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TRIUMPHANT GERMANY.
w1n1 THE GLORIOUS PEACE BE LAs2
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Civil and Military sentiment-An En-
glishman's Look into the Future: Z

Civil and Military Sentiment-An En-
| glishman's Look into the Future:
Berlin Correspondence London EeWs.l
It isnow In the German capital the day after
the ball. The ball was q great success, and the
fddlers and the dancers kept 1t up with un-
tagging perseverance. But everything must
have an end, and trlumphal demo ations are
not to be maintained forever, however ardent
the enthusiasm. Now, the face of the ball
room beauty Is haggard and her eyes are
bleared The ball-dress lies rumpled, soneo,
and ragged round the skirts. Berlins
| that the ruching Of laurel leaves, oak plants,
and pine coils faded and lost their bright green;
ness. But still the ribbon banners and the sasn
pennons haunted bravely till Monday, and then
came such deluge OF rain as has not otten
been seen In Berlin or anywhere else; ~
woefully bedraggled the cheap fnery Wmcn
the triumphant beauty wore 80 persistentiy;it it
made her uncommonly muddy all over, and
must have stirred in her bosom refectlons
auent the eyanescepce Of ftinsel in general. 10
drop the metaphor, Berlin is in the weather
| dumps. There Is o big drop at the emu OF VIC
| torys nose, and Germania looks as II sne
| would fain borrow carriage-umoreiia 10 Keep
the rain off herself and .Alsace and Lorraine.
| don't think the rain is at all a bad thing for
Berlin: there is an allegory In 1t which symbol
ICES the uncertainty Of human THINGS. But
| two DAYS ago the glorious suushlne-emoiem
| of that splendor Of German prosperity on
which the heavens themselves were glaa 10
| shine-seemed as If It would last loreYeri tne
doWnpour of yesterday, demonstrating Tue
| ickleness of the weather, may well remind
the thoughtful how Fortune can be as caprlci,
| Gus as are the skies. a condition OF general
| moisture has strong tendency TO damp OUT
any exuberance of o cock-a.hoop triumph.
| And do not think one could claim to De o
Truthful reporter who did not testify 20 ms re-
| coenit!on In the last few days Of a weakness In
| this direction. There is good deal OF human
nature in most people, you see; and human l
nature being weak, Is apt to give way 70 im-
pulse, association, and the influence OF tne
| hour. What is the influence ol the nour E. 10 10
| which o triumphal entry takes place 1ou
may split hairs assiduously, ana :ara%e " SUD SUP
ltle distinctions between the emotion OF spe.
| ci6c triumph and generic enjoyment
of la qlorte; but the two have plaguy
! pronensss to run into each other. nave
| been warm and as trust conscientious, ao-
mirer OF the German character, its modera-
tion, its self.commsnd, its love Of peace. BUT
! drink will make demon of 9 saint, ana
triumphal entries form an intoxicating tip
ple very dangerous to those national charac-
| terlstIcs which have admired; for. after all,
national character ls but faggot, SO 10 speak,
| of Individual human natures bound togethef.
! I was not among those who thought tnat sncn
magnanImity could be expected OF the Ger
mans as to take the Initiative in proposing
peace after Sedan; OF tina! twas to be expece-
ed of them that they should ultimately ratliy
| peace without taking something to snow LOT
| their fighting work. We live In the age OF
| iron, (mingled with that of brass,) not 10 tnat
of gold. But / do think that it would have
been O splendid moral yictory-a thing to
benefit herself In the presenta and In the future,
and 20 have kindled the admiration and re-
spect OF posterity-i Germany, after her war,
| had come to her peace without physical e1-
! hibltion of her triumph. Her triumph would
| have been none the smaller II Berlin nad not
! hoisted flag or erected statue; It is none
| the greater because the streets of Berlin have
resounded, to the tread and the cheers OF a
victorious army bearing the eagles ana oan-
ners of the vanqulshed.
CIVIL SENTIMENT.
Not that the BerlIners overly craved any
| more fighting In specific words even when the
efferyescence of the triumph was atlts highest
in them. There has grown up fashion OF
J11zunting at the possibility ofany more war, q
,Cbhbit OF ridcultng any one who hints az See
H6g. by reason of a long range OF VISION, q
cloud no bigger than mans nana Ia! away On ~
the horizon. It was Q sagacous student OF
human nature who made the sententlous' COM
ment, s.Methinks the lady doth protest too
much.n Not that do not believe the Berllners
are not quite genuine in their protestatlonsj
/ but then I DO not greatly like the manner OF
these protestations. Alexander the Great was
o professed fighting man, who, when ne hso
was TO conquer, mot including himself, sat
/ and wept because there were no more worlds
| to conquer. The Germans, fighting men only
i under compulsion and protessed people OF
peace, having conquered everything that has
stood UP against them. do not, IKE Aexan-
der, blubber for more antsg gonlsts, but rub
their hands in self-congl glatulation that as
adyersarIes are reduced to an impos-
sbility, there is peaceful future before the
Germf! Empire. Here is transaction OF an
| inscrip,. on one of the triumphal pillars:
"Who shall fight with the Germans now! there
i fore wei shall have long peace There ls
i truculent intolerance here Of anything sup
posed capable of claiming an equality OF tgnt.
Ing power with the Germans, which submit
lis not the proper basis on which to rest the
| conviction OF q long peace. It ts exactly paral-
lelin conception, although 1t does not 60 80
far Rs the peace.recipe which the Romans
under Agricola administered to ancient GAZE
donia, prescription which Tacltus makes
plain. spoken old Galgacus tabulate In the pitny
phase. tsSolitttdinerp tdci,t1t pdcem appellant"
And make bold to assert that the reasoning
of the Inscription is the reasoning IN the
hearts and on the lips ofmost Germans to-day.
It ls not healthy line Of reasoning, since It's
obvious converse Is III any StaLe preSuues U
think Itself equal to Germany In military
strength, then we shall Immediately war"
| do not say that the Germans have let their
reasoning faculties carry them specifically to
the realization, tar less the approval, OF this
converse position; but do not see how either
they or any one else can refuse to recognise its
logical truth.
FEELING IN THE ARMY.
I have mingled much with the soldlery
during the last few days, and gladly testify TO
their anxiety for no more fighting IN thelr
generation. They are eager TO tell OF war IN.
cldents, of long marching, Of ofhardships, OF hot
fighting and OF heavy losses-.the severity OF
the loss always comes as Clenchtng argu.
ment to the hardness OF the fighting. There
is no personal brag, but natural laudation OF
the valor shown by the battalion and company
to which the narrator belongs. But they are
not men OF blood. There Is no fppant gloat.
Ing over scenes Of butchery; no eallous talk
how many "Red Breeches" Hans skeWered on
his bayonet, or Heinrich spitted on his lance
point; none OF that restless lust for warfare
which a war Is so prone to stimulate in pro
iessonal sotdiery. They have fought the fight
they have got their medals; they are full ol
war stories, the budget OF which for years To
come they will unfold In the cottage porch, or
the chimney corner OF the smithy;
and although prepared to do as they
are told, whether to work all night
unpackng q baggage-train. OF TO march
against the martial Inhabitants of Kam-
schatka, they are very anxious to
get back into civil life; and, having done their