St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
Affairs on the Continent Of Europe
Graphically Described
BY A CITIZEN OF ST. PAUL.
Ain Interesting Budget Of News Concern
ing the Attitudes and Aims Of the
Warlike Nations.

ing the Attitudes and Aims Of the
Warlike Nations.
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1--we shall probably leave Berlin for
Copenhagen next Wednesday, May %,
and see something more of Germany on
our return making the trip of the
| Rhine. 1t is something of relief to
| feel that while hereafter we shall see a
few pretty good galleries, yet gallery
seeing as business day after day, is
| at an end, and for the rest of the time
| the special object will be to see the
i physical features of different countries,
| and something of their customs and
| life. We enjoyed our leisure hours for
| walking and driving here-for Berlin is
/ beautiful city-and to us a great sur
! prise-for while we had always read
| and heard Of the beauty Of Paris and
Vienna, little was said of Berlin, prOba-
| bly, because much of its beauty is of
recent growth, since the establishment of
| the empire. But to my eye it is the
prettiest city ever saw-not excepting
| Paris. The latter surpasseS it in some re-
SpectS, but Berlin covering larger area
with nearly one and half million peo-
pie has more beautiful parks, magnifi-
cent public buildings, finer entire
streets, many of them of beautiful busi-
ness blocks, of uniform height, large,
costly, tastefully designed residences,
with ample grounds around them, we'll
set with shrubbery and trees, bright
with flowers and attractive by their fine
lawns. may add to this what cannot
fail to impress any trayeler-that the
manhood and womanhOOd seen is of
higher type than anywhere else, unless
it be at Edinburgh, OF in our own coun-
try. This may be surprise, but 1T is
true. l don't know what
THE REST OF GERMANY MAY SHOW,
but Bavaria, SaXOny and Prussia, which
we have seen, show more manly men,
womanly women, Well-dreSSed, lntelll-
gent in appearance, and with character
in their faces and less appearance of
poverty than any other country SO far
visited.
We have not seen a single beggar in
Germany. The people are better housed,
| and everywhere there is an air OF con-
tentment, and it takes but little time to
find that they are full of patriotism,
| proud of their cOuntry-proud to the
last degree, as well they may be, of
| Bismarck, and devoted to the royal
| house. While they are, by their aver
age intelligence and universal educa-
| ton {for education is here compulsory,
better prepared for self-government
than any people in Europe, yet think
they are now well satisfied with the de-
| gree of liberty they have and think that
| Germany can better accomplish her
mission under her constitutional mon
archy than under republic. In this,
too, they probably show their good
sense, for surrounded by monarchies,
| and with the constant danger here of
national conflicts, it is probably better
/ to be in harmony with surrounding in
stitutions and to have strong govern
ment, ready to act and with large
powers in the executive hands.
Germany is full of soldiers; you see
| them everywhere,s ,splendidly uniformed,
! thoroughly disciplined and well drilled.
Their movements excite general admir-
| alton, and all travellers contrast their
appearance with the soldiery of other
nations. They may not have much
longer to play soldering, for work is
| near at hand. and what day it will be.
The earth never before shook beneath
the tread of such millions of armed
men as stand ready to-day for the shock,
| and the least little circumstance may
| precipitate conflict. In fact, think
that the highest humanity and the
broadcast craftsmanship demand that
the now combined central powers of
I Europe force at once the struggle and
| crippled the OverShadOWing and con-
stantly menacing power of Russia. How
! great, powerful, aggressive and danger
Gus to all Europe she is few, think,
understand. Napoleon did, but she is
far stronger to-day. Since 1870, almost
unnoticed, she has annexed and con-
quered enough principalities, tribes and
| KOhnnateS to make territory and pop
| ulation equal to all Canada, and she is
| now furious that
| AUSTRIA THWARTS HER PURPOSE OF
| DOMINATING
Bulgaria and soon absorbing it, placing
her little nearer Constantinople, her
final aim, and that Germany, Italy and
England all stand at the back of Aus
| tria. Of France in this connection there
is only this to say, that while her wise
| and patriotic men like Carnot, Floquet
and Ferry seek to guide her Alright, the
people seem to be carried away by a
Senseless furOre, and are wild with en-
thusiasm for blatant demagogue and
adventurer, who. by flattery and trick
cry, hopes to become dictator, and de-
spite all the lessons of the past-fear-
sing and dance down hill to hell once
more. 1t is pity that she falls so easy
under control of her worst elements,
that even her better classes are SO lack
ing in patience in the accomplishment
of great objects that when they deem
public opinion wrong-or the admins
tration at fault-instead of patiently
working through public speech and a
free press to correct these evils, they
are so ready to resort to revolution, out
of which comes chaos. She is full of
dangers within. If, in addition to or in al
| deviation of her internecine StrifeS, she
should be mad enough to again rush on
the thick bosses of the bucklers of the
| German empire, the most Overwhelming
and crushing defeat Imaginable will be
| the only possible result. England is
now in great haste to "arm for defense"
| and France has just walked up to the
necessity of immediate sea-cOast de-
! fenseS. This game that the nations over
here are playing
| ISM SOME RESPECTS AMUSING.
| Russia says she is not arming to attack
| any one She wants peace. Austria
! and Germany want peace, and are only
| arming for defense. Italy only armed
| for fear France would invade, she does
| not intend to attack any one, and now
England and France are both frantic
about arming for defense. No one in
| tends to attack, but each fears an on
| slaught. How nicely the Unionists in
England tricked the Liberals. The
| former knew that if they proposed
| siding with Austria, Germany and
! Italy and made the necessary
large expenditures, that Gladstone
| and all his party would denOunee the
| effort. demand that England remain