The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-28

and unqualified. and the recompcnse was
instan taneous. All that the reconciliation
might mean for him and for hts dynasty
must have been revealed to the young
Kaiser. as he rode back from speeding his
venerable guest upon his homeward Jour
ney. for his people felt their hearts 60 out
to him In thankfulness. and they cheered
him as he wns never cheered before.
1t Is improbable that BISMARCK, the shat
tered condition Of whose health seems TO
have been painfully visible. will ever re-
sumo the post OF Chancellor. but the re-
newal Of tho cordial relations which for
merly existed between him and his SOW
ereign, will undoubtedly be followed by
frequent requests for advice touching all
the more diflcult problems in the home and
foreign policy Of the empire. A factor OF
tremendous weight. the avowed opinions
OF BISMARCK, will hereafter. at important
crises. DO thrown into the scale OF psrlia-
mcntary controversy and OF diplomatic do
liberation. SO long a. he lives every meas
ure which. In his judgment, tends to the
cohesion and security Of the political fabric
OF which he has been the chief architect. Is
certain TO receive his open, earnest. and al
most irresistible support. In the face Of his
solemn injunctions, how reluctant German
patriots will be TO oppose even further adj
ditions to the army. or to rebel against the
fiscal burdens which may DO thereby rem
dered Indispensable. The knowledge. more
over. that the words Of the ex-Chancellor are
once more potent In Berlin will cause
the friends OF the Triple Alliance in Rome
and Vienna to take courage. and will in no
slight degree dispel the dependency which
has OF late beset them. In France the rec
onciliation OF BISMARCK with the Kaiser
will Justly be regarded with misgiving. and.
1.-THE full fruits of 1t are gathered. may prove
staggering blow. The desire OF BISMARCK
TO propitiate the Gar and to rcknit the
bonds OF friendship which formerly united
tho Russian and the Prussian sovereigns is
well known at st. Petersburg and his re-
covery of influence is certain to encourage
signally the German party Mt the Russian
court. II any man alive can break the I'M
Outstanding between France and Russia, It
Is he who. after years OF involuntary retire
ment. has returned in triumph TO the Ger
man capital.
We repeat. however, that it Is WILLIAM
II. who, moro than the German people. will
derive advantage from the act OF justice
which his heart and his intellect at last
prevailed on him to do. He has but MR.
rowly escaped an irreparable calamity.
Had BISMARCK died In the retirement to
which the caprice OF young ruler had
summarily dismissed him, before any proof
OF contritlon had been given. or any at
tempt at reparation had been made. the |
Kaiser would have found himself con-
demned to rremediable obloquy in the eyes |
If HE MI NJ ha hor ~ blatAr,,
He would have been adiudged guilty of the |
worst sin with which sovereign can DO |
taxed. an ingrained incapability Of recog-
nizinG and rewariing merit. In respect OF |
blindness to desert and Of ingratitude for
priceless bcnefactions. he would have held
an almost unique position. He would have
been releRated to q place far lower than that
Of HENRY Will. for Cardinal WoLsEY had
done but little for his King or his country
with the favorS which he had re-
ceived. He would have ranked even lower
than the HAPsBURd master OF WALLEN-
STEIN. for. although WALLENsTEIN had
twice rescued the Vienna Government he
had ultimately conspircd against it, and
met with the fate he deserved. To find a
to the thanklossness of which.
till Yesterday. BISMARCK was the victim,
one would have to conceive of the house OF
Savoy repudiating the creator Of Italy. CA
YOUR. or OF the American people. in 1883. re-
iectlng WASHINGTON at the ballot box
1t may prove impossible to repair the
losses which Germany has suffered during
the years in which the wisdom o. her great
est son has been discarded. But the young
Emperor has saved himself from n reproach
which he could never have outlived, and
which must have descended. like blight,
upon his children's children.