Year: 1872

DER, tnus giving great otatc to inc huftlinls-
tration which they might possibly have
secured for their own candidates 10 the Presi-
dency


The Imperialist Assemblage In Berlin


The Radical Reunion at The Hague.


His Majesty the Emperor of Austria arrived
in Berlin, from Dresden, yesterday, and there
joined his brother potentates of Russia and
North Germany, and the more Juvenile men,
bers of their respective houses, who awaited
his coming. Emperor William received Franz
Joseph at the railway station, the ceremonial
of greeting being conducted in a manner pre-
cisely similar to that which he accorded
to the Gar Alexander the day previous.
The Emperors of Austria and Germany
rode through the streets of the capital
side by side. They were greeted by the
utterance of the most vociferous applause on
the part of the people; a fact which it is to
be hoped will not by any means disturb the
equanimity of the Gar, as demonstrating
the unanimity and universalism Of the Ger
man Panslavist idea. The monarchs enjoy q
gala time. The opera, the army, the Cabinet,
the gardens, with Court fstes generally, occupy
all their time by day. Bismarck is near, as is
Gortschakoff. The men of counsel have been
in deep consultation. They Aave had an audi
ence of the Emperor of Russia, and in this
audience may perhaps be found the solid sub
stance, the very essential, of the business Of
the meeting of the Emperors in Berlin.


No such magnificent assemblage has been
witnessed in any of the capitals of Europe
since 1914 and 1915, when the crowned heads
Of Europe and the great generals Of that day
rested from their labors and luxuriated in
victory in the fair capital of crushed and ex-
hausted France.


Avery different sort of meeting is now being
held at The Hague, the Court capital of the
Kingdom of Holland. At this meeting there are
no crowned heads, no princess no grand dukes,
no great generals, no prominent statesmen, no
man Of any worldwide reputation, no man
known for anything except for the extrava-
gance Of his opinions in regard to human
government and the rights Of property and the
conduct of society.


It is noteworthy that while at Berlin we
have the representatives Of law, of order, of
power, Of all that is best in modern society,
we do not know that there is among the
sixty-nine delegates, including the three
women, one respectable name, one name that
commands worldwide or even general respect.
In externals there is marked contrast between
the congress at Berlin and the congress at
The Hague. In one particular, and in one
particular only, do they resemble each other.
It is the object Of the one and the other to
concert measures for the better government of
the nations for, in spite of all protests to the
contrary, we must cling to the opinion that
the Berlin gathering is not without political
purpose. Of the two it is difficult to say
which we should rather see having absolute
control Of the nations and peoples Despot-
ism would be the result in the one case. Chaos
would be the certain result in the other. 1t is
not at all improbable that from both con-
ferences we may have some fruit 1; but we do
not expect that the fruit from either tree will
greatly benefit mankind We are as little
hopeful of any good thing from the crowned
heads at Berlin as we are from the philoso-
pliers at The Hague. 1t ought to be matter
of rejoicing to us that on our free and wide
spreading soil such conferences are, if not i'm
possible, unnecessary. We need not the
International and we have no place for the
Emperors