New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-16
Copyright 1884,: Bv The Tribune A"ocictionJ

[BY THE TRIBUNE
Copyright: 1884,: Bv The Tribune A"0aationJ
London Sept 15-The effect OF the German
Emperor's Konigsberg speech. which has been
everywhere discussed all the week, has certainly
been different from that which its imperial au-
thor expected to produce His first aim oo-
viously was to reduce the Prussian Conserva-
tves to obedience. In that he seems to nave
failed They and their organs indeed, profess
the deepest loyalty to their King. but that they
have always done, and no doubt sincerely But
when he rcbuked the Prussian mobiles for oppos'
ing him. and declared their opposition 10 theF
King n monstrous thing he gave them an easy
answer. They had only to take phrase from
Brince Bismarcks lips and they took H. we 90
not oppose Your Majesty. but only the mistaken
policy which bad advisers have induced Your
Majesty to adopt" The Emperor refuses TO REQ
oen,ze that distinction but his refusal TO recos.
nize II does not alter the fact that IL exists
There is indeed nothing novel in his present
attitude He has always claimed, not merely
Kingship by Divine Right, but infallibiiity a.
King and as Emperor. He claims 1t again now
jnfallibility In a far wider sense than the Churcn
Of Rome ever asserted for the Pope He VIII
accept no loyalty which does not Include an ao'
mission OF his own infallibility. The Prussan
mobiles to whom his rebukc Is most Directly ao'
dressed seem disposed to bow their heads. Ihey
ore not. however the whole Agrarian, nor the
whole Conservative party, and the Conservative
organs still claim the right Of private Judgmeht'
and OF some degree OF political independence.
What may seem still more remarkable TO the
non German mind is the attitude OF the Liberals
and Radicals. They support the Emperor. It
Is an odd kind OF Liberalism which seeks IN
spiration at the foot OF the throne and welcomes
M
which this generation has listened But Ger.
many is not America, nor even England. inc
liberals rejoice over the rebuke to their Con-
servative opponents They rejoice again over
those passages Of the Emperor's speech WHICH
nresent him as the champion OF the community
against clas, They seem inclined to treat MIN
as a kind OF democratic Emperor. or imperia
democrat They are wrong. but they are wrohs
because the first principles OF consttutionar
democracy exist as yet only in an emDryohc
form In Germany.
The Emperor Is the greatest political force
In the Fatherland. He knows II. He asserts "
In words offensive to ears which have always
heard the accents OF true constitutional liberty.
Moreover he takes advantage OF class pre)uoice
against the mobiles. and OF commercial preJuoice
against agriculturists. who dislike being ruiheo
for the benefit OF traders. His attitude Is not
unlike that OF President Cleveland when Nd
wrote the Wilson letter.
The true value OF his support to what he calls
general interests against class interests will ap-
pear when his present supporters nnd themselves
compelled 70 oppose him on some other point Oh
,nner,al policv They may then discover that
FOR then also the doctrine OF infallibihty ans of
the rnonstrosity Of opposition has It's inconven'
ences The Emperor is in plain words, playing
of class against class. That Is good politics, 50
long as he IS on the side OF the majority, for
even Emperors find II useful at times to nave
a majority on the premises. His DECLARATION
against anarchy and revolution Is not thought
10 have much practical significance. nor 10 Tore
shadow the adoption OF any definite preventive
or repressive policy.
The almost simultaneous declarations OF Car.
dnal Vaughan at Preston. and OF Signor Crispa
at Naples might seem to have been MADE In
concert 4 both had not come TO SO httle IN tne
end The English Cardinal allowed himseh 70
imagine the possibility OF reunion between the
various churches OF Christendom, but IL was
seen that after all he meant nothing more than
the absorption OF all the others by the Churcn
of Rome Signor CTispi was at first believed 10
have hinted at some fresh possibility OF recon-
cillation between Italy and the vatican. ihero
were Incidents. notably the visit OF his private
graph letter from Signor Crisp for the Pope. and
some official steps In Venice and Erythraea,
which pointed toward compromise. On both
sides however. and on Sgnor Crispis as eagerly
as on the Pope's any notion Of compromise or OF
a modus vivendi between the Vatican and the
Oulrinal has been disavowed
Slgnor Crispi whose path Is beset with diffi.
culties OF many kinds. might we'll be glad OF
peace with the Papacy. Most European states
men outside OF France would welcome an agree
ment between Italy and the Pope but not on
terms which should either weaken or humiliate
King Humbert or the cause OF the monarchy.
which in Italy they regard as bound UP Win
the national life. But at the end OF the week
the Vatican is seen to be as exactng as ever.
France with Siam only half swallowed and
not half dgested, Is making ready 10 devoaT
Madagascar. The notorious NJ. LIE Myre 90
yuers who won a sinister reputation at Bang
kok started yesterday for Antananarivo. His
mission is TO come TO understanding with the
Hoya Government We all know what that
means He came to understanding with the
King OF Siam, which left that potentate shorn OK
territory and power and Siam little better than
a French dependency. The situation in NADIA
gascar has become says the organ OF the french
Foreign Office, impossible. Why? Because the
native Government refuses to recognize French
protectorate or to obey the orders OF the French
Resident or to allow that functionary to usurp
the functions OF the Queen.
There is no doubt In the eye OF European Law
a basis for the French pretensons. England ana
Germany recognized In 1890 her claim to pro-
tectorate over the island. The Malagasy Gov.
ernment and people never recognized lt nor ever
renounced their independence. Lord Salisbury's
acuuiescence In the claims put forth oy
France is a permanent blot on his diplomatic
fame His own friends are doing what they can
to relieve England from the consequences OF me
ar.,,n1 ,rdiscretion The French officials are
obliging enough to supply them with an occasion
They announce that Madagascar Is to be an.
u~aa for tho protection OF French interests In