New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-29
rpE EUROPEAN CONTINENT.
.rpy,Ny,s CHANCELLOR TALKS OF PEACE
W. AND PREPARES FOR WAR.

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FAILURE OF THE RUSSIAN LoAN-THE
GERMAN EGousr-sTRIKEs IN
FRANCp-THE INFLUENZA.
icy CABLE TO TUE TRIBUNE.
...,.r,,ht, 1891 ; Bv The tribune Assoctation
,.rdon. Nov. 2s.-Following the example of
- salisbury. of the Marquis di Rudini, and OF
=. Austrian Emperor. the German Chancellor
-, - now mad, a speech on peace. 1t is very
s~,;ous and interesting address. which will add
.'-nething TO his European repute as an orator
,r..ther his renown as Minister Will be In
..sed biz it is another question. The idea which
ss.rl;es this outburst lis that the press of Europe
'..sOonsiblc for the general anxiety about peace
.ta,s were no papers there would be no trouble
a. any rate if there were, nobody would
W w. ANYTHING about it. No alarm would be
- Cbancellors and War Ministers would be
ssnoved TO lay their trains as they liked. and
-, the match when they saw fit. This is
s.r for which there is much to be said. Gov
,..,osnts. on the other hand-the German Govern
", above all-arc animated by the noblest
..,timents General Won Caprivi evidently meant
:. asscribe the policy of the German Government
'. one Of truth and frankness. Unluckily, he said
"a, its chief requisite was truth and frankness
San from a diplomatist the truth slips out
sonetin,es
uowever. he said some things which deserve to
!. ,akeu seriously He spoke of both Russia and
r,,noe He is convinced that the Gar wants
,s,oe So are other people The question is, For
t.r long? which General Won Caprivi forgot.
y. rently ridiculed the Cronstadt business He
.,,not believe that war has been brought nearer
shv single hairs breadth" because Of all the
champagne drunk on that occasion. He comph-
r.uts the French Government on being strong
enough to keep the peace. II anything could
rsaksn the French Government, it would be q
.omplirent from Germany. True, says General
von Caprivi the sef-consciousness of our western
,.iyhbors has been heightened by Cronstadt, but
Id not believe that the French amour propre can
r. a danger 10 u.s." IL would be difficult to carry
,,discretion further, or to make less allowance
far French susceptibility to chat, German chan
above ALL
tn, end of this harangue is what might oe
,,,.c,ed Professions of confidence in peace are
ss,.xed bv the statement that the German Army
MT he increased There are still two frontiers
a 10 protected. observes General Won Caprivl
Nhe French military preparations he says moth
me- but plumply repels the notion of instant
Danger from the Russians. Alleging-or perhaps l
.hond saw sdmitting-them TO be within 200
miles Of the frontier, the distance at which the
Russian carrisons are kept, Germany and Austria
bav. more troops than Russia. Perhaps this,
Tao Is guarantee of peace. A surer guarantee
,tiIl ;s the famine. which is desolating great
districts of Russia, exhausting her resources, and
inevitably postponing whatever proJec's u ds-
preston she may cherish.
N. de Giers's journey ends with little glory
He Quilted Paris amid a singular display OF III
difference. due possibly to the fact that he was
going 10 Berlin. He was received in Berlin with
civilty hardly more. His audience OF the Ter
man Emperor lasted just twenty mlnutes-tlme
enough for peaceful phrases, on both sides equally
decorous, equally empty. This, perhaps, was the
Emperors way Of sgnifying his resentment at
the Cars refusal to take In Berlin on his way from
Copenhagen 10 St. Petersburg. Even Emperors
who reign by divine right have to put up win
these notifications; the deeper In the German
Emperors case. because his two unsolicited Tlsits
10 the Car remain unreturned. II the will of the
King be the supreme law in Germany, which is
doubtful in spite of the Munich album, it clearly
Goes not extend beyond the frontiers.
What the Emperor said to Nj. de Giers is in
teD,c,ed as making for peace. 1t is not known
what he said. He forgot TO invite reporters 10
h present The purport is inferred from this re-
mark to the Berlin recruits, that so far as can
b foreseen it is only In peace that you VIII nave
the opportunities of showing your courage" q re-
mark worthy of Artehas Ward, though in the
mouth of ARENAS the humor would not have Deen
unconscious Humorous or not, this sentence fell
from the Imperial lips just after they had dis
missed NJ. de Giers The sanguine therefore sup
IL loof,x- fhn furn
pleasing 10 both, and that assurances against war
had been exchanged. If immediate hostilltles were
preparing. precisely such assurances would be
profered by both belligerents. There is happily
no other sign of immediate hostilities.
N. de Giers was believed TO have financial as
well as political mission. If he had, which is
probable, it remained unaccomphshed. french
SENTIMENT, which at the issue of the recent Rus
sian loan Of one hundred million dollars, was sup
posed capable Of putting its hand in its pocket,
did not put it in very deep after all Those in
erested announced its success. The Bourse re-
named sceptical, and scepticsm, especially when
II is financial, tends 10 increase rather than to di
minish All efforts TO sustain prices have failed
hear from one who ought to know that the real
facts about this operation have not been made
public. OF the whole hundred millions, fifty only
were absorbed by outsiders, and the remaining
forty millions of bonds have been returned into
The Russian Treasury So much for sentiment
The German Emperor never gives us very
sng vacation, seldom so long as from beginning 10
enc Of a week. He has been addressing this
~eeS the Berlin recruits, in speech not With
Wv carng on the question Of peace and war, ana
interesting, also, in its fresh revelation oil the
PsAsss character. These are his words You
nho have just taken the oath of allegiance to
Ae vii have plenty of hard service at first, but
WI also esprience moments of satisfaction when
you display TO Me the art you have acquired.
iOaf reward will then be My approval" He
,p'Ae again in similar tone to the Brandenburg
i'Oheefs,-the tone OF colossal egotism which now
%ses for imperial
1nally. there appeared in Berlin paper an
announcement Of a volume Of sermons preached