The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-02-01
Boulanger-Bismarck.

The following practical article from the
Washington Pos, is interesting At this time:
The birthday of the German Emperor and
the overwhelming triumph of the one mau
whose success points towards war with Ger
many, fell on the same day. Sunday, January
9th. To-day it may be passed as a mere CO.
incidence; within few months it may be
cited as a momentotls parallel.
The triumph Of Boulanger in the great
ganglion of France probably means less than
similar triumph thirty years ago, even al
lowing the full weight of its Significance
Paris once was France, but by the triumph
of Theirs and the downfall Of the Commune
before the steady attack of the National
Guard, the conservative country proved that
radical Paris had found its master.
True, the House of Deputies has grown
more and more radical since the foundation OF
this last republic, but Clemenceau seems to
have REACHED barrier, and Boulanger made
his strongest bid for the support Of the bour-
geoisie by favoring aid for the Panama Canal
The gray-rlbbed stocking which banks for the
peasant and small landholder still rules
France.
Boueanger has met with uniform auccess in
both country and city. Evidently there is 10
be no check for the present. His unknown
| financial hackers, he they Spectators, Bona
partist or Lesitimist princes, clercals or cIi-
sentative bankers, one or all. still. stand be-
hind him. His crucial tests will come onl y
with triumph which places him in power
Then the diverse interests, which now unite
in opposition. will make their running and
breed discomfort. To outsiders it looks as if
war with Germany would be the last resort
to hold the country to Boulanger's support
Wars have been fought before to distract At
tentiod from internal dispute.
No one will be quicker to recogniz. the pos
| sibilities arising from Boulanger's success
| than the gruff and brAiny German chancellor.
| 1t will not be unreasonable 10 expect, then,
from him softer, less ,iiscordant note on SA-
moan Affairs. 1t will furnish no great sur
prise if the change of Administration a,
Washington is found to ali ,rd him opportuni-
| ty tor a change of front aud the arrival OF An
undels landing which will cause a complete
| cessation Of German interference at Samoa
1t will not be the first time that America has
profited by foreign omplicatsons-nor the
| last.
| Consider for a moment the effect of Rus
| so-Franco-German war, with half a billion
| dollars in French war bonds taken up with q
hurrah in the New York exchanges. France,
with her politest bow, rendering the United
| States few ironclads and cruisers. An Amer
| lean legion armed with Lebel rifles. Germany
for the first time attacked on both TANKS. The
German fleet ten miles off New York firing
shot, at a cost of $1,000 per shot, into New
New York. where they probably would do
less $500 damage each. The Vesuvius aud
other quickly contrived products Of American
inventive genius coming back at the fleet -
Oh, no. Bitmarck will be very careful about
taking on too many quarrels at once. The
Samoan dispute may come to sudden and
| satisfactory termination not far from the 4lh
of March.