasV LNe grs~s COR =, to day. The
1rv~aa squss~s scA, I. taking a Wig
~oss ssS ounpsaes attitude against
- fsAvs poiic1 >, III. kaiser.
TIE ta", Is srsvtns daily more ap-
ese.t tina: th's oency il bringing Ger
0Aay into orr straits both CONNER
~ally and ~ponrcsI!y From day to
Is. TIN voices 81 those who champion
F, vsur to B!s1,Arck's 'holne concen-
.~dsn" policy become louder. In the
"sichs:ag and in the columns Of repre-
tentative party papers fears are openly
eAprsss~d that Germany may run into
1l1Astrous war and is sacrificing trade
psvseyr. for Germany has encountered
rs~u.> ~ all sid-s OF late. When
chsscellcr Won Bulrw arose in the
%ssachstAg to "sweep away the miscon-
asponns Of Germany's foreign policy"
NJ address was mainly instructive be-
auss OF what 1t left unsaid. for Won
Bulow has not earned the title Of HAP.
| py phraeemaker' in vain. He has a
valuable knack of passing over a knot
~ problem with a jest.
But the conservative political and
business world Of Germany is not on
the side Of the throne in it's foreign pol
icy. Kaiser Wilhelm wants to be
knows in history not only as Europe's
greatest war lord. but as its leading
''captais Of industry" But after the
recent. Venezuela campaign the trade
balanc~s between Germany and South
America make melancholy reading. 1t
10 plain that Germany failed miserably
In setting a more secure footing In
South America or in creating respect
for its commercial interests there. 1t
ar~used a prejudice against the Ger
man trader all South America
which is wildly reflected in the latest
trade reports with Brazil. Venezuela.
Colombia. Peru and other republics.
The Hamburg South American Steam
ship company at its last annual meet
ing was unable to declare a dividend,
and other steamship lines trading with
South America presented more or less
pessimistic reports.
Although Kaiser Wilhelm tried to
rectify the mistakes of the German Off
cial policy toward the Beers. his an
tagonism to England has resulted In
the systematic %5oycotting OF German
merchants and goods in South Africa.
German iron and steel and mechanical
products were highly favored in the
Transyaal states during kruger's re-
gime. With the British lion on guard.
the Prlssian eagle is kept at a dis
lance. The same is true of German
trade in China and especially at Hong
kong. where German merchants and
shippers complain of the combination
Of English tradesmen. who have houses
Of long standing. against German
goods. In the Balkan states there is
STOWluS pTeJuIlCe aSuluSl SHtIlIidH cap
ital and goods owing to the obvious
friendship between the German mon
arch and the sultan of Turkey. But
Germany is making good use Of that
friendship to tighten it's grip on the
Bagdad railway and other valuable
concessions.
On all sides there are evidences that
Germany's forward foreign policy is
interfering with trade. In South Amer
lea the tide has turned against Ger
man and in favor of American trade.
according to the consular reports re-
ceived in Berlin from the special agents
sent by Germany to the various lead
ing ports Of South America. In Eng
land the label "Made In Germany" acts
as a boycott. The government tariff
policy is destroying the trade with
Russia, Austria hungary and Italy,
for Russia and Austria. although be-
longing to ANITA uOniStic nnliticol alli-