his issue of the Gth instant, Me.
Schrider, the Editor of the Yokohama "Eastern World," himself a German, points out certain dangers which seem to him to threaten the German Empire. There are, he thinks, " possible hostile combinations that might be formed—against germany, and which would "make the existence of the new German Empire dependent upon active istence of England. We sons to believe that the Emperor has considered those pos sibilities, and those reasons have become still. stronger in the light of news."
Mr. Sehriider is a keen rand it vigorous write and his views are well worth con: tion but of course to say that the tence of the new German Empire is dependent upon the assistance of England is a rhetorical exaggeration, gh it is quite true that the Emperor has shown recently avery marked desire to cultivate the friendship both of England and France, Phese overtures are, of conned, well P "lin both countries and whatever their ultimate result, they nest anake meanwhile for the maintenance of the peace of Europe. There is no doubt that some coolness has arisen between the, Courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg asa resuit of the operations in China, A ispateh dated Berlin, the 31st of ty "There is much diversity in the cor amen's of the Press on Ensperor William's. toast at the luncheon which followed the annual review of the Brigade of Guards. yesterday. The Krenz Zeilang'" points "out that, judging from the Czar's dispatch, no personal misunderstanding has arisen as a result of the China hsiness. The " Vos sisehe Zeitung," on the other hand, "All these things ar but culty civilities which will not tie re precarious relations. need not, however, make too nieh of any friction arising from the course of events at Peking, When a number of people with different interests have been engaged in a joint enterprise which has' turned out a good deal of a fin seo, it is quite natural that they should feel discontented with each other, each thinking that the othe e responsible for the failure. This friction, if it exists, will soon be smoothed over: it is in Europe that the " tern World" finds the possible danger to Ger-any.
The apprehensions of the Continen' of Europe.centre in the Emperor of Austri Tle is a man of 71, who has had a life of continued political and personal anxiety, and there is a general belief that it is only his per wisdom "as a ality and his statesman that hold) the, Austro-
Hungarian people together. The German provinces of the Empire have no love for the other nations that help to compose it, and there is the possibility, says the "Eastern World," "of a South German Empire coming into existence out of the crambling wreck of Austria and under the leadership of Bavaria." The thin end of the wedge, the same p"per says, is the transference of M. de Giers, the Russian Minister to Peking, to Munich. A German-American paper of the Gth of June says: "No small excitement has been caused by the announcement that for the er security of the Eastern fron tier, the towns of Passenheim, Hohenstein, Neidenburg, and Johannisburg are soon to have infantry gar-risens, The forces between Allenstein and Lyek are to be raised from their present strength of 11 batta-to 19 battalion The same paper has on the 13th of June a report from Posen: "The anti-German agitation in the province Posen (Prussian Poland) has acquired alarming dimensions, and the Government has in consequence interdicted all Polish meetings which had been announced for the Pentecost holidays in the open or in closed rooms." Commenting on this, our Yokoha contemporary says: "The province Posen bassa population of not quite two millions, and its capital, Posen, is a fortress garrisoned by Prussian What results, then, could German agitation there lead to, and what prospects could it have without ulterior aims and without secret promises of support? The roots of the present Polish agitation run beyond the borders of Posen. There may be better reasons to have the German military and naval forces at home than to have them in Chi and in Chinese waters, although affairs in China are far, very far indeed, from being settled."
The German Empire itself is not one entirely homogeneous nation; it. lis a eongeties of large and small States, umted into one mass by the pressure of the war with France in Is70. It was united to last, but in such masses disintegration often begins to set in when the pressure that united its component parts is lightened. There may be divergencies of interest, such as there are in every people between the agricultural and {the manufacturing sections, which jlead_to prolonged contests in the ment and sometimes thwart the designs of the Emperor himself there are no signs of any import disintegration. Germany is as firmly united as ever against any outside influence for harm. It has pable and farseeing Emperor in whom his people have confidence, arge and devoted army and navy, people determined to maintain the unity and freedom of their Fatherland. There are few probable tests that, such a combination will not successfully resist, and pleased as the Emperor William my well be to be on good toms with England and France, he knows that the existence of his Empire is still dependent on German might and German valour, which will not fail him at a pinch.
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