The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-01

rer's success in the Paris electsoa
would be. universally regarded az 40
Indication that wal. was near e band.
Germany snd EngIand,s they s.:d,
were xatch1nA the canvass. with The
utmost anxiety. md the tone 81 ter
correspondence was.such - to ainost
lesd one 10 beiIeve that the .eiect'ssnscf
the doughty genefaEwouid be regarded
- . easas B<iH BY the German govern
ment. --.---------
BouIsnger Was elected. however, and
peace still reiens supreme There e
no reason To-. believe that Europe y
any nearer 10 VAR than III was sig
months ago. The stock markets hare
shownsno indication that en outbreak
Of hosiilities is impending; e i true
that the FIoquet government Is badly
shattered and that. the political as
cendancy Of Boulanger In the near
future seems 10 be certain.s But, for
all that, nobody is alarmed and no.
sody:js apprehsnsive that France i
about 70 enter upon career o. con
quest. The correspondents who de-
Cared 80 positively that BouI.nger's
Election would certainly neari war
must wish that they had not expressed
f6is. alarming opinion quite 50 freely.
: The truth Is that in III age no man
viii rashly plunge great nation INTO
war. Arman who Is greaty enough 70
secure power. IS usually great enough
70 comprehend That xar; = = serious
matter aad that hostiIlties are not 70
be entered upon 50 long as Il IS pos
sible 10 avoid them. The. responsi-
bility.of governing hes heavily upon a
mas. II. sobers him and makes him
look with more seriousness 70 The con-
sequences Of his acts. Howeves fiery
and .arIike his speechE may be 60 long
as he does notified this responsibility.
he i likely to measure. carefully the
meaning Of his. words' when be realizes
that be issspeaking FOR q nation and
that the happiness or smisery OF MIL
lions Is dependent upon bis words.
Before the present car .of Russia
sscended the throne it.sas freely pre-
dicted i that the eeaths Of bis father
would be. the signal. for The outbreak
Of agfeat European .war.s The .czsr
owiiz was represented.to be ferocious
troopsT. with no ambition outside OF
am t.fra.ie. lei. lui war.
Indeed there. weres not wanting ex-
pressions FROM the. prince to justify
his belief. for he denounced the
pacific. pclicy.s.os his father often and
bi.ssrly..... For almost "a decade.
however. 2 he has been. the absolute
ruler Of Russia, and. his policy has
from the first beenEa policy OF peace.
In England, .also, when Lord Salisbury
was out Of power, he criticized Glad
stones policy in . manner. which jus
tilted the belief that the. advent OF a
Salisbury government would. be coin-
cident with the inauguration OF a for
eign policy .hat. must eventuase In
wsr. But Salisbury as prime minister
is as peacefully inclined as Gladstone
could possibly be. ana the criticisms
OF the Liberal government could be ap
pied with eqaaI.fercS 70 that Of the
Conservatives The present emperor
q Germany affords Fanosher instance
81 TIE gnie1ing influence Of power.
Before his secession % the throne il
was ieiiesel that be would precipisase
. conflict rs soau as il MAS within his
poser 20 do -. He has not been as
rash 81 be was expected 10 be. how
ever. and tiseagb be has been emperor
foar enough TO se thoroughly athome
IN his exalted station, his troops hare
NOS yss heen employed IN anything
uore w&slske than q review.
fswhsa the critic OF government be-
comes tbs governor, be usually modi-
ess bis views. The orator who shrieSs
W. y ~ - tA&E<A "a s&E&4NAeE y 4tta A4&E
power "a bring about ~ar Is placed in
his hands The tendency &c caution
Is nafarsl TO these upon whose move
mefgts nueh depends. Thus IL win
be found that Beuianger. IL he obtains
control u the French government,
viii be fully IS cautious a. those who
have preceded aim. and viii hesitate
hong before inviting upon his coan-
Try the horrors II great war.
The correspondents should have
thought Of al this before the election.
IL must seem very absurd for them
now 10 read their week -old predictions
of the horrors that would follow imme-
diaiely upon BonianEer's election a. q
deputy tFe1a the department Of the
SEINE.