Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-23
aERNARY AND BISMARCK.

There are Indications which, to the dis
nassionate observer, speak of unrest and
disouiet among the rulers and the people
of Germany, Neither the Emperor nor
Prince Bismarck nor the Reichstag are at
ease. The inability of the Emperor to
provide for an extended penaion roll be-
cause of legislative opposition, has been
manifest in his acceptance OF designations
rendered by old army officers. The evident
conviction of Bismarck ia that if he goes
before the country the Reichstag to be
returned will be no more friendly to his
plans than is the present one. He has
failed to secure an increased tariff rate
upon timber, and his especially favorite
plan of biennial budgets has been frowned
down. Both these measures he put forward
with great confidence, and urged their
adoption with great persistency, and both
were approved and urged by Emperor
William, but without avail. Throughout
Germany there is spirit of greater indie
pendence among the people than was ever
before manifest. 1t is respectful, but it is
firm and it grows stronger daily. History
proves that the independent and self-conf-
dent spirit in people is one that rapidly
augments unless speedily crushed. 1t has
not been crushed in Germany it has had
rapid growth, and It's advance in the past
two years has been so great as to irritate
the ruling prince. The legislative body
will no longer do as bid it resents dicta-
tion ; opposing forces antagonistic to each
other find common cause in resisting the
desires OF the Government. It is not un-
likely that Bismarck has reached the
zenith of dis power that he will hereafter
be compelled to persuade where he has
practically commanded. He is old, and
physically feeble, but unyislding, and
so the breach between the Premier and
the representative body is not likely to be
bridged. That which will restore his pres
tige is foreign war, and that the Govern
ment is not unwilling to enter upon one is
evident. But Germany is divided by
many small parties, and while the majority
are now opposing Bismarck, they do
not look forward to any other tax.
ing his place with any degree OF
calmness, neither are they willing that he
shall regain power through the agency of a
foreign war. So it seems certain that for
the time the chief struggle Germany
will engage in will be internal and
peaceful, for Emperor William is too
firmly fixed in the hearts of the Germans
for any such to involve disloyalty, or
be otherwise than peaceful in his day. So,
with an Emperor to sustain him who is at
the head at the loyal army not dependent
upon the Reichsteg for existence, Bismarck
may still defy, if he cannot put his enemies
beneath his heel, He watches the opposi-
ton to him, cut up into many small par
ties, and on the slightest occasionse<ack
their heads together with a vigor that sets
one-half of Germany into laughter and the
other half into rage. The Liberal party
alone is strong enough to prevent the
Prince occasionally choking it, but it is
subdivided and troubled with its own diff
ferences. When all the opposing forces
make common assault upon the Prince,
his power will go the wall, and even the
Emperor cannot save him thus the CHIEF
question in Germany to-day of absorbing
political Importance is, will the German
parties ever be able to agree for suf
fcienS length of time to crush Bismarck