The recent telegram of the German Emperor censuring the Bavarian
Parliament for refusing a vote of £5,000 asked for some purpose connected with art has evidently roused strong local feeling against his Majesty. Dr. Schadler, for instance, a Clerical Deputy, addressing a farmers' league, has condemned his action in strong terms, denying altogether his right of interference in "a confederate but not subject" kingdom. He asks why Prussia should scold Bavaria, or why the King of Prussia should publicly use opprobrious expres- sions to the Centre party in Bavaria. He threatens the Emperor distinctly with an "answer," both in Munich and in Berlin, and " repudiates in the most decisive manner " interference by " the Presidency of the Confederation " in the domestic affairs even of Reuss-Greiz. The Emperor has, in fact, stung what Mr. Balfour calls the "subordinate patriot- ism" of the German States, and will feel the effect of his blunder in the Reichstag, if not in the Bundesrath. It is known that the German Princes feel keenly the Emperor's attitude, and every little State, encouraged by the resistance of Bavaria, will show itself more independent, if not in action, at least in speech. William II. is most unlucky in his use of the telegraph.
