, 1881-12-18


Paris Correspondence London Standard.
Considerable sensation has been caused here
by very remarkable volume which bus just
appeared under the title OF mission Actuelse
| deg Souvcrains, par Fun deux," supposed to be
YFitten By the King Of Bavaria. The writer
tukes his starting point from the indfsputnble
| fact that the present stAte Of Europe may be
cuiled state of siege, an armed truce over
which the sovcreigus keep guard, Until some
one OF them attempts to estnblish his supreu-
acy In this military and diplomatic competition,
when his epheuierai triumph proves Us costly
| and destructive hts defeat- The preface OF
this remarkable book Is specially Interesting, rs
it deals very fully with the present state OF af-
/ fairs In Franco:
/ Ever since the Treaty OF Wcstphalia, or. to be
more accurate ever siuce the Congress OF Arrns,
tho general 'I eI sovernmsnt or Europe is y rcat
feel without power to couuteract it. So long :1s
| that system subsists no general conception Of
| government worthy Of our times Is npplfcu-
bic, no generous action, in the sense Ut tho great
objects of society, OF tue gre.t interests Ut civ
ilization, is practicable. Tine subjects IL force,
our sole possible policy Is to lnakc ourselves
| masters Of it, else it will master us; and our
only practicaf activity Is Il dpnmntico- military
tionul, the triumph OF which cver cphcmcrnl. costs
as much from every poi,,t OF view defeat ITSELF
! xalois. Wasas, hour6ons, napsburgs, Orange,
all tend periodically to repeat thu self-sane hts
tory, without any great profit to ourselves or to
cus, III the same fcudal liss which our rival aln-
bitions, our judicial conba1s, drench with
isss h9od; T. :iviny tho peoples the spectacc Of II
them BY perpetual examples TINT anarchy pre-
sides over the relations between Kings us well
Is e vita IL s tat pssa ts
atc competitions. Ncvertheiess, the proper
condition Of man is nor that stute of nature, bur
the social state. In every srute passions /
and instincts are subject to the curb
Of civit, laws, and the statcs Of the
same social family-those Of Christendon--
could not, without danger, remain much
longer under less restraint in their mutual rcla-
ttons than Individuals. and less bound than
thesc latter BY the dictateso OF Justice aud equity
Chrlstiaus III our private lives, civilized III our
private habits arc we to be etcruully doomed III
our mutual intercourse US soverciyns to pursue
III .nt"Chrtstan, harbarotls. instructive, ana |
fcEocious policy, nude up Of diplomatic cum. ]
ming, .'f military violence, the immortality OF |
which our national codes prosecute and punish |
when orr subjects resort to it us against each !
other? No mans Intellect no mans conscience
Gan g answer that question in tho affirmative.
But it is easter to condemn tho evil 1han to find
Y remedy for IT, Or discover its causes. The |
European Observation-Disclosures thus
built up we are obliged to put UP with 1t as is
for want Of II better plan, and OF proper ,rork.
men to build up our house ,,trcsh.
The King thtn proceeds to deal with the sub
tcct of revolution, which sapS the foundations |
Of society, white permanent war il the uor1nni
condition fn the upper regions OF the cdlce of I
which Kings are but tho principal tenants, and T
those whose position exposes them to the great
est risks" He thinks Kings cannot do better,
SO long as tho existing relations between soycr-
eigns continue, thun TO oppose 3tnteraIsua and
the destructive Tendencies, so long as the peo-
lect Them against the forces or reyulntion; but
he candidly admits thu; peoples lnuy cease to |
have that good sense. ile then nroceeds: +.
Twist age everywhere te:sds to turn tho Stnte |
lntoa kind Of anonymous n:achine, which VIC !
wind up we'll that it sse,las aple to work Of It,
D1titiH.ft rFin IF.nf rk,,rj !
IS tho bottom OF the Latin conception OF gov
nrnucnt wnicn the Westerns chiincrcaljy de-
has never varied, from Dunton to u. Gn1nbc1tA,
It Is ques stion..blc whether peoples ever derive
ldvantaae than the suppression OF the civil list;
and 1t entails upon thetn'a series Of lisatiyn,,-
tages, Political und sociua, nhroat and mt hn1nc,
which need not he specified for the present Sup
posing the national will i'll the.vsrions countries I
u Europe should fall iii with the views OF these
o-ealled Republicans. e:Id everywhere suppress
ne vital principle ut tho bead OF this State. anl
cuuce thls latter to be II nero administrative !
.uton'nton. Europe would not get rid ut the )
# the state Of siege fr'ass which 1t suffers. 1t
ne Revolution. considering it as tho destruc- :
ion Of what exists, Us t,,eans or making room
or whnt ought to exist. had feasible plan to
ring .tbuut IL better stale Of things, then the
republic, which at present Is Il but inoDuchicAl
factstne ,ineot tqason n5 bat be ,s Sssf
et The case. Far more civil than po- | !
s.sa ssareT fho ae,n wG5k Ct .ee men
|
here Is nothing In the Revolution TINT should | I
err1fy us beyond ncnsurc- think, On the con- b
rary thar It's examples nre calculated rcna-'}
Q prove that reni RETURNS Gun only pruceett'i t
rom us-tho Kings Revolution Is rucrciy u | +
oisy push of Il certain portiou Of the middle | I
lasses. who are dlssa1itlei against the cu<iscs t
rented by us and tar TOO satisfactory to be sup
ressct. In the van OF Uther nations France | +
1ortts us tneatre Of Observations, the expert
rents of which carry With them their Lessons II
nd conclusions. In France Monarchy hus been | y
fh9 Efafn T.. !
; Lpuls Al. d!m!y conceived 1t, such r
; Richcliesl desired ii, such as = Coi- =
ert created it. Not ono mau wishes n
destroy it. Every man wishes ,0 occupr Il. Il
he Nevoinuon gives the necessary impulse, il
1e push, to clear the way. The Republic i
rgantzes the transition The crown disa appears. n
ut 1t IS replaced by u hat The sceprre makes i
ay tor a waIktas-stick. presently to be t
1anged Tor sabre: and all Is said Occasion o
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