New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-12
BISMARCK, THE EMPRESS. AND TIE C6OWN
PRINCESS.

From The Lon, Echo.
Prince Bismarck Is credited with saying which
bids fair TO occupy many Gcrmnn p0lltlchi
essayist; perhaps it may pass the boundary OIL the
German fathcrland, and be made The tnXt OF Jour
nalistc sermons all over Europe. When the latest
Bismarck crisis" was over one OF hls special IN
Inmates is said to have asked the Man OF Iron what
lie took TO be the cause OF these ncesSanty recur-
ring frictiOns." The Imperial Chancellor replied,
and We can imagine his grim smile which accom-
panied the answer: There arc three causes, junk
crs Petticoats. and Parsons" Phc three motive
powers of the political grindstone, which IL always
coming into dieagrceable contact with the iron
Chancellor and producing what he pleasantly calls
friction" have their sat and centre III me cour.
circles of Berlin. The collective title OF court
Camayilla il pretty freely used 10y BISMARCK al
mirers and whenever fresh bismarck crisis" Is
evolved and the German Achilles shuts himself
M in hrs tent or sends his resignation to the En-
peror the Junkers. the Pcttlcoats, or the Parsons
around the Empress Augusta, or the three in collu-
sion. usually get the credit OF beng the gnity
II is impossible TO talk for long with any
thoroughly Bisnarckian German without discover
ing now widely the opinion Is accepted although II
is only ftfully and darkly limited at in the public
press that the German Empress is tho opponent-ln
chief OF the German Chancellor and the Umpire;
Tins lady is known to be a hlghiy-cullValcd
woman and also to be aware of her own undoubted
intellectual gifts and powers; for long tine hhe
was a zealOns admrer of the genius OF the man VINO
has made her Empress and II - presumed that
the admiration would have continued to the present
day if he had been more of cOurtcr II he had pald
moIo rcspecful tribute to her mental powers or II
he had now and then asseDted to her title to utter
decisive word in the inner and outer circles OF the
Empire. But Bismarck seems to share the views
of John Knox about " the mOnstrous regimen OF
women y; perhaps his similarity to Knox ~ one OF
the incidental reasons which commend INN ~
strongly to the admiration OF Mr. SarVe. ne
great English RefOrmcr made 40 distinction be-
tween an Elizabeth OF England and May OF
Scotland and Bismarck in 1850. as IN 1856 ana
1870. makes concealmcnt of his opinion that
women ought to keep silence in the State, as the
Apostle Paul and John Knox sad they should 90 III
the Church nor does he hold that the wearing OF
rio al or a q
-eXcmpts q woman in any measure from tls segre-
cation OF her seN. Ho has too much OF the arialo-
cratic ,Junker's blood in him 10 be ard!y rude ;
too much OF l'russan to he anything but defer
entail and reverent in the presence OF MS Queen
and Empress but there is a sort OF poiltcness ana
Difference which is even more eNasperating ihdh
omen rudeness and defiance. As Sir Joshua Roy
nods shifted his car-trumpet when he heard ptlGs
and inexpcrtS talk OF Ranaele and COrrego, so BIS
marck has turned from tue Empress 10 the I.m-
peror from the Crown Princess to the Crown
Prince and from the Grand Duchess OF laden 10
the Grand Duke when these high ladies' have ven;
tured to give their advice on political affairs. All
these three great ladicS-the Impress, her
daughter law. who IS the daughter OF our Queen
aud her daughter-are popnarly credited with
powerful degree of circumstances and OF Will
whether trnly on falsely We must leave W those
who are more intimate with them than we are
Hence IL is not unnatural than the intellectual
High Churchy and Imperial Augusta should haNe
willingly accepted the position OF a standing Court
ofAppeal against Bismarck; The mgh arotocrstlc
Orthodox PrOt.stnnts. the lltram0ntane plclitcs
the hOndeurs and teud9ls. the leaders OF inc Iafa
mentary Centre, all make their court 10 hor, ana
hope to promote the reaction and undo / alhs WORK
through her influence upon tho Emperor.
The Empress ana the Crown Princess arc notably
vpIy widely opposed IN their regiOus sympaihlcsi
the former rigidly Orthodox, whlo tn latter has
the credit of belonging to the other eX RENE. They
harmonic, however. III their anti Bismarckisn.
The Crown Prince is q fayorte with the German
people; they like his homely unaS.uin NJ. tolerant.
good hnmored and noble character In hs palace
the Bismarck and-Falk ecclesIastica p0llcy mas AZ
ways been strongly approved, while the anti
English and O-Austrlan policy IN the Eastern
Question has been as strongly dlSiked. III was not
fine latter alone. however. which lost BISMARCK the
favor OF tho Liberal Crown Princess, but his I'M
lucky Jerking out of the expression, as Herr Julls
Rohde has publicly stated that he feared that Tue
intcrrnixtufe of English blont" might BRING
about a dcgencratiOnf of the "splcpdd hohen-
zollcrn race" The Crown Princess hcrcupon let
ny the winged word as the same lively describer
OF the Prilssan Court informs usl, This man Is
genuine Cromwell" The foes of tho Chancellor
Teplv--not without truth-thqt the daughter of
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert is quite as Ger
man as her spouse himself is. The Royal Family
OF England, from the time OF George J.. has been
unInixcd T,utOnic. thanks TO the Englsh Parlil-
mcnt which would never permit either Engllsh
King OF Queen 10 marry Roman Catholic "I
Greek Christian. The fact that the house from
which the Crown Princess dcsccnds IS lianoNefidn
is probably good deal more ycNatOuS 10 tlie great
PIussan statesman than the fact that IT IS Ing
lisl and when hc speaks of English blood mere -
good reason for suppOsing that ho means Hano-
yprian blood.