The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-29

lll-concealed Impotence OF several OF
the South German states, principally
Bavaria and Wurtemberg. at the COM
plete submergence of what, under the
Austrian regime was a quassf indie
pendence and autonomy, by the COM
plete subordination to the new empire
created by Bismarck.
The energies of British diplomacy
have been directed to fomenting these
discords, and so allying herself with
an imperial necessity for self preserva-
ton, as to compel the new dynasty
into a sort of alliance with the British
policy and interests, and it succeeded
so far as to finally accomplish the dis
grace of Bismarck and reversal Of the
commercial policy of the empire to the
lines of British commercial interests.
This was skillfully accomplished dur
ing the interim of the short reign of
the Emperor Frederick, when the i'm
perial councils We're welded by the
Empress and mother of the present
emperor, whose young mind, blinded
by the apparent failure of Bismarck's
plans, and also by the despotic nature
of Bismarck's methods. was easily led
to assert his own individualism soon
after his coronation.
But if Bismarcks plans had SEEM
ingly failed. the policy of his successor
Caprivi failed so absolutely that the
resulting internal dissensions threat
ened to drive the empire into collapse.
Unfortunately for the complete sue
cess of the British policy, the Earrings
failure and other elements conspired to
shake the financial octopus to its CEN
ter and the energetic application of
the discount crank at once began to
denude the agricultural and industrial
nations of their financial basis, and in
Germany, as in the United States, pro-
found depression ensued and s-.ll ex-
lists, and from the operation of ;Ienti-
cal causes.
Russia took advantage cf the s:tu-
alton and by skillfully ar .ngel Gem
mercial treaty of reciprocity managed
to effect a reconciliation between the
two courts that had been astranged
since the treaty of San Stefano had
dashed Russian ambition in it's hope
of debating to Europe from Constanti-
nople. Bismarck, like Napoleon, foresaw
that Russia must never become in
trenched in that key to two continents.
He attempted to renew the old alli-
ance which had mainly contributed to
the creation of the new empire, by ex-
pressing complete acquiescence in Rus
sias plans in Asia, and results speed
lily followed by the conquest of Turk
frontiers TO the Hymalays and the Dor
ders of Persia. He also attempted a
with France on the
same lines, which was speedily fol-
lowed by the conquest of Tunis and
later of Tonquin despite the remon-I
strances of England and the petulantl
belligerency of Italy, which at the time
was restrained by Germany from de-
claring war upon France, and was fifty
by the old chancellor remind.
ing italy that "the bones of one hun
dred thousand Frenchmen lay whiten-l
ing on the plains of Lombardy lost in,
defense of Italian unity
The triple alliance, while still ex-
listing on paper, was really broken by
the complete financial exhaustion of
Italy, and it has become the policy Of
the young emperor lately to seek to-
eradicate the sense of wounded vanity
caused by the crushing defeat of 1871,
and by a vigorous support of French
plans in Africa to lead to a full recon-
Citation in order to quiet the rising
forces of anarchy, and to rebuild an
industrial and agricultural !
prosperity which had become the prime
necessity of the whole continent of
Europe on lines analogous with those
through which Napoleon revived
France after the prostration Of her
great revolution.
Events have continually and for
some years pointed to this solution, |
and perhaps diplomacy never con-
ceived a more far-reaching plan than
IS involved in the terms of the treaty
Of peace, which go so far as to con-
template an offensive and defensive al
lance between China and Japan, which
f successful would effectually check
mate Russian and French plans on
The Pacific on the one hand and prac-
ically cement British trade monopoly
n the Orient on the other, and the
attitude of opposition
shown by the great continental pow
.rs is pregnant with enormous posi-
oilities.
These possibilities are foreshadowed
~ the fruits of the British policy of
ggrandisement, which have led to her
or control of all the young
II semi-civilized countries on the
,lobe. and followed them by establish
ng her trade monopoly through the
lgency Of her control of the worlds
by the operation of her gold
tandard. The result of this has been
o confine the energies of the CONT
lent within itself, to stew in its own
lance of enormous military establish
nents whose support is gradually ex-
them. The utmost limit of
atience has been forced upon them.
nd the curtailment of British pre-
entions is the animating element that
las inspired the course of European
abinets for several years, and has
come to crisis at the pres :
mt moment.
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