New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-20

aMy sallyport," replied the Prince: synd " Get
safe into the park by an underground passage w.'
undesirable visitors in sight In tne pm Inv
have nook of refuge where my pe4 tRe aranSemcnt
Sentt- PiIsach. because his garruty Is SO ws;,dn-
somen How far the secret passage Mehv VI, air
raneonsy or where retnrhcH xo ~ not tell for to
do so would be to Illustrate its purpose. hc, ,hS
martial revelation serve as warning 70 ne Cbnn
nav still feel themselves alluded to Dy tlc Glt "a
nniiorjs term undesirable 1t no tonger appcH 70
Herr Won ScnftP sach, who has debaiIod ,, n,her
and is probably peculiarly sI, hnovnniv
of the Old-Conservative party III inc no'NUaiJ
Parliament. whom indscreet books can 10 Ionsci
vex or annoy :,
The Chancellor's private life is described wilma
svmpathetic touch. His love OF home, MS oo"eo','
happiness his aectionate letters to his wie anu HIS
fondness for horses and dogs haTd ridihs' shoo'"s
and outdoor life are illustrated. HIS '"io"V '''
learning languages his prediction for history
geography and political economy among tnc
sciences. and his love of music, are in turn consd-
cred In literature Goethe and Shakespeare are his
favorite authors His fondness for the theatre lie
has outgrown and he courts retirement and privacy
not only at Varzin but in Berlin. In youth he was
a famous whist player, and once had twenty ruo-
bers running remaining seven hours at tile car"
table In games of chance he no longer engages,
although as late as 1860 he took part in game Oh
ouinze. but exclusively for political purpose ana
with diplomatic Gritre-peas<e;
at was so ne told us in Versailles. T nc,ne
concluded the Treaty OF eastern WIN bio,lo.
Although had given up play long ago PaSGu So
rashly upon that occasion that All lhc oInoon b
ioSt II @st9niShm Edme h bud been told that qnzc
afforded the best possible opportunity Tor lungns
mems characters and wished TO try the M Pt ~;
ksaid to myself: You shall find out All ao1ut H.
50 lost a couple of hundred thaleIS, whlch
might have claimed from the Goyernmehi' 1S eA,
pended in Ills MaeStys service. but ieu p'oiiJI
astray; he deemed me rash anu V'h'ui''o'r'' anu
gave way
The authors reflections upon the Chancellors
political and diplomatic career are neither crtical
nor philosophical. Whatever is BismarcKlan III
principle or method in Dr. Buschs estimation Is IN
evitably right In his first chapter he accepts with
becoming doclity the ChancelloTs IDEAS OF consul
tutiona government and parliamentary mStltu-
tons In a subsequent chapter vehement protest
il entered against the well-worn criticism that the
Chancellor is the champion of Prussian Julheruoih'
The author contends that Bismarck is the moor
poratc ideal of the Prussan officer and Official ana
that what is spoken of us militarsm IS III reailty
that Prussian discipline by virtue of which all the
forces in the State, all the members of the govern
mental organism in its various branches, work
together with one common object of subordlnatlon
to the interests of the Fathcrand. The Chancelors
diplomatic methods are skilfuly analysed ana the
confession is frankly made that he mas not Iouliucu
a school in statecraft and has failed TO educate"
Successor The Austrian and French diplomatic
campaipns are rehearscd in detail, and the relations
Of Germany with the leading European POWERS are
carried to the present year and cautiously discussed
The following passage reveals the deep prejudice
against republican France which DE- Busch sh'IcS
with his master and patron
Did this "peaceful Republic" promise to be
durable il would be scarcely necessary 10 take any
precautions against it. But we have reason TO
doubt its durability, firstly, on account oI a tnJ
secondly by reason CT the very nature OF Demo
cratic Republic, or Parliamentary DeSp0tlsn' Wnlcn
hthcrtO-at least among peoples oil LaIn OF o g
has always sooner later led to eXagEcIatiOh3 OIL
principle thence TO reaction, TO ihItaIy It9tH'o
and finally TO abso!utist Monarchy PROVISION mas
therefore been made for putting stop 10 theSe eN-
travagances, should the case III question accrue
bringing with it the necessity of war, france
would then find herself faced TO tle south u edSo
by a formidable Triple Alliance IL may perhaps DC
doubted that written treaty to TINS eIecl eAlSIS;
but il is beyond doubt that clear Understanding
has been arrived at by the three PDwer5 IN the
sense that France shall not be able to attack any
one of them without finding the two others aliaye'i
in to resist her. THIS Is the dIect COVERT Ui
III. He (unwis"y enough IN the interests Oh EHe-
land, not OF France attacked Russia ia the llilca
while Prussia remained inactive ana AustrH WIS
only able TO lend him "A halheartcd assistance lie
made war upon Austria while Prussia ana kussll
stood at ease" He Tell upon Germany IN $50,
who fought him unsupported. ii the EepuDHc DC
wise il will not play the Old game over again nor,
in ali probability will any Emperor or King of the
French who may reveal himself as the outcome OF
the Republic If France wants, As matters now
stand to pick quarrel with one OF her nelghDofs,
She will have to fight three at Once-an undertaking
to which she will never be equal. she VIII scarcely
be so psensate as to dash her head against the wall
of a new Coalition which, unlike ITS predecessors is
and will most likely remain purely defensive one
The most superficial chapter in the WORK Is that
on Bismarcks relations to the press, which is made
ND mainly of citations from speeches and does not
leave any definite impression upon the readers
mind One of the most valuable chapters IS that on
state Socialism in which the Chanccliors dealings
with Lassalle are succmctly described and his
schemes of legislation for the benefit Of the working
classes are clearly outlined. The following passage
is an admirable summary OF the ChancelOrs pur-
poses
The insurance of wOrkmen against losses through
illness is tine first story of the cdlhce WhIcl thc
Oh nccllOr proposes to erect upon the terrain OF
social policy. Insurance against the consequences
of accidents is the second hat the tllrd-insnr-
ance against deSitutOn IN Ola agC-Wlll he speedily
added to these two is doubtful. The chleI obstacle
to this measure lies in the difficulty OF setting limits
TO it, . However this may he, the Chancellor
is fun of confident hope "The state must take the
matter into its own hands," he remarked TO me on
the 2Gth of June, 1881, not as ams-evlng, but as
the right that men have to be taken care OF when,
with the best will Imaginable, they become unht Tor
work Why should the regular soldier Disabled by
war or the official have a right to be pensioned III
his old age and not the soldier of abOrY This thing
will make its own way; 1t has a future. When
die possibly our policy will come To grief. But
state Socialism will have It's day; and he who shall
take it np again will assuredly be the man at the
wheel"
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