, 1870-03-27
FAMOUS EUROPEANS.


Ap7it Number.
FAMOUS EUROPEANS.
The Right nnd Ccutrc of tho Nund
Parliament.
Erittrn for Th4 Chicago Tribune.
To the right Of tho President sit tho mam-
beza composing the most obstinate OF sha old
fashioned Conservative party. Tho faction
numbcrs fifty-1iue most rcspectAhle-loolng
gentlemen, about three hundred yeArs behind
their tjnc, rho ocrakionallE join With the forty
" Free Conservative " members in voting down
rome measure OF tho diareputablc SahonA-
Liberals, or in conassuing 10 oblivion some
suggestion Of the revolutionary Left. Froiher
ard Gtneral ron Moltke is one OF the most
noteworthy Of these pat1icaan fossils; in rAr
he f,as proved himself most able soldier In
pcacc, ~ . politician, be has turned out u
force. Ho would cnt every political knot, and
choke law, martial or otherwise, down every
Citizens thsoat. Born in 1900, in Mocklen-
burg, he received military education, and has
teen, since 1897. in the prhssiAn service. To
him, it IL generally conceded Prussia il indebted
for the uueccss Of the campaign Of 1856, he
having planned the whole. lie is gray
haired, tmooth-ftccd, slow.mosing man
net near 70 stiaiy military in hi
carriage as General ven Stcinmotz. The
during tho war OF 1866, il several years older
than IoItkc, wears dasling wtitc nsoustacho
and il beau among tho ladies', Hs WAY
married eome two ycats bince to = lady of
scarce nineteen summers. His influence il
greater in tho army than ~ politician. It is,
r.. 1.rx, b.
OF tho Conservative fAction Ara 1ruseiAna,
about half If The Free Conservatives belong To
the eame portion Of the bund, xhiIa fully
tl1ce-fourtlA Of the National Liberals and Of
the Left represent tue other States OF tbs con-
federation. The Minister OF War, General Won
Iloon, ia another Of the noted Conservative
members, Who brings respectable reputation
as writer Of geographical and military worls
with him to lis eeAi Then there Id tho Oldest
man III Parliament, FreiheH son FzsnkenbctY
LuttwigElorf, who, every session, calls the hs-
scmblS to orLer until President il chosen.
lie haa tue unenyiAblc reputation of being the
man who conducted Tie investigation Of the
ness 10 tho satisfaction Of tho rrussiAn Gov
elnneut within year. he hns been naAn Of
tremendous snergy and ftmness+ having on
several difficult occaElonH been appointed 70
ca11s out radical refosms IN vA1ious disordarly
--I11!---- ~ the kinGdops.
Mageuet is one Of tha shrewdest uoIit;eiana
she o1g.nizer Il "a IT, Y Cd feua.ls: hs ta
and the first mover In tho plan 81 nnSss9sa nS,aas
suffrage.
Under the old system there were three
.elseees Of vote1s- For example, say that IL
Berlin there were 100000 people who uai,l
100. 600 thslcrs in taxes. Thesa e4xes ecre Of
course not equally distributed. There vera
psshspe goo p1nperty -holders of the first clasa
class paving f1,a srronj "A MN th.iaru snc1
finally the great MAS Of the people, tic r.
naming q. 100 who paid the last 81 zoo thalels.
The tirst zoo property ~hnldets hs1 as many
representatives. "a the last 1000. Wsgrrer
conceived the idea that, - ! Tremendous NJ
out-bsd the radicals and CHOKE discomfort hy
the granting Of tho uost Inviting political
suSar-plun tn the power Of = government to
give The old fossils wcre Aghast, and nothing
but the feas Of losing a influence caused them
to conrent: They had an instructive idsa they
n, We're .l, pla,ing with fro, but tho smooth,
now yotess would support "'1i tSei. og Cd
leEitimist policy. Tho a1st olochou was ~
satisfactory as they lad hoped, bat j. feusins
to he aeen whether the ne1t one viii be 20.
tie &c u feaas sasai .tsy easen 70 s M lii Im Im
handsome estate. Ho u The seTs beat speaker
Of the faction to which ho belongs.
