Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-13
SICK OF THE KAISER
Anglo German Alliance I'm
popular in England.
AMERICAN POPULARITY
STRIKING SCENES IN MARCHING
OF UNEMPLOYED.
New Departure in the Designs Of Bat
tie Ships-London News
and Gossip.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
| LONDON, January. %. 1903.
| There is some irritation in court and POI
| litical circles in consequence of the attempt
/ in Germany to represent the recent visit OF
| the German ambassador to Windsor as an
incident to which high political significance
| may be attached. It was merely a grace
| full act Of the king to arrange to entertain
| the German ambassador on the kaisers
| birthday, but that there Is nothing else IN
| the incident 1t Is only necessary to point
| out that the heads of all the foreign en-
| bassies In London are being entertained at
| Windsor. The Austrian and French am
| bassadors left the castle Monday, and after
| their departure the Russian and Danish
ambassadors arrived as the guests Of his
majesty.
The king is only following the precedent
set by Queen Victoria in giving a round of
dinner parties to the members of the diplo-
matte corps. and If his majestys entertain
ment to the German ambassador is coinci
dent with the celebrations of the imperial
birthday, it Is certainly with no idea of in
fiuencing or illuminating political issues.
In TACT, the English are very sick of their
bargain with the kaiser over Venezuela,
and the San Carlos bombardment and other
evidence of the kaiser's peculiar motives
and methods have famed resentment to
white heat.
Anglo-German Alliance Unpopular.
In the clubs one frequently hears pious
hope expressed that Venezuelan shell has
found It's way into the Panther's vitals,
whilst the plucky defense of the little mud
fort is the subject of open and hearty adj
miration. Day by day-almost hour by
,hour-popular detestation of the ill-omened
Anglo-German alliance becomes more in
tense. and now that 1t Is evident that ii
seriously endangers the good relations be-
tween this country and the United States
the demand for its speedy termfna ton is
taking a tone that the government will do
well not to disregard.
Thanks alone to the efforts of the press
here and in the states, everybody knows
that britain's part In the play Is that Of the
fool, not the knave. the latter being ably
represented by Engiand's Teuton ally The
situation Is regarded with something akin
to CONSERVATION in diplomatic quarters al
though the latest Information indicates a
hope that the Washington negotiations NAV
yet be successful But the energetic and
determined measures which are reported
as being taken In the states in preparation
for war with Germany-a war which
many authorities on this side of the At
lant1c regard as inevttable-afford a better
index to the situation than carefully word
ed dispatches. In the event of hostilttfes
the terms of the treaty into which Lord
Lansdowne blundered would place England
In the abhorrent position OF taking sides
against America.
But this possibility may be dismissed at
once, for II the necessity arose for choosing
between German and American friendship.
the government and the treaty would be
swept away together. 1t il refreefring to
observe here how completely party politics
Is forgotten in the national issues at stake
and how real and living force Is the old
saw-Jeered at by cynics as mere unsub-
stant1al sent1ment-that blood is thicker
than water Another and even more
efgHifrcant phrase which Is on every ONES
lips just now is "Anglo-Saxons against the
world ~
Meeting Of the Unemployed.
The lean loafers have come to saw how
d'ye-do to the fat loafers." This sarcasm
was thrown out-and emphasized by the
pointing of finger toward the palaces of
Park Lane-by one of the speakers at the
Hyde Park demonstration of the London
meeting was held near the Marble Arch. I
will not attempt to estimate the number
who attended, but the muster was large
one, and. to judge from the names inscribed
on the red banners of the Social Democratic
Federation. It represented all the poorer
districts within the metropolitan area
Those who took part In 1t arrived in pro-
cession under strong police escort, horse
and foot, and while the speeches were in
progress the police massed up at the Mar
BILE Arch and waited for the return parade
through the West End thoroughfares.
Not little indignation was expressed by
SIC speakers because those participating In
the daily PROFESSIONS have been described
In the press as ''foafers.' SO keen WINS the
resentment that before the meeting broke
up copies Of three London Journals were
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