New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-10-11
THE EUROPEAN ALLIANCES.
s,c-,s OF COMING STRIPE.


INV prrNcu 6y Wallis MhKFs HURRIED VISIT
To rAnIs. AND sTUpIoUsLY AVOIDS MEETING
| Frl%CH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SILL PRESS
ING ENGLAND TO SEIZE IG1Pl--IfL INTENDED
MARRIAGE or KING ALiHONso AND TIE AUs-
THAN ARCnrUCHEss DEEMED ISMTcAL TO
TEfNcu TsTFRFsTs-PEiNCE NAPOLEON AND THE
CIiEi,AL PARTY.
FRoE TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF rIE Tnir"NB'l
PAls. sept. 2G-Ihe Prince Of Wales, Tor the
frst time ia hi, Il lc, has iun through Paris without
haltng 10 dine with gay French friends at res
famrant. and finish tie evening At theatre.
Vatinus reasons are assigned ,ar ihe dying nature
Of hi visit Tie only good is that OF Lord Ms
Lur,'- new diplomatic departure. To AVOID appear
ing crcumyrutcd or defeated by Prince Bismarck
who is now the master II vast aggiomeration OF
mili.arr force and to some extent dominates the
continent Of Europe. the English Cabinet wishes to
pass for hi. ally. The German Chancellor, who j.
much more afraid of English soldiers aud sailors
than Of the personal influence of Queen We
torIa at tho Court of Berlin. is not sorry
f. draw Great Britain az well rs Austria ini0
his orbit and to assist the former Power IN arrest
ing the growth Of I'm ,sia Not TO be exposed 20 the
hamperiug effects of the autograph letters from her
Britannia Majesty 20 the Emperor al Germany, who
holds IN aiirctipnate esteem, aud. indeed, Nrneia-
ton. his good sister Of England. il is agreed that if
Great Britain folds her arms and holds her tor gre
in the event of France being attacked ard beaten.
she Is to be helped bv Germany to take Egypt and
to keep it. 1his Republic will have too mich to do
in looking after her defcnccs 20 get Ia the way
Of Lord Bcaconsleld at Caro- and Alexandria. Of
fetal England Is far from desiring tbs over
throw OF dismembernent OF France, hateful
to it as is the form OF Government under
which the French people choose to 1--we but with
its hands full in ASIA and in Africa, and an agrcui-
tnral crisis and commercial depression at home,
il is lmpOtcnt to prevent hostile collision.
which is more imminent than is generally supposed
ON the priucpleo OF the half loaf beng better hanno
bread Downing Street will console itself with
Egypt tor what il cannot help: and "a the general
elections approach, Lord Beaconsied will 20 TO the
| country with new jewel, which lac has obtained
| by means OF the AusirO-German alliance, to SCI IN
the crown If the Indian Empress. IL may be- that
Lord Beaconsield calculates that France and Russia
! allied may give bismarck and his new ally harder
nut to crack than their teeth equal to- If they
do. the Power, which seem ready TO assume an an
tagonistlc attitude may mutually balance ole
another.
| The negotiations between the Cabinets OF Berlin,
| Vienna and st. James have been no secret To- the
Prince Of Wales. who was constantly tod. IN order
30 ALLEVIATE him from the French. that Premier Nad-
dngton was vcx.nc Lord Salisbury toan insuieraoic
extent, ard tripping HIM mp whenever lac had
chance The proposal - hand Egypt over 20 Syn
dicate of the European Powers. which the Downing
Stree, organs now think 80 morstrons, Is four
years old, and | heard Gambetta speak of
| it long AGO TO English diplomat rs
the best mode Of dealing with the Egyptian
question. Compliance was expressed, but I'm a tone
Of voice which betrayed disapproya To hav,
found ont this Autumn that such project was
! hqrlor-d was 10 discover that "Qucon Anne j.
dead At the same tnue The CahuI insurrcctiom
gave q dan rrrous imp1rtlnc boz Lord salisbury
eyes 10 tac plan have mentioned for dealing with
| Egvrian affairs which il did not earlier present.
Bismarck nae discovered that if Russia were amcn-
Der of ic syndicate-and she could not boz excluded
from it, she would insist upon the SUcz Canal being
northumberland is, open only TO merchant
! vessels conveying merchandise or - ships
| of war hot bound hostile mission.
Hence it Soud follow that transport vessels
laden with English troops on their way to
India would he stopped, inasmnch rs France draws
closer and closer toward Russia. and would not OPP
pose her proposals in the Egyptian Syndicate. At
Berlin it adroity given out. aud II was believed
at Downing Street that General ChanZy WIS sent a.
Ambassador To st. Petersburg TO enter into cOmmu-
nication with the Grand Duke Michael and Gen
cral Todcbcu and when Dee had proved TO them
that France and Russia would be more than match
for Germany, TO solicit alliance between Pres
could not but exasperate the Royai Family Of Eng
land against the Republic; and it may in degree
account for the mmodcrate show of official grief
at the funeral of the late Prince Imperial.
II would he very awkward for the Prince ofWales |
who la, publicly asserted his love for France, to
meet French friends sufficiently patriotic not to
feel nettled at a cordial understanding between |
Austria, Germany and Great Britain. His Royal |
Iighness pushes the virtues of sincerity and truth
fitness to the extreme point, where they become |
defect lie burts out everything that Is IN his |
mind. There is no worse dissembler IN the world, |
unless when the social courtesies being prac- |
tised then he viii put up with all kinds of persons
and things painfully disagreeabIe to him, with
smiling face and good-humored manner. Lords
Beaconsiicld and Salisbury know he is n bad dis |
sembler and il seems certain that one of them en-
treated HIM to keep out of the way of political |
Frenchmen. whose business II would be to learn of
him TO what extent England has been drawn by |
the fatalities of her Asiatic situation and the spir
tied policy" of her Cabinet into the orbit OF Ter |
many
Calls were made at the Hotel Bristol by VI |
Waddngton. but by none of the other Ministers
who were in town when the Prince passed through |
His Royal Highness cont" when the visit was |
paid. Ii must have gone hard with the Prince To
have given mot al home" orders for he Is courtesy
itself IL must have gone harder to have renowned
jolly little dinner at the Cafe Anglas and bouf6
opercta His Royal Hghness did not IL travelling
10 Copenhagen by way of Darmsadt, where he |
wanted the children of the lamented Princess
Alice pass through Sira Sburg. The route through
Metz is the shortest, and in taking II the Prince
avoided meeting the Emperor and Empress OF Ger !
many, whom he holds IN less affection than esteem |
In negotiating the match between King Alphonso
and the Archduchess Christina. the Due Decazes |
had no idea that he furtherug the designs of
Prince Bismarck, who is anxious before he picks |
another quarrel with the French to make sure of