The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-17
THE MODERN PROTEUS.
The Great Prusstan Premier Frederick Kapp
Bismarck.

From the N. Y. Nation.
have never known a man who is SO full of re:
sources as he. 1t is IL half dozen inteects had
served to compose his head. Physical and moral
courage, shrewdness, and an indomitable will, wit
and hunor sagaciy and re eklessness, certain iu-
tutve comprehension Of mems charasters and calm
steadiness do not know which OF these qualities
is most wonderfully developed In this modern Pro-
teus this personihcaton-to finish the Greek sineils
-Qkboth Ulyssus and Ajax He knows no practical
nd beoretical difficulty, and If there were still
prd requii ed that he really is great statesman it
wo be given In the fact that he handles the obsta-
eles thrown IN m ms way as sne mos, ecient weapons
frankness doubly surprising, as 1t always hits the
point, and expresses itself sometimes in rough but
always significant terms. Bismarck speaks English
with foreign accent but likes to use it with his
English visitors, and never misses the right word or
the right expression, or fails to give sharp point to
his sentence He enchants all his visitors with the
a1able manner in which he treats them. Tney ex-
pect sti, reserved state dignitary and they
find ready talker, witty companion, who laughs
as heartily as they do. and with the same irreyer-
rules,this worldwide likes and makes good JOKE
and chats with them as If they were old chums.
In his use Of strong expressions % Bismarc6 m cannot
mine he said eff you have some business with a
high Prussan functlonary, prvy councillor, you
be the next resort then he will be polite and obig
ing" And on another occasion :-"You have no
When he returned from his first interview with Ma
poeon, at Biarritz, he gave his opinion OF the Em-
peror, who was almost deded at the time in the
few words "A good fellow, but poor stick!" To
the Austrian Minister, when this gentleman rather
llcTe0ulOuSy received one Oh BlSmarck assertions,
ne said few weeks before the outbreak of the war
OF 1S66:-'1 never make a false statement when
ever AVOID it In your m ssSt6 case s lot
ceive you, and you can believe my words" WheR
| saw him in May last, Bismarck gave me some very
interesting details about his endeaVOrs to brkag
about the war against Austria. 81 expected" he
said, 'to have been ready in the spring OF 1861 bat
our Niebelung treasure means the mobilization OF
$4,000 men, and it is difficult to raise 1t, TO obtain
the order from the King. On account of the secret
and open opposition OF the court dragons and of the
intrigues and cotlllon influences OF princely and
noble cid women, II took Zee years before the
war. was like a hunter creeping on his belly TO
get shot at the game but finally struck 10 after
enormous pains and Efforts Whenever thought
had conquered all resistance new difficulties sprang
up TO this court rabble am indebted for my sick
ness, not TO my open and secret enemies. / knew
beforehand that in 1866 we should be at the
Austrians. Our generals, with the exception OF
great Moltke and bulldog Steinmetz, Were
asses (EseD but our fighting material was excellent;
each soldier Thought for himself, and the subatern
ofcers cannot too highly be praised for their intel
lect, education, and bravery. II we had been de-
feated at KOnggratz should have been obliged to
leave the country, for 10 the hatred richly enjoyed
on the part OF the Liberals added the bitter ami.
mostly OF the court rabbe. An old friend and gene
raj who met on the battlefield Immediately after
TO me: ''rhis time, Bismarck, our soldiers, with
their needle guns have fought you out OF the scrape
which IS much better than II the old women with
country" In the Luxemburg question
in 1861 ] tried with all my power to avoid a
war wtn fIsnee & lpr o war Is always PSGr Losing m M
than 70 strive for military laures. Once go 10 war
and where will 1t end? Each year l gained, 1 con-
threatened England, and nevertheless it did moi
come 70 war. therefore thought 1t my duty &c
avoid 1t. II the French insist upon war they shall
titi0n OF wars, succeeding each other, like those
the end OF the last and in the beginning OF the pre-
sent cepEp7."