New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-28
PENCE BISMIRCK IN BERLIN.

prince Rismarck's reconciliation with the
cermon Empcror is the most interesting If not
imnortant event which has occurred Ill Europe
Cor a long fine The Fatherland has 1elt the
thrill, of genuine national sentiment In witness
inc the unprecedented honors paid by the sover-
cign To the statesman who made 'he ro!"i
hnuso .,rcat and glorious All Europe mas
| loolel ON with sympathetic interest AT lils
historic scene of dynastic PREPARATION Tor III
gratitude and Indifference As picturesque
incident it is unsurpassed in recent Annals anu
If oppropliatcly closes the career OF the great
est European since Napoleon
Mr. Smallev. who visited Prince Bismarck
moi long ago and recorded his impressions ol
The veteran statesman's life in retirement i'll
his most f,licitols manner. offers in To-Day
cable letter a simple but satisfactory expiaha
tion of thc reconciliation. He rcCarus IL aS
mainly u matter of sentiment. The Emperor,
h.li.vinp that The Prince could not i've very
long. was anxious To remove popular pre)ndlce
,r,inst himself by a public demonstration Oh
his rcsprct and affection for the great states
man 10 whom his house was largely ihdep''"
for It's supremacy in Europe. Inc oNcr'uI'S
came from the Throne and the Prince WAS
oycrioved by the prospect OF dying at p'"'e
with the monarchy. whose interests lie hau con"
sistentlv and Loyalty served. The RECOMMENDATION
is mainly personal episode. although me III"
pcror has probably calculated shrewdy upo"
The general effect which il VIII undoup'eil!
produce in stimulating loyalty 10 the sovereign
\ return of Prince Bismarck To ONCE l. cl"arI!
imnossilLe lie is too cd and too inirm to
,,udor,,l. IN. RESPONSIBILITIES Of State. He has
/ e,,tod with oll the emphasis a Man OF Iron can
| command ,h,t his career has closed. The pilot
| cannot be recalled. but his advice con be asked
as orr London correspondent sentehtousiy re
marks While Prince Bismarck lives the nav
CATION Of the ship ought 10 be smoother anu
safer. for Germany and Europe will be i'm
pressed with Il belief tlAat the wiScst OF uipio-
mats shares the Empcrors confidence
The reconciliation of the sovereign ana HIS
greatest subject is 10 that extent an event OF
commanding political Importance. The general
conditions of European diplomacy are no" III
= transition stage. The Triple Alliance IL no
longer the safeguard which it was when Prince
Bismarck established it. The League of Peace
has been undermined by the financial bank
rmtcv Of Italy and the political di>integralion
Of Austria Hungary. The Italian alliance is far
less valuable than II WAS 10 Germany, ana
Count Taaffc's Socals,c experiments and di-
lu1el projects of universal suffrage have weak
cncd the composite IIapsburg monarchy. Ger
many itself. with its increasing Socialist vote
| and its overwhelming financial burdens, Is IL
centre of political discomfort and unrest. IL
! may hc premature To- assume, as Mr.. I.ann does
! i'm THE Fortnightly Review" that the Eu-
! ropeau hegcmOny has dchnitivcly passed from
| the TRIBE Alliance TO France and Russia: but
il is safe TO assert that the general situation
has undergone radical change since Prince
Bismarck's retirement from Office, and That
new combinations are required as guarantees
! of Continental peace.
If Prince Bsmarck's advice be- asked and fol
| lowed it is probable that there Will be re-
! currcncc TO anti English lines Of diplomacy. as
! Mr. Iann has shrcwdly predicted with Italy
! droppinc out of the Triple Alliance as Il power
! ful factor and with Austria Hungary rent win
| political turmoil. Germany. II the Princes cX-
| pcricnccd advice were regarded, would inevl-
! tablv turn tOwanl Russia ana be prepared 10
! sacrifice Englands interests as an Asian Power
| 10 its great rival. IL the Continental alliances
| which are now crumbling, are 10 he rccast on
| Bismarckian lines. the isolation Of Great Brit
ain in Europe is likely TO become complete. 1t
! is not without reason that The whole Continent
has watched the historic scene at Berlin with
intense interest and apprchend"d that II was
something more than Il personal incident
There will be no change Of pilot on the German
ship: but the fact that the old stccrsman Is now
within mailing distance, and that his famous.
wcathcr-worn chars ar, likely 10 be carefully
studied, is one OF tremendous significance