| Show GERMANY AND PEACE titz space apace of a lew few weeks this year saw three generations seated upon the imperial throne of germany during IL period too when the foreign relations of the empire we 1 re in a pre carlous cariou condition there were grave fears th that at such sudden changes on the throne would result in convulsive developments it not in the destruction of the peace of europe but such fears have not as yet been realized no signal act of administrative authority his has yet been performed by thi the a present emperor which affords a forecast of his temper or policy in respect to peace or war his career so far ar since his hia succession to the sceptre does not afford much ground for or surmise easto as to whether whet tier he fie will be a warlike or a peace loving ruler on the one hand his visits to the czar and king christian might seem to indicate a desire on his Is pait tor for the of peaceful relations with his neighbors were it not for representations that his personal temper is proud imperious and defiant his visit to italy following fol lowina lose upon his tour to russia and scandinavia looked more to preparation for war than prospective peace for fer its evident ob koblect act was to strengthen the alliance exist existing ag between germany and the classic peninsula A significant f feature of emperor williams visit to italy was the strona jealousy between the pope and king humbert as to which court the royal tourist should be received at first the vatican or quirinal and considerable diplomacy had to be employed in arranging the matter the emperor called upon king humbert first which tended to disappoint and chagrin the pope when at length after having been enthusiastically entertained by kin king humbert emperor william called calle 9 upon his holiness the latter derived little satisfaction from the interview for william in response to the popes arguments stated pointedly that he could render him no do assistance towards regaining temporal tem temporal Foral power the meaning of ai all this is that emperor william takes sides with king humbert rather than with the pope tor for the purpose of cementing the friendship between himself and the former even at the risk of offending the latter notwithstanding that austria with whom ger germany many is also allied is a catholic country the situation is complicated and P ecallaw ec allar as between the members of the triple alliance germany favors I 1 ayat the ez ex pease of ef the tae pope knowing that austria though in sympathy with the PO pope e will be deterred de terrea by motives of se sell preservations preservation from retiring from theA the triple alliance tor for the austro russian bussian frontier is now a chessboard chessboard upon which troops aie moved from time to time in a watch and guard game when a russian corps changes its position there immediately follows a corresponding movement on the austrian side of the line tae frequent and profuse protestations of the czar that he is anxious to preserve friends friendship hp between his realm reali and that of william are alone duffil glent dent to indicate the danger of beluk broken to which that bond is contla bally subject there is no permaul permanent basis forthe for the peace now existing exist ng bel be tween these two nations nati oss internally Inte ruMly germany has two parties part leSi one headed beaded by bismarck and the other by the dowager empress which fitial nu bo be termed auti anti and pro english respectively ively the followers of the dowager court intimacy with england and yer english g 1 ish things and influences as lo la natural she being the daughter of x queen V victoria ictoria bismarck takes a different not exactly an 0 opposite POO differ eil course of course there are different political factions aside from these twos two but bat questions dividing these have been beel forced into prominence by rece lit t events 1 the patriots of the german empire may well wish that its deac which means the peace of europe were more 8 secure acu ecu e |
