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Show NO DANGER. There was a flurry in naval circles last week, because Emperor William, on his own invitation, thoroughly examined the American battleship ("Kearsarge," Anchored at Kiel. We do not think there was much in it. If the Kaiser obtained H some few new ideas, what of it? it he is building H a great navy, what of it? If some of his officers M are dreaming of a possible war between Germany M and tho United States, what of it? It is not Ha- tM ble to come. Should it come, it will be a good M while hence, and by that time, the battleship will M be improved as much as the new "Maine" is an impiovoment over that unfortunate "Maine" that jH went down in Havana harbor. Germany now M has the foremost merchant ships on the sea; sho jH is building a great new navy; her navigators aro IH equal to any in the world; the crews on her war jH and merchant ships are all trained men. The jH Germans are a stubborn, practical and scientific jH race, but they are no menace to the United States. H If Emperor William had the will to engage in U a far-off war with a powerful opponent, he would H think twice before inaugurating it. In his life H time he hopes to be Emperor of Austria and tho H Netherlands; that his ships may have full H swing, both on the North Sea and in the Mediter- H ranean. His present empire is between France, H Italy and Russia, and he doesn't count upon either being an ally. He has enough to do at home. H True, he wants the world's trade for his ships H and manufactured products, but that will have H to come through peace, not war, for he knows U that were his navy and a part of his army to become engaged in a great fqrelgn war, there H would swiftly be trouble with his neighbors at jH home. Then ho has his own home troubles. The jH Socialist vote is a notice to him that the people H are thinking, and that behind their votes Is a bo- H lief that manhood should count for more than it jH so far has counted, and that kings count for lit- jH tie, save as servants of the people. Beyond all H 0else is the knowledge that if Germans have H planted colonies anywhere in the Now World, H they are not for him or his rule, and whatever H their troubles might be, they would never call on H him for help any more .than would the German H born man in the United States. It does no harm for him to see our ships. Until he can combine M all the surrounding powers in an alliance, there M will be no danger of a clash, that is, there is no M danger at all. M |