, 1879-02-04

TdH. Hail ad:stss.
The following observations written recently
By German whose opinions are worth notlu9,
lave particular intercAt Just now:
alt il mistake to regard Bismarck ns m enc
nv OF Socialism Itself. Bismarck Is himself
Socialist my opinion, Socialist Of the most
dangerous kind. For ho ia All Absoutist So
clalst, who dreams Of crushing Liberal ideas
md Liberal movements BY carrying out In an
Absolutsst manner d great part Of tho economic
programme Of tho Social Democrats. Bis
marck, n therefore, may be m enemy ot
Democratic Socialism, bnt 'ho Is no op-
poncnt OF Socialism itseif. On the contrary,
he secs In soeiallsrn uacans Of moro lrmly
establishing absoluta government In Prussia aud
Germany. In 1878, when ho was still an almost
unknown Junkcr, Bismarck made a speech In
the prlissian Chamber, In whtclhe said that Lib.
crai!sm was only to be pnt down BY Socialism.
l suppose you know Of his ru!ations with
Lassailc, at tllr tItne Of his conflict with tbs
Liberal unrty fn Prussia. AZ ho conquered tic
Liberal party Without Lasyallo by tho war OF
1865, thosu relatfous fell to the background,
but vcro no. broken oil TIL the Socialist move
ment, In passing into the banda OF kArl Masr,
became altogether antt-natiunaa md Demo-
cratic. Meanwhile Dtsmaeck had no need Of
Socialism. uo succcedod In attacafug tho Lib
eral party TO himself In two ways. In the lrst
place. By kulturkampf against the. Clerical
party. By takinE up the LiherM struggle
double success. LIS tueceedcd IL attach
ing. to himself q majority which was
ready TO forget nil other points OF tie
l.ilcral programme whenever It seemed poa-
sablY that Au might mako peace with the Cfcrt.
calsi ,Aa long as Bismarck would fight aaalust
otne ts,e Liberals were ready to postpone Ill ttc
political postnlatcs Of their programme. Next
bismarck succeeding IN seduciug tlls Liberals to
giys up ther principles of freedom ono after
the other; inasmuch Us he led them to deny
thosc yrsy principles rs soon is the Clcrtcaty MP
pealca to tl,sM III support Vi their own claims.
aaaipas the Liberals. The other war IL which
bismarck attached the Liberal party to himself
wus through tie idca Of German nationality.
The Liberal pnrty IL n9so thu nattonal party III
tended hls power immensely in making uso of ths
| national fccltuG OF thu Ltt,tEaIs. Hu asked pcr-
pctually TOR some fresh extension OF the sphere
Of the Herman imperial Government; and tho
Liberals, hoping that ihrsG extensions would
weaken the power Of Parsiculnrtem and of tho
little German Governments. granted all he ask.
I'd They did not perceive that their work went
bcYont! thcir wishes; nl'1 stren9thcped tho pow
| cr OF AbsoIntfsn. The must dangerous n,eas-
uro yet rotca by the Liberal party "a authority
| 10 buy up all uerman railways fur tho Hcsiuni,
Empire. Thu Liberal purity DID not sea thu Alb
WITH ali liz railways III Ills hands, tho iicichs.
ka.Eor will, OF course, hayo tho highways Of
commerce under hts control; md ho Will bo
/ ab!e to ruin industrial establishments OF to
to sell those establishments TO .le Empire. ii
| thla way t.le dream of AbaOlutlst Socialism NAV
bo realized. "A tu lhe!r lnatcrtat welfare, tbs
worameu may ee y little batter oil lhan row,
for Blsnlarck must attach them to hls cause;
| but politically the whole Germau natlon will bc
!u suhIpctlon to Absolutl&in. There will b6 no
more inlependsnse an{whoro; all tlcruaus
mean BY saying that bismarck Is not foe of
Socialism. liz Inns only maneurred 10 aasoflly
thut tIlu l.fbcrAls have voteu their own destrue-
lion; ana hc ID not now prosecuting Socialism,
Gratis. iuu have cvi!see Of this IN tic int
| that tho Christian social!sta Vt HofpredtRcf
| stuekcr In bcrlta are unlroubsed; rot 10 lie
| Democratic noeiaiists.
| NEW GOVERNMENT Or BOSNIA.
| Lnna'n Spectator, tax. H.
The Austrian Government has published q
provisional statute for le goyeFumont VI t,i}osnta
and llsr1cEoy!ua; Ths provtnces, unltr{i under
Capital srs placed unlsr the Imperial Ministry,
md not under ,hnt Of citcs Hungary ur
Austrt1. The C!ssl Government. will ID under
ttss control Of tho Foreign. 0l'lce, whllt sti'o
tlaa budget. tho customs da,ttss, aud nc
ISL lnxes vii. t,v retalucd. *
except sus.l ~ press specially on Christians.
| present, aht this existing subordinAts officials,
hut they will ha superintcndcd In each depart
lnent BY suen imported from the uldcr provinces
OF tue monarrhy. ibis arrangement IL, por-
haps, thu best possibp, while tho 6ctlon OF tic
| 6ultah's authority IL kept up: but HosniA must
ultimately be united With Dslu,.tia. Count
Appuuyi laa now to settle tho questlou which
has 50 ycsett sEF Uarnct Wolsuley, y,-namuIy, tho
right Of Austrian officials to punish strangers ln
| bOsula, who, 1t this country Is tn Ihtury =
| province belonging u tie Sultan, will I'd Gu.
! tltltd to the bsncht o. thu acspttulaliups."