, 1881-04-02

seems positively brutal. for that is no
business of the foreigner ; bot what are
we to think Of its unwisdom : Is there
o man high 10 the Prussian civil service
who is not the worse servant OF his King,
the more reluctant assistant OF the Premier.
the less Jealous head of his Department
for the occurrence of such an incident Z
Is it not certain that statesmen who feel
themselves liable to such treatment, who
know there is no redress, but who yet feel
it their duty to remain and await their fate,
must feel themselves degraded into mere
clerks, and perform their duties as mere
machines. to the direct loss OF the Admin
istration? This is no case, be it remember
ed, of securing obedience by discipline.
Count Eulenburg did not want to disobsy.
did not know, it is said, until Herr Rom
mel showed him the paper, that Prince
Bismarck cared so deeply about the matters
or was so deeply embittered against
himself. There would have been no
difficulty in asking him to resign, or, il he
refused, in inducing the King to requsat
him to give up office. Nobody in Germany
was likely to choose between Count
Eulenburg and Prince Bismarck, or to care
one straw il the former had been dec0rous.
" but finally superseded at the Ministry
Of the Interior. The official was entirely
at the Princes mercy, and It is difficult to
avoid the belief that be was Inundated of
sci. pu pose, and with a view to his punish
ment. as we'll as his removal. 1t may be
said that in all such cases there is a secret
history which tho public does not know,
- "n..oo nfsvooral n1nw hnVa hnnn
thvarted by his subordinate for years, that
he NAV have been conscious OF intrigoes
with the Court, and may have been aware
that Count Eulenburg was his snemy;
but all those are reasons Tor the removal
OF the Minister, not for morally bludgeonipg
mini in that fashion. As for secret hatred,
our complaint ls that Prince Bismarck
ALWAYS provokes it among men who must
of ali men be best aware oil his powers, and
most ready to be his faithful Instruments.
There never is a great dismissal in Prussia
and dismiasals have been numerous, Inclu.
ding. it is said, eight Ministers In i've years
but it is followed by some publication
Of papers, or debate, or scene OF one kind or
another, revealing the smouldering hatred
that has existed between the Ministers and
the Chancellor, and revealing also that as
he has never completely conciliated them.
so he has never completely.mastered them.
Either they have appealed to the King, or they
have REACTED the Ohancellors Measures, or
they have thwsrted his will. They never pull
with him. and the machine is driven either by
Prince Bismarck's tremendous volltion alone,
or nv the King himself working with Ministers
who are safes st, indeed are only safe, when they
have his direct instructions, 1t must be
nnwisdom. a certain definite failure In the
Chnncellor, which produces such a situation.
Either he lacks the power to select the right
men. men who can do the work and yet agree
with himself ; or having selected the right men
he so treats them that hatred to himself q lass
hursts the boz ds of discipline. In either case,
thare is q want which lowers the general con-
oention of Prince Bismarck's powers. We will
nor saw it is a want which must ultimately
dsstrov the Chancellor, for Frederick the Great
had the same want and never found On agent Ia
civil afaira higher than a clerk With whom ne
could work satisfactorily /; but 1t Is . want
which will one day be felt 10 Germany as
terribly as was the desert which, when Frede-
rick the Great died, was discovered TO- exist
round the throne of the great King. II the
Grown Prince ia not a very able man-and the
world never quite reads Grown Prlnoss-Gar'
MANY NAV yet, in no long time, be IN very
weak hands, for under the shade OF Prince
Bismarck no great man, rot even . great
administrator, can grow up.-Hpect0t0T.
r, FARER.