New-York tribune., 1890-03-30
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rBY CABLE TO THE TSIBUNE.1
Corwight: 1890 By The Ne,c- York Tribun

week have become the CeTtalntlcS OF tnls, anu io
now has to be said that Prince Bismarck was
dismissed by the Emperor, not, of course, In TERMS
but only in fact Personal relations between the
Tmpcror and the Chancellor are Of kind which
excludes the notion of incvtics either side.
But the autocratic young sovereign has many
methods at his disposal any one Of which would
suffice to relieve him. with every due form OF
politeness, from any further continuance OF SER
vices which had become irksome to him
Many are the stories still current. and many the
versions of the incident on which the crisls
finally turned All OF them cannot he true, ana
all of them cannot be without foundation All
point 10 one conclusion: Prince Bismarck mas
been sacrificed to the Emperors ambition, 10 his
passion for personal rule, TO his longing for glory.
10 his belief in his hll-suilicing power oil
insurng the good of the country, which, for good
or for ill., he is resolved to govern alone Never
since William II came to the throne has he lost
an occasion of making himself seen, heard ana
felt. at home and abroad. Undoubtedly, he had
produced an impression on public opinion. lie
had persuaded Europe that II had new force IN
international politics 10 deal with, that the young
German Kaiser had both character and ability.
II was not enough Between the Emperor and
Europc still lowered the gigantic figure OF the
great Chancellor. The servant overshadowed the
II.
servant Germany has hitherto meant Prince BIS
marcz: it was henccforth TO mean Emperor
william ii.
What matter the means by which such
change as that is effected? But II Is l-oeleVe'
true as | said last week, that the direct Issue
between the Emperor and the Chancellor was
raised by the Emperor on the question OF MINIS
toral resporsbty All Ministers were 10 re-
-, first nj
longer through Prince Bismarck in the first place.
The point cannot be made too clearly. or us
imnortancc overcstmated Prince Bismarck has
leen Prime Minister of Germany. He has made
and unmade all other Ministers. always observing
forms and acting nominally as the agent OF tAe
Emperor but with the real power In his own
hands and the real responsibility for everything
resting on him. All Ministers have reported 70
him. and their communications with the Sow
crcign have been carried on through HIM No
other system prevailed during the long reign OF
this boys grandfather, or the few short months
While his father lay that sick bed which w"s
his throne II was under this system irst thab
Prussia became first among the German States,
and then that Germany created. sohdified
and established the rock which Is now the I'M
movable foundation Of the German Empire
All this method of doing business presently be-
came odious TO This Emperor He struck at tho
root Of it by insisting that Ministers should send
reports 10 him direct. Prince Bismarck ceased
from that moment 10 be Prime Minister; he be-
came tie mere equal o. his colleagues. and sank
into n mere head Of department He had been
Chancellor: he became n clerk. He had ruled
the Empire and the Emperor; he was now 70 he
ruled He preferred resignation 10 scrvitudc
and disgrace and that is the true history of this
crisis.
The existing system being broken up. Prince
Bismarck pointed ont the impossbty OF working
the new one |. al any rate, cannot work II. 10
said and TO convince the Emperor Of the sin
certify Of his protest he offered rs II was meant
that he should offer. his resignation. which the
Emperor instantly aul eagerly accepted. The
past services of his foremost subject. the COM
ing perls to his country. counted for nothing
with this mperlal egotist. Here was the man
who stood in his way. He must GO. He is gone
and all tlh sunlight there is falls full and falls
lercey on the headstrong boy who wears tho
German crown. with no Bismarck 10 intercept its
rays or reflect its splendor.
You will look in vain in German papers for
the facts There have been hints of the truth,
but the penalties for telling too much truth IN
Germany are heavy. and even private speech
is fctiered. DO not come Ia Berlin now" writes
a friend: "No man here even To his wife. dare
say what he thinks The Emperor contrves 70
hear every word uttered by the humblest.' 10
was said elsewhere that Berlin received the news
of the Chancellor's fall with Indifference. "Oh.
no. SAYS another friend in his German way.
D." 1t was a thunderstrole which left us stunned
BY last Wednesday the Bcrners had recovered
a little and suppose the Emperor himself heard
the cheers which sauicd Prince Bismarck as he
PASSED 10 and from the Palace for his last audience
before his final retirement To FREDERICKSBURG.
Nulttudcs filled the streets and thronged aoouo
the Palace gaes and about the gates oi that other
palace in the WillclmsraSsc. which has been the
Chancellor's home but Is his home no longer
They saw him come out from his lcavetaklng II
the Emperor; erect and smiling. say the papers.
and there are inanc infcrenccs that the interview
must have been agreeable Do people suppose
Prince Bismarck the kind of man who wears his
heart upon his sleeve for these and other DAVIS
10 peek at? The parting WAS decorous and per-
haps something more, for even an Emperor is
human. and he was parting with the subject 10
whom lie owes IT that he Is Emperor.
Prince Bismarck said in s66 You in America
cannot understand how deep is that loyalty which
| feel to my Sovereign" We may he sure that
he feels it siill amid all the just resentment. the
righteous anger. the forcbodngs. the anxious
doubts that fill the mind of the pilot who quits
his ship with the breakers all about her. Prus.
sian is quite capable of curslng his Kaiser one
moment and knccling 10 him the next. but as he
tween Emperor and Chancellor. whether in tho
Royal Palace or the palace in the WllhenIstraSsc.
it is certain no high words passed. Events are
not transacted in that way. IL all the world had
been admitted to this last interview, they would
have seen piece of high comedy. well acted and
nothing more The tragedy is acted III private
only. but nobody need he misled because appear
anccs are kept up
Europe looks on and wonders that Prince Bis
marclS is allowed To fall with few dcmonstra~
tions of gratitude or regret from his own country
men. Parliament meets and adjourns day by
dav without word There is no Stir in any
great German city, nor any sign Of protest among