Year: 1877

LloDB OF reeentInlnebS on tnelr pArt, oub tLo
national sense of honor has been brutaliy
wounded. The soreness is universal. All
classes boil with indignation at the bully
ing airs of mastery with which Prussian
diplomacy has been meddling with the in
ternal affairs of France, and in case of war
to-day Germany will find a united and
vengeful foe instead of an irresolute and
divided populace..


Prussia cannot we'll be blamed for wish
ing to precipitate conflict the coming OF
which is inevitable, when the longer it is
postponed the better for France. But
Prussia cannot manage things just as abe
chooses in the present copjunctnre. Mr..
Bismarck found that he could not manu-
facture history to order, and, not having
the courage to face events over which be
would not have sabsolute control, he took
an early opportunity of Withdrawing from
the arena. There were other bullies in the
fed, and the first collision would be
likely to induce a general melee. Nobody
could foresee the course of events in case
of such complication as that, and MIR.
Bismarck did not care to put himself and
his reputation at the mercy of events.


Still Prussia is cbafng impatiently at
the untimely war which has marred her
schemes. No wonder that she is anxious
to patch mp peace between Russia and
Turkey. If she should attack France now,
it would be impossible to keep the two
wars parallel and separate they would be
cure TO run into one, and just as inevitably
Germany would have to fall into the Rus
sian alliance. Mr.. Bismarck does not feel
like fighting England, France and Aus
tria.


We see email likelihood of success for
the amiable little scheme Of pacifcation.
The war is, indeed, extremely inopper-
tune for Germany, or rather Prussia, but
Bismarck knew before that it would be 30
as we'll as he knows now that it is 30.
Russia does not belong to Kaiser Will
liam and does not mean to be played as a
puppet by his Cabinet. She has her own
policy to pursue and has no reasons now,
so far as the public knows, for changing
her deliberate and very solemn determine
ton as to its requirements.


Perhaps Prussia through her cabinet
may see more plainly now than before how
hopeless will be the effort to gain allies foI
herself and Russia among the Western and
Southern powers. She may see more
clearly that even the impious anti religious
frenzy of Italian Radicalism will never be
able to carry the Italian people into such an
alliance /; the way feel more anxiously the
disaffection and stified indignation of out
ragged German principalities which have
been deluded into Prussian despotism
called German Unity she may begin to
realize that it will become necessary very
soon to retrace- her wicked steps in the
persecution. of Christ's Church, that che
will have to strike off the tyrannioal chains
30 hrutally and unwisely and ungratefully
fastened by her upon her Catholic sub
jects.


This will be very humiliating, but very
necessary. 1t will be prompt and clear
recognition of the wrong done, and. o.
course, Mr.. Bismarck will never suffer
himself 10 be made the instrument of suct
reparaton and reconciliation. But Goo
continues from age to age to teach the ma
tious lessons of truth and wisdom. HI
says to the secular power: to you the
sword has been given my servants ar'
patient and lODg suffering and appeal no
to the arm of flesh you can oppress then
and persecute them nay, even, you coult
exterminate them, but l will not permit it
In the fulness of my time will smite you
Your couusels shall be divided, your enc
mics shall rise against you, the battles o
the Just shall be fought for them by th'
children of the world, and they shall b'
saved.


Ooe would suppose that the first stud,
of statesmen ought to be history. An'
doubtless it is so; but, as to come of th
graver truths taught by its facts, they az
like men who having eyes TO see, zee not
Over aud over the lesson has been ta0gh
that Christians are stronger in their patien


suffering than the State is in it's abuse O
civil power. Prayer is more mighty tha
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