The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18

views and editorial articles IN n manner 10 mnke
the millennial amateurs ofthe Bayardtype gricve
for their dreams. Any nation that counts, upon
gratitude rs an, element IN diplomacy, plays a
from orc bit Of international history. ".Wo
were more honest with Austria and Russia than
as regards an Xnstro. russian effort 10 hood.
good offices. "pcrtidy" and "falschood are
have applied to the case. but Bismarck mentions
tho matter with the objoctiylty Of n man who
been surprised or disappointed by the bud.
From The ordinary human, undiplomatic point
OF view bismarck conception ana treatment OF
the Austro.Germap alliance is n study. Proba.
bly, no moro cordial alliance has existed in recent
his,ory. 1t has been iranclnd: from the d iir;t
Not only have the Cabinets and the military
stats appear to be in close, co-oporation. but
and correspondence a degree of intimacy such as
has been recorded seldom IL ever regarding the
relations of two distinct and powerful dynns-
ties. All this has been recognized by, Bis
marcl;. and has been alluded to repeatedly by
h Anian in f qEs1tG; He yet f' Se % %Ia NOT nSd nnS doS. ' nas
rely upon It, trust TO 1t. or build upon 1t with the
conadcnce which. som persons suppose, Is a
lie watched Austria with tho eve OF q hawk.
While treating her ms an intimate. he safe.
she were Gcrmany's most inveterate enemy.
lilo always gave, Austria to understand that
Alliances burden, and therefore must have
the lions place, To preserve discipline; hs
sought ever to have two irons, in the lire,
namely. one in Vienna and ono In st. Peters
understanding with Russia he could hold before
Russo-Gcrman alliance, with Austria left alone
on the outside. i was In purs%anco of this pol
prime OF Its strength. he assured him self doubly
by concluding q neutrality treaty with Russia.
His attitude may not have been commendaoie
the beautiful. and the true. but IL suited his
patriotic purpose as nothing else would have
do nothing but stand 1t. and so she
stood it, sticking to Germany as closely as :
down his office. Count Kalnoky appeared before
the delegations and dwell. on tho new bonds OF
friendship between Austria and Russia; thus
trigues to push herself. with !Russia's aid. into
the foremost place in the Triple Alliance. To
his words: yet the intrigue was revealed. and
Bismarck's course was ,yindiCated. It was he,
the yonng Emperor to look ont for Austria.
since William, drifting ever further from Rus.
socd iP fpith Of II 9 %us I + sslI i%p!Tif Thus on on jane the
2s, 1891. Bismarck said In his Hamburger
The Austrian Archduke. Franz Ferdinand.
days in the st. Petersburg Winter Palace as guest
him m Autograph letter from Emperor Franz
Joseph to the Gar. His visit shows at least
]rsin,i hnsf basw rs tGo hapse Gpt and ID Russia Russia PoSde that
the friendlier she is with Russia the surer she
feSls Of taking the fading lad 4sI position %, in t the Triple
can he sure Of her previous leading position in
Know STe a.'f from m''t the condition onii 10 i'" Of the relations
between Berlin and st. Petersburg. that this
standing with Russia. We added that the
moment they should become convinced In Vienna
that the bridge between Germany and Rnssia
toward erman and Germany would run the
risk Of becoming dependent, in a certain sense,
Far be It from US to maintain that this
change has already taken place. Nevertheless.
their proper relations cannot help feeling a Ger;
tain amount, of anxiety. The justification OF
r rifse ANXIETY oWssr Is 10 Of pc ,h h9u Gar IN tne cS es : du sae,
on grain, granted subsequently by the Berlin
G~oyernment) demanded from us by Austria.
between Vienna and st. Petersburg. Our former
warming. regarding, the advisability of our
maintaining close relations with, st. Petersburg,
has been justified by Austria's present pro-
Russian policy to an extent which is not a rea-
son for decentralization"
After Kalnoky's speech the Emperor's youth
full confidence in diplomatic friendship evidently
a eesa n 6o to %a tSe w, ns snsr tbot b mHs f pn1a f fro@
FREDERICKSBURG since Emperor Franz Joseph's re-
cent visit to the Car, and he, too. arranged to
go to st. Petersburg to assure his interests some
time in the coming August.
The events of the last few weeks in Germany's
domestic politics illustrate perhaps better than
anything else the complete surrender OF vii.
liam II. to the Bismarckian policy. AS most per-
s Sers Teme% aScrEmpeTnr It w jfGms n came 50 TO ye fSe
throne with the idea that he could solve the
labor problem. dispel socialism, and smash the
Social Democracy. He listened to the advice OF
several well-intentioned social reformers like
Hintzpetcr. his old tutor; Count Douglas. and
official. He issued his labor rescrlpts. called his
international labor conference, interfered to re-
man coal fields. Bismarck could not keep pace
with this haste to reform. As Minister of Trade
ana Sommerce ne pronounce a large part OF
But Freiherr Won Berlepsch says 1t can be
done" said the young Emperor.
Very well, then let him do it," replied Bis.
~ will" said the Emperor. and Bcrlepsch
succeeded Bismarck as Minister Of Trade and
That wns the beginning of the end Of Bis.
InSIsh ThHneeIloFship, The anti;S9cislist law;
Democratic agitation in check. expired and was
not revived. Leave the Social Democrats TO
me- %-h said tn, the EGim ,,p nv WI manage m,t them r.
question of social reform had become an ~irrecon.
cilable quarrel and the, Iron CHANCELLOR had
ruth fully convinced that the Emperor must re.
turn to the anti-sqcinlist policy Of the old
Emperors present attitude toward the Social
Democracy nothing could reflect more accu,
tions than his words of admonition. In April.
This conflict of classes never will cease. The
circle. The solution OF the labor question is a
Utopian dream, like the dream Of the milleni.
um, which can be realized only when men be-
come angels"
Then in several interviews in June:
Have you ever seen n contented mani |
mean among the rich. the successful, the we'll
born, and well-placed : How then is 1t possible
that the workingman shall be contented with q
life OF necessarily few pleasures and many cares,
OF frequent self:denial AND infrequent enjoy.
mentf This effort to make workingmen
contentcd by law is q delusion, a phantom which
cannot be graspcd when approached.
Tho labor) rescripts had long been n pet
plan Of the Emperor, HintzpOter. Douglas and
others: in short, OF those who were not In office.
The Emperor expected from them great results
in the elections. - On principle ! opposed
them. ''' The whole labor) conference was
nothing but words; it did not solve n single
question. In general. 1t Is impossible to make
the legal protection of workinginen a matter OF
International agreement. Every nation is bound
eventually to stand fast for its own industrial
interests.
Had ! remained in office I should have moved
Internationally for more radical measures
against the Socialists. Perhaps my colleagues
would not have been pleased with such a course
in the Ieichstag. They let the anti-Socialist
law be defeated; the future will show whether
they can get along without II.
81 regard tho socialistic peril as the most
threatening one in the political world, for In.