The New York herald., 1873-05-06
MARSHAL BAZAIwE.
PrusSian Evidence in Favor Of tbo
Defender of Metz.
PRINCE FREDERICK CHARLES or PRUSSIA.
Result Of Herald Interview The Imprisoned
Marshars Assertions Confirmed by
the Red Prince.
BERLIN, April 3, 1879.

BERLIN, April g. 1879.
Aiew days after the surrender of Metz the HERALD
published q special cable telegram OF several col.
umns in length, giving the particulars OF an inter-
view between one OF It's correspondents and Mar
shall Bazaine. who at that time (N0vember Z, 1870,
was a prisoner OF war at Casseil. Among the nu-
mcrous questions then propounded by your corre-
spondent and freely answered by the Marshal was
the following
What were your relations with the Prussians after
the surrender, Marshall
Marshal Bazane replied =
They were excellent. Prince Frederick Charles ID
an excellent man. lie deeply sympathized with us
In our misfortune, and we shall ever owe him .
debt OF gratitude. He said to me- in parting.
'5hond ssuf military honor Marshal, ever be AS
THE RURAL ROME OF THE RED PRINCE
In view OF the great interest excited by the i'm
pending trial OF Marshal Bazaine your CORES
pondent, recalling the above words spoken to him
nearly three years ago, determined to cali upon
the "Red Prlnce,n for the purpose OF obtaining
from him corroboration OF the above assertion.
Your correspondent left the potsdam depot at
Berlin on the morning OF the I'd OF April. his
destination being the small station OF zchlendory
ten or eleven miles distant from the capital. From
there he took carriage Tor the "Jagdhans Drct
Linden" the huntingdon OF Prince Frederick
Charles, distant three or four miles. Well aware
or the Princes preference for the pleasures oil
country life on his estate TO the splendors OF the
Court and MS own palace, your correspondent had
some msgivngs as to the proprety OF an intrusion.
But the thought that his mission TO the Field
Marshal and soldier rather than to the Royal
Prince, and that good purpose prompted tho
inquisitiveness, gave him courage.
Driving up to the neat
CASTLE or THE DREI LINDEN,
wh ID tod oh m ha Wn
we were ushercd into the presence OF the personal
adjutant OF His Royal Hghness, young and
handsome captain OF hussars, from whom we
learned, to our disappointment, that the Prince
was absent, roaming over his hunting grounds.
'"When In the city," said the Captain, "the Prince
scarcely ever gives an audience to anybody, much
less would he be inclined to do so out here in the
country; though, II you apply to him In writing he
will certainly give you any information you desire,
for the Prince is fun OF good nature and kindly
disposed towards everybody" AS the handsome
adJutant spoke his eyes lighted up with enthusiasm
for his Prince, yet his words uttered with such
military precision, and at the same time with the
utmost courtesy, that we at once determined to
make him, II possible, the vehicle OF communication
with His Royal Highness.
BAzAINES MILITARY HONOR DEPENDED BY 4
PRussIAN PRINCE
Your correspondent then laid before the Adjutant
q copy of the HERALD OF November IL, 1870, con-
tanning the above mentioned Interview with
Bazaine, translated to MIN the substance OF the
same, dwelt upon the fact that the Marsnal's
sertion respecting the words OF the Prince was
made shortly alter their meeting, and that, II true.
were Of considerable consequence in the Marshal'a
present situation. The Captain listened atten-
lively. He, too, had been before Metz, In the same
capacity he now holds, and knew how starvation
was staring in the face OF BaZane's army, not less
than OF the town and its garrison. Captain Won
N did not hesitate to agree to our prop.
ostion that he should speak with the Prince about
our errand Here is his, or rather
PRINCE FREDERICK CHARLES ANSWER TO THE NEW
YORK HERALD.
JAGDHAus DRET LINDEN, April 3, 1873.
His Royal Highness the Prince Frederick Charles,
authorizes ME TO say. in answer to your request oil
yesterday, that he does not recOlect the precise
words of the conversation he had with Marshal
Bazane. His Royal Highness Is convinced how
ever that the Marshars statement is perfectly cor
rect, and that the words as given in your journal
have really been spoken by him (the Prnse), since
they really express the views entertained by Ills
Hghness The said conversation between thd
Marshal and His Royal HIghness took place
the 10Th OF OCTOBER 1870 In the Castle OF C0ray,
the day the French troops marched out OF Metz.
With the highest consideration, have the honor
to he, a., &c. Won NJ,
Captain and personal adjutant to His Royal High