The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
BISMARCK ON WILLIAM II.
TIE sTATEsMAN,s REVIEW OF THE
EMPERcR,s IN rs.

Hit Present Surrender to the Ola Chnncel-
Tor ana the Hard Experiences THAT lea
M, ,,,,s,.or. or NADER, p,n,ouncy.
Pcnzler's "Princc bismarck Since His Dis
missal" is one OF four serial works on Bis
marcK now appearing In Germany. Tho hrst OF
the six volumes was put forth two months ago.
IL contains Bismarck letters ana apcecnes ana
the editorial articles inspired by him during his
first year out Of Office.
The scope of the volume Is considerably wider
than tho title suggests. Tho reader can see
almost at once that, instead OF oeihg mere bls-
marckiann. tho book is a running commentary
on William lis reign from tho Bismarckian
point OF view. When finished tho work VIII DO
q fairly complete political history OF Germany,
as Bismarck sees 1t. for tho last seven years.
A man who has been nearly forty years In high
politics might be expected 10 forecast pohticai
events with some accuracy. Az the same time
tho correctness OF the predictions. advice. ana
warning directed from Fricdrichsruh 10 Berlin
seven years ago VIII surprise many ana douot-
less pain n Few near the Hohenzoilern throne.
There Is hardly a tendency or pohcy ADOPTED IN
Germany In tho last Few months AFTER tho
numerous gyrations or the young emperor IN
domestic and foreign politics that BISMARCK did
not predict as inevitable, despite al erorts
TO the contrary, In the Gays immediately sue
ceeding DIS faii.
A large part OF PenZlers nrst volume Is given
mp to Germany's relations to Russia. France.
Austria, and England. Naturally Russia has
the lions snare OF attention.. Tor RUSSIA 3 TREND
chip is the standard OF value in European diplo-
macy. Moreover. friendship Tor Russia mas been
q Prussian and German tradition for genera
lions, and the old Emperor's dying injunction to
his grandson, the present Emperor. was: BE
considerable with Russia" When William
ii. assembled the throne he found the at
mosphere between n %,a n p" ,seu"ht
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as Russian Chancellor. had been pressing, ever
aimee Tho war Of 1901. for a Franco-Russian
.m,a,on n,0 u ,s sOoth tho ~ worS rvO. carr;sa
on by his partisans. They could mako little
progress, however, with Alexander III, who.
lied on him to keep Germany out of any anti
Europe. AS recently revealed. this Gar even
maintained a neutrality treaty with Germany
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to be- most strained. Nevertheless, when vii.
liam IT ascended tho throne the conditions he.
tween the Hohenzollern and Romanofr empires
left much to be desired. The young Emperor
decided to remedy these conditions at once. He
hustled of to St Petersburg with the intention
of doing in a few days what Bismarck probably
had allowed himself as many years to accom-
plish. The cold, lazy. suspicious nature of the
young mans e1ervescenee. me car was
permanent Of his cousin; He concluded
st once that with such a SOVEREIGN
troublesome, incalculable quantities, ike
Italy or Austria. II was a long time before the
was Obliged, nevertheless. to receive another.
It was after this second trip to st. Petersburg
that the Gar never hoard william m lis name
shutting his eyes. as II to deaden sight, sound
The utter failure of his, efforts to make his
tory in a day was gall and bitterness to William
II; In pure spite he turned to England. Rus Rus
toward the London Government and began
reminded OF the pomp in which he went to Lon
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t az n ~Soie d dhs s1ngie I ITsam " ara maeas q ati saem
' as i M ie had q neSer BEEN af'"m anu makes l. sec"
.asl %n iss S9H'Gt to lis O sSs, fer tHe G 1sius q bis Tns sH':
advice to go slowly with Russia and not to go al
all al with. with Eingil;a an 9TH The 4 Car = u n : TnSsI I%,i Jokes
seeking the friendship OF England. He showed
r. Russ krons nndsrs aad meuI sara and to the srj France fs
ts
young Emperor to his senses. He retraced
his steps slowly, laboriously. often in %chagrin
and sometimes in humiliation. He pushed for
ward and joined Russia and France in squelch'
ing Japan after the Chinesc-Japanese war. HI
helped Russia at every. turn at Constantinoplc
Finally: with the aid of Austria, he has almost
reached the Bismarckian goal by combining
Anstria, Russia, and Germany to defeat the end;
Ct British intrigue in southeastern Europe and
OF this ac~hievemSnt was made a few
in Berlin. 1t shows that after many wonder
ings, the young Emperor has come back Mt last
to the firm basis OF the Bismnrckian foreign
policy. Had he Needed the forceful admonitions
from Friedrichsruh seven years ago. his way
would not have been so slow and SO hnmiliating
These admonitionsi as expressed in interviews
with Bismarck and newspaper articles whose
inspiration he has admitted, are among the
signboards Of modern Europcan diplomacy.
On April "a. 1890. barely n month after Bis
marck,s dismissal, the 1IQrmeine Z,ituna, in
Munich, official for Fricdrichsruh. published Il
long statement regarding Germnny's rotations
to kussia. dwelling upon the traditional friend
ship OF the two lands. deploring the estrange
ment since the Berlin Congress. and pointing thu
way to Il reconciliation. On April % bismarck
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