The San Francisco call., 1906-06-10
ENGLAND
COLD To
GERMANY
Attempt to Bring About
Better Understand
ing Fails.
Won Bulow Proves to Be
Mere Tool Of the
Kaiser.
Fresh Troubles Confront
the New British
Premier.
SPECIAL CABLE TO THE CALL.

LONDON, June 9.-ln the political
world matters were never more inter-
esting A recent visit of German bur-
gomeisters has left the people quite
cold Emperor Williams effort to imi-
tate the French course of action toward
the country has not resulted in ike
euects. for conditions are quite dis
SIMILAR AS a highly intelligent dlplo-
matist said recently:
The bitter Anglophobia existing in
Germany is confined to the court and
its surroundings. but it not seconded
by the more solid part of the country,
whereas in England. from ing TO pot
boy, Teutonophobia has become per-
feet epidemic from which none has es-
capped"
This diplomats opinion must be fully
confirmed from wnat one hears on all
sides. Rightly or wrongly-presuma
bly, the latter-the entire British nation
today is convinced that Germany is
only waiting a propitious moment to
strike a death blow to England'S trade,
even if war is necessary.
Your correspondent has taken some
pains to ascertain the reason for this
One of the main causes is the bombas
tic publications of the notorious Ger
man naval league, which openly de-
clares Germany must strain every eff
fort to build warshipS in order to an
initiate the British fleet
Wuhelmstrasse has become extremely
nervous as regards Anglo Russian
plans for the Bagdad railway. which
IL carried out. will leave her the useless
trunk of a body whose extremities have
been Topped off. Therein your corre-
spondert is assured from an excellent
source lies the grand diplomatic strug-
gle of the future. And AlgeciraS DEM
onstrated clearly that Germany has no
diplomats today. Chancellor Won Bulow
being mere tool of the Emperor.
BANNERuAN LOSES NERVE.
The latter is reported much discon-
certed at the failure of tradition, which
may be summoned up in the saying of
Bismarck at the time of the Gladston-
ian administration, that when the Lib
eral government was in power Eng
lands foreign policy would cease TO
exist. SO 1t was then, but Lord Grey
the present and able Minister of For
eign Affairs, is quite equal to Lord
Lansdowne in forcibility of character
AS for Sir Campbell -Bannerman, his
troubles increase with such rapidity
that even the stolid. hawneye Scotch
Premier is beginning to lose his nerve
and giving way to fits of i'll temper
and rudenesS, as were instanced in the
scene with Chamberlain, in which
Fighting oe" called the Premier i'm
pertinent.
Bannermans interference on that
occasion in behalf of MacNamara was
totally uncalled for; but it has been
remarked during visits to the House
that the. moment Chamberlain rises
Bannerman is like angry dog spoil
ing for a fight He can scarcely sit
still. He fidgets, interrupts. wipes his
forehead, and shows pronounced signs
of mental agitation.
1t is said that Bannerman feels in
tensely bitter toward Joe never hav-
ing forgiven Chamberlains holding him
up to the country at the time of the
late war as "a little Englander." What
makes matter worse for the Premier is
that in verbal duels Joe invariably
gets the better of the argument prin-
cipally because he keeps coo'. whereas
Bannerman is a born blusterer. though
of a plethoric nature.
But Bannerman has worse troubles
than irritating Joe" for the education
bill has proved the Liberals have
thrown a briciA into a hornets nest 1t
has already alienated an immense class
throughout the country, consisting of
the clergy and school teachers, and,
through them. vast sections of the pop-
ulation. while Bannerman's casuistry
and temporizng remarks to the
women's deputation has arrayed the
petticoat influence of the country
against him.
WOMEN SHOW STRENGTH.
1t is worthy of note that England's
women are coming to the front in a
manner truly astonishing = indeed.
highly alarming-to those politicians
who seek to oppose their progress
Burns has proved source of great
weakness to the Cabinet. Keir Hardy.
nfh Ial
dates have been bounding him repeat
edly. Tom Thorne, huge of frame.
gifted with stentorian voice, which
seems to make the -rafters of the House
shake. is true to his name--a terrible
Thorne In the side of the Government.
to whose members he pays scant re-
spect.
Altogether. the cut and thrust COM
munications which pass between the
Government and the labor party are
rapidly making a broad gapD between
the two. The Irish party. too. is fid-
getty. 1t contends the education bill
treads Roman Catholic principles.
Meanwhile the r>remier is being con-
stantly baited on the famous Angely
case. Whole lists of awkward ques-
| tions are being put down daily on the
question paper. Never was the saying.
"He who hesitates is lost" more clear
| ly shown than in this instance. The
whole matter could have been settled in
half an hour with little firmness. but
the Government had not the courage
ito admit it was wrong. So one of the
most unjust and scandalous cases of
modern times is dragged along. possibly
/ for months to come, all on account of
lack of courage on the part of the
| Government
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Faces Painted by Lightning.
PARIS. June 9.-An extraordinary
/ lightning freak is reported from Bou-
lay, near Metz. during yesterdays thun-
| derstprm a man named DoYen. who