Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-02-01
Bismark's Triumph.

t1fo eras represented and their res
spective civilizations, no Roman
Emperor returning victorious from
war was ever decreed a greater
triumph than that which was ac-
corded Bismarck on his return to
Berlin Friday. Not only did the
people of the German capital rise
up en- masee to greet him and de-
monstrate their delight over the
occasion of his visit, but the press
of all Europe, by the Importance it
attached to the event, paid tribute
to the man who was not the least
of the three who made German
unification an accomplished fact.
The quarrel between the Iron
Chancellor and the Emperor was a
quarrel between a selfswilled and
autocratic old man accustomed to
having his own way in everything
he undertook, and an equally selfs
willed and autocratic young ruler,
who had determined to override
all opposition to whatever policy
he might determine upon, The
question was, whether Bismarck
should continue master, de facto, OF
Germany, as he had been under
the old Emperor, or yield that
position to young William, who
was master of the Empire, de jule.
| Under these circumstances a Sc
rious breach was inevitable, and
when it was precipitated by pnb-
LEGATIONS, alleged to be from Fred.
erick's diary, which sought to rob
| Bismarck of all credit due him in
the great work Of founding a new
German Empire, the enemies of
both the old Chancellor and the
young Emperor made the most or
the unfortunate affair. Bismarck
su!ked, and, forgetting that time
and eistory would vindicate him
against the aspersion that he had
been false to the policy he had en-
unciated upon his first entrance in
to public lite, became garrulous
and vindictive. William, forgetting
what his house owed to his grand
ather's most faithful and loyal
riend and counsellor, became ar
rogant and at times threatening.
But, happily, all this is now a
thing of the past. Bismarck has
softened under the influence OF
the infrmities of age, and to the
young Emperor, experience and the
responsibilities of his station have
brought not only discretion but
charity, magnanimity, and consid-
Grafton, There seems no doubt that
the reconciliation between the two,
which took place in Berlin Friday,
was sincere and complete. In a
sense, it was also a triumph for
| William, for some months ago the
young Emperor took the generous
Initiative.
1t is doubtless, true, as seems to
be the general impression, that
this happy termination of a long.
standing enlargement has no d.
rect political significance, and thai
it will not, as has been intimated
from sources hostile to the govern.
ment, weaken Won Caprivi. In ite
indirect bearing, however, it is a
matter of the first magnitude to
Germany. Bismarck is too old and
feeble to assume the burdens oil
office. But he is still the idol of the
German people. 1t ie still recog-
nized that but for him German
unity would have been long de-
layed, il, indeed, it would not have
been impossible of accomplishment
Whatever he may have said OF
done efter his retirement from the
CHARACTERISTIC, his loyalty to th,
Fatherland has meyer been success
fully challenged, ard his ~infuenc'
has never materially waned.-
Richmond Dispatch.