New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-09
A ROCK By THE KING OF BAVARIA.

prris Coyrespondeace Of The london standard.
Considerable sensation has been caused here DY
very remarkable volume which has Just appeared
under the title Mission Actucilc DIES SouN Grams,
par Fun deuX, supposed 10 ne written Dy ,ne Mtg
from the ndsputabe fact that the present state OF
Europe may be called a STATE of siege, an armed
truce over which the S0vereigns keep guard, until
some one of them attempts 80 eStaolsh ms s!lPIe-
macy in this military and diplomatic competition,
when his ephemeral triumph proves as costly ana
destructive rs his defeat. The preface OF TINS re-
markable book is specially interesting rs II deals
very fully with the present state OF affairs IN France:
Ever since the Treaty of Westphalia or, TO be more
accurate since the Congress of ArrdS Tie general
government of Europe real state Of siege the crush
ing inanity OF which feel without power 10 10 coun,
conception of government worthy Of our times IL APP
plcable no generous action IN me sens on tn1 8r'H
practicable. The subjects of force, our sole possible
6ojicV is 10 make ourselves masters OF it, else 1t VIII
master rs; and our only practical activity is dplo-
internationai the triumph of which. ever ephelneral
itself NaOis, Wasas. Bourbons. HapsDurgs, Orangei
RomanOfs, HOhenzolem B0napartes, etc, We all tend
periodically to repeat the self-same history, without
any great profit to ourselves or TO Europe. We go
round and round the same circus, IN me same ltudai
Lists, which rival ambitions, our judicial conbals
drencn with blood giving the peoples the spectacle OF
fight between gladlat0rs when must convince mem
by perpetual examples that anarchy lesldes ever the
ETY. s k1sf b WEI &S 6EfF nSnye
struggles and passionate competitions. Nevertheless,
the proper condition OF man Is not that state OF nature
instincts subject 10 the curb of clvi! laws,
Chnstendom-cOnld not. without Ganger, remain much
longer under less restraint in their mutual relations tan
individuals and less bound than these latter by the die
tates of justice and equity. Christians IL our private
lives civilized in our private habits are we 10 he ctcr
naly doomed in mutual intercourse as sOyereigns to
pursue anti Christian, barbaTOus, instructive aud @
rocous policy, made up of diplomatic cunning, OF mill,
tary violence, the immortality of which our National
cOdes prosecute and punish when our subjects resort TO
st as against each otherl No mans intellect mans
conscience can answer that question the affirmative.
But 1t is easier to condemn the evil than to find remedy
for it, discover its causes The European Family
Chrstendombeing thus built up we are obliged TO Put
up with 1t il is, for want OF better pan ana OF
proper wOrkmen to build up our house afresh
The King then proceeds to deal with the subject
OF revolution which Saps the foundations o. So
ciety, while permanent war is the normal condition
in the upper regions of the edlfce of which Kings
are /" but the principal tenants. and those whose
position exposes them to the greatest risks" He |
thinks Kings cannot DO better so long as the exist
ing relations between Soyeregns continue, than TO
oppose Ma tcTiasm and the destructive tendencies
50 long as the peoples have sense enough TO trust
ton but he candidy admits that peoples may
cease 10 have tnat good sense. tie then proceeds
The government of Materiasm in our Postiyist age
everywhere tends the State into kind of anOny
machine, which we wind up we'll that it seems
ple That is the bottom OF the Latin conception OF Gov
ernment which the Westerns Numerically describe as
from Danton to NJ. Gambetta 1t is questionable
whether peoples ever derive from the Republic thus ur
dersOOd any other advantage than the suppression Of
the civis; and It entails upon them sele5 OF alsad
vantages political and social, abroad and at home
which need not be specihed i0i the present. sup
posing that the national VIII In the various countries
so-caled Republicans, and everywhere suppress the
vital principle at the head of the stare, and
Europe would rid of the state OF permanent war
If Suffers II the Revolution considering it as the de-
struction OF what exists means Of making room for
what ought 10 exist had feasible plan TO bring about
better state of things then the Republic, which at
ent is but mOnarcLical machine without monarch
might be useful as facilitating transition; but such is
not the case Far civil than political the work of
half educated absolutely devoid of all social science
there nothing in the Revolution that should terry us
beyond think, on the contrary, that It's eX
ampes calculated 10 monarchs TO their
proeeed iom ns"the Kings Revolution Is merely
noisy push Gyd1te OF certain portion of
the middle classes who are against the cadres
created by and far too satisfactory to be suppressed
in the of other nations France affords Us theatre
OF observations the experiments OF which carry with
them their and conclusions In France Monarchy
as Louis XII dmly conceived it, such Rchelieu de
sired it, such Colbert created it, Not wishes
gives the necessary impulse the push TO clear
The way: The Republic organizes The Transition The
disappears out it is replaced by hat The sceptre
makes way awalkng stick presently to be changed
Revolution affects ansOcal character disguised |
under the name OF Socialism, becomes divided against
ITSELF and the traditions of the opposes the Com
mune tradition OF Etienne Marcel in the Middle Ages
handful Of mperfecty educated tterateurs, cOnceiv
none OF their own, Inprovise themselves the mouth
of the lowest classes to work them for their
advantage; Europe gets alarmed, but without any
These saturnalia we can afford TO disregard
perience more despoc any OF us Kings ever were
anxious for nothing but the spOils OF office. Every
sight tie Public Treasury These sounding phrases
and lofty aims SIMPLY indicate strong desire TO pocket
share OF the Budget and eve-y country in Europe
have that kind OF Republic without Republicans
The author concludes that if Kings do not turn
over new leaf, and deal with each other in the
same way az honest members Of the same commun- |
ty war OF races must follow, which Will eliminate
In an avenging invasion of ASlatic tribes lie is |
very severe on Prince Bismarck, and denOunces the
war of 1870, and the treaty which followed II, as
immoral inlquity, and describes his HighResS
and his system rs incurably inimica both to Kings