The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21
BISMARCK AND THE HERALD

BISMARCK AND THE HERALD.
ENGLISH QUERIES TO THE GERMAN cHANcEL-
LoR-AN INDEPENDENT AMERICAN POWER
WHICH HE CANNOT ''NvEsrIGATE"-wHAr HE
MAY DO.
From Vanity Fair tLondon). Jan. 2al
~ shall make frghtful blunder. some day."
observed Prince Chancellor Bismarck to person
VINO was natterng him, as people always do nat-
ter success. The question now arises whether the
Prince has not already made the olunder which he
foresaw that he would make. He is determined,
yes qui.e determined, in spite Of the checks he
has received, TO rum Harry Arnlm and all his
family. This resolution seems to gather strength
IN his mind and to become daily more despotic
over his actions, instead Of diminishing and fading
away a thing might do IN The brain OF a sensible
man, who had begun to consider whether 1t was
not better to back out OF an imprudent act
and have done with 1t, rather than push an obstl.
nate and powerful adversary to the last ex.
tremity. Thus Prince Bismarck at first kept care
July IN the background. and left the ''Dermanent
persons" OF bis department. the Bulows and
Buchers TO worry Harry Arnim. So when family
counsel OF the Arnims assembled at Berlin few
weeks ago. they could discover no footsteps OF the
Chancellor among the pack OF invisible dogs who
were hunting down their kinsman. II they had
found any traces Of him they would have resigned
their public employments In oody, but they
could hardly go to the length OF retiring from
their Sovereign's service because hali.a-dozen
clerks al the Berlin Foreign ONCE were miscon.
ducting themselves. Count Arniu- Boytzenburg,
Governor OF Alsace Lorraine. distinguished man,
holding high place IN Court favor. was the first
to get glimpse at Prince Bismarck behind the
scenes OF the grim play going on, and Immediately
rendered his resignation. Prince Bismarck.
however. did not lose his head or
his temper, but hid himself away again, as
cunningy as Earl Derby did under precisely simi.
lar cumstances. us my Lord Count implicated IN
this business Surely not ! am merely letting
things take their course according 10 the rules OF
the ofrce.n He even went so far as to write a
strong letter TO Count Arnm. Boytzenburg. in
which he begged him as a personal favor to with
draw his resignation, urging that his services
were needed by tue country. But Arnim- Boy teen.
burg was very different person TO deal with from
him who was bamboozed by Earl Derby, and be
answered sternly that the service OF his country
seemed the present TO be the service OF PrlRce
Bismarck and his clerks, and that he Count Ar.
DO with MIN under sucn Impossible conditions. He
only consented 70 accept employment again at the
personal solicitation OF the Emperor. The Ger
man Charge d'Afaires at Lisbon, another noble.
man OF the Arnlm family, next threw up his CON-
MISSION and then, not TILL then, the Prince Cnan-
ceilOr lost nls temper.
Meantime some very queer correspond
ence mad passed between Harry Arnlm and the
Berlin Foreign once while that valued permanent
person, Herr Won BuloW, was endeavOrIng 70 con-
coct a case against him, after the most approved
traditions or the department.. The dispatches OF
Herr Won Bulow were characterized by the usual
rudeGess ana bad language when invariably form
part OF sucn compositions. They had rendered
the bredcn between Arniln and Bismarck irrepara.
bic. and mad degraded what was at first perhaps
only difference oil opinion between statesmen.
In which each was taking fair account OF the
others strength, TO the level OF row IN
alley between competitive costermolgers.
Herr Won Bulow had not the slightest idea that his
valued handiwork would ever be read by the
light OF publicity for was 1t not one OF "the
OF the office" uney are all OF the same sort, nay
more, did 1t not take the shape OF StaJe papers,
the publication OF which would expose ali persons
Instrumental IN 1t to charges OF "nigh treason"
and Two years imprisonment In fortress or else
where IN case they were enabled 10 alege extenu-
ating circumstances or otherwise II published
under extenuating circumstances the offenders
would be sent TO a fortress for repentance; not,
they would be shut up In a criminal jail, with hard
labor 10 amuse tnem- IL CHANGED, however such
the NEW YORK HERALD obtained possession
OF these precious writings, and twenty-iour hours
aiterwaro Trey were printed all over the world
This was checkmating Prince Bismarck and the
valued Bulow on their own chessboard. An i'm
mediate revulsioD OF feeling occurred in Prussiab
pubic opinion, and II turned IN heavy current
against the Prince Chancellor. Every one mac
pre- viousy believed that there must De serious
case against HAIRY Arnim 10 have lea up 70 ms
for mad ogs opposite MS windows as an outlook !;
and when every one could see that there was
nothing but Herr Won BulCws impertinence, a
sentiment not unlike that Of anger was aroused
All down the Behran Sirasse, the Frederick
strasse and under the limetrees, rom the Parser
PlatZ where Count Arnm lives to the palace or
the crown Prince, VINO Is said TO favor the Amin
party, clusters OF curious people were assembled
reading the extracts from the NEW YORK HERALD
winch bad been teegraphed TO Berlin, and
which mad iairy burst the Amin bubble
into nothingness. Had Prince Bismarck been
the rough jester that he was only q
Few years ago he wouid have exploded IN one Of
those lOu0 laughs OF his and enjoyed the Joke as
heartily as otner iolks But instead OF taxing the
thing IN Jolly way seeing that II was done and
could not be undone, be ragged Ike wild crea-
ture. several days before ne had issued an order
TO put the correspondent OF the HERALD under the
surveillance OF the secret police, and now an or
der was issued for his arrest on q charge OF nigh
treason for having published state papers. Yet
ne must nave known, after such long experience
OF statecrat, that the NEW YORK HERALD was
likely TO be better served than any government.
so, the outcome OF all thus noise and fooshness
was that person In very long greatcoat, sup.
posed or not supposed by the Berlin secret police
remarkable retirement at the Prussian capital,
got safely away from IT, and that person was the
correspondent OF tne NEW YORK HERALD. The
Prince Chancellor and MS valued Bulow, having
thereby mao another opportunity OF noticing that
their shots were missing nre, might have still put
ND their arms with smile rather than can gen.
eral attention TO their Indifferent craftsmanship.
II they had bagged the HERALD correspondent
they might have made mincemeat OF him, OF
ure. Men VINO are bold enough 10 take part In
f.sn appn n A