Show GERMAN POLITICAL PARTIES the san francisco chronicle contains an article by or dr frederick dernburg editor of the berlin tage klaft blatt which sheds much light uvon buoo the intricate subject of german politics mr dernburg bern burg says among other things that practically there are but two great parties in the german tag though each is subdivided in several branches representing so many shades of opinions on the questions at issue the military question is emphasized pha sized at present but that is chiefly a contest between the emperor and the parliament the issues on which the parliamentary groups divide are the and economic questions of the age and on these the groups are either more or lose less conservative or liberal of the political parties whose names are best known in this country the following explanations are of great interest the poles desire to retain their nationality as much as possible they demand separate schools the preservation of their language langua a and rel resen tation in the ministry and all departments of the government As the strained feeling between russia aud Ger germany tanny is intensified their friendliness tu to the latter country increases increaser they support the military policy of the emperor hoping that a war with the northern neighbor will acme time break out and result in their favor ip in si olal matters they are agrarians arians and in church questions clericals the guell guel hs ha hope hone some day to reestablish the hano hanoverian Hanover beriau iau monarchy and place it in the federation on the same footing as bavaria and saxony rhey vote with the conservatives on economic and social questions and with the clericals on pon political issues too alsatians Aleatia ns irom from alsace and lorraine Lorr alne were formerly opposed to the annexation of those two province but now dow demand political au like bavaria saxony and ancl Wurt wurtemburg Wurtem emburg lurg rhey have sometimes voted with the uati national onal liberals and sometimes with the conservatives and clericals the social democrats who have gained so much lately are said to have done so at me cost c tf f their unity they are now divided into two factions one being almost conservative thereby rendering united action difficult in the future they chiefly consist of malcontents of ail partle par lies their main desire is in to secure an eight hour law and free trade and they oppose mobilized capital the anti semites consist mostly oi 01 landed proprietors who want high protection lor for agricultural products and chest cheap money with the social democrats they agree in hating bating mobilized capital and they oppose the jews in particular on this ground the conservatives are the main supporters of the government being agrarians arians projectionists protectionists Jets and aristocrats the free conservatives are only a little more moderate in their views than the former the catholic or center party are agrarians gr arians and vote with the conservatives on economic questions on all church matters they stand solidly together and labor in the interest of rome being reinforced by Guel guelpho plis poles and alsatians they support the military bill the radical unionists and the radicals differ from each other only on the army bill they are free traders eta lists and anti aggari agrarian a nip the radical unionists support the arm bill which the radicals bitterly oppose the latter in the recent elections were almost wiped out the following going to the social democrats the national liberals are the party that cor cei veil and executed the idea of a united germany in their ranks were once the most illustrious states men of the country but they fell into insignificance when they failed to gree acree with bismarck they have no special program beyond the unity of germany from this it is plain that the various german political parties are easily divided into two groups one believes in protection bimetallism and which means special pro botio i to landed interests intel est these theae are the conservatives the liberate liberals stand up for free trade a gold standard and social reforms generally in the last reichstag the bill was supported by conservatives free conservative national liberals radical unionists antl anti semites and some clericals the numerical strength of the parties has bag been changed by the last elections but so far the government has not made much progress pro eress towards gaining a majority for the measure because the radicals were swallowed up mainly by the social democrats the majority of whom are as much opposed to it as Richt erld radical followers wore were the second ballots however may change the he condition |