The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-21
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Tho resignation OF Bismarck had bee
long looked for; possibly there was 200,
ground for surprise In tho delay Of Il
occurrence. When the old Empero
William died, in March, 1888, It was cas-
to conjecture how the new men OF TN
new time might force him aside. Muci
as the personality and genius OF Bis
marck stand TO the outside nations 10
the German power Of to-day, his author
ity has always been dependent on tn,
favor Of the Emperor. Bismarck wa,
not Minister chosen either by the PEG
ple or by the representatives OF the peo
pie. 1le was the Empetor's own repre-
sentative, and to tho Emperor alone wa.
no responsible. Under tue old Kaiser
there was never q likelihood OF an,
change. Dying in that Kaiser's life
time, Bismarck was quite certain to die
In harness. Between the master and thu
servant most cordial harmony prevailed
With men Of their respective characters
and positions this fact meant tho DOS
0ession OF tho place Of real mastery BY
the servant and not by the master. Bis
marck, In most essential things, We may
DO very sure, had his own way 80 long
as Kaiser William l. was on the German
throne. Bismarck, more than William,
was Emperor.
Vast was the change vixen Frederick
came into possession Of tho place he was
to FIJI for 80 short time, and in such
pltiful circumstances. Frederick was
a man Of advanced liberal ideas. What.
ever his views OF the divine right OF
Kings may have been, we may be conf.
dent that he did not hold that they had
any right to govern wrong" Under
Frederick history will record that the
German people would have enjoyed an
enlightenment, humane, and generous
rule. His were not the qualities that
Bismarck desired in master. It seems
scarcely to admit any question that a
serious conflict, having only one result,
must have ensued speedily had Frede-
rick been restored to health and activity.
While he lay in bed with protracted
illness there was nothing 10 do but await
events. .; &,r3 ~ a!+!EapI4. s.ys
With Frederick's son on the throne
matters again assumed an interesting
phase. Here was monarch imbued
with lofty notions Of his own "war lord
ship" and as deeply impregnated with
ideas OF one-man rule as Bismarck him.
self; go far there was premise oil easy
agreement; but the fact remained that
one was an ardent and ambitious young
man, the other a clear.headed, expert.
,enced old man. It was inevitable that
the one should wish to 20 faster than the
other; inevitable that restraint should
be imposed and then resisted hence re-
lations rather strained must follow. No
doubt Bismarck during the brief career
of his young master has often been in
state OF excessive irritation and disgust.
That visit to the Sultan, for one thing,
could scarcely have gratitiel him least
OF all would Bismarck invite the illwill
Of Russia; cordial relations with the
Turk could scarcely promote Russian
good will. ~ :, .. -. 20. ,;i,I
But more than by any OF these things
has Bismarck been irritated by the En-
peror's graud>scheme for q conference
on the European labor question. Ever
since his entry into public life has he
faced the problem OF conflict with
democracy, and his way Of meeting it
was never the way now chosen by the
young Emperor. When the Socialists
answered the olive branch held ont by
tho Emperor's programme by polling
more votes by some thousands at the
recent election than they had ever
polled before, one can imagine Bismarck
not altogether cast down by 1t. Oh.
viously he has abandoned all hope that
the Emperor. will see the error Of his
ways. The young man is strong.headed,
aud will not be turned from his course.
Hopeless was it further to carry on the
struggle to restrain and tame him. 20
What Bismarck has done for Germany
is a great theme and familiar one.
Along with the military genius OF the
puisslnt Moltke, his genius as "A States.
man, aud not Kings, not Princes, was
the creator Of the empire. Without him
We may demonstrate with good accuracy
that there wonld have been no. German
Empire as we know it now, and possibly
none at all. In those critical days back
in the early sixties, before Austria had
been made to .'.shift her centre OF gravity
to the eastward and cease to be a Ger
man power" q weaker hand than Bis
marck's might have been cutdone by
the Austrian, and the future German
Empire had Austria instead Of Prussia
for its centre. How the young Emperor
gets on without Bismarck will become
in future moet interesting subject OF
study and observation. He has already
lost the majority the Conservatives for
merly had in Parliament, and bis smash.
to.pieces policy recently. enunciated
seems scarcely calculated togrestore it.
The obvious outlook is for a far greater
widening Of the road between Emperor
and Parliament and possibly some day
smashing to pieces in directionno
anticipated by the youngsmaninow. E4-4
Statistics OF territory and population
will show what this union Of the several
German States in ,Bismarck's time has
really meant. Prussia proper is a State
having an area OF lS7,006 equarc miles.
The twenty.four States which were
added under Bismarck increased this
area to 2l2,02S square. miles, or 5000
more than tho area Of France. It; is
curious to observe here that Alsace-
Lorraine has an area Of $500 square
miles, or enough, were it ever to become
French again, to make this comparison
[ favorable 10 Trance instead of Germany.