The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-27
WARS COST is
BIG FACTOR IN
GERMAN MIND
Leaders Of Commerce Have
Little Hope for Future
Prosperity.
ONLY II OFFICIALS
f OPTIMISM


PAaIs. June S.-Ths Tsm1s prints Q
very interesting study II the present
state Of mind Of Germans, written BY Q
correspondent from Copnhagen. whore
he ha met many travellers from Cor
many.
He ssstns By saying how Aincult II 10
to form any sxao. idea eased on what
those travellers say. they contradict one
another % fatiy. But allowance must
always be made for the social medium
IN which they ave mixed, for instance
the man who has vtsksd Berlin ana con-
versed with the ofioial world returns an
optimist, while the man who has visited
Hamburg and seen its merchants 10 .
pessimist.
The writer s1vss an ansodots. the
authenticity OF which was guaranteed to
him by Q man OF high rank who was on
board the Kaiser's yacht at kiel last
summer on the day when the Emperor
received the nsws Of the assassination
Of Archduks Francis Ferdinand al
SaraJevo.
That Sunday afternoon the Kaiser wal
following . raos In which his yacht
seemed to BE- winning. Suddenly an Ad-
miralty launch was seen approaching
the imperial steam yacht. When within
nifty yards Admiral Won Muller. the
head Of the Marine Cabinet. was seen in
the launch holding q large envelope OF
tho form used for official dispatches.
Tho captain of tho steam zach,
awaited the Kaisers order to stop. bu,
tho Kaiser aid o seem anxious to give
II. When the launch Was within hail
by nams and made = gesture who
plainly ean that the telegram could
wait TIL the race was over.
Admiral Won Muller took his glasses
from their oase. placed tho telegram
inside II and a. tho launch passed the
yacht threw the case on board TIT
case fen at the Kaiser feet. He opened
II. read the message and grew pale
Then he was distinctly heard to murmur
We'll! Everything 10 to be begun
again.
The Kaiser informed his suite OF tn,
assassination OF the Archduke. the
yachts nag vas haifmastsd. the racing
stopped and An immediate return mad'
to Kiel.
What the Kaiser referred to 10 no,
known. The writer suggests It may
have been engagements made between
himself and the Archduke whom they me
at Konopicht earlier in June. II may
have been that no would have TO begir
all over again with the new heir TO thu
Austro-HunGarian throne. but tho enig
tlAtlC pflIa6 0pNN'tA'
Returning to opinions gathered II
Copenhagen. tho writer declares tho
dominant fact IT the present m II
the growing popularity Of the Kaiser
II was not always 10, for In January
tho conservative and agrarian partie'
were hostile to tho Emperor TO such ar
extent that n of his friends declared
that II the war lasted three month
longer tho life Of tho Kaiser would b'
H. danger. To-day everything Il
changed, the Kaiser Is as popular rs tn,
Crown Prince Is tho reverse. The sym
pathies OF the people are with him an.
they believe that ne worked TO preserve
peace in July and IL a victim of 4 wa
that was unclaimed against his will.
one reason for tho change In pOpula'
opinion IL the u~npOpularity OF the Crow
Prince. who was q hero AZ the com
mencernent of tho war. All faith in tn
Prince has gone. mainly owing to hi
failure as the head of an army In Au
gust, and tho father has benefited b!
what the son has lost.
The Kaiser's character has been pro
foundly affected by the war. Always In
clined to religious mysticism. he Is nov
often affected by nts OF melancholy anC
pietism sven in tho presence Of clos
friends. lie always visits the ohurohe'
In Poland whom on that front and oftei
enters and prays in small oountr!
churches. Ho looks old n saddene'
and undoubtedly fully grasps tho grav
ity OF his oountry's position.
After the Kaiser, the most importan
political factor IN Prussia Is the militar!
and Conservative party. This Is tn
party that desired war and provoked II
Its members are far from despairinI
OF ina victory, They are confident tina
Germany cannot be defeated and the,
are counting on the Allies CROWNS
weary and becoming divided, They de
mand the annexation OF Belgium an
northern France as far as Calais an
insist that England must be ruined an
France crushed forever. but do not wis
to ALLEVIATE Russia for long.
In the world of finance, an
industry feelings are quite different
Bankers. big traders ard heads OF In
dustry are alnost unanimous in feelinl
that Germany vii. issue from the wa!
II not conquered. at least diminished
They reckon the cost of war ard con
slider that as victory Is impossible |
IL to the empires interest to stop tn,
outlay as soon as possible, This clas
IS ready for peace, even for a cost!
peace. 1t looks forward to a Franco
German understanding which will even
tually pave the way to another wa
against England.
In tho middle class. civil service on
Gals. people with private means, edu
Gated employees, ecclesiastics, small
dealers and such Ike, a feeling of DANCE
3 growing This IL "A new thing AM
with II has appeared a sentiment o
p patriotic duty. resistance and sacrifice,
The working and peasant classes hav,
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