The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-06
EUROPEAN NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Translated from German Papers. for the Sunday
Journal
The New York Suns special dispatch from
Berlin, concerning the threatening attitude OF the
German Anarchists, has caused considerable ex-
element in German-American circles With
due allowance for the fact that the Suns CORE
spondent at the German capital has, on several
occasions, drawn more upon his fancy than upon
the real state at affairs, and that in the present
case his self-laudation for having overcome
enormous obstacles in the way of getting his
news safely out of Berlin and by hook or crook
into New York, is utterly ridiculous. 1t is gener-
ally admitted that the communication may have
some foundation in fact 4Hoedel and MODELLING,
the latter aman Of education and learning, made
attempts Mt assassination against Emperor Will
lam when he was about eighty years 81 age and
the idol Of his people. and when. moreover, they
knew that the then Crown Prince and present
Emperor, as also his son. the present Crown
Prince. were in the best of health. aud ready to
fill the vacancy that would be caused by the
death OF Emperor William. They were exc
cuted, but the following attempt to kill the EN-
peror and q number of German princes on the
occasion Of the unveiling of the grand Ger
mania statue. on the Niederwald. showed that
they had found successors ia rePicide not1i
taken by the Reichstag and the government for
the eradication Of anarchism and socialism.
That the present movement, when Emperor
William 10 dead and Emperor Frederick dying.
and when, between this state of affairs and
reeency-always less vigorous than !, reigning
monarch-there is only the life Of the Crown
Prince, whom the Anarchists hate for his reso-
luton and energy, should by them be consdered
a. very suspicious for accomplishing their ends,
Is plausible enough. and what the miserable fell
lows in their pamphlets say OF the immoral life
of the Crown Prince is, though largely exaeeerat-
ed. not entirely without foundation. eyen In view
Of the generally admitted fact that 10 ,puncto
puncti, his accusers are much worse than him.
SELF Every intelligent observer might have
predicted that the violent denunoiations of the
Empress shat abominable "Englishwoman."
coming as they did. in the first instance. from
the reactionary antiSemitic aud Junker party,
would be made the most of by the Anarchists,
In order to destroy the last vestGe of venera-
ton which has hitherto surrounded royalty in
Prussia, but those Junkers and preachers OF
hate went on as the blind leaders OF the blind,
furnishing food for anarchistic agitation which,
II ever successful. will devour themselves as it's
first victims. These are the reflections Of the
German Telegraph on this subject, which con-
cludes its article with the melancholy remark
that q star of ill-luck portending disastrous
events seems TO have settled over Germany.
The latest European papers. arrived by mail.
bear the signature Of BoulAnger throughout
His election in the Departments du Nord By the
overwhelming majority Of nearly 100. 900 votes
is the almost exclusive theme of comment. con-
tempsted from every imaginable stand point;
but the most important question seems now TO
be: 'Can he control the army in an attempt to
overturn the present government aud establish
dictatorshipr The Frankfurter Journal,
probably the ablest paper OF South Germany,
publishes = letter OF its Paris CORES pondent
treating upon the subject Is follows: THAT the
non-commissioned officers are generally for Bou-
LANCER through thick and thin. may be taken as
. fact. and has been explained in q former COM
munication speaking OF Boulangers activity IN
lettering their condition while he was Secretary
OF War. In former times, when the French ar
my was made mp OF soldiers of fortune. merce-
naries We might say, this would have been q
matter of the utmost importance. but since the
reorganization which has made every French
man capable of bearing arms a soldier, and has
thus introduced more independent and better
informed citizens element into their military
system. the non-commissionsd officers have lost
much OF their former influence, and the great
body of the army is now moro affected by the
political currents prevailing Ia the country,
bat not exclusively nor to determinatiye ex-
tent. Enough OF discipline has bean preserved
10 give the commanding officers great influence,
| IL not an unrestricted control over their men,
and very few of these officers are ready TO blind
| ly follow the lead or Boulaneer. The generals
inclined toward the cause Of the Royaists hate
Boulanger as migrate and renegade or sc-
| count Of his conduct toward the Due dAumale
and his Identification with the expulsion Of the
| Orleans Princes. The Bonapartists who. IN spite
| of all the so-called publication measures, are
still largely represented among the officers Of
F, the higher grades. may for while cooperate
with Boulanger, politically. in order TO make an
| end OF the present parliamentary misgovern-
ment and then have resort 70 a nlebis-
! cite, but should Boulanger attempt q
| coup d'etat they would either antag
onize him or manage it so as TO make
Pr ince Victor Bonaparte its beneficiary; and the
Republican generals, such ss Billot, FerroD, Saus
sier, and great many others. who stick 70 the
| Opportunities are Boulanger's personal enemies,
| and would rather kill him even themselves than
| submit to his dictatorship. for any attempt TO
| establish the latters success would then simply
| depend upon the alternative whether the cur
| rent Of public opinion in favor Of Boulangei
| would predominate over the authority or the
commanding generals And here probably lies
the secret Of President Carnots strong and LID
srsl efforts 10 gain popularity aud withdraw il
from Boulangsr by tree intercourse with the
peeple. and large donations fos public ehazitisl