Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-03-19


policy Of the German empire, there is
ample ground for the belief that his
going marks an era In political history.
1t is certainly the loss Of one Of the great
moving influences. IL may be the birth
Of another as great, or there may be the
succession of an influence ~ feeble ~ his
has been being great. II the Emperor
William, who II believed to be his success.
cor, develops like power, II will not
be power moving in like direction TO
like ends. The period Of the Bismarcklan
idea has closed. The man who takes up
the reins that he lays down is believed
to have q self confidence equal 10
his aud perhaps greater energy but
with an iinmaturity Of Judgment
that his vigor will but make
more damaging. The emperor will
greatly disappoint expectation II his
wisdom proves to be In proportion to his
zeal. He will be . very great man II he
shows himself capable at his years Of
succeeding Bismarck. The chances are
much against the success Of his essay /;
and the European world IL likely to
have . lively shaking up in the last de.
cade of the nineteenth century.
TEE crowded mouse At tho Fauntleroy
entertainment last evening took . very
long time In omptying Itself, and the sug-
gestion again came very fOrcibly OF the
limited means of exit provided al this hall.
We invite the attention Of the city authori-
tics again 10 the subject. The whole front
Of the house should be made to open for
exit. Tho rooms at the side Of the entrance
should be torn out, and the entrance hall
be made to eatend from wall to wall. Now
there IL but about an eight feet wide
doorway from which to empty the
hall.
Another trouble IL that e,'.3
half hour during which q crowded
houSe IL filing past the ticket taker at the
door, no one who is inside can get out.
Last evening, amer taking party In, we
desired to 60 to escort another party to the
hall, but had to stand at the inside Of tho
door until the house was filled and the
curtain about to ring up, as there
was no cessation at all In the on
ward march OF the file that filed the
narrow door. There was another door and q
number rofunemployed attendants standing
the accommodation of the prisoners In
side, II they had had tho mildest idea Of
accommodating their patrons.
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THE resignation Of Bismarck is q very
easy thing to talk about In spite Of the little
that In known about II and the morning
papers are full of opinions Of all sorts on
the causes. the probable policy Of the en-
os1d h1A
situation In general. Tho opinions Of
all the leading German papers are
telegraphed, but rs German editors
only venture TO express the most
harmless opinions and In the most uncertain
language these dispatches are quite unsat-
isfactory. More IL to be gained from distin-
glished Germans now nAmerlca and these
have been literally interviewed. Rabbi
Solomon SCHNEIDER of Boston, says that the
resignation Is a very good thing for Ger
many. ~ believe William Is sincere In his
desire to introduce reforms In Germany In
the direction asked for by the Socialists,
though he Is not by any means u Socialist
himself. BY holding the son Of bismarck
In the ministry, too, he may still be able to
conciliate the class represented by the cham
cellor. / think the young man wants to
mako himself independent Of Bismarck,
and show that In fact, as well as in name,
he 10 the emperor"
Oswald Ottendorfer. editor of the New
York Stats zeitung, said that the effect
would be to change the whole aspect of
Europe 10 a great extent. ''The same policy
will no doubt be pursued, but tho prestige
OF Bismarck's success will be lost 10 Cor.
many. Other powers may not pay much
attention to the warnings of the govern
msnt. II may lead to war, but do not
regard II Is imminent But the whole
peaceful arrangement was made princi-
pally by Bismarck because aggressive
nations realized that In any encroach-
ment they would not affect only
one, but several great powers. So
far as diplomacy Is concerned and the
power to preserve peace, Bismarck was
wonderful man, but as regards national,
economical and social questions, he neither
understood them--in their far reaching in
huence--nor was he in sympathy with
them."
Carl Schurz declined to talk until he had
more news.
PHILADELPHIA papers tell Of the mishap
Of pair Of runaways from Trenton. A
pretty young woman arrived ut the Broad
street station from that city on Monday