| Show THE excitement IN BAVARIA As will be remembered there was quite an excitement to in south germany caused by a speech at a bacquet in moscow during the coronation festi festivities when the chairman of the c committee camittee tee referred to the german princes as aa members of the suite of prince henry of prussia and prince luavis of bavaria warmly declared that the princes were not ot of tile the at tend cen dante ants of the Pru prussian arian prince nor vassals of the german empire but allies alliee of the be emperor the incident seemed about to be forgotten when a short abort time ago emperor william poured oil on the dying embers by decorating the chairman ol of the committee who made the objectionable tio speech naturally enough a man chosen to receive the representatives of the emperor la Is worthy of ef the honor ot of wearing the insignia of the order of 0 the red bed eagle but the fact that the emperor after that which happened ened at moscow made him ian an object of this honor la Is in bavaria looked upon as a new the bavarian press prees creata the matter e such and the peo pie supports this view the prince regent luitpold has bad done his bis beat to allay the feeling elinea fe among the people but only with indifferent suc cear this was waa made evident when at the close of the bavarian landtau Land tag the presiding officer expressed his bis gratitude to the bavarian royal house for its endeavors to preserve the independence of bavaria and defend its treaties the speech w was greeted with prolonged applause as aa its ita allusion allu alon to the moscow in incident aident became apparent in addition to this patriotic societies from all parts of the country send addresses ol of congratulation to prince ludvig it to is particularly noteworthy that the catholic potty party to la taking a great interest in this ibia agitation Cat hollor papers condemn in strong language the continued attempts of prussia to force prussian domination on the ind epen dent german states stated A german empire under protes prussian sias dom 1 nation anadon can not be the catholic ideal of a state the present outburst of feeling in bavaria is looked upon in berlin as insignificant it is clear however that it is a symptom of an exists exist ing condition that may become grave in south germany the erratic note acts and pyro speeches of the present emperor have always caused indignation the people there have grievance ancer hooft too among which are the taxes on wine which fall on the southern sections of the empire entirely and also the un satisfactory treatment of the mouths bouta german railways as compared to that of the prussian it if emperor william really desires to perpetuate the wurte work of his bis illustrious grandfather and the equally illustrious chancellor deflor be AC must not forget that only th the impartial exercise of his powers power to the tha equal benefit of all sections of tie me country can secure this end at first unity was affected in the dazzling rays of military splendor but this belongs to the post past unless sums some stronger means of oon con soli dation be employed germany will disunite as the memory of victories and of heroes becomes dind dial perhaps the present agitation in bavaria will be a reminder to those in power of the fact that empire building is a continuous work that it to is not the erection of an egyptian pyramid with its huge bac oka piled one upon another finally to stand for ages in spite of the ravages of the elements but the building up of a living organism that needs tender cars care and judicious treatment for the do de of all its Ita parte of which each one bas baa its own importance for the well being the development the beauty of we the whole it if so all parties will benefit by it in the meantime prince hadvig has found it convenient to repair to hungary probably in order to be out of the way tor for the be ovations the people tied had intended to give him as aft ex empro belons of their approval of his provest protest to 1 behalf of bavaria |
