, 1881-05-22

future existence. y: ~
~ THE HAND or BIsmARcKs. + T Il:
The hand Of Bismarck, which was so Dn,
tent in manipulating the Berlin Congress and
directing its results to suit the policy Of Gei.,
many seems to have lost none Of its potenev,tr
i'll dealing with the policies Of European'
States. It holds the reins in Vienna as tirmiiyy:
as in Berlin. Since it dictated the alliance;
between Austria and Germany, if one ylshes3
! to know how Austria will act in any given
emergency he has only to wait and see how! 4; /.
Germany will act. The latter expresses .tha
opinion and anticipates the action Of the for-..
| mer as unmistakably as Mrs. Basnct, the old
| girl, acted in the same capacity for her uail1
tary liege lord. # Austria announces pol==
| icy iii connection with the present disturbed
condition Of Europe, tits because it is Biz
maFck's policy II Austria makes further
moYe towards Salonica, as it now seems ap-s
parent she will in case Of trouble betweeenFF
Greece and Turkey, it will be because Bis
maIcs has told Francis Joseph he can co. i
And neither Magyar, Slav, nor Bohemian
takes any exception to the hand that is NOV:
ing him. xSs +
The hand Of Bismarck is also apparent IN /:
Russia, though not to such an extent as it Is 4
in Austria 1t will be remembered that va \ \
printed some ti,ue SINCE the details Of Min
isterial Council in St. Petersburg, at which !:
it was voted, the Gar concurring, that ~
ukase should be issued granting to the peo-.:
pie the right Of deliberation in a represents /
tive body upon all matters concerning them, !.
subject, however, to the veto Of the Car, and !;
the duty Of Issuing this ukase was intrusted !:
to Gen. Nelikotf, the author of the PROPOSE I
ton. That ukase has never been issued, and +
Gen. Melikof has resigned his seat in the
Ministry. The secret Of this sudden action /;
is the hand OF B1s1narck;;' which has inter i:
vened In Russian affairs. All it had to DE- b:
was to notify the Gar that Germany was .ra$
-luctant to see anything like i constt !.
tutional government established in Rug l.
sia, because such a political clangt 4
would remove the present grievance +
Of the people, would paclfy: if not *
altogether terminate Nihilisn, ;:cswoul('' !
unite the people more firmly to the Govern 4:
ment, and would restore peace and order ID ):
Russia. thus enabling her to regain condi~ :.
ton Of national strength and to develop 1e-s.;
sources WHICH would inevitably, menacss<::
Germany. At sight of the hand, reform was >:
Immediately checked The people were dis, j:
appointed, and now terrorism has Increased :: q.
tenfold. ." s~ :%:=z!
The hand of Bismarck is now engaged In:
directing the French occupation Of THpis IT,:
has urged the French ON from the very out. !;
set. It has cunniugly notified them that the ,: s:
acquisition of 'runis is fair compensation 4
for the loss Of Alsace-L Lorraine, and that II. :.
England had the right to take Cyprus they !:
have as good a right to take Tunis. The \,
hand has seized the AngIo-French alliance !.
and is rending it in twain. France and En-. !
gland ara drifting farther and farther apart, i
md each days results make it more and mora 4:
certain that they cannot be united again. r:
The London Standard in 4 recent article: :
plainly sees the hand of Bismarck. . It says: y
We must 20 back to the Spanish marriages for f..
parallel 10 the bad fatn Of Frunce- Il Is pIak ~
hat flancc a.! has re assens or rnther the co1.
Il the naked and clumsy taIset.ood which pre.f =
:eded the chastlsement Of the Eroumir. Threa<
'arefaccd violation uf public law perpctrate4
q our time, and the consequent disruption oE
European concert reduces our Government :ou@
t Is quite certain that if ftulyf felt herself, =.
trong enough she would declare war befort :.
wenty-four hours are past. - ~>-..- ~ -.::S
In the same connection the hand Of Big !
narck is visible in Italy. If Italy WeH 1:
trong enough to do so, she would be :ln : :
var with France before the week is out-i.* :. Il
slsmack did not restrain her. The most that /. 1,
tally could do, and England would have sus b: (
aimed her if it could have been done. !: !.
va5 to send a note to the: Powers g. !
skiing them to meet in convention and I: e: ]. i
onsider the Franco-Tunisian treaty, 1t was ~
resented to Germany first, and Bismarck,s tSs g..
and at once suppressed the scheme: Italy
etired, and England had nothing more to- ~; IL;
". The French will 20. on until they laTes*S
annexed Tunis, which is the,
Bismarck desires, since it not Is
My weakens France, but keeps England ssz :sz
nd herself apart the hand of Bisma1ck::E::: !:
,ems to be potent everywhere, except in htss::z:I
wn Parliament, which votes against hin S S: =
yer and over again on his own pat mea;=#
res. By vote Of :l55 to 127 it. recently "
,ted down his bill for Quadrenniat lnstea4 =5*=
annual meetings Of Parliament 4 His prof. 4.
It for biennial budget, instead Of an als::";s
nal one, was voted down bya still larger | :=#**
ajority,-his Conservative and Clerical: *:t i:
eulbe1s. upon whom he relies, even VOTING 5 S=. &:
sainst him. His next move, the Tobacco e:9f . s.
onopo]y bill Is likely to meet with: tha 81 :=*:*;
me fate. It begins to look as If the hana r: " n
Bismarck were not without power save r.. If: {.
$ own country. - r. ! :: - s-zsH k:.t #
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Mr.. JEFFERSON DAVIS fatters himself lu1s !::s; :s*:
at the people OF the Southern States hasas \ :