New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28
(Copyright: 1884,. By The Tribune AssocI7tion-t
'BY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE. J

London, Oct. 2I.-Tne great issues WHICH hduB
upon the Cars lite have kept all eyes fixed all
the week on Livadia. Down to Wednesday Ms
death was thought question OF days. II not OF
hours Since then the bulletins have been sight-
" better. and there is now some hope that he
NAV live for weeks; none that ne may recover.
Probably there is no responsible statesman In
Europe VINO does not look with dread to the
possibilities which his death opens. What Lord
Rosebery said at Sheffield on Thursday Is no
more than what all Europe feels. He spoke for
ALL Europe when he described the Car as "a
monarch whose watchword and whose reign and
whose character have been the worship OF truth
and the worship OF peace" The Prime Minister
and late Foreign Minister Of Great Britain knows
whereof he speaks when he afiirrns .iclv mat
.'lf peace has not been broken In m III ono
instance during late years. II IL due uch 70
the character and influence OF the Fl " for o Vus-
STA as to any other cause we can mention Such
tribute from such "A source and from the head OF
a State often necessarily in collision with Russia
has never been paid to another sovereign. nor
was ever better deserved.
France may learn from it that she has no mo-
nopoly Of interest in the ruler OF Russia. There
are European interests loss selfish than hers
France indeed. been in panic since IL De
came known that the Cars life was in immi-
the support on which she counted. She would
not take warning By the recent declaration OF
the Cars Minister most in his confidence that
Russia would be no party to an aggr' ssive war;
whether France )r any other power began IT,
She relied blindy on Cronstadt and Toulon, ana
on a few civil words from Copenhagen, where the
Car was visiting while Paris was in delirium.
But the shadow q d-ath is warning which
even the French cannot disregard. 1t covers
France with gloom, and II Is the more menacins
because no man quite knows what the CZare-
witch thinks and teels and intends He may
nrove as friendly TO France as his father. II Is
more probable that ne will prove less SO. he mas
kept his own counsel. No word publicly spoken
by him can be quoted. but those most likely 10
know privately describe him privately as anti
French and friendly to England. Anti-French In
the sense that NJ will not strengthen but prooa-
by loosen the ties. whatever they be. which oind
or are supposed to bind France and Russia to-
gether Friendly 10 England from personal pre-
dilections and family connection.
It Is no secret that on his visit here he showed
himself cordial and sympathetic. The Queens
influence over him was thought to be great, ana
an influence Of that KIND still counts for much.
His marriage with Princess Alix OF Hesse brings
him near to the Royal Family of England The
davs II alliances based on marriage ties are not
quite over They certainly not over In kus-
sa where old IDEAS and old feelings OF consan-
guinitv and connection are still strong. Russia
would not understand her new Emperor II he
showed himself hostile 10 feilow-sovereign whose
granddaughter he weds The French know all
this ve guely II not accurately, and 1t adds 10
their depression. Elsewhere it adds TO the Sc
curity II the future for it is everywhere felt that
aggression is more likely from France than from
any other Power and that 1t is less likely II the
new Emperor lends IL no countenance
on Thursday of this week the Berlin corre-
! sp,ndent If The Times telegraphed as follows:
The hopes entertained by Count Won Caprivrs
motley opponents that A crisis would arise IN
which he would somehow be compelled 10 dlsap-
pear may be looked upon as hnally defeated
ON Friday the same correspondent found him.
self obliged to announce that Count Won Caprivi
had rendered his resignation as Chancellor OF the
Empire and that ths emperor had accepted It
think it desirable to put these two dispatches
together. because the author Of them has been the
unninching par,isan OF Count Won Caprvi. and
the pretty constant critic. and something more
than the critic II Prince Bismarck No small
/ n,rt ~ the current calumnies upon the great
! German and Of the current English misunder-
standings OF his position may be traced 70 this
men Now perhaps, we are in a better position
to Judge Of their real value. and of the poiucal
sagacity of the writer who piled the pubic with
| his pertinacious pasqunades.
No doubt the resignation Of Count Won CapriT
comes as a surprise. The Times. whlcn mas
! been almost Incorporate editorially IN It's hosuh-
! ~ 10 Prince Bismarck as in its news columns.
! calls IL startling news. Il is not less startling
! because Count Euenburg. Prussian Prime Min
! ister resigns at the same time. Count Eulen-
| burg and Count Won Caprivi represented TWO con-
! oictng policies The Prussian Minister desired
ptonal repressiye measures against the So
| cialists The Imperial Chancellor preferred
| STRENGTHENING the ordinary laws Count Euieh-
I burc.s polcy was Prince Bsmarcks policy. Yet
/ II is believed the Emperor was in favor OF that
! policy and that Count Won Capriv resigns rather
/ than accept or attempt to enforce IT, II is sup
n,sed also that the Emperor accepted both
reslgnauons II order - hr,ak Count Won Caprivrs
/ fall or avoid the appearance of siding with either
Minister II is supposed further. that he has
cor,e round To Prince Bismlrck's view. that the
pr,lssan and Imperial Chancellorships ought
corst!tutonally to be held by the same person.
and that he has become aware Of the grave prac-
teal inconveniences arising out of his departure
from that constitutional usage
Personal influences and reasons "incommensur-
ate with the results involved" are also hnted at.
Nobody knows everybody guesses. one thin9
certain is the Emporor's unbounded confidence In
himself his conviction that he and he alone 10
| the necessary man. II he should resolve on De-
| ing his own Chancellor, VITA only a group OF
| head clerks about him, anything may happen
The final triumph and the great majority of the
Catholics and reactionaries of Belgium over the
Liberals is what might have been expected. II
Is but the deliberate declaration OF an Industrial
and intelligent people that they prefer reaction
| to the Socialism before which Belgian Liberals
were ready to bow. The war on property, on
society In its existing form. and on religion. mas
| been waged in Belgium elsewhere with ex-
treme bitterness. not always openly, but openly