New-York tribune., 1891-12-20
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
,rp,,Ny'S COMMERCIAL TREATIES WITH
AUSTRIA. ITALY AND BELGIUM.

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rordon. Dec l0-Chancellor Won Caprivi, whom
- are hcnceforth 10 know as General Count Won
c,Driyi. has carried his commercial treaties with
,,sria. Italy and Belgium. They passed the
ps,chstag yesterday by a great majority. The
..Iv division taken was on the treaty with Austria,
.hoh was voted by 24S to As. At the same time
a. committee OF the Austrian Reichsrath were
.soptiug the treaty with Germany by vote of
% 70 3. Prince Bismarck, who had thought
..,iously of appearing in his place in the Rcichs-
,.s 70 oppose the treaties, saw that opposition
r,ss hopeless, and confined himself TO an en-
n,rzsion Of hostility in the papers THE ma
;ortv would not be dissuaded from passing the
,,eaties. observed the Prince, "even though an
,,grl came down frcm heaven" The character
a an angel from heaven would he new ono
Gar the great ex-Chancellor 10 play, and one
,sth.r regrets that he did not attempt it, He
o,aosed the treaties. or the immediate adoption of
tbem on the ground that they had been prepared in
..ent that no time had been given to master them
hat the Rechstag could not know what it was
votnr: that so far as could be seen, great con-
,sssions were made by Germany, and nobody
could say what she would get in return that
Germany would be bound for twelve years, which
rss too long: and that only the interests of con-
.vmers had been considered, whereas German pros
p,rity depended on her producers, both agricult
ural and manufacturing. More than thirty in
dusres were affected, said the Prince. who thought
Ne should not be needed because he was himself
farmer whose industry might be injured
Two incidental remarks are interesting He
said. sThe Bureaucracy of Germany is a national
calamity" This is the kind of discovery that a
man makes after he has quilted the bureau, the
sthsr concerns US. He thought that America would
gain by these treaties. We come in under the
ulcst favored nation clause in the treaty of 1885
The scope and effect of these treaties are per-
hsps nowhere yet fully understood-or nowhere
outside of Count Caprivi's bureau France,
which will probably suffer most woke up latest
10 the importance of them, and seems 70 have been
quite unaware that anything Of moment to her was
going on at Berlin. To-day she finds herself in 8.
ring fence. She is not big enough, say her free
trade economists, to prosper inside OF 1t, and II
she does not make haste, not a single gate will be
left open into any other European country; in
short the war of tariffs has entered upon new
phase and France may find herself fighting single
handed against all Europe, Russia perhaps eN-
cepted.
The passage Of the treaties through the Relchs-
Tag is celebrated by the German Emperor with
blast of better music than usual on the I'M
peral trumpet. He gives due credit 70 General
Won Caprivi together with tie title OF Count
the same title which was thought a sufficient dis
tnotion for Motke after the conquest of France.
Count Won Caprivi is the Emperors own man.
Hc appointed him. He reaps some of the glory of
What his Minister docs The conclusion Of these
treaties is7 says the profound economist who sits
on the throne of Germany zone of the most inn
portant historical events, and literally an act of
vital moment" and he handsomely drank to the
health of the Imperial Chancellor, His Excel
lency General Count Won Caprivi. His Excel
lency is, beyond doubt considerably greater
figure in Europe than he was a month ago.
The Russian craze in France has broken out
In a fresh and worse form, this time at the
Foreign Office Heretofore it has not gone much
beyond libations OF champagne, articles in the
Paris papers more frothy still, and the frequent
singing ON French soil of the Russian hymn. Its
appearance in the sober regions Of diplomacy is
ominous of i'll. NJ. Ribot is an able not very
experienced Foreign Minister, but quite experienced
enough TO know what Europe will think Of his
action in the Chadouine case 1t is everywhere.
except in France, regarded as an act of servility
10 Russia. NJ. Chadouine was joint correspondent
in Bulgaria 10 the Havas Agency and to sundry
French papers The general notion that the
French papers have no representatives abroad and
tAt all their foreign dispatches are written in
the garrets of Paris is to some extent an
error NJ Chadouine was enemy TO Bulgaria.
and he made it his business to revile
that country and her leaders With these calum-
MES NJ StambotT10ff, whom it is the fashion to
depict as impetuous and over-masterfu bore long.
Finally after many warnings had proved of no
effect ne dispatched NJ. Chadouine across the Bull
gara frontier with two policemen to see that he
did not lose his way There were tales of violence.
but they seem 10 have sprung from the lively
Imagination OF VI. Chadouine himself and no
diplomatic complaint this score has been heard
NJ Ribot forthwith instructed the French agent
France has no regular representative at Sopha-to
demand the revocation of the decree Of expulsion
against NJ. ChadOuine. lie based this demand on
The capituations in force with Turkey, treating
Bulgaria, as he had diplomatic right 10 do as a
pert Of Turkey NJ StambOulofr refused. VI.
IAnel, the French agent aforesaid, was thereupon
ordered TO leave Bulgaria and diplomatic rcla-
tons-suchs as they were, and they were already
almost n--between France and Bulgaria are slis-
pended
M Ribots sole point is The capitulatiCns
IL is more than doubtful whether they apply 1t
Is probable that, if they apply 10 questions OF
Judicial proceeding. they do not apply to mat
ters OF administrative energy. Every country has
The admitted right 10 expel any foreigner France
has recently expelled correspondents, and at least
one English Member OF Parliament Mr.. Cunning
hame Graharne. England did not demonstrate.
There was no ground for remonstrance iaiy,
Germany and of course Russia. have exercised
this power Of expulsion whenever 1ney hKeu'
Russia turned Mr.. Penncll out of the country
few weeks since for sketching Jews. All TINS
matters nothing. France. 10 please Russia wanted
to pick a quarrel with Bulgaria. and has pickei
IL Bulgaria seems little the worse. III NJ hioo.