Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-19
Tho Crown Prince InimicaI to his
marck-Der AIte err's Notions
bismarck and MOItke.
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1t is very well known in these cir
cles that the divergence of opinions
between Count Bismark and the
Crown Prince in regard to the further
prolongation of the war; has ripened
into II quarrel, aud the latter makes
very little secret of his opinion that
Bismarck, whose influence over the
King increases every day, is leading
Prussia into perils from which escape
will be very difficult. There is strong
peace party in Germany, and the
Crown Prince, openly to some en-
tent, encourages and favors its mem
bers. This Crown Prince, by the
way, Is a very queer fellow. He
talks very freely about himself his
father, his wife, his mother, and the
future of Germany. ~ do not make
any pretensions to WISDOM" said he
the other day; "I know that / am not
wise or prudent; Heaven never cut
me out for n great man, and l shall
always be dependent on wiser men
than myself. But there are lew
| things ! can see for myself can see
influence which Count Bismarck ex
erts over the King. IL was always
so-the King has always been under
the thumb of Minister and wo-
man and changes her pretty often
but Bismarck fascinates him, and he
cannot shake him off," The truth Is
that the conduct of King William,
never very exemplary, has been pos
itively shocking since he went to the
wars, and the unctious hypocrisy with
which he for awhile paraded the
name of God as his "pall, )" was mex
pressibly ludicrous to those who knew
the manner of his daily walk and
conversation. Queen Augusta and
his Majesty had scarcely spoken to
each other for months until the break
ing out Of the war, and when, after
war was declared, the royal couple
were seen riding under the lindens
together, the people of Berlin could
scarcely believe their eyes. During
the campain his Majesty has given
daily proof Of the truth that Glove
rules the camp, the court, the grove;r
and the stories about the pretty girls
who have enjoyed his intimacy at
every place where headquarters have
been set mp even for week would
make the fortune of any Sensational
writer who had the good luck to get
hold Of them. The Crown Prince
himself although by no means an AS
cetic, has been model Of virtue COM
pared to his papa, But I must not
run on with this gossip. The point
set out Ia make was that In the opln-
ion of the Crown Prince and his par
ty-which is numerous In the army
"a well as at home Bismarck made
either Immediately after Seden or at
Ferrieres. And Bismarck himself
seems Ia share this opinion, as the
following incident tends To show:
The o her day, nj a dinner-party
given hy Bismarck, he was compli-
mented by some OF his guests upon
the great fame he had already secured,
and upon the certainty that he would
he i'm mortal ~ the frat statesman Of
this century. Bismarck received these
congratulations with gravity, and
thus replied: ~ am by no means GER
tain Of what YOU say; have too long
Vet To live; were ! as old as Moltke
now, I should have no fears; he Il 80
old that he must som die, and Ii l.
not at all probable that In the abort
...e .Is ..as ,sS u I'm - Nf'l make