Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-25
Stirred BY POLITICS
General Elections Start Flood
of 0ratory in Germany.
IMPORTANT MATTERS UP
Revival Of the Protectionist Contro-
versy Is Expected to Develop.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND ITALY
Former Country Increasing Her
Forces on the Frontier-Ber-
Inns Big Library.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND ITALY
Special Cablesram to The Star.

Special Cablesram to The Star.
BERLIN, November 25-General cleo
tons In Germany, like those in America,
are always preceded by floods of oratory,
party circulars and newspaper campaigns.
The first address of importance was that
Of Herr Won Heydebrand, the conserve
tive leader. who declared few days
ago that Germany had suffered mon
strous affront at the hands of England,
and, as to the internal political situation,
reiterated the well known maxims Of the
Prussian conservatives. including ultra
protectionism, especially for. agriculture.
no concessions to socialism and uncon-
ditional support of the monarchs preroga-
tives.
the Agrarian League. has followed with
strong appeal for funds, telling his
supporters to give not their dollars. but
their hundreds in the confidence that the
rate of interest The drift of this cir
cular is a hint to the government. repre-
scented by the chancellor (who claims to
be above all parties and unidentified with
any, expressing fears that the chancel-
lors whole character gives cause to sus-
pect that he will be led by a parlia-
mentary majority. or in other words will
not legislate solely in the interests of
the conservatives and agrarians.
Renewal Of Treaties.
As one Of the newspaper comments puts
it. "the chancellor must feel on reading
the agrarian spokesman's circular as II
the garroter's fingers were already feel
ing lin preliminary fashion about his
throat" Herr Won Wangenheim. by the
way. reminds US that the new reichstag
will have to deal with the renewal of
several German commercial treaties. This
will probably lead to a revival of the
protectionpist controversy in Germany
While there are still people who are salts
fed that the empire owes its prosperity
to it's protective system, there are many
more whom the excessive cost of living
is driving in the direction Of lower duties.
An incident unimportant in itself but
significant as an evidence of the un-
compromisingly Spartan spirit that
animates the social democracy marked
the ceremonies attending the recent
dedication Of Berlin's new city hall.
The new building. which replaces the
old Rathhaus, is an ambitious structure
and is to be the pride of the city for
years to come. At the dedicatory ex-
ercises the members of the city coun-
Gil were invited to be present. AS the
socialists cast big proportion of the
total vote of Berlin and are a power
in a municipal administration. they
might reasonably have been expected
to take share in the proceedings,
but they declined to attend. The pro-
gram of ceremonies called for a
"hoch!" to the kaiser. and: the vor-
warts explains. good socialists can
have nothing to do with such dis
play of "byzantinism."
IF any one thought 1t necessary to
shout Hoch!" adds the journal. "he
could shout 'Hochv to the working
population Of Berlin!' This. Of course.
is orthodox socialist doctrine. but 1T
is oddly illustrative of the stubborn
ness Of socialist conviction, and Of the
persistence with which the party ap-
poses the recognition of the monarch
ical principle. even in the mildest form.
Increasing Frontier Guard.
Austria Hungary is reinforcing her
military position in the southwest in
the vicinity of the italian frontier.
According to Innsbruck reports, eight
infantry and chasseur battalions and