Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-20
BISMARCK.
Anccdofes Of Count Bismarck, Told
- by Mr.. Fr. Kapp.

| Anecdotes OF COUNT bIsm"Fch, AO"'
80 ~ BY mr.. Fr. happ. ."
From the New York Nation.l Z w
! In his use Of strong expressions Bis.
marck cannot be surpassed by the red
dest Radical. To q friend OF mine he
said "If YOU have some business with
a. high Prussian functionary, priyy
councillor, you must be so rough that to
beat him would appear TO be the next
resort; then he will be polite and oblig.
ing" And on another occasion: You
have no idea Of the selfconceit of the
whole royal race" When he returned
from his first interview with Napoleon,
at Biarritz, he gave his opinion OF the
Emperor who was almost deified at the
time, in few words: "a good fellow, but
poor stick" To the Austrian Minister,
when that gentleman rather lncredu-
lously received one Of Bismarck asser-
ton, he said few weeks before the out
break of the war Of 1853; " never make
false statement whenever can avoid
it.. In your case it is not necessary.
Therefore | have no earthly interest 70
deceive you, and you can believe my
words" When / saw him in May last,
Bismarck gave me some very interesting
details about his endeayors TO bring
about the war against Austria. ex-
pected," he said, TO have been ready
in the spring of 1863, but our Niebelung
treasure meapsthe mobilization of 200. 900
men, and it Is difficult to raiseit, toobtain
the order from the king. On account
of the secret and open operation Of the
court dragons and of the intrigues and
cotillion influences of princely and noble
old women. Il took three years before the
king signed the order of mobilization
and declared war. was ike hunter
creeping on his belly to get shot at tho
game, but finally struck il aftcro enor.
nous pains and efforts. Whenever /
thought had conquered all resistance,
new difficulties sprang up. To this
court rabbie | am indebted for my sick
ness, and to my open and secret enc
mics. knew beforehand that in 1866
we should beat the Austrians. Our gem
erals, with the exception of a great
Moltke and bulldog Steinmetz, were
asses, but our fighting material was
excellent; each soldier thought for him
self and the subaltefn officers cannot
too highly be praised for their intellect,
education and bravery If we had been
defeated at Konniggratz, | should have
been obliged toleave the country, for the
hatred | richly enjoyed on the part of the
Liberals was added the bitter animosity
Of the court rabble. An old friend and
general who met me on the battled-feld
;mmed;atelv after the victory was won,
was nerfectly right In saving TO me
mTbis time Bismarck our soldiers with
their needle-puns have fought you out
nf tba scrane which is much better than
r The old women with their sticks. had
driven Won ont of the eountrylp
IT, ,he I,nxemhnro question in 1867 I
tr;ad with ali nv mower 10 avoid n war
Win France for war Is always a moor
losino business and great nations have
hetteT things 10 do than TO strive for mil
;tarv laurels Once 90 TO war and where
viii viii Il end9 Each wear I gained | CON
s;dered ain immense profit The French
had also threatened England and never
thoIoss Il Ala mot come "a n war 7 there
snre tbnncbt n INV dnty TO avoid It. If
tbe Freneh insist upon a war they shall
have % II hut T aunrehend that we shall
boyo a renet;tion of wars. succeeding
aaob other like those at the end of the
lac. and tbe heuinn;ng of the nresent
nan,,'rrr ,s y -. 80 +
% %WSay p;smorok snolse tbese words all
E,rona was in deen neace and no one
donld bave foreseen tba thorough thrash
nc wb;cb tba Germans wonld giye the
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