New-York tribune., 1890-04-20
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
INAUGURATION OF THE NEW RE0lNh In
GERMAN GOVERNMENT.

MR. COsCHENS BUDGEI-A-N>"
THE c,sBEA DIVORCE sU1T-s1LVAH
qEG1s1.ATIoN-MR. STANLEY
LORD REAY's RETURN
INV cAsLE TO THE 1RIBrNk]
-. 300: By The ke'r- York lr'o""e'
oops''s., I'll The first appearance of Cen
Lohoon, or Or: :; his new character as President
trdi W., n~.,rs;or Cabinet is not without peculiar
ei 'no n.ua presented himself TO the frnssian
r :. D.nrties on Tuesday punctualiy al noon'
io" -. ,as then no House sitting he had 10
;sS D"S .rd reappear fifteen minutes later. lie
.s h;r,self none too adroltly In the chalr
% pr,,co bismarck and there held sort of
1svee sundrv Deputies seizing tins opportunity
Of doing homage to their new master-if master ne
sbould turn out to be- He spoke well, say some
of those who heard him. and made on the whole
q GOOD impression; vet he began by announcing
himself a stranger in political affairs, and re-
ferred modestly 10 his want of experience. lie
declared. however, his belief that what Prince
bismarck had founded was strong enough to stand
of itself SHOULD it be otherwise continued
General Won Caprivi, " | consider it most favor
able dispensation of Providence that at the mo-
ment of Prince Bismarcks retirement august
Young Monarch should he there to FIJI the gap.
Considering that the august young Monarch him
self fixed the moment of Prince Bsmarclis
tirement. this declaration is not less remarkable
for GOODNESS than for its courter-likc qualities.
Then follows the first note of that dispara cement
of Prince Bismarck which will grow louder.
Individual Ministers. cried General Won Caprivi.
are henceforth TO have elbOw-room. and will no
longer he kept under by one commanding in
dividuality This means simply that they are to
have no master but the Emperor. who will him
self examine whatever they have to propose.
There followed, the next day. another speech,
this time on the press with another hint of GEN.
sure Prince Bismarck's past policy Prince
Bismarck used the press. His successor has not,
b. tells us. sent one single word to any journal.
and does not mean to do so in future MODELLING
the press is to be thing Of the past True, says
one observer on the spot the semi-oflicial papers
have had no news. Whether the public is better
of for that, or whether General Won Caprvis
virtuousness will he initiated by his colleagues is
an unanswered question. Official if not semi
official journalism is still to exist. The Reich
sanzeiger" has not ceased TO appear nor have tho
usual oracular announcements of the Imperial will
vanished from its columns recent number
denies solemnlv rumors regarding reorganization
of the Imperial Ministries Semi-oficial eluci,
daton of this statement is intrusted to Eng
lish paper, and takes the form of elaborate
condemnation of Prince Bismarcks method of do
ing business. His Capitalization Of power in his
own hands was in fact if you believe this in
spired critic, detrimental TO Germany that it
must all be altered; only lot just yet. There
is to be a development of the Imperial Constitu-
ton, it seems. and this development is to pro-
oeed more rapidly than it could have done had
Prince Bismarck remained at the head of affairs.
There is no mistaking the source of that declara-
ton. II is but another form of the too celebrated
Full steam! Ahead" which dropped the other
day from the Imperial lips No wonder that Gen.
eral Won Caprivi said, in his supplemented way,
that it was inconvenicnt TO insert communications
in the semi-ofsica press. because week later you
might want to disavow them
President Carnots tour through the South Of
France began, says a none too friendly observer.
with acclamations Not only the authorities
but the people have everywhere received the head
OF the French Republic with something more than
respect, often with enthusiasm. Even Catholic
dignitaries, who are supposed TO be for the most
part Royalst, have joined in these demonstra-
tions. Nothing is more remarkable than TO hear
the Archbishop Of AK hail tie President in so
many words as the representative Of God. This
is the Divine right Of Kings in new form. All
authority, says this excellent preate, is Divine
delegation: and he declares himself the exponent
al once of religious and patriotic sentiments
Well, if Rome thinks the Royalist game mp, the
Republic must be strong indeed. Marseles al
ways passionatey republican, saw its streets filed
with cheering mul,itudes VI. Carnot drove
about. Here again the Catholic clergy gathered
round the Chief Of the State, and the Bishop
offered his best wishes to the President. The
np1np Il oil
him, and the foreign Consuls presented themselves
and their salutations.
The agitators who are striving to organize
labor demonstration all over Europe May
are, as might he expected, al odds with each other
The Paris Reds are still bent on mischief, but the
German Socialists meeting early in the week at
Halle, instead Of Dresden, resolved against at
tempting a general suspension Of work. 1t il not
known whether they had received hint from the
Emperor that he not yet ready 70 issue d
proclamation approving their programme. OF, per
haps not even in mood to tolerate eNcesSes
which he could not control. In Austria the Gov
ernment has offered a holiday to the wOrknen IN
ts employ if the workmen themselves request it.
The police vainly protest that they cannot be re-
sponsibe for order if all Vienna be turned loose
on them at once The situation in Vienna is still
threatened, and industry in many trades is ham
peTed or stopped The employers, says one writer.
have no backbone; they either yield ANONYMOUSLY
or call for tie police. The workmen are rot
allowed to form trade unions yet cannot be pre-
vented from striking a body Organization Of
some kind they must have, they could not act
together as they do. The English strikes of the
week are not Of great importance.
The proposed silver legislation at Washington
eNcites some won(ser here. and elicits somd
friendly warnings; among others, one from The
Times Experts in currency matters look upon
either OF the two pending bills certain 10 raise
The price OF silver but since the increase of price
artificial, the increased price cannot. they
'aink, last for more than limited time. A mo-
aent viii come when the immense Of sill
'ef which are 10 he accumulated in the Treasury
Washington must he discharged upon the