People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1894 — ALL GERMANY IS GLAD. [ARTICLE]

ALL GERMANY IS GLAD.

Reconciliation Between the Emperor and Bismarck Is Effected* Berlin, Jan. 25.—The greatest importance is attached here and throughout Germany to the reconciliation between Prince Bismarck and Emperor William as announced by a present of wine sent by the emperor and by the prince’s determination to wait upon the emperor after his birthday. Especial attention is paid to the effect which the reconciliation will have upon the internal policy of Germany, as it is now declared that Prince Bismarck, in addition to being reconciled to Emperor William, is also in full accord with Chancellor von Caprivi and Baron von Beiberstein, the imperial secretary of state for foreign affairs. The reconciliation, as announced, has increased the popularity of the emperor, of his chancellor and of the government, as there is no doubt that a great number of people object to the practical exiling of the German statesman. The effect of the news of the reconciliation was most marked. There was a general rise in stocks and bonds and a much stronger and more healthy feeling on all sides. The newspapers hail the announcement of the reconciliation as the happiest event which has happened for a long while and the people everywhere give evidence of joyful excitement and thanksgiving. < In the reichstag the statement of Herr Kardorff, imperialist, who said that the existing distress could only be relieved by the protection of national labor which, he added, Prince Bismarck initiated, was greeted with loud cheering; and loud and prolonged applause was occasioned by Herr Kardorff’s announcement that he felt the greatest satisfaction at Prince Bismarck’s impending journey to Berlin. One of the results of the reconciliation between the emperor and Prince Bismarck is that preparations to celebrate the emperor’s birthday on Saturday next have been multiplied and that this event will now probably be made the signal for a general outburst of patriotic enthusiasm throughout Germany. The excitement and satisfaction are not confined to political circles; in the army, among the bourgeoise, among the clergy, among the aristocracy and among the peasants; here, there and everwhere, all ranks and all ages, as well as all conditions of people, rejoice to hear that there is no longer that angry feeling between the ruler of the German empire and the great servant of the country who has done so much for German strength and unity. Thus it is that the approaching meeting between Emperor William and Prince Bismarck will be a memorable one in the history of Germany and one which will find an echo of sympathy in every patriotic heart, not only throughout the German empire, but wherever the German language is spoken. In view of Bismarck’s advanced age and enfeebled health it is not expected that he will ever again take a prominent part in polities.