New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-19
IN THE GERMAN EMPIRE.
Isolation Of the Kaiser's Realm
Curse of AgrarianiSm.
Berlin. May 10.

cesses eliminating in President Loubet's visit
20 IN. Rome The Kaisers utterances, both at
Carlsruhe AMI Mayence gave, therefore, more
or less correct expression 20 this popular senti-
Tnent, alth Dugh it would he wrong to interpret
Il as warIil1e. The prevailing feeling is rather
compounded Of several elements 1t cannot be
a matter Of indifference that one of the mem
bers OF the Observation-Disclosures the very
eyes II Germany becomes once more fast friend
with her hereditary enemy. France; and the
Anglo French agreement. removing all points
OF future colonial conflict between these two
powers. not only endangers German interests
in Africa and completely disregards legitimate
commercial aspirations and dealings in Morocco
and Egypt with which two countries Germany
has annual trade aggregating about G0.0OO.O0O
marks but it also hurts national pride. 1t is
not pleasant TO be treated as a negligible guam
tity. The Kaiser spoke the way he did out of
the fulness of wounded national pride, and in
this he was the mouthpece of the overwhelm-
ing majority OF hts people. 1t is another ques-
zion whether, by talking in this strain. he has
helped matters.
The plain truth is that the Kaiser and his
Chancellor, Count Won Bulow have for some time
past been decidedly unlucky in conducting Ger
anany's foreign policy. Won Btilow is regarded as
100 plant 10 have any independent policy Of
his own, he having yielded in every critical
case TO the whins CT views of his imperial mas
ter. The armed Intervention" policy in Venez-
rela was the product OF such imperial whim.
carried out against Won Bulows sounder judg-
Inent. The Dreibund was renewed with great
blare Of trumpets. but what does ii amount 10?
The Nation" ore OF the best edited political
periodicals here. says: The Dreibund appears
like a pun OF day before yesterday" In reality
the Dreibund IS as dead door nail. The form
has been preserved, but its spirit has fed; and
the strange thing about it is that il has been
republican France which has killed it. Austria
SIS permanently engufed in abyss Of internal
race strife, and incapable Of vigorous foreign
policy. and Italy has once more become the
bosom friend of France a nation and country
for which italians have always had a strong
and Naturalization feeling, even at time when
the necessities of politics kept the two tenn
porarily asunder. All the efforts Of the Kaiser
and his Chancellor for several years to loosen
the Dual Alliance and make Russia once again
the ally Of Germany have not availed, and the
same is true of their endeaYors in this direction
IN the case Of England and the United States.
1T would mean crying split milk TO go into
the reasons for these failures; it is enough 10
state here the fact. OF course, Russia at this
present juncture is we'll content to accept the
Kaiser's proffered expressions Of sympathy IN
her time Of trial, but she has no idea of rein
squishing on that account her firm alliance with
France-one by the way, which from the start
has been far more profitable TO the Northern
than 10 the Western power. The long and the
short OF II is that at this very time Germany is
as near 10 state Of dangerous isolation as she
has been for the last two generations; and it is
no splendid isolation" either. 1t looks If
Bismarcks prophetic fear. recorded in Vol
ume II Of his Memoirs. were 10 come true IN the
near future Looking at things from that angle,
the Russo-Japanese War may even be regarded
On the light Of blessing.
Much has been said on this side Of the water
sn derogation of American 'shirtsleeves states
manship." The fact remains that this new
method of transac citing the business of a diplomat
or statesman has proved enlinently successful.
To the most conspicuous teacher of this new
school Of MISUNDERSTANDING Hay-has even
been paid the sincerest compliment-imitatOn
and Of all countries by France, formerly the high
school OF devious. polished diplomacy of the old
type-the type tersely characterized lying
abroad for the good Of ones country"
German reactionaries, who. like the Bourbons,
have neither learned forgotten anything
these last five decades, are amusing just now.
They were hardly over their intense disgust at
repeated interchange of friendly kilograms be
, tween their own crowned sovereign and Herr
Rosenfeld Westinghouse they persist in
calling him, for their claim IS that Roosevelt
IS merely q characterization" Of "the good old,
again shocked beyond belief by the fact that
another European ruler by right divine. namely.
King Victor Emmanuel Of Italy. actually sa-
iuted his French guest, President Loubet, by
kissing him repeatedly on the cheek. This last
incident. indeed. is what has impressed the
ruling classes in this country most Of all They
look upon # nothing short Of sacrilege. The
liberal press, on the other hand, editorialiZes
much the need Of adopting the American
''shirtsleeve9' methods Of craftsmanship. and
1oiscarding hereafter what Bismarck dubbed IA
cetiously the decorative in politics" And yet
st is precisely in the decorative" that William II
IS past master.
Almost as bad dilemma is how TO end the
colonial in German Southwest Africa with
out loss Of prestige time. This war was at
first horribly underesiiusted- 1t has so far cost
the nation matter Of almost 60O00.O00 marks
in direct money outlay. leaving aside the losses
IN white settlers and herd owners, computed at
about 100000 marks. In blood the loss has
been even greater. The expeditionary corps OF
Glasenapp-which suffered particuarly-up TO
the last mail accounts has sustained a loss OF
g per cent in officers and 30 per cent in men,
while the remainder IS either lying Ill In the
field hospital at Otjihaenena or has been dis
banded. Although the Kaiser has now taken
the management Of this first important colonial
war OF Germany in his own hands has appointed
General Trotha as successor TO the incom-
potent Governor Of German Southwest Africa
Colonel Leutwein. and has taken steps TO send
g body OF troops OF sufficient size TO cope with
the magnitude OF this Herero uprising against
German suzeranty, It is certain that at least
another 100000 marks will have 10 be spent
and much more blood Will have to flow before
these black skinned rebels viii have been sub