Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-07-25
PLAIN TALK ABOUT BISMARCK.

PLAIN TALK ABOUT BISMARCK.
Ex-United States Minister Sargent
Crfticises the Policy of the German
ChancelIor-Toadyfn TO the Aristoc-
racy-ssIf Lasker Was a Traitor Two
thirds ofthe People Are Traitors.o
New York nerald
Ex- Minister Sargent reached New
York yesterday on board the Anchor
steamship City of Rome. bringing
with him his wife and his Lares and
Penates. He looked as handsome,
hale and hearty as if his recent pas
sage at arms with the German Chan
cellor,had agrs d with his constitution.
Mr.. and Mrs Sargent repaired to the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, and here Her
aid reporter met the ex-Minister in the
course of the evening, and was receiv-
ed most cordially.
II am glad" said Mr.. Sargent, "to
have the opportunity of thanking the
Herald for the warm support it has
extended to me and for the correct
representation it has given of my po-
sition and views through the cable
dispatches. 1t has been most kind
and | am certainly very grateful. l
do not know what can add tonight
to what l have already said through
your columns. The cabied inter
view recently published was SO full
and correct that there scarcely seems
to be anything more to add"
Your declination of the Russian
mission, is of course, final?' said the
reporter.
Entirely so. That vacancy has
already been filed by the appoint
ment of Mr.. Taft, and l learned with
great pleasure that Mr.. Kasson is to
go to Berlin. [ consider that an ex-
cellent appointment. Mr.. Kasson is
a strong man. am glad, on the
whole, that the place has not been
left vacant. But am certain of one
thing-the Minister at Berlin will
have to wink alta good many things,
or he will find the position made very
hot for him under Germany's present
policy. You see Bismark is now in
tensely conservative He is work
ing in every possible way to conserve
tie landed interest. and thus con-
troll their support. To do that he
does not shrink, so far as America
is concerned, to disregard the pro-
visions of treaties now existing DE-
tween the two countries, and he be-
lIeves that he can do it with perfect
lmpunity, knowing how iii prepared
our government would be to exact
any enforcement of the treaties. In
the Reichstag he is trying to s,raddle
several different stools IN order to
carry out his projects"
THE PEOPLE LIBEeAlS.
DO the German people sympathize
with Bismark?"
Not as rule. A great majority
of the people are Liberals. This is
especially true of the middle classes,
the educated people, those represent
ing the university elements. If Herr
Lasker was, as Bismark SAID, the
enemy of the Emperor and of his
country, he must class two thirds of
the people in the same category. The
university of Berlin would be equally
guilty, and some of it's most illustri-
Gus professors are traitors if Lasker
was"
ITO what do you refer in saying
that tae Chancellor tries to straddle
too many stools2"
Gas said before, Bismarck is in
tensely conservative, and The only
true conservatives in the country are
the landed interests. His design in
making the railroads mere Govern
ment affairs was to make sure of the
votes of all the employees. But in the
Reichstag the Conservatives are not
able alone to carry out any of Bis
marck's schemes, so he strives to
make frmer friends with some of the
other wings For instance, he has
recently tried to get subsidies for the
German steamship companies, be-
lieving, very properly as l think, that
they should have governmental as
sistance. He has endeavored to Sc
cure the Ultramontane and Catholic
lnteres S, and there is some talk of his
putting a Liberal IN the Cabinet, of
course in the hope of getting few
Liberal votes"
Would Bismarck like war with
this country?'
ooh, no. He would laugh at the
idea of a war as an imposslbillty, for
the reason that there are so many
Germans in America that he does not
think they would allow one to occur.
Strange as you may think it, he be-
lieves that the Commandments
sympathize with him, though, if they
do, the tone of the American press
strongly bellies their real sentiments
| have no desire to belittle Bismarck
in the slightest degree, but he tries to
do the entire thinking of nation,
and no man can do that successfully"
AMEBICA's DISGRACE.
do you feel that our Government
failed to support you properly?"
Il would not care to talk about that.
IL would probably have been better if
the Government had acted more
promptly. What amazes me is that
the American people should be con-
tent to remain in their present unpro-
tected condition, trusting to the com
plaisance of powers which arc never
complaisant with one another. There
is New York, in such a defenceless
condition that a fifth-rate naval
power could come here and raze its
OankS 10 the ground III couple Oh
hours The Herald has taken the
correct view of this ease 1t is uni
versally accepted abroad, and can
not understand why people at home
are so apathetic.
In view of our naval weakness,
don't you think if Mr.. Blaine were
elected that he might engage in some
dangerous quarrel with Bismarck
Il do not share the Hera Ids alarm
in this" said Mr.. Sargent, smiling,
" though 1 am so rusty IN recent
American p,litics that I am possibly
not very good judge of Mr. Blaine's
position. | am willing to admit that
the nominees were not my first choice,
still am a Republican and l expect
to vote the Republican ticket this
year"
NJ. Sargent said that the famous
pork decree had caused genuine suf-
fcring among the poor, to whom it
was the only flesh food 1t was an
inexcusable act of demagogy and had
been performed merely to please the
landed interests. The ex Minister
vail leave New York at once and go
to Washington, where he will give
an account of his stewardship. Then
he will go to his home in San Fran