The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-18
INDIGNATION HAS
NEARLY DIED OUT
Over Pope's Recent Encyclical
On Princes and Peoples
STANDARD OIL FIGHT
Government of Austria Has Decided 10
Take Steps To Protect Home
MISUNDERSTANDING Elec-
ton Victory

be heard among the pupiiS, 'ie
of Indignation raised by the Pope's re-
cent encyclical rejecting on the
princes and peoples of Luthers time
can be regarded as having nearly died
| out.
Prussian diplomacy has come out of
the affair with flying colors for it
has extracted an expression of papal
regret for the terms used in the en-
cyclical in German dioceses.
| Nothing more could reasonably be
demanded or expected and Cardinal
Merry del Val has suffered defeat
that threatens to destroy his prestige
| forever.
For some little time after the ap-
pearance of the encyclical apprehen-
sion was widespread that new "kul-
turkampf," this time of purely sec
tartan and not merely educational
character, was about to develop, but
times have changed in Germany since
the days of Luther and with the change
the ancient fanaticism has almost died
out. There is still plenty of the old
antagonism between Protestants ana
Catholics in Germany but 1t has shift
ed from the domain of religion to that
of politics.
The government of Austria has final
~ decided to help the national oil In :
dustry by administrative measures In
their battle against the Standard on
subsidiaries, especially the Austrian
Vacuum Oil company and so the bat
tie will from now on be conducted by
the two princes, Emperor Francis
Joseph, as the head of the govern
ment of Austria, and John D. Rookie
Teller, ruler of untold millions of Stan
dard Oil dollars.
| 1t was originally intended to strike
against the American octopus by legis-
lation, but the Austrian government
has seen that this method would be
too slow, and now quicker means to
drive John DIS representative out OF
Austria will be adopted.
The Austrian Vacuum Oil company
hurts the independent Austrian re-
fineries in two ways: Fist, by rails
ing the price of crude oil; second, by
lowering the price of the refined prod
uct, and as the government has seen
that this would inevitably mean a
| crushing defeat for the Austrian in
dustry which would leave John d.
Rock efeller in absolute control of the
battlefield, the methods of the Ameri-
cans are to be met by increased freight
rates on all railroads. AS the cowed
| Ill., Ia- H.. -
America have helped to build up the
immense fortunes of the Standard Oil
millionaires, so the Austrian state
railroads, which cannot be bought or
corrupted, are to crush John d. Rock =
| efeller's ambitious hopes in the dual
monarchy.
For the first time in his life, PROB
| ably, "Oily John" will meet his mas
ter, and Francis Josephs government
will be victor unless the government
at Washington interferes and objects
to the restriction of the output of the
American company In Austria to it's or
iginal concession of 10000 tons year,
but this the Austrian government,
reckoning with the strong anti Stan
dard oil feeling in Washington, con-
slider most unlikely thing to hap
pen.
| Another socialist election victory at
Friedberg some three weeks ago has
aroused the greatest political excite
ment Germany has seen for years, be-
cause 1t was here made plainly evident
that many national liberals voted for
the socialist candidate. That the rad
icals join hands with the socialists, Is
now taken as matter of course, but
that also the voters of the national
liberals have gone over to the enemy
shows how bitter Is the feeling among
the people against the present govern
ment.
The public is so embittered over the
Blue Black Bloc" which Is now the ru,-
ing factor in Germany and Prussia over
its financial legislation and its general
reactionary policy that support is being
given and all continue to be given on all
hands to socialist candidates as the only
means of definitely scattering It.
| How many more defeats Will be re-
CURED, asks the National Zeitung, before
| the conviction is arrived at that change
| of system Is an absolute necessity i?
Whether the policy of the liberal parties
of helping the socialists with the object
of undermining the power of reaction
aries will benefit themselves is another
| matter. The ground they now relinquish
| in favor of the socialists will be recov-
cred with great difficulty, and there is
q possibility that after the general cleo
| ton next year there will be the extreme
conservative and agrarian parties on the
one side of the Reichstag and extreme
radicals or socialists on the other, with
] the center again predominant through be-
| ing in a position to form a majority with
either the right or left as the occasion
may demand.
| Even II Princess Patricia of Connaught
had not set her heart upon marrying
Lord Roseberry's son, Nell Primrose, 1t
is easily understood that she should feel
no inclination to become queen of Por-
tugal. Although very charming and
| good-looking young man, King Manoel
has only a very small chance Of finding
suitable consort among the rich prin-
cesses of Europe for the rmonarchistic
form of government In Portugal is strug-
Cling with death, and nothing shows this
more than the fact that rich marriage
| for King Man0el is said be q dynastic
| political necessity.
1t has not been possible to find a way
out of the financial difficulties of the
royal house which were the young Kings
principal Inheritance from his assess at
| ed father The crown is in continuous
| financial distress and the state itself Is
very little better on. The financial adj
ministration is miserable and the whole
bureaucracy honey with corrup-
ton.
That the former government resigned
was due to financial scandal in Lis
| bon In which as we'll the prime minister
as the secretary of Justice were involved
Some six weeks ago 1t became known
that the great Bank Compania Ceral do