New-York tribune., 1906-04-02
KAISER AND THE JEWS.
fruss'as Diet Objects to His Friend
ship scith Hebresrs

WITH IA, imam @ mas among points In common
e I' His uncle. King Edward a cononlats freaaon,
a. az p'e9uoice with regard TO the Hebrew race
@ s IN the case Of the English ruler so,,a ~ ,ba
haseTs most trusted eeunc,llors - .s
,.ue are processing Jews, and since his scoessior
- ohe ne mas bestowed all sorts OF honors
80 ~ oisuhctlons upon members of their creed These
ehhshteneo sentiments. however are shared ,aitbo.
py ms aristoeracy nor by the officers 10 ri. -
ana whenever they have the opportunity tbev avsii
themselves or It 10 manifest their objection tn his
attitude In the matter ~
"lthin the last few weeks the Prussisn Parl,o
fnehI which is composed for the greater part of
petty mobiles. whose acres are as narrow as tba,r
Ne"s' mas subjected him 10 the afront OF having
eyeCseo oy an overwhelming vote the application
"hich ne had personally caused TO be made for an
increase OF the salary OF old Baron Ialcanus the
chief OF the imperial civil cabinet ana FOR A4tv
years one or the most trusted and universally re-
spected servants OF the Crown The roembere ~ the
!eslsia'ure nave no objection whatsoever TO the
baron. whose merits and usefulness thew readily
soknowleoge But they openly proclaim in conver-
sauon that II they voted against the relatively,
small raise in his salary which had been asked tt
was solely Tor the purpose OF recording their dis
approval Of the Emperors action In comforting on
the occasion Of his silver wedding patents OF hered
itary nobility upon two Jewish bankers noted for
their philanthropy The Kaiser did not even bestov
titles upon them. but merely the right to prefix the
particle Won TO their family names, and accorded
them this distinction in recognition not only of
the promotion Of German trade and industry
In this connection II may be added that the Kaiser
is in no wise responsible for the remarkable alb
sehce OF Jews from the commissioned ranks OF the
German army. Very much the same procedure is
Followed in the OF the appointment Of officers
10 German regiments as in the election of members
10 social clubs That is to say. the names sub
nhtted 10 the colonel and the officers OF the regi-
inent, who make due inquiries with regard 10 the
brIh' fortune, family and character of the candf-
oate ana who do not hesitate to reject him IL they
nave reason 20 believe that he will not prove a
consenial fellow officer Now, the German officers
are recruited in the main from the petty nobility
among whom the prejudice against the Hebrews
probably on account Of their superior prosperity is
very pronounced The consequence is that when
ever Jewish name is proposed to the corps OF
ofhcers OF regiment il is invariably turned down.
IL is not the Kaiser who objects 10 having Jew
one OF his officers but the officers who decline to
have Jew as one OF their comrades. differing in
this respect from their comrades in the Austrian
army, in which there several thousand Jewish
officers several indeed the rank of general II
the Kaiser does not endeavcr force matters with
regard to a more liberal treatment of the Jews in
the army II is merely because he fears that It
would tend still further to envenom those racial
sntagonisms which he is so anxious gradually TO
banish from Germany. 1t was due 10 considerations
of this nature that three or four years ago he
Trained at the last moment from putting into
cution HIS intention of appointing the Jewish
director general Of Germany's greatest steamship
line 10 the post Of Minister Commerce OF Prussia