Smyrna times., 1891-07-15
WHOLE NO. 1893.
Williams visit to London.

The visit of Emperor William IT. of
Germany, to England, is being attend.
with unparalleled magnificence Ev.
erything that his royal grandmotber
and his English cousins can do in the
way of rich and costly display, is being
done for his entertainment. Every
form OF military and naval display of
winch the resources of England are
capable, have been marsballed forth
Tor the surprise and delectation of the
young German ruler, and in the matter
oi naval resources the exhibition wae
well worth the fame of England on
the sea, and apparently was so efFec.
1--WE as to remove all that critical and
petulant spirit with which the Young
cub was afflicted just before he reached
England. Under this softened mood
the new carpets and curtains and bed
coverings which Queen Victoria made
ready ftGGT hEii2 Ei2. 'aaEd az. his wife, may fairly
be supposed to have been regardeI-
MN with approval, and when the best
gold table service of Windsor castle
was employed in serving him with
Ihat modlcum of food and those mag.
NUNS OF wine with which his im0erial
body Is sustained, he must have felt
that his English welcome was as
hearty as it was lavish.
That costly displays are necessary
consequence of the monarchical system
Is weIl-known. Pney are part of the
machinery by which the imaginatioDs
OF men are impressed, and the antbor.
lty OF the system itself maintained Tn
a sense they are also iustifable on
economic grounds. They help to mt
money into circulation-mOnev which
tho'qeople furnished, it is true. bnt
money which would not come hack
again into common use, unless i Ssz-
exchanged for the general commodi.
ties of the market. We have no douht
that there are many Londen trades.
men who are heartily glad to-day be-
cause of this visit of William II. to his
grandmother, since by reason of it
their sales have been increased and all
the channels of production enriched bv
this fresh demand. A great deal of
the money paid in to support their
government, thus comes back to the
people, and in the long run, as the
elder Astor once said of himself, these
royal folk, so long as they avoid oper
war with each other, do not get much
more than their board and clothes
out of the various millions which pass
through their hands.
But, aside from this aspect of the
matter, what is to be the public effect
of this display of mOnarchical magnif-
cence.
The international effect upon France
and Russia will not be pleasant for the
peace of Europe. The veteran obser-
yer, Mr.. George W. Smalley, the Lon
don correspondent of the New York
Tribune, reports that technically there
will be no change between the Euro.
pean states, that England is not and
Will not become party to the Leas,
which unites Germany, Austro-Hun-
gary and Italy together. 1t is safe to
say that England willdo what her in
terests seem to require when the tone
comes. Her interests require hsy to
oppose Russia in India and q 6fan-
tain Turkey very much as it is. Ia
France the gorgeous spectacle of Eng
lands reception to the German EN-
perOr will be intensely irritating. 1t
will appear to many Frenchmen as if
a new atfrOnt had been placed upon
their country.
So far as we on this side of the ocean
are concerned, the whole affair in Lon
don appears like Twelfth Night pag-
eant-pretty but not important. If it
means anything to us, it means trade
in the case of a European war. How
long the German emperor will be con-
tent with these spectacular triumphs
of peace no one knows, but it must be
allowed, if his ambition is satisfied
with these affairs, he is having very
pleasant time.-MOrning NebUs.