The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
THE DEARTH OF MASTER
STA TESMEN.
why Tlsza and Root Are Likely TO
Dominate the International Con
gress That VIM wind Up the War.

grafton which has been in progress
for nearly nine months past has
served to bring forth from relative
obscurity and to endow with lasting
fame three great military command
ers. namely, the French Generalissim ,.
Joseph Joffre, the Grand Duke Nicho-
las Nlcholaiovitch Of Russia and the
German Field Marshal Won linden
burg. as well as to add to the laurels
of Lord Kitchener. who has per
formed the miracle Of transforming
England. almost overnight. into a
great military power. with q SPLEEN
didly equipped army Of some 5000 900
men or more, 1t has signally failed
to produce any statesman of the first
rank.
Sir Edward Grey and Premier AS
quith In England, Minister of Foreign
Affairs Theophilc Delcasse in France.
his Russian colleagues. NJ. Sazonof at
p%etrograd and Sidney Sonnino at
Rome. Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg at Berlin and Baron Burian.
who holds a similar Office at Vienna.
are, every one Of them. able men in
their way. But they all convey the
impression of following obediently in
wv "h VI 'N'iiAS Nv w Nv II
themselves to he swayed thereby.
rather han of shaping the course
thereof. None Of them can he said t.
possess AZ individuality sufficiently
commanding to exercise a dominant
Influence. such as that enjoyed by
Prince Bismarck. by the great Met
terniCh. BY Count Cavour. by Premier
Billy Pitt and by Prince T|alleyrand.
,.l-. n1.l.,I. H. IT..
France which had Just peer over
whelmed and crushed by the allied
Powers of Europe. nevertheless man
aged to impose his will upon tho Con-
Gress OF Vienna. which had assembled
for the purpose of re%organizing and
reshap!ng the map of Europe. 1t was
a congress attended by the principal
Sovereigns and by the foremost states
men OF the day. Yet Talleyrand. in
spite Of his hideous appearance and
tho notorious scandals and treacher-
les Of his past iife. n man who first
frightened those with whom he was
brought into contact by his monstrous
ugliness and then fascinated them by
his wit, may he said TO have svayed
all the activities Of that memorable
gathering.
Thus far no great statesman has
appeared 20 whom tho world can look
for guidance or who has succeeded in
inspiring confidence both al home and
abroad. Great events have been fol-
loving upon one another in rapid
succession ever since the murder of
Archduko Francis Ferdinand OF Aus
tria az Sar ievO last summer. Some
Z how or other they seem to catch the
various statesmen mapping and in n
stat" OF unprepa redness. Il would
seem as X there was ~ orc Of them
gifted with sufficient prescience. or
even with enough powers OF mere de-
ready beforehand TO deal with them
whta they occur. They are fair
weather pilots. but hardy qualified to
face such hurricanes as those now
raging. Instead Of beating the ship
~ state against the storm, they are
content 20 run before Il. baing ap-
larert.y Incapable ~ rendering the
wind s~uhserVleut 20 their will by mas
terry seamanshlp.
II IS this condition OF AFFAIR. which
nils thoughtful people on hoth sides
OF III" Atlantic, and more especially in
Europe. with so much uneasiness.
Trey feel hat they are az the mercy
az any unexpected event that may
suddenly happen, without being as
sured Of proper guidance and protec-
ton; no one to whom they can look
for direction in. for instance. such
Ca'aclvsms as render all men kin and
stay 'or the romeo all strife. conflict
and even war.