The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-23
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.
Notes From Some of Bismarcks Con-
versations.

Notes From Some of Bismarcks Con-
versations.
Considerable attention is excited by
the publication in Das Neue Jahrhun-
dert, a weekly journal appearing in
Cologne, of alleged conversations of
Prince Bismarck with Lothar Butcher.
One of these, which is at least rich in
Bismarchan terms of expression, and
in fact almost overloaded with them,
| deals with the condition of Austria and
the probable fate of the Austrian en-
pre. The Emperor Francis Joseph is
described as having ahd recourse to
Polish statesmen and to a Polish pol
icy because he likes a quiet life But
| Austria IS not carp, which can be
served up with Polish sauce" There
| had doubtless been a desire in Austria
| to secure the friendship of the Polish
| element in Russia in view of the posi-
| bility of war with that country And
moreover, the Clerical party, "the faith
er confessors" at the court of Vienna,
| had always sympathized with the Poles
because they are good Catholics The
Austrian Polish party, in BismarclS's
alleged opinion, is stronger than Ger
mans suppose. 1t wishes to establish an
| Independent Galicia in order to make
a kind of Austrian appanage there
Were this accomplished the German ell
ement in Austria would, no doubt, be
relieved of an incubus, but Galicia
would form centre for the great Pol
ish movement and would be more Sc
rious menace to Russia than to Ger
many
Co,, -
it is declared, have to certain extent
as a result of Bismarcl<s own influence,
abandoned their impractical ldealsm,
but the Austrian Germans, the GENTLE
men of the so-called "Disunited Left"
still banker after ideal aims while ne
glecting the practical tasks and Difficult
ties of the day. Prince Bismarck is re-
ported to have compared them to chill
dren at a German fair who jumped
open-mouthed at a sausage which a
man bangles over their heads at the
end of long pole. In the case of the
German Deputies in the Austrian par
lament the sausage is ministerial
portfolio, which they seldom succeed in
carrying off. but which is constantly
dangled before their eyes. Having es-
tabished the principle of ''hands off,
with regard to purely German affairs,
the Germans of the empire cannot COM
plain if Austria forbids them to inter-
fere in the domestic politics of the Au-
strian empire. "Of course" added Bis
marck, after a meditative pause "a
time might come when the force of cir
cumstances would compel US to aband- |
on the principle of non-intervention. |
But the occasion of this change would |
require to proceed from Austria, not |
from u.s."
Prince Bismarck thought that agita- |
ton against the government in Austria !
was different from movements of the |
same kind in Germany. In the German
empire the agitators always had to ex-
ert themselves to raise the enthusiasm
of their following to the boiling-poin
whereas in Austria it was the follow
ing that animated and urged on the
leaders: In Germany the rider spurred
the steed in Austria the steed ran away |
with the rider. The Slavs, and particu-
larly the Czechs were a very poor race
They had never shown that they could
fulfill a mission of civilization Even
the Hussites, in his opinion, were chief
ly noted in history for having overrun
all the territory in their neighborhood |