The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-24
known As the organ OF Count Bismarck, publishes
the following defence of Prussian policy

the following defence of Prussian policy
political and scmi-bograpnica article in the last
name OF the North German Chancellor, processes 10
reveal the motives ana CONSIDERATIONS ny wnich the
King OF Prussia was induced IN 1867 10 declare war
with Austria. We must acknowledge that We rise
from perusal Of tins article with feeling OF disap-
pointment would not have been out OF place,
we oeieVe, u the writer, instead OF composing u
Iarra9o OF uniounded rumors. commonplace super.
hcianiies ana glarlng improbaoiliIes, mad glanced
ever so Drely at tue POLITICAL social anu reilglous
differences which from the time or Frederick H.. II
we 30 not choose 10 go far her back, lad drawn be-
tween The Two leading States OF Germany u line OF
dcm cation that separated them more e1eetually
tnan II Irontlcr Ilvcr or mountain cham. An English
writer might nave come TO The CONCLUSION tnAI IL
was Impossible lor Germany to lie pepetua ~ doiIl-
mated by IN ullramontane power such as Austria
VIGOROUSLY was no TIL lS0i-a power when saw ia
ton oi RIVAL but a triumph over FIRE, thought and
the electual crushing OF political and reiis,ous nd
erty from the Baltic " the combines oil Italy
Had the wrler in the E-.itOurg ReUieD done
something more than skim the surface OF past ana
coniemporaneous history he would have found very
different reasons Tor the war OF 1856 lhan inc ma
s.nary resolution OF Count Bismarck founded on
personal liluc to annhilat. Austria. The Prusslan
Minister. We are assured IN order 10 excite the in-
dIgnaon OF tue King against toe Cabinet Of Vienna.
employed who!e stan or writer's TO attack ana rrl-
ta.e Austria IN me lrusslan sem-oiciai lournals'
ana When thc AusCrIan press, naturally proVoAeu,
answered insult by insult Count Bismarck laid be-
fore Ills Majesty the cOunterassauits OF The Vien-
nese orgons. WINE carefully ealing from MN
the provocative articles published IL Berlin. There
are some things that look lar too ingenious to be
rue, anu tHis ~ one OF them. a WTitsI III thc
SutaddD Rep!etc Thinks " not InprQpaoe blat
King William may read this article and lnases in
genious specllation3 about the ieeingS OF ms Ma
Jcsty when ne learns Tor the first tue supresSo
rei1sdts that has been 30 unscrupuousiy practised
ulon hin.
= Had the writer Of the article In the Edtn-
bu1'g ReUtetO carefully followed the history or the
present century he would nave discovered mat from
the year d the liberation OF Germany TIL 1860 II was
always Austria VINO sought to culta the Just rights
of Prussia and continually forced the goverulnenr
OF Berlin 10 ADOPT defensive policy AT the END or
the fierce struggle from 1913 TO lolJ IN which frus-
STA sacrificed so much Tor the sake Of Germany. VINO,
we ASA, endeavored 10 weaken Der Oy making
patchwork OF her territory giving her frontier
almost inpos ilDle TO deiendY IL was Austria When
III March, Io4a, lac king vi Prussia was elected En-
pcror OF Germany, who set her face az ainst German
unlou ana INSISTED on revlvlng the decreplt anu SUI
pcrannuaLed cOniederacy Austria again. Who made
utreay IN october, 1850, with Bavaria ana Wurten-
berg Tor the humiliation OF Prusslar VINO put
Austrian by whom was Prussia driven to take part
IN the execution against OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES la
country wn,ch she mad herself liDeratedy by
Austria. Tns was the policy OF SchwarZenberg and
lis ruhs; russia was rst 10 be debased III the pub
nc opinion OF europe, and then 10 be disnemoercd.
IS Uei kHotCn 20 no initiated that Venice hdd Oee1t
cgted 10 france before a shot fret IN 1865 ana
mat on June H. Of that year, duy utter the tet-
Ten or the Emperor Napoleon TO the Minister DrOayR
uLhupS, cOnUtIlttoa trds concluded 0ettceea ne
CABINETS or Vienna ana IdrtS, according 10 tcHich
France, after the Ore7fhrOD or Prussia, traS 70 De
lalsnt,illeI by cOnpenSdttOnS or, IN other tCOrQS
6y the b.JI Oant 0rule Rhne. The 18th June, 1866,
and no dextcrous lc2erdemain practised with news
paper articles, forced King William to Il war with
Austria for the purpose OF saving mis- Kingdom from
ACKNOWLEDGMENT % these important acts the writer
III the ri n0uiU RsUteG seems to have been ignorant
Tor we cannot believe that he willingly suppressed
them. Thus exDOde5, Ike other DuubeS, tne tale
that King william was nveigled iut0 war by Count
Bismarck against his own VIII, and solely cOnse-
quencc VI deception and misunderstanding.