San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-28
FRANCE Is ANGRY.
HER TWO LEADING JOURNALS
OLAWING AT BISMARCK.
They Make Some Dire Prediction of Ger
man Disaster, of Course, Which They
Would be Happy to See Fulfilled.

New York, Oct. 2S,-A dispatch to
the Herald from Paris, saws: Two Of
the most conservative of the Paris ma
pers-the Figaro, the representative
paper of the BourgeOise of France
and the Gaulois, the organ of Royal-
list society-publish sharp attacks ON
Prince Bismarck on account of the
revelations regarding the Russo-Ger-
man relations in the Hamburger Mach
richten, for which he is held respon-
sible.
The Figaro says that 1.-THE events i'm
which Bismarck was connected can
only be classified now as posthumous:
since his fall from power he cannot
be expected TO have any say in the
less important affairs of his country.
The predominant idea of Bismarck's
administration 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 at
tracing Russian influences within the
orbit of the German foreign policy,
where they remained until after 1880.
THE result of the Franco-G German
war terminated by the treaty of
Frankfort opened Russia's eyes and
the views of the court of st. Peters
burg was modified on account of the
new conditions of the equilibrium
and her future interest.
prince Bismarck" continues the
Figaro. was the only man in Eu-
rope who would understand this evo-
luton. This was really the princi-
pal cause of his fall for William III
was more far seeing on this point
than his minister understood it. If
the affirmations of the Hamburg
Nachrichten that a secret treaty exist
ed until 1880 between Germany and
Russia, assuring the neutrality of the
latter in the event of war with
France. are false they are merely a
criminal, disgraceful and impotent
maneuvre; if true what must Austria
think, who only made an alliance with
Germany on condition that she would
be aided in her rivalry against Tur-
key? The Vienna papers demand
explanations which it would be diff
cult for the German government to
give"
The Figaro concludes: "Prince Bis
marck ought to furnish these explana-
lions, either confessing that he is an
imposter or that he has no foreseen
the consequence of his own policy
which has been to ALLEVIATE Russian
sympathies from German egotism."
The Gaulois says: "Prince Bis
marck's attitude lacks dignity and
will minimize him in the eye of pos
terity. If he is really the author or
inspirer of the Hamburger Nachrich-
ten revelations he has a very short
memory or speculates on the credull-
ty or ignorance Of his readers. He
should realize that the alliance Of the
three emperors was broken in 1856
when Alexander III withdrew on ac-
count of intrigues to put German
prince on the Bulgarian throne. He
must be aware that it was the stimuli
| taneous publication in 1888 in Berlin
| and Vienna of the treaty concluded.
by him with Austria in 1879 that de-
cided Russia and France to come to-
gether. The GaulOis does not see
where Caprivi's responsibility comes
in and concludes that the main erect
of the Hamburger Nachrichten arti-
cles will be to weaken the triple al
lance which is already falling TO pie
| ces.
The Gaulois adds that it would be
curious and instructive if he whose
object was to isolate France should
witness the isolation of his own coun-
try and be obliged to admit that ne
himself contributed to it"