The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-05-17
wv EMINENT GERMANS.
The Heroes af As Cabinet and of tbs
Bcttle-FIAd-Prnee Btsnarck and
General Ton Aofks

The Heroes af tk Cabinet and of the
Bcttle-FAd-Pra1ee Btsmarck and
General Ton 4Rorks
The Berlin correspondent Of the
Chicago Zlibxno furnishes the follow
ing sketch of two eminent Germans !:
Bismarck Is an immensely large
man. When he goes, through one OF
the doors Of the Chamber he fills the
whole space, and must stoop beside
He is tall, straight and well proper
toned. His broad shoulders and full
breast bespeak an immense force. He
is not f~at(whcre a German ought to be
fat), but bis cheeks are 40 tat as to al
most cloee his eyes, though since the
war he sseus to have grown a little
thinner. lie has a large head, which
is bald on the top (the comic papers
almost invariably REPRESENT him with
three hairsh and O. the sides has a
little short half gray hair, which is in
marked. contrast with his full white
moustache. His nose is rather short,
and his eyes EMBEDDED under q heavy
brow. His face Is almost as white as
his moustache, and Is full of vigorous
expression. When he sis he common
" leans forward, as if just ready to
get up; and those portraits of him APP
pear most natural which represent
him in that position. His only joiat
would seem to be in his loinsi for his
back and neck are always kept straight.
lie is commonly in uniform, aud his
coat shines all over with bright but
IONS and brilliant badges. He is a
man that would be picked from a
,fowd az a leader. When be enters
the Chamber every eye is turned to
him and many show him special marks
of honor, so that his first movements
on entering are to politely return these
signs of respect, both TO the members
OF the Reichstag and to visitors. For
as often as he has appeared in the
Reicbstag, the general curiosity to see
him has never abated, so that every
body must look when Bismarck comes.
He always sits at the minister's desk,
and seems to pay little attention to the
debate, though he is always ready to
speak. His speeches are generally
short and go direct to the point One
need never wait long to know what he
is going to talk about, or what view he.
is going to take of the matter. His
speeches sIarkle with strong, bold
points, and be Is always interesting
His voice is high and broken and is
n o very stropg.-He half mumbles
bis words, and from bis fast speaking
is often q little i1distfnct. He gestic-
ulates but little and swings his body
slightly backwsra and forward while
speaking. When be rises all the
noise of the Chamber at once subsidies
and everybody listens with great at
tention, though during most OF the
speeches the members carry on their
conversation as if the Reichstag were
not in session. He speaks often, and
writes a great deal, and is much en-
gagged with different persons in CON-
7~ersation. After the session is ad
journed be is the last person to leave
the Chamber, for he seems to have
business with everybody. Very often
he is called from his place during the
session to wait on some message or
messenger in the ante -room. TO give
an idea of the immense amount of work
that Bismarck performs, I might men
ton that, in an official report lately
made of the letters issued from the
Bureau which accompanied him to the
field, the monthly average was over
1000, reaching in January to. 1880.
These, if not fully written or dictated
by him, were yet required to pass un-
der his supervision. He is much aid
ed in his work at present by the pow
erful chancellor officials which he has
assembled around him. at the head OF
which is that chief of bnreaucrats,
Mr.. Delbruck.
MoLTKE.
Moltke is by no means a man of
like pr~eposfessiDg appearance ; in fact
from his personnel, one would not con-
cede him any special ability. His
head appears to 10 smaller than the
His face is 80 long and his
chin so projecting as to give him an
appearance of merely stubborn per-
sistence, such as is often found in or.
binary personages. If we were to
Judge of the character Of his military
ability from his features, we should say
that his success has been due to the
width which he kept to his
original and only plan. Such a man
would not have two ways of doing a
thing, or have any patience with mod
ifications or dsviations from his plan.
When walking he slightly bends, and
moves slowly along in a straight-for-
ward direction, as Il trying to keep a
bee-line; his gestures are quite angu-
lar, and he has in general a stiff and
awkward way about him. His hair,
which is gray, is kept cut short u Ia
He dresses in plain uni
form, and would not in a crowd be
signalled out as oil importance. As a
statesman, Moltke has not been with
out influence. He had much to do
with the original development of the
plan which has led to the present ele-
walton of Prussia. 1t was q civil rath-
er than n military idea that moved
him ever prior 10 the Schleswig-Ho
stien war, to advocate in the Prussian
Diet, the building of a central power
under the King of Prussia, whose
mission should be to protect the peace
of Europe; for he claimed that under
the states which then had the suprem.
aoy, there could never be a peace to be
relied on. He maintained openly
therefore, that Prussia must prepare
to take the lead in European
He then set on foot the ia
nous military organization by which
the Prussian army has been brought
to its present state Of perfection. So
strongly was he persuaded of the nee