The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-30
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Bismarck Unlikely to Reciprocate tbs
| Emperor's Advances-The Latter Aps
plAuded by the Press Hut Regarded by
| the Ex-Chancellor and His Friends with
SuspicIon-The Efforts ut Reconciliation
Likely to Prove Futile.
BERLIN, Sept 5-The arrival of
Count Herbert Bismarck and Count
Rantzan, his brother-in-law, in Kisssn-
| gen, Saturday, is not expected to help
much in bringing the emperor and
Prince Bismarck together. The peo-
pie, however, think that influences
will prevail and the reconciliation will
coon be accomplished.
Emperor Francis Joseph and the
king of Saxony have sent to Kissengen
sympathetic inquiries after the princes
health, and have suggested the desira-
bility that Prince Bismarck make the
next advances. The grand duke of
Baden and the king of Wurtem-
burg are writing with energy to the
same end. Still Bismarck holds back,
seemingly reluctant to answer the
emperor's advances before extorting
such homage as no sovereign has ever
paid subject.
kilograms from Kissingen represent
him as irritated and suspicious. He is
said to regard the attentions now be-
slowed on him by crowned heads as
too ostentatious. They are suggestive.
he thinks, of plan to extinguish him
entirely as a political factor. He is
recovering his strength quite rapidly
now and is sensitive about being
treated as an honored memory. lie
means to reassert himself as power
full element in German politics in the
near future.
This is the sentiment on which his
circle rely to keep him on the old line
of opposition to the government. II
will bitterly disappoint the whole
country regardless of party, if they
succeed, and the emperor's overtures
be rejected.
The newspapers of all political ten
denotes praise the emperor for having
taken the initiative, and agree in hop
ing that the prince will not deny the
nation the pleasure of witnessing the
end of the feud between Berlin and
Friederichsruhe.
The Munich Allgemaine Zeitung. Bis
marckian, says: Germany has not
had such joyful surprise in many
years. The people will never forget
that the emperor took the first steps
toward lifting a load from the hearts
of all patriots"
The Vossiche Zeitung makes this
comment: THE emperor's action was
a necessity. Out of respect for the ma
tional reputation Prince Bismarck
should not be allowed to descend into
his grave without receiving a mark of
sympathy from the emperor. History
might have accused Germany of send
ing Prince Bismarck to the tomb. laden
with the ingratitude of his fellow
countrymen. The emperor has drawn
the sting from such a charge"
Opinions of this kind might be quoted
at any length. They are not calcu-
lated to sooth Bismarcks resentment
ut being treated as n dying man.
There is, in fact, little chance of his
submission to the emperor for better
or worse, and any plan of reconcilia-
tioiA WIN IhAo CiAu VIC" VIII
miscarry. II the emperor's kind mes
sage should result in soothing the
prince and inducing him to moderate
the bitterness of his attacks on the
government no more can be expected.
The official newspapers here, however,
affect to expect more.
The official journals of Austria-Hun-
sal, f,rA4a1
ally yesterday, also try to affix in ad-
vance the stigma of shocking ingrati-
tude to the princes action in case he
should not accept the position of a
worn out statesman.
The Pesther Lloyd says: "If, after
the emperor's magnanImity, Prince
Bismarck renews his hostilities to the
government it would sink him forever
in the estimation of the public"
In view of this line of comment it is
not surprising to find Bismarck's
friends dubious whether the ap-
proaches to a reconciliation which aye
known to have been offered by Chan
cellor Won Caprivi are not inspired
partly by desire to weaken Bis
policy as it is about to be developed in
the reichstag.
According to the last dispatches from
Kissengen the text of Bismarck's re-
ply to the emperor's message remains
unpublished. Its general tenor is said
to indicate that efforts to reconcile the
two men will be futile. The German
correspondents who have arrived from
Guens give an insight into the maneu-
vers hardly in accordance with the
eulogistic kilograms which We're sent
ont last week.