New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-12
THE ST. PETERSBURG VISIT.
sct1FMEs OF WILLIAM AND BISMARCK-IhE
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN.


A.. nisi. ~ tho German Emperor to 81. Peters
hro and ON the incidents connected WIN IT, opec"-
lotion is naturally rife as to It's prooapie OF po'-
sihlo outcome. and nowhere more than i'll rance,
T. Is not only felt but known, in OoVcrh''ehO anu
automatic circles all over Europe that Inc gcnei''
drift NJ this last move Of Prince blsnl"leN - "
enable his sovereign 10 fight the freic" ~ -, a.
without exposing himself to an atuicH VII V''o
"i'"0 - ~. Er,jre But the explanation
Gloon a. Rerl,n is that William ii wants 10 re-
I'm tho commitment paid to his grandfather Ny
uovondor TJI who came to visit him at Dah.His
= fo,, months after he assembled the lmpcri"i
,bronc and 70 keep up between the courts Vi
Perlin and St Petersburg the intimate FANNY ~
lotions which have existed ever since tnc nii"
ces, Charlotte of Prussia married the Urahu Du'>'
Nicholas, afterward the Gar.
don't think France has cause luz ""'"''
ness about the visit Amity IN past Uln'e' Voc
facilitated by the Ito RUSSIA comparatively S'""l
bulk and military resources OF the hihe'o ,
prrssi, and the divided state Of Germany. Inc
King of Prussia had to take up an oDsequiou1 az
titude toward the Cars to one of whom the Nal
scr of Austria owed the integrity OF MS Eih?iio'
and il may be indeed his crown, when 1t was threat
oned bv the revolutionary upheaval of lS4o. Inc
autocrats who ruled the colossal Empire oi al
tho Russas had for their obedient and humpie
! servants all the minor German courts ana thaO
of Denmark. which still is the satellite OF Alex
andcr III They were splendid patrons OF inc
princclets who are now brought under the SOW
ereigntv of the Hohcnzollerns, to whom pesiues
the Russian Emperors were kindly c0ndescehu'hs
Before 1866 there was no anagonlsm OF sl,u"'
ton between Prussia and Russia although as MIS-
Camp said, some were very much Koosnaihs anu
some Prussians" and the two States evolved on
wholly dissmilar lines But since that year.
and more especially after 1871, rivalry mas sprung
up The German Empire must stand III 'he way
of the Russian, which chafes at the oDstacIe 10
fresh extension of territory IN EUROPE
and being unable TO keep down H'
lust Of conquest needs must coiiiuc
With its whilom friend and courtier Russian
statesmen are by no means wanting in acuteness OF
Judgment. They are satisfied that the military
strength of France is one of Russias best dcfences
AGAINST German attack and are not likely 20
ioin in any scheme to oblige the French Republic
to disarm. There might be readjustnent OF
oeogra phcal boundaries to the satisfaction OF Enl-
perors William and Alexander. But 1t couid
only be effected with the consent OF France ana
TO the detriment of Holland, Belgium and the Aus
tro-IIungariaA Empire. l have no DOUBT wlia''
ever that the greatest obstacle to such readJust-
nent is AIsace. Lorraine Prince Bismarck rathcc
encouraged the first Ferry Cabinet member OF
which. NJ Bartholemy ST. Hilaire. was one OF his
, warmest admirers, that a time was coming wheh
if France would enter into the views OF the hus-
sian and German Governments, she might con-
Gdentlv hone for a widening of her own Dor
ders and perhaps for the retrOcession OF the two
nrovinces which were wrested from her in 1871.
italy would not be the gamer by such an arrange
mont oven were she to get Tripoli a sop or
what would be more to her taste, the guardianship
, of Egvpt whether England was satisfied or not
The Emperor Frederick was too fond OF Eng
land and had too strong belief in Great britain
as n worldwide civilizng agency to agree TO
the policy which his son, as have been told by
public men, both German French and English, Is
: nreparcd to follow Frederick entirely adopted
the views held by the Prince Consort on the I'm
his time latent antagonism OF Germany ana
= Russia and its certainty to become potent and
@ prolonged His successor thinks his most sue
IA cessful course would be to square things with
' the Gar and when he has well got what he now
a aims at obtaining either prepare TO reconsttute
! on modern lines and for his own power ana glory
the Empire of Charemagne, or to set about work
= ing with France, Italy and, indeed, South Europe
l. generally to weaken Russia. MIR. Chamberlain
e boasts of never trying in politics to look into
Il the next week. " The German Emperors mag
nation has been too often stirred with HISTORICAL
? | readings SAID 10 me ONO Vi Ills loIIlcI PiV-
fcssors not TO try to look far out into the fu-
Z ture and not to long to the sort of Imperial
= crown which the strong head of Chariemagne
IS BORE Charlemag nes empire extended over Sax
l. onv Pannonia the Low Countries Lombardy
y and France ChristcndOn, alarmed at the advance
IL upon it Of the Saracens offered, save in SaXOny
= and Lombardy, small opposition to his ambitious
. projects.
y said the other day to the above quoted tutor
4 ! of Emperor William: " There is now no SaraceniC
ii danger
% Il admit there is not" he replied. Bu
? there is the economical danger of American com
= petition which may lead to other sorts of danger
& and there will always be the peril of Russian
% autocracy, from which German power will b
D. the chief protection"
new dramatic rendering, to suit present day
taste, of the story of Antony and Cleopatra l.
le mooted This notion is ascribed to a theatrca
agent wanting to run Nine. Sarah Bernhardt il
m new direction, she having entered the grand
motherly phase of wonlans life and being II
he longer equal to parts arising out o
Re Loves young dream" the gush o
rs the young hearts affection. The POI
~ traits in melted wax, applied with
ne brush on the collins of the mummes Of the EgyI
IT, tan Hall Exhibition in London, will doubtless
of consulted for sumptuary suggestions should tn
idea that is mOot be carried out either b. Sardol
As Jean Rchepn or another playwright, to increas
y the stock of Mime. Sarah Bernhardts acting DIR;
Of mas The two authors in question have bee
IT. sounded. We familiarized with Egypta
y sumptuosities of the time Of SesOstris III Ada
Those of Cleopatra should be culled from the Ptolt
" mac period. which a vista is opened by the wa
Il portraits mentioned above.
This series Of hlIenesscs let me say, in parel
thesis, represents the men and women OF Il
Lgyptc-G reeko Roman aristocracy which exstI
during the domination OF AleXanders succcsso
and on into the third century of the Christian er
5 They very live and speaking portraits, thong
m in the faces especially Of the ladies' there is