, 1881-04-01

question !A Min lCtnI l1farltaaM by tho Nurnlhn
Eouncl nf Minister'S wtlrthor it would tut In
tf'4sle t0 restrict thu right of nsynm III differ
rnt Stntcs so ua 10 prevent its Hbusu l'y foreign
ruyntlltlonfsts.
WIint DOES I'LL thle mcanr II seems to Ililtsentr
tftt Tho pr1noatt1un nf lrnf. v. atnrtcs for Tho
formation ct aecon,l ttniy Altanco "a receiving
ecEnns attention. Whatovor tnay t,n tho lntcn-
ttnns md pnns for tho future or tho yotE E1nt
Alexander iii. TT rcfcrencs IL European nnlftfds
81 t,,,cil souns to te eortnin; TINT hu understands
The paramount necnasisy Of tlrst strengthening
and farllfyInH hls OWL throne hnfnrc lie CHI Mt
tuck tho thrt,nt Of n1iy OF his nofKhhtrs.
According to st. Petersburg tspntchps, tho fcpl.
t1lg III Nusslnn Court circles IS constantly Ill
crGnsnK TINT NIL Dttl0r pa!ttenl considerations
mist, for tho prcsont at Ienst. yioIl to tho liked
determination Ut total annihllntion OF the Nfhff-
lists.
Although II IL true that tho headquarters of
tho Nlhll1sts nrd rnKloltus arc Mt Gcn0rn, Swift
zrrland. Emperor william md bismarck could
tlnrdly ho induced To Rt,ncx tho SwIss ltcrnhll0
IL Gurmnny. bGtattse 1t would crrtninly bring
nbont 'wtat tho uor1nnn Government In tlcsirots
tn PREVENT. O.: gcncral European wnr, l1tEs
ttnt Tho German Emperor should GLADLY stretch
forth ILLS hund mud lend Ills Influence to the fnr-
nation ut annthor Holy Alliance for Mutllnl
protection against co,lspirntots and Nihilfst4.-
TINT t,st,not Aatust my nc utter tho attempts
tnndc upon his ow, tire by soelallstto Assasns.
And Frarols Joscpl, Of Auatria wnl not
lics.ntc. tnler such circumstances, tu
10 tho third Ia tho compact. Why
should not Alexander III. follow III tho
footsteps of hie grand uncle Alexander l., who.
OIL tho nth Of September. lS1h, ftli,,es tho first
Ifnly Alliance with tho King uf Frussn and Tho
Emperor OF Austria fur mutual projection nnd
assistance aHa1nst til revolutionary elements
nna tho PRONUNCIATION NJ thcir firns, which hnli
eliminated III tho rcIgn Of Napoleon and ss,akon
thu thrones nj Europe to thotr very fusntlatnns2
This sn-cnIctt Holy Alliance WIS not II treaty
entered Into by tho Stutcs hut Il was nnton uf
l,c..rts on tho pnrt Of tho crowned potcntntes.
c.nnnnt!ng from personal, Friendship and hascd
ur0n tho terrible sfcrtngs nntl tlsstrcss hroliKh
which tloy Ind f1nssea together tnrnx tlls Nh
1,uteonlo wars. All tho Princes Ut Europu ionua
this "unun of hearts" with tho exception Of
the rrlnee~l ~ltcrent OF England mud the Pope.
Blnco tic sleath OF Alexander l., this fi0ly
Alliance lost Its Importance; tho reyo-
tutions OF 1870 and 1918 forced tho
manarcus nj Eurnpe to look out for themselves;
Napoleon TIT. throw nsIlo whit was lott ar tho
trenty Of tho Vleunn Conference, md lsfs-
narrk Knre it tho Inst pi'rttug Kick Mt antlowa.
hut wo.!l rlot TINT sntnc 1lsnarck uilt1 hls En-
pcror bu Rn1 to-day to eA1l Into oxfstonc1 n9a[n
whit long ssuco Inns dcpnrtcl? Are not tho
ttrUncs Of thu crowned heads Of Europe shEkon
| ngNln tn tho very foaudntluns7 Il tho hy tham
| 50 much Iruutetl revolution not constantly
marchIp4 OIL, mud uru not assassination and rcgi-
eide declared 10 be tho order OF the lay Dy ttioso
who III secret eonolavo 1T Ue,tuya. Lo,ltlon, an
| puris ,'frcct tue movements Of tleir terrible
| revolutionary nrKni!zntinns?
If 1t Is lnjldioous for llussia, under tho pres"
| ent condition OF things t0 prbyuko Il war With
Germany. wuull lit mt bU 1lldldiONa OF her CzNr
tu cHt Into life ngan the tleflIHet l1oy All|nncc
Tor tho protection Ut Ills life and tho security nf
bis throne? 1t may bc tlA,t tllese pnhs, rnter-
taInc,l by tho rulers Of Jsussa anl 0crnlauy. na
fBflIeutn ly thp t1fsnltcllr3 will 9 unH)t upforD