New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
..,rr7cAL TOPICS IN FRANCE AND GER
MANY.

coscHEN on THE METALLIC RESERVE
THE SCHOOL BoARD-MUIC
AND THE DRAMA-TNE
ARTS-PERsoNAL
my CABLE TO TEE TRrBUNEI
Islam, 1891; By The Tribune Association.
- Dec. 5.-General Won Caprivi's speech
nSr Sosr 70 the German Rechstag has had a
~ ,.vorahle effect Continental comments
an .hs French excepted, nearly all In one
II ;s reckoned a speech for peace. The
VIZ nress resents mildly enough General Won
.,,i,s attacks but mildness is matter OF
o'r '.s,v when the journalist may be sentenced to
r-ortbs, imprisoninent for what are called IN
~ -. comments on the German Emperor. This
~. Yesterday befel journalist OF Munich.
~h.t Germany and Europe care for is not
Da' ore or less strained relations between the
..ol,or and the press, but the prospects OF
S.,,sa neace. and these are improved by General
Conriyi's speech. His taunts to the french
20 he taken as matter of course. Inc
r.h also permit themselves great liberties OF
ia-.ror kind. shrug their shoulders, and ask.
80, can Won expect of a German? In neither
80. nor Germany is the press free. but one
- .,,etimes tempted TO say that 1t Is qulte Tree
enough.
r,.,s appeared early this week in various
-, naners new version of the Emperor's
..h 70 the Berlin recruits last week at Pots
According to this report. he said: "You
-. sworn allegiance to Me. This means that
ns .rs now Nv soldiers. You have given your
-. to Ne. body and soul. You know henceforth
.nk one foe-My foe. In view OF the present.
.h,rot,ons wy Of the Social Democrats, may order
rplaflXpS
~, 49, brotbers. or even your own parents.-
! ~, certainly God forbid; but even then you
INST obey NV orders without demur.' At least
a-.. davs have passed without contradiction
=, this account. At any rate, none has reached
r,.lona Il ought to be incredible. j do not
.row that it is. It is only after ALL military
...d.rinr Of that maxim which it is now admitted
~. rmneror did inscribe in the Munich album
sTbe will Of the King is the supreme law Hardly
.vsr DOES this young autocrat make speech
which his Ministers do not think it desirable to
,.yi.s before publication, or to modify after
r,,. time the revised text appeared first Now
AVN. the real words; if real they are. Real or
~, few people seem TO think 1t remarkable that
y. Fmneror should have used them. For
rhne he astonished Europe by his intemperance
AZ speecb and despotc turn of mind. But Europe
,o,n Gets used to such things, and is astonshed no
hnvr.
The contumacy of the French bishops seems
likely to raise the whole question Of the rela-
,Ors between Church and State in France The
proeecuton Of the Archbishop of Aix followed
BY the outburst Of clerical sympathies among the
Royslsts has compelled the Ministers to decide
between enforcing the law and allowing 1t to ee
broken The newspaper which raised suoscrlp-
ton 10 psy the Archbishop's fine has itself been
prosecuted and fined, the fine amounting 70 the
enormous sum of 500. Deputies Of the Right
aH jubilant at the prospect of a struggle in which
they can pose once more as the champions OF
prsecutcd Church. The Bishops, of course make
conmon cause with each other, and as episcopal
influence In France is still very strong. they may
,ueceed in driving the Government into policy
which H. assuredly has no wish to adopt. 1t must
nav the Church in order to control the Church,
and no momentary irritation will blind the Min
strv 10 that fact. Rome is appealed to by ootn
narties and from Rome there are to be heard, as
usuaI two voices One day we are told that the
Pope entirely approved the INSTRUMENTATION OF the
Archbishop of AK, which began the trouble. Next
we hear that he wrote under mlsapprehenslon
AZ the facts This was after that muttcred menace
abont cancellipp the Concordat. Finally 1T is al
ksed that he neither approves nor disapproves any
thing. but prays for peace Surely pious prayer
and judicious But the Bishops in France are
Q militant race.
Herbert Spencer must have been delighted TO
hear that after the State had failed TO compose
The French miners strike it was settled py pri
yae arbitration. The committee which came 10
terms was composed of delegates from tne mine
owners and mine workers. Each side quickly
found out the irreducible minimum TO which the
other would agree. The terms were drawn up
forthwith, and submitted TO the congress OF mine
workers. 1t may be worth noticing that on these
occasions employers hold themselves oound ei'her
by arbitration or by the acts Of their own repre-
Rntatives The workmen sometimes repudlate
both. They debated now whether they
would or not, but good sense and good
faith prevailed They voted TO resume work at
onn, and the strike which threatened to involve
half million of workmen is at an end.
The death of the Emperor of Brazil has no
great political importance. though there was a
moment when he believed himself likely TO DE
ncaled Perhaps Europe believed 1t too' 1of
Europe always finds it difficult to consider
spublic anywhere a permanent form OF govern
nent Dom Pedro. however. was known and hKeo
h England and France. His amiable prediection
ior scientific knowledge, his amiable personal
Qualities. his amiable treatment of men OF all
nnks with whom he came in contact. won him
much regard in many different circles he even
eonciliated so austere Republican as Victor Hugo.
The interview between them ended with re-
mark BY Hugo that he should be sorry If there were
more Emperors like him. But why? gueried
Dom Pedro. Because there would be fewer
Republicans" "a remark in which compliment
ana sarcasm were gently mingled.
Mr. Balfoars power Of speech-making seems in
uhaustible.. His addresses OF last week left him
With energy enough to deliver three more this
week full of intellectual vigor, with plenty of
nard hitting, which. in his case at least is good
nstured. lie touches in sympathetic spirit on
zoe improved conditions of Ireland, where hardly