The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-28
Warming ISGIVEN,
N. N||O'MO|RE INTEREST.
Germany No Longer Bothered
by Frances Affairs in
# Morocco.
ANTE-ELEcTloN MANoEUvRE
Discovered That Famous Com
poser Schumann Was a
Revolutionist.
ny FREDBRIck WERNER.

Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch.)
Berlin. May 27,-Aftcr giving Franco
an official warning through the "Eord-
deutsche Allsemelne zeitung" not to
violate the terms of the Algeciras con.
vention, the German government has at
{ last givon up an Interest in the affairs
In Morocco. which from the very first
was recognized as an ante-election ma
noeuvre, and the conservative. press
mas not been slow in obeying orders
from above. Germany'B interest, aside
from domestic affairs. has been entire
iy focused on England and especially
on the labor insurance bill OF MIR z Lloyd
George. which Is framed on German
lines. fact which has greatly fatter-
cd our national vanity.
With just pride we recognize in the
English bill writes the Berliner Tase-
blatt. the German model, but this
should not keep US from studying
Lloyd Georges plan in all its details
It takes no more than : cursory glance
10 see that the English bill has been
drafted With farsighicdness lmpos-
.tns magnitude OF plan. that leaves the
German law far behing compared 10
the English bin. The German law more
than eter shows Itself to be rather
clumsy attempt of bureaucracy re-
luctanuy forced into some semblance
OF action. Tho bill OF Lloyd George Is
masterpiece which entities him TO
statue in Westminster Abbey.
And one mus, not forget that the
plan to improve the conditions of the
English workingman comes from the
English Minister OF Finance himself.
The little nan who has overcome the
selfish objections OF the large landown-
ers against moro just distribution OF
The burdens OF taxation. has with one
move advanced England to a position
in the front rank of nations. where
until now Germany stood alone
Three little words have OF late kept
Germany in state of great excite
ment You saw them as headlines In
all the newspapers and you heard
them in conversa ton and discussion
everywhere, the fateful words ~ So
cialistic Chief Mayor (Ober- berger
meistcr).
Such d phenomenon was hitherto
unknown in Germany; II was one
which nearly every one thought inn
possible when suddenly the news camo
from stuttgart, that chances were
that the next Mayor OF that city would
be Socialist
The news came as a terrific shock.
not only TO the Conservatives. but
even to the Socialists Themselves. A
Mayor has certain duties OF represen-
tation which he must fulfil during his
tenure OF office. and in city where
the King resides he Will be Invited to
attend all public festivities at court
Some day he gets an order and ten
or fifteen years later he Is usually
knighted. Were his "Genossen." his
hociallstic brethren. to permit such
thing? The answer was yes and no.
The bosses of the socialistic party
In Wuertemberg decided to nominate
the socialistic member OF the Land
tag. DR.. L!ndemann. their candidate
for Mayor on the condition that In
his new position he would promise TO
obey all the regulations and principles
OF the party losses
DR.. Lindmann was willing-nay,
anxious-to become Mayor but
would give no promises TO the politi-
cal bosses. and reserved himself the
right to fulfil all his duties a Mayor.
even those to the crown. That is TO
say. II he received an Invitation to
attend festivity at the royal court,
he wanted to feel free TO accept it,
The result was that he was Endorsed