The New York herald., 1872-11-22

up into Germany, taking bale and Carisfuhe on the
way, to see what opinions were Expressed upon the
relations Of Germany to France. Without kn0wi-
edge Of these opinions snd scrutiny Of the new
German Empire the inquiry assigned to me would
DO incomplete. Carlsruhe was cold and damp, and
arrsying herself for the Autumn rush or students.
did not go to Baden, as had no desire to see the
English tourists and the gamblers. and was sure ]
would find no useful Information. Frankfort was
bright and busy, with every evidence Of growth
and activity much improved. as was told, by the
Prussian rule. And the country around Frankfort
down to this lovely Rhine city was rich and fruit
lui the generous earth big and bursting with the
wine harvest The Empire certainly looked peace
fu there being no signs Of war but the ever
present Ptckelhaubess or spiked helmet which rep
resents the armed but now silent power of Prussia.
PRUssIAN's VIEW OF PRUSSIA.
was fortunate enough to meet q Prussan Of
1cer whose views struck me full Of interest. He
was ,.."ndest, thoughtful. accomplished man. who
had fouoht al, Tough the war; and wore his order
OF merit on his breast. "a. took deep interest In
America, and believed fully in the pciicy which ss'
made Bismarck powerful and renowned.
WHY BISMARCK ExPELLED THE JEsUITs. a
'What," asked, eis the meaning Of your war
upon the JesuitsS Prussia Is not afraid OF society
OF priestsSn
'sNo,n was the response prussia fears nothing
she can see, and few things she cannot see. She
can't see Jesuitism, and the removal OF the Jesuts
does not remove Jesuitism. Their smooth and
winning priests will all be here next summer. II
they don't come In their sacred cloth they will
come In tourists jackets or ride az couriers In
second class cars. or course you cannot drive
them out. But we had to do two things-tO break
their organized, disciplined power and to make an
I:e-tA. anvHf
OF the Protestant world. For You must always
remember, my American friend, that we have an
empire to build, to cement and harden, as 1t were.
We cannot do this In q day any more than you can
build q mountain In day. Empires grow like
mountains. In one you see political formations,
In the other geological formations. Each comes by
the slow processes OF ages. This Is q new lorna
ton to the German Empire. We knocked France
on the head. That was one step. We put up
Alsace and Lorraine as barrier aud o kind OF pro-
gress towards Luxembourg, and France is as far
from US as she is from England You see we did
that just as England did with Belgium. England
took Belgium and made It into O kingdom TO lessen
the power OF France And when old Louis Philippe
wanted to make The Duke OF NemOurs, his son,
King OF Belgium, remember what row Palmerst0n
made and talked about war aud so on. They
would not even have French prince on the
throne. SO they took old Leopold, one OF their
own family, and who had married George Tvs
daughter, and made him King, and allured him
to marry Louis Phippe's daughter as solace to
the shrcwd old devil. What England did to Bog,um
we have done to Alsace and Lorraiue, only az We
have more princes and grand dukes now than we
want as rulers Of our empire. We didn't take the
trouble to hunt up king in Sake e-COblrg or Hesse
Darmstadt, but just sent good cavalry commander
down there with instructions to keep things
straight" eLsa .n
PRUSSIA TO BE THE HEAD OF PRorEsTANTIsM.
"Did the JesuIts," asked, "interrere with Asace
and Lorraine or any features of that policys'
~ don't know that they did," replied my Prus-
sian friend. 'But as was saying after putting up
this Alsatan barrier between France and the Rhine
the next step was moral one. We dismiss the
Jesuits. Well 1T is not because afraid OF the
Jesuits. but we make an appeal to the Protestant
world. The German Empire wants a sentiment
behind It'll mean q sentiment that will commend
1t to other nations. Just now we have the
tFatherland and sUnted Germany and other
high, animating principles and ranying cries. TO
us they are all. 10 the world they are nothing
Now we say to the world, Behold, we are the
champions Of Professionalism. Think OF that, and as
an earnest OF that we dismiss the Jesuits.' and
I've no doubt thatin every Protestant church in
England and America prayers are offered for 'the
good Kaiser William defender OF Protestantsm.'
PRussIA's PROTESTANT TRADITIONS.
'Ts that the avowed policy in expelling the
Jesuits9" @ta5
"Avowed policies are merely phrases. am
speaking now OF what the Partisan mind thinks on
the subject. don't suppose Prince Bismarck cares
more for one faith than for another and his idea OF
an appeal to the Protestant sentiment of the world
Is not new one. It came from Frederick william,
etc c,kl
stern Protestant and liked to sit up at night and
talk divinity with the DOCTORS and nog his generals
II they did not agree with him about Protestant
ism. From him the house of the Hohenzoerns
took their strong Protestant biasn
''Is the Kaiser zealot in religious matters ?"
'The Kaiser has pronounced religious convic-
tions more than Fritz who will come after him.
The Imperial Princess is pious, with good deal OF
Scotch theology in her. But that makes no differ.
ence Frederick the Great, or ALTER Fritz as
we call him, was an atheist and the friend OF Vol
taire, and believed in nothing and carried poison
in his pocket. like q heathen; but all England re-
garded him as the Protestant King and COM
herited the legend nom his Iather-he was too
great y statesman not to see its value-and so.
taire and discussed materiaiism with XIsarotti' he
kept the chaplains singing psalms. Prince Bis
marck is simply giving life 70 an old tradition
the result Of this new policy 2"
THE TROUBLES OF THR NEW EMPIRE.
"The same old result. Germany Is lighting her
way to an empire, surrounded with cruel diilicul-
ties You do not comprehend them. We are going
through an agony as great as the agony OF war:
We know very well that the public opinion OF
Europe is against US. In Europe pubic opinion
has been controlled by three nations. First came
the Greeks then the Italians, now the French.
We have taken Alsace and Lorraine. France has
her revenge In every newspaper in Europe. Look
how they vex poor Harry Van Arnim In Paris.
You cannot imaginc more exquisite torture. In
England, and presume, in America, there are
thousands who believe every Prussian soldier
carried y bag In his knapsack and brought it home
filed with clocks. But behind this public opinion
OF society and newspapers, which jibes at Prussia
and cOldly insults us in every way, there Is a
graver public opinion which, In time, must com.
mand the other. To that we have made an appeal
which will stand well should there be- as is now
whispered, an alliance between France and Eng
land.n ~,-a : -i~
IAN alliance between France and England ~
WILL THERE BE A NEW ALLIANCE?
Certainly. That is the reply England will make
to the meeting OF the Empe 0rs Russia and PrUs-
nsxd ksvots ~Av,e