New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-24
NOTES FROM LONDON.
BOULANGISM-TIIE BISMARCK DfNASii
ARTICLE-LONDON TO PAIIS-SELlNA
DOLARO

trRoM TIVE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRBusE'i
London February 8.
A lamentation over Paris and a longing Ior tne
Paris of the Empire have been common Tor many
years. It is the American colony which inouiges
in them more than any other. ana useu never y
hear them without wanting to protest lou an
lro,v roonv Americans who avow that since the
Bouapartes were turned out, they no longer care
70, PARIS The Republic has had scant support
from most of the foreigners whom it has protected
French society, which hardly tolerated theSe
Parisian- Americans. supplied them with politlcai
opinions But the moment seems near when these
impatient persons are TO be justified, IN part II
not in whole. If the Republic Is 10 emu III
Boulanger or in BOulangism, the franco-ADieiic"'i
NAV be excused for preferring the lhlru Enpne'
Louis Napoleon and all the rest OF IT. hall-
Dutch Napoleon, the half nephew OF his hai-
unclc. was not the person to continue the Ma
rCeonic legend or TO inspire reverence III Is uoupV
ful whether a drop Of BonaPartlSt blood ran III
his veins, but, at least he bore the name. Du'
PouIaneer. without even the name. promises 10
,r,i,ate the in,itor of the great soldier. who as
NJ Taine says turned France into BARRACKS,
And there are thousands of the best bred and
rches, and most busiress-like and most active Oh
The parisians who are ready to accept him as
means of superseding the Republic. That is not
an enlivening reflection 10 bring away with one Is,
in fact, so depressing that omit others whcn
had meant to offer you, and turn TO other matters
The talk about the Bismarck Dynasty article
In The Contemporary Review" for February Is
ont of all proportion to the importance OF noVsity
Of the article itself There, is almost nothing new
in IL People forget, and the old seems new
They will always read good rafting attack on
so creat a man as Prince Bismarck, or ON Coupu
Herbert. who if less great than his father, is
head and shoulders above everybody else IN nus
own country, The writer, whoeverS he may De-
wishes il to be supposed that be knows great
deal more than most people. There Is IVtle 70
support this pretension. The facts are common
property. Those statements which bear mo close
relation to facts may be admitted TO Dc ais own
The keynote may be found on the second page
:, this sentence: "The desire to- secure the sue
oesson of the CHARACTERISTIC to Count Herbert is
tbe cew 10 the policy of Prince. Bismarck, WIN
ont which it appears an inexphcable tangie OF
bru+alities. and even of banalities' That Is
strong thing to say, and requires strong e'iuenco
g. snnnort Il. But. from beginning to END OF
those twenty pages, there is no evidence Inc
writer seems TO forget al about the startinS dc
sertion with which he set out AT the ehu' as aO
the beginning it remains an assertion s'arliinS,
hut unsupported, and intrinsically absurd DO Oh
sundry other allegations meant 10 DC damaging
IN
that is new. There are plenty of differences from
saro;,ar facts. drawn in peculiarly feminine
style
Thu Fmnress Frederick has thought 1t neces-
sarv 10 disclaim the authorship OF TINS iooIsn
naper The step was perhaps imperative her
cause is ostensibly and pretenuousiy cnampioheu'
and it is we'll she should say that she hau no'i-
inc 70 do with it, The championing, however
do nOth
Frederick's widow. 1t is case Of bungnng
and indiscreet good will. The article begins
and ends with the Empress The author cares
as much TO exalt her as to abase the Bismarcks.
lie has failed in both his objects.
MANY persons have been named as the author.
Cir Morell Mackenzie has disclaimed it, MI
Stead. who was not at first thought OF, Is now
named. Mr. Labouehere says he almost knows
e. was Mr. Stead. There is, If you come 10
look into the matter. good deal OF clrcumstan-
tial evidence against him. Not much can DC
made out of the style except that 1t is the styie
Of n practised, often inaccurate, and generally
ratber careless writer Mr.. Stead's style is not
characteristic enough. not marked and ear
marked as to be readily identified, even in his
own journal There is gush in some. parts
Of the Contemporary paper which might well
enough have come from him. Other tests AFFORD
better indications. The tone Of infalhbihty IS
one, a tone which the Gar of Russia might
think too high pitched, and which the Pope
would reserve for very special occasions. The
lyrical note about women is Mr.. Stead's. His
own temperament is essentially feminine, has
methods in journalism are feminine. he Is
furious with Count Herbert Bismarck for saying
on the death of the Emperor Frederick =" We
shall have no more pettcoats meddling in pohucs
nows-the exultant and brutal phrase, he
calls it. And he winds up with pre-
diction-again thing Of which Mr..
Stead is fond-that the Bismarck dynasty Will
fail. while the Empress viii succeed in larger
leadership than that Of Germany. She IS TO SET
I'D a sort Of glorifed woman'S rights throne
seated in the centre of the European continent.
its influence coextensive with the civilization
of which il would be the finest flower. Imagine
the grim contempt with which Prince Bismarck
would greet this rhapsody
Mr. Steads sympathies with Russia, which he
prefers to England, would lead him to attack
the Bismarcls. So. perhaps, would Prince Bis
marck's refusal to see him when he went TO
Berlin on that wonderful mission of last year
"a selfimposed mission to find cut
whether the Sovereigns and Great Powers
of Europe meant TO fight. The mis-
sion ended in an interview with General
Boulanger in Paris, view Of the outside of the
outer door of Prince Bismarcx's palace in the
wjlhelmstrasse, and visit to Count Tolstoi. the
Russian novelist. In Russia Mr.. Stead was well
received as an English journalist whose motto
is Russia right or wrong" He was freely sup
plied with some of the most remarkable informa-
ton ever ladled out to an unsuspecting foreigner
with unlimited powers OF belief. Even Madame
Novikof laughs at his melodramatic narrative
and his eagerness in accepting canards, and his
grotesque bounds into the unexpected Prince
Bismarck has committed, in fact, two unpardon-
able sins. he has not always preferred the inter
ests of Russia to those of Germany, and he failed
TO understand the Importance of Mr.. Steads
mission. I should be sorry TO say that this
article had it's origin in personal grudge. but
there are those in London who will tell you that