Edward Breck

“ In the case of the National Liberals this is the more to be regretted, as the party contains some of the best material in the German Nation. I have reason to believe, however, after talking with several of the principal members of the faction, that, although absolutely loyal to the Emperor and the Constitution, it is so imbittered by the slight returns it has received in the way of leading offices, that it would not be averse to allying itself, for the time being at least, with any one of several parties which it considers far below itself. ”

“ White by the Foreign Office, and the significant words of his Majesty in his late speech at the closing of the Reichstag, nothing further was necessary to assure America of Germany's neutrality. The unaccountable hostility of the German people to the Americans is instanced in many small ways, such as the fraternizing of the crew of the German warship Oldenburg with Spanish silors at Cadiz, the former drinking heartily with the latter to the downfall of America. ”

“ The author of this new theory points out that Bacon, well-known to be one of the busiest men of his time, did not have time to write even his own works, much less those of one of the most voluminous of dramatists, while historians of literature notoriously fail to tell us how Shakespeare put in the most of his time, and claims that the case is a very simple one — that is, Shakespeare not only wrote his own works but those of Bacon also. ”

“ Only a day or two ago one of the most respected National Liberals in the Reichstag, relating to me with a certain pride the compliments paid to him by the Emperor at his Majesty's late dinner to the members of the Reichstag, remarked that recognition of this kind was about all that this party, in spite of its vast deserts, could expect from the Government. ”

“ The approaching electoral campaign will offer one feature hitherto unknown in German politics, for the advocates of temperance in a certain district of Schleswig-Holstein have organized and will nominate a candidate for the Reichstag. ”

“ Their opponents — the Agrarians, the Clericals, the Social-Democrats, and whatever else they may call themselves — each have a distinct programme and know what they want, whereas the objects of the two first-named parties are altogether too general in character. ”