New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-16
M MORE GOOD EUROPEANS.


The chatter of diplomacy still goes on in the
European capitals and every morning the
ianeIe is reproduced with ingenious variations
in the cable dispatches. One day it is soft
and low and the next il is loud and dscOrdant,
and at all times there is the dull recitatiye OF
the London newspapers But industnous.y as
the changes are rung on European interests,
the diplomacy Of the Cabinets has the hollow
sound of the tinkllng cymbal. Times have
changed since Talleyrand defined the privi-
leges and responsibilities of good Europeans.
The species seems to have died out There
are good Russians, good Austrians good Ger
mans, good Britons, but there are no longer
any good Europeans.
1t was no. so when the burning of Moscow
was the signal for the uprising of continent
against a meddlesome dynasty. 1t was not so
in the revolutionary epoch midway in the
century when Nicholas labored like a good
European to stamp out an Insurecton in Hun
gary and to promote the stability of the Con-
tnental thrones. 1t was not so during the
Crimcan War when two. Western Powers
were in alliance with Turkey for Con-
inental objects, and when Austria incurred
the fatal enmity of Russia by holding aloof III
the interest of Europe. The supreme aim of
European diplomacy, for half Il century, had
been the maintenance of the balance of power.
But there sprang up new generation that
would not sacrifice 10 the Old HolS.
War was made profitable, and by means
of diplomatic intrigues the aggressor
was released from the control OF Europe.
Napoleon III. entered upon the Italian
CAMPAIGN unCcr contract by which he was
to receive two Provinces and his silent part
ner was the Russian diplomatist who held back
Prussia while Austria was being punished for
her ingratitudc. What Gortschahoif had done
FOR France, Bismarck was next to do for Rus
Sa The cruelty with which the Polish IN
,nrrcction WIS crushed called forth rcmon-
stranccs from France, Graf britain, ana
Aust a: but Bismarck succeeded in isolating
the action of the Great Powers, and IN brng-
ing the moral force of Europe to naught. Then
came the expedition against Denmark, ana the
Schlcswig- IIolstein complications, il which
Gortschakoir looked on while his German col
league dupcd Great Britain and Austria.
France enabled Prussia 10 have her VIII az
>adown, and discovered too late that she was
10 have nothing in return for her neutrality.
-Four years aftcrward GOrtschakoN rcpresSed
the uncasincss of Austria, and enforced the
neutrality Of the Powers while Germany was
conuuering France The two great masters OF
diplomacy have been cheek by jow for fifteen
years, not as good Europeans, but as GOOD
German and good Russian, and acting on the
rrincpe that one good turn deserves another.
The map of Europe has been lecist again and
again. and the equilibrium of dynastc forces
has been constantly disturbed. There have
been few good Europeans since the Crimcan
War;
But now the prcliminaries for the Congress
are being arranged, and the dipiomatists are
DOMINIC their masks and preparing 20 attend
| il like Old-tIme Europeans OF good standing.
The last conference was held a y II ago. at
! Con,tantiuople and was an ingenious con;rlv-
ance for organizing the impotence Of the Great
Powers. There was no physical pressure be-
! hind the moral force, and the Turkish pashas
scarcely concealed their contempt IN rejecting
| the ultimaium. A. soon as the war opened,
! the old habits OF diplomacy were resumed.
| Bismarck excrted a repre->ivc influence upon
! Austria such rs GOrtschakoH had himself
brought TO bear upon the same Power dliing
| the Franco Germanic war and 1T the close,
! when the victor stood over the PROSTATE Toe.
rcpeating his menaccs and insisting upon alb
| icct submission, the German Chancellor en-
forced the policy of inaction just n his Rus
sian colleague Lad done after Sedan, when
| Germany announced the terms Of peace and
/ France lay bleeding ana heSitating on the
ground, and Earl Granville WAS half inclined
! 10 intercede for her An is this Bismarck, who
! has never been anything but good German,
now to turn about and become an old school
! European He will be more apt TO appear as
! the champion of bcllgcrcnt right, for he is the
: same Bismarck who once declared, " he de-
| &" cIsi0n will only come from God-irom the God
&" of battles, when He lets fall from His hands
" the iron dice of destiny" He has secured
Russia against the interference of Europe and
has enabled her to gain as complete a triumph
! i'm the Cabinet as in the field and he Will not
| be likely to allow the conditions of peace to he
! whitfield down by Congress held under Ger
man auspices. When the Ambassadors are in
! their seats and the doors are closed, dlplo-
matte DISCUSSES will be stripped off. France
and Italy will be listlrss spectators, and Aus
tra and Great Britain will confess that they
| have no European interests III common. The
new map of the continent will be accepted
substantially rs it comes from the hand OF the
conaueror, and the Eastern Question will be
dismissed. Dismissed, but moi settled for
though diplomacy may come to IN end, COM
plcx forces of race climate, religion and ma
iionality will remain ut work until the per-
manent solution is wrought
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