The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-23

upon the swiftness and Completeness of her,
military success, and there v ere very few
inca IN Europe who believed her success
was possible. The war was opened aud fin
isLed within aweek upon plan that had
for years occupied the s1ie attention If
NoitAe and has san, with success that
as on shed the world.
The result was against Austria. Prussia
was at the head OF the new confederacy.
Bismarck was named its chancellor and set
free to frame and carry through the con-
stitutlol Of the new North German COpfsd-
eracy. He opposed desired quarrels viii
Franco. lie knew the var WITH the Gauls
was inevitable. bat he knew, too, that the
time had not yet come. He waited, and
wnen the wa came he was victor. NaDo-
Icon was made prisoner in short time, and
the flower OF the French army was fastened
i'll the fortresses OF Germany as prisoners of
war. France was isolated, humiliated. and
when, IN 1871, the terms OF peace were rati-
fed, Germany stood forth such Il
queror as history has seldom known. Bis
mGrck's reward was The Tide and tae posi-
ton of prince and the gift OF an estate in
LauenbuFg, together with a large sum Of
money.
CHURCH AND STATE.
Under the new order Of things Bismarck
became a prominent enemy Of the Roman
SAAOA III tAA5 OAtl aiiOAlltuc party ne
struggle between church and state was
fierce. Pope Plus TX. died, and over his
successor, Leo Kill, Bismarck won full
victory. Aside from this religious question
Bismarck has devoted himself since the
Franco-Pruzsian war chiefly to affairs in
which the unity of Germany has beea con-
cerned. He has fought socialism, battlei
Tor protection, urgel the cause of education,
the influence of domestic content, and, join
N
could have an interest, he has been the ar
bitter of European destinies. What progress
is IN much Of the modern sense he has OPP
posed because of his birth-given reverence
for kings, bat still the results of his policy
have been grand. He has created AID Gull
tiyated the German empire of these days.
There are those " no say that Germany will
yet have an upper chamber very different
from her present council Of kings, and
responsible ministry very different from
her present tanner of parliamelts. And
when these things are accom- plished Bis
marck, the hater Of these thi rs, will be
duly honored, not for a completed work,
but having 50 labored TINT for all mis- will
fulness and failure to appreciate the polit-
ical genius of his fellow couutrym n, other
men could enter into his labors and carry
them forward TO a gra 1def issue than his
genius could createer his ina gination could
conceive.
Among the men who have made history,
Bismarck must be ranked great. Among
those who controlled the political course of
the nineteenth century, he must be ciassed
the greatest. The map of Europe is not
what it was in 1870. Bismarck is written
over its face. Gladstone, DiSraeli may be
compared to him, but neither has been of
such influence. A scholar, diplomat, the
equal of each, he has held the scales of
peace for many years in his own hands
His course during the last few years is
known to every newspaper reader. His
differences with the young king over the
labor question are matters Of the past few
months The cause of his resignation may
remain for some time unkno wu, because Of
the secrecy surrounding German statecraft.
Never before has be had to deal with such a
sovereign as the present ruler. Perhaps he
is waiting for the emperor to get into trou-
bic and call upon him for advice; perhaps
he is content to retire, now that he has ac-
complished SO much more than any other
living man, SO much mora, in fact, than
mos mea of all time.
Personally Bismarck is Of colossal power.
He stands SIX feet four inches in hight, is
noted for his dome ,tic traits as wall as for
his statesinanship, is q scholor, an orator, a
believer in GOD but not a churchgOer, and
he can smoke more and drink more than
probably any other man in the world.