The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-14

this later black"
We are not discussing here the merits Of
the programme which Governor HILL pro-
poses. We are only exhibiting character
istic piece of dishonesty on the part Of
Mugwump journal which was undertaking.
seven days ago. to instruct the Democratic
party as to It's moral and political duty.
Tho New Attempt to Isolate Franco.
There is no doubt that the Germans sup
posed that by the unparalleled exacNons i'm
posed by the peace Of Frankfort, France
would be irreparably crushed. The elias
tidty with which their plundered and dis
membered victim has recovered strength Is
viewed at Berlin with the same sour sus-
picion with which the Romans eyed the re-
vival Of prosperity at Carthage after
the second .Punio war. Delenda est Cur
tha0o-France must be wiped out
Is the implacable conviction Of her
enemies. who. having failed to mako her
helpless and hopeless through political iso-
lation. arc now striving to starve her into
impotence by cutting of the springs Of her
commercial and industrial activity. A CO.
alition between Russia and France having
followed the retirement Of BISMARCK. his
successor. Chancellor CAPRIv1. has aung
over large part of Europe ., network of
commercial treaties with Q view Of extin-
gushing the demand for French msnufac-
lures. and thus striking at the root Of the
resources which mako France formidable
opponent.
So long - BISMARCK remained In power.
he troubled himself very little about COM
mercial treaties considered as instruments
of aggression. His method OF tsolatlng
France was much more direct and effective.
Having once cemented the Triple Alliance.
and thus bound to Germany all the great
powers OF the Continent except two. he
spared no pains to keep those two asunder.
He managed to uphold the traditional
friendly relations between the families Of
RoMANoFF and HoH1MzoLLERN by conyinc-
ing the Car that tho thwarting Of Russia's
legitimate wishes In the Balkan PENN
sula would never be connived at In
Berlin. He went so far as to pro-
claim In the Reichstag that he would cheer
fully sacrifice Bulgaria sooner than forfeit
the Cars good will. The inference was
that II q choice became inevitable Germany
would rather quarrel with her new allies at
Vienna than ALLEVIATE her old friends atSt.
Petersburg. The result Of this studiously
fostered impression was that. so long as
RIsAIARoK shaped tho foreign policy Of the
German empire. the Russian autocrat was
deaf to the repeated overtures OF France.
There Is NO reason to doubt that. had Bus
MARoK remained Chancellor. France would
bo to-day as completely isolated. political.
ly. 40 she was three years ago.
No sooner. however. was tho veteran
statesman dismissed by his boy sovereign
than the work OF n quarter OF n century was
undone. and tho ono event which Germany
had cause TO dread. n combination OF Russia
and France. was brought about. The ad-
vantage OF such coalition to the French
republic Is Obvious. but the profit derivable
from 1t by Russia Is scarcely less consider
able. Aside from the fact that France has
become military power OF the first class.
comparable only with Germany and Russia.
her navy Is competent to deal with the war
ships Of all the other Continental powers
combined. and she alone OF the great CONT
mental States has money TO lend an ally
after providing for her own necessities.
Only with borrowed money could Rus
sia confront the exigencies Of . pro-
lon9ed war. even II her resources
were not now subjected through famine
to exceptional depletion. The fact 10
well known In Germany. and accord
ingly the Berlin bankers have been for
hidden to advance rouble to tho Gear. To
go step further and deprive French bank
era OF the power Of making advances to the
Russisn sovereign. by orsmping and sti-
ding the commercial prosperity Of France.
wAs o move which would naturally suggest
itself to GermAn politicians. Hence the
cluster Of commercial treaties which have
bean recently concluded not only with
Austro-Hungary and Italy. but also with
Belgium and Switzerland. and to which II
u hoped that Servia. Bulgaria. Roumanis.
Holland, and even Spain may DO persuaded
20 acoeds. An Inspection Of tho text Of
these treaties reveals the fsot that 90 far a.
the German empire u concerned their
purpose is rather political than CONNER.
Clal. Germany has made great sacrifices
in order to bribe the other parties to tho
commercial union to erect customs wall
against French products. It Is not improb-
able that Spain may be induced to Join this
ZollysEein. being naturally ss9Sisyed ct the
heavy duties imposed IN Spanish wines by
~ new French tsxiG. MS likewise quite
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