Next to tho Conservatives sit aome thirty
mems'ofs calling themselves tie faction oY the
Centre, whose Isoltical platform I nvye1 layc
., Peep aele to define. They ain principally to
fectlS Wiling to Do, e4ceptihg when ulera IA h
elose contest, and then no mortal being can
tel, until lucy risc to their foct, bow theT IL.
tend to yote- 1hay are as apt to vote for
Consecutive as for National Liberal 1ae4s-
we, md hare even touse1 tho laughter Of Ae
aouso b. voting with the Lett. Then there Is Ia
tae faction Of Tie advocates Of the doctrine Of
:. iree nH1lon. They aro mainly represents-
tires Of the provinces who1e addition to thc
btne may, perhaps, have not bccn quite 30
mush matter Of election ~ could have been
deaired They vote-weu, they .uto ~ they
I,lcaae-wildls, not even - faction together.
There arc but fourteen Of them, which Is, per-
haps, fortunate, considering their diyeraifF of
sentiment. There is al.s, faction Of cici,.
teen members known 10 the iuitiattd a. '.Co1-
sdtutiouai Cnioniats,~ TIe1u arc several mem
Dsis s.s' l1om Aanoyer among them, 70 their in
xot.d, Icasly IL, asainat tic pscaeut conaI-
futon.
But the great Party Of Parliament NJ Of The
hntd, III TO fE AZ present influence il con-
ceEned, il that OF tho National liberals. Some
eighty neml'ert represent it, occupying pretty
"a morc brain, morn learning, and better ora
tory among them than in any three OF tho
other factions There are few Of the ultra
lsadltals Of 1913 among thcIn-to their dis
redit according TO popular notion, Hlich cxu-
not forgive this apparent desertion Of tLeir
patts u those old aAy4-halloweI days, 1rounl
a!aeh TIC haio Of Impossible liberty has cast
.ta 6loW. There arc Jew representatives Of
ka'o .tlstoefacy, but. As 4 rule heae Rouuenen
a5o lawyers, Judges, university professors.
eistSs snen. and l'ossoseosu OF small lanled
t.saa sts,nes-p1e,sninonsly the naiddjc elAss They
ntddle.men generally do. Whom tho sup1,o-t
ai :ztiieai measure would hsyc secured fnttnitn
good, they Lave invAziAbly failed In courage kui
pefslste,.s5. !hey psuteased tho greatest diao
sakahs sctioh With tho oonsGtuuon, aud got H.
most to naaa they voted for il. t6eroby
toraver The consistent Left II i
exactly the old t.rk played By i similaT p.,ty
III 1sa.s-iust when their bo1dnees might haya
secured the end desired they falterei and ran
Away-as i psavesl, to iisht anoshes day, tot
eoy, ay o. a,sl 9sa .s,1 ss %sa ass 1yS ~ Old
Their constituents Arc pretty much disgustod,
md, fe~ dAss einee, called ! meeting n Dor.
in 70 Organize new Middle pa1ty.r With i
,lAtfou upon which tho now mo,nbc1B ca, be
1ceted early no1t autumn It cannot bo de-
ned u.at the compromising spirit OF tho Ma
ionA)-Lbersls hiss secured some advantages,
ND, in 20 fAs ~ the rights Of The ptisate citi.
EN- aze concerned. they have really pzevailed
tpon tho government to ASreo TO morc liberal
'4liCy than it drut intendea It is, however, |
'sievsd that many q tho journals represent
hE tic party Are dsabsidisci by the Kor1nornt, |
I i.o consequently tho faction itsek u in rsstiG
-se".Tv alton which End distinguished their par
;, taeT edsuI1laccnds make uso Of tho s1raa |
asoncnt onee nscd by Talley1xnd; at docs
.os smt every one 10 ba crushed under tho |
~ ~ VI Inc cNt.ase ntat Is to b. ovcztnpwn."
7. atAan nany Of them rasaualle Tho yuuth IN
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