The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-25
EUROPE IS MUCH CONCEPIs
Germany'S Policy at Home and Abro,a i
handing Theme. W
EMPEROR'S COMPLEX cH.p,,,,,
Renders Calculation Mere ouess,vo-k- y,
strong Nature Regarded Likely 10 pr.'' 80" Hu
Trouble at Any Time. HAs
Especial to The Post,

London, January 24.-Germanys no,o.
tional ana imperial, is the theme of CONN.,. .p''a
portance in Europe Her course in tho 60
the growing friction between the kajsar 80
dependent States of the empire, the Polish ~ ~
OF Buelow, with its oppressive and oifens,sa N ~
concomitants and-more perplexine IN d.
than any probem-the socialist issue si,. j.. WV
largest conjecture Trembling on the IN. :.
thoughtful man who is watching the tactics !, \
Berlin war lord and his ministers is thu ND.
What is going to happen? What in yene,ns,.. !
anywhere else?"
No one knows, and 1t is useless to pronha.,
complex character Of the emperor renaar N y
culation mere guesswork. He is his own n,
and his own home secretary. The individual, =. ~
those titles register his DEGREES with almos, ! {.
servility and scarcely more initiative than n. II
bers Of the porte obey the whims of Abdul u.su
In the executive branch Of the government \, !.
by degrees arrogated not only superntendssc q
personal control. "Buelow may plant and Rch,.A
may water" says the Morning Advertisers Hss,, I
respondent, more wittily than reverenty I'm, N
helm alone giveth the increase" All the sr,s !, n
times indicate that the German nation Is bee,ns.,s
be seriously concerned lest the headstronr main. \
the emperor should precipitate some calaml,
One dispatch says the masses are "dsgustsd M
the unfavorable turn taken in German-Amertcs, \,
lions, and anxious to have the Venezuelan rs,~
closed away before irreparable injury is dons"
Even the colonial party whose aggressiymxs |.
South America has resulted in such extensive oh.
cation, realizes that bad mistake has been md, X
the Caribbean.
There is ill-concealed apprehension that d,
kaiser yielding to multifarous pin prick. MAJ y
or do something In the Castro imbrogio vhieA NJ
raise tidal wave of feeling in the United Sas'
What Buelow calls the right of the emperor % IN
vent to his personal opinions, like every ohss N
sian, Is characterized by the non-Prussian jesh
as "a right which his majesty should exercise II
as possible in private"
The most striking fact In the political lie d h
many today Is the monarchs usurpation Of 40 ut
cratic role, and the contrast between the setfuuE
of Mr.. Roosevelt and the loQuacity of Wihsm 3 VI
contrast between international security and MI
German publicists from Mommsen down concd b
danger arising from the emperors practical nElts
ton Of important constitutional provisions. ia tn
in domestic politics are big enough. In fotep 4
fairs they dwarf all diplomatic contingencies.
"Curbing the kaiser" will be henceforth fnr
in the socialist platform. The socialists rssa y
emperors unofficial utterances concerning thsnxs
as the best material to stimulate their oganinn1
In their case the process of "curbing' VII BE- err
pretext for batting the imperial temper. They w.
be glad to find the influence OF the empcr0 "
foreign governments curtatled. They belitw q
would be heard of great naVies and big armies "
helm could be disillusioned on the subject U "
| many's extravaganza mission among the nations "a
would be suited II the emperor were to erlD1isa \
Venezuelan situation by excess OF candor Tng ~
want trouble with the United States, but uq I
want trouble for the kaiser. The Vorwsee fzs
to him about as the Irish press does 10 tho HA
government. -.