The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-29
FRANCE MUCH PRovoKED
Over the Information Which Bis
marck Allowed to Leak.


NEW YORK, Oct. ga dispatch to
the Herald from Paris says: Two Of the
most conservative of the Paris papers
1.-The Figaro, representative par
excellence Of the bourgeoise of France,
and the Gaulois, the organ of royalist
| society-publish sharp attacks on
Prince Bismarck, on account Of the
revelations regarding the Russian-Ger-
man relations, in the Hamburger Mach
/ richten, for which he is held response
BILE.
The Figaro says that the events in
which Bismarck is concerned now can
only be qualified as .posthumous; since
his fall from power he cannot be con-
tent to have no say in the less i'm
portant. affairs of his country. The pre-
dominant idea Of Bismarck's admins
/ tration was to make use Of Russia to
crush the western powers. Napoleon's
alliance with England in the. .Crimean
war for the benefit of England, served
as a pretext for attracting Russian in
| f1uences within the orbit of the Ger
man foreign policy, where they remain
ed until after 1870: The results Of the
Franco-German war terminated by the
treatyaef Frankfort, opened Russia's
eyes, and the views Of the court Of St
Petersburg were mo dif1eds on account
Of the conditions Of the equilibrium
lSand her future interests.
CARO-, vas tfleronly nan in Europe who
would not understand this evolution.
This was really the principal cause of
his fali,~forseVViIlia II. was more far
seeing en- this point than his minister
Aunderstood 1t. II the affirmations OF
the Hamburger Nachrichten to the ef-
feet that 8 secret eatyzexisted until
! 1890 between Germany and Russia, as .
suring the neutrality of the latter in
tine event of war with France, are
| false, they are merely a criminal, dis
graceful and sfmpotent manoeuyer: if
true, what must Austria think, who
cnly made an alliance with Germany
| OH condition that she would be aided
| iE. her rivalry against Turkey? The
Vienna papers demand explanations
| which it will be Eifficult for the Ger
man. government to give.
The Figaro concludes: Prince Bis
marck ought to furnish these explana-
tjons, either confessIng that he Is an
impoStor or that he has not forseen the
| consequences of his own policies which
have been to ALLEVIATE Russian .sympa
| thieS from German egotisrn.''
| The Gaulois says Prince Bismarck's s
attitude lacks dignity. and will mini
| mize him in the eyes of posterity. If
| he is really the author or inspirer of
! the Hamburger Nachrfchten revelations
he has a very short memory or specu-
| lates on the creduiity or ignorance Of
his readers. He should remember that
the alliance Of the three emperors was
broken in 1885, when Alexander III
withdrew on account Of the intrigues
to put German prince on the Bull
garian throne. He must be aware that
| it was the simultaneous publication in
Berlin and Vienna in 1888 OF the treaty
| concluded by him with Austria in 1886
that decided Russia and France to
come together.
The Gaulois does not see where Cap
rivis responsibility comes In, and con-
| cludes that the main effect of the Ham
burger Naehriehten article will be to
weaken the triple alliance, which is
already falling 70 pieces. The Gaulois
adds shat it would be curious and in
structiye If he whose object was to iso-
! late France shonId witness the isola-