TROUBLE IN POSEN.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 505, 19 August 1902, Page 3

TROUBLE IN POSEN.

'THE RAISER ASKED TO REMAIN AWAY.

FEARS A FANATIC MAY ATTACK HIS MAJESTY.

AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA TAKING ADVANTAGE OF GERMAN POLICY.

Berlin, July 23 Court Chamberlain Morawaski, a Polish landed magnate, has appealed to Emporor William not to visit Posen during tho army mana'uvros to bo held in September, as His Majesty has plannod to do. Iho chamberlain foars that some Polish fanatic mifht attompt to harm the Emporor. Racial feeling is described as at fever heat, and sovcral Berlin journals tako tho view that it would bo unwiso for the Emperor to oxposo liimsolf uuneeessarily. Tho Post (Conservative) says it is informed that it would greatly relieve those responsible for His Majesty's safety to learn that ho had given up tho trip. Pro minent Gormans residing in Posen are glad that tho Polish officials and nobility aro determined not to attend tho festivities, as thcroby tho Chances of unpleasant incidents arising are lessoned. It is scarcely likely that Emporor YV uliatn will act upon Chamberlain Morawaslti’s appeal, because His Majesty never pormits himself to chango his plans on account of tho timidity of his advisors. Ho "ocs anywhere he thinks duty calls him, °and, besides, it is his purposo to declaro tho Government’s Polish policy whilo in Polish territory, and his giving up of personal supervision of tho inana;uvres would bo unprecedented. ““’"Tho Polish question is regarded as the most pregnant in tho Government’s domestic policy. Whilo no observer believes tho Polish agitation can really amount to much ultimately, it is embarrassing tho relations of Germany with Austria and Russia. The I oles in Galicia enjoy local self-government and press privileges which are not in vogue in Prussian Poland, and continual contrasts are made in tho Austrian press between tho conditions existing in Galicia and in the province of Posen that annoy this Government and tend to weaken the triple alliance. Indications aro not wanting that Russia is disposed to utilise tho Polish passion by giving greater freedom to the Russian Poles, thus creating along tho Russian frontier a Polish population in sympathy with Russia. Count von Bulow, tho Gorman Imperial Chancellor, is well aware of tho disagreeable features of the Polish agitation, ttlhl it is quite likely he will doviso measures to quiet the oxtreme violence of the Polish