Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-12
Another Victory for Bismark.

Bismark will remain in position.
That is the news this morning The
diplomat of Germany has carried his
point. for he had, doubtless, a personal,
if not political or national purpose,
in his expressed resolve to withdraw
from active participation in the nation
al affairs Of his empire. He has done
more than that; he has evoked the
subtleties Of his opponents as we'll as
the generssities of his friends. 1t was
unquestisnably the former that he most
desired to have defined. The conduits
of diplomacy never bore him SO much
Of information that he needed and
could not otherwise obtain as have the
provocations of his resignation. He
knows to-day, better than ever, the
volcanic fires of the Catholicism he has
fought even to the pediments of the
Papal throne; he has felt the throbs of
relief which France, full of bitter,
burning hatreds. has experienced over
the prospect or the raising of its yoke
of subservisney to him, its pitiless con-
queror and reigning master, its chilling
and supprsssivs shadow behind the
Presidency of MaeMahon. He knows
what England thinks and how she feels
toward him; has seen the cold blood Of
her statesmen rise in the meter OF her
press. In fine, the capital of every
European nation has responded by
quiyers Of emotion to the test which
has been made by the willy Chancellor
of Germany.
All this has been done on the verge
Of a precipice, a gulf of war; for
events indicate that Turkey in Europe
is no longer to be problem for the
delicate consideration Of statesmen, but
study for soldiers and soldier diplo-
mats like ;Bismark, to whom war is
exhilaration and exhiiaration a passion.
I'M this conflict Germany is prepared,
unquestionably, to play it, part; and
its part never means An obsequious re-
TRACY. Therefore Bismark, regarding
carefully the destiny of the empire, has
sought to know, before involving com
plications are carried to an extreme,
whether he dare to grasp with his re-
lentless hand the vital issues of the
situation and manipulate them to the
aggrandizemsnt of his people. He has
measured the sentiments of those who
rule in Russia, in England. in France
and in Austria. For the rest-they
are echoes. He knows what Germany
needs to strengthen its cohesivenes.
and to satisfy the ambitions Of its PEG
pie. His resignation meant the aband.
onment of his policy of aggressivenss.
meant subjugation by war and by di
plomacy. The temper of his adverse
riss has been tested by means of hi
threatened resignation. He know
what is thought of him-how much ht
is needed and how much he is feared
The little act which he proposed af
fected every nation, so intricately ha:
he become involved, in some form. il
their measures of government; and NJ
actual ruler could have gone forsve
from his throne with SO much commo
ton.
Bismark remains. We may there
fore conclude that Bismark is Statistic,
with the results of his diplomacy. Ell
may now put on his gauntlsts of wa
and belt his sword in place for the con
flict with Turkey, conflict which viii
be only the core of new blood-spe
that shall blot out more than one lin
of territorial division on the presen
;, maps. We believe that it will now b
Germany to the front, either with o
against Russia. He has made his fem
ard found his advsrsarics off thei
guard. The foil of his diplomacy ha
made a scratch. It remains to b
seen where his sword of battle will cut
1t will be the guillotine of fate 70
more than Turkey. 1t is time for a
avenging wound upon this bandit; tim
for the inquisition of civilization t
vivisect this Ottoman monstrosity
time for Justice to tear away the bano
ages from her eyes. and WELD her swor
for the God which makes us all human
ly human. against what Mr.. Freeman
the historian, calls the encamped enc
my of Europe in Europe. We sha
sac whether the Chancellor of German