New-York tribune., 1876-04-08
PRINCE BISMARCK.
,,opr NIGHT ON HIS CAREER.

$500, . rFcrLAR CORRESPONDENT OF TlL IAiDON1'i
80, March 1O.-Among the men who have
.,,;.d themselves in literary hoStllitles asai,,'
o., Bismarck-and their name Is cs'o" ~
r,lan Klaczko has Of late years gained souie us
.,oti,n NJ K1aczko Is an Austro-huhsarlah "Ho''
rr,,i,e nationality l should be sorry 10 nave -
-, In his own country be seems to have |
nlaved some sort of political part Tor moment ~
ff;o,ted I,v his description of himself as formerly
donaty to the Parliament of Vienna. Ills io''e'
b,vever. is diplomacy, and the country-'I' at ",S
-, ;ts Ianguage-of his adoption is France lie
--tI.sb.d IN Paris. in 1868, "Studies OF tohIem-
- Diplomocv. md four years later Inc re
i;,;,or;cs of Sadowa," book wlhch hdu s0'
&c much talked about during ITS appearance ID
c,s,iv. parts in the Rerae des D2a] .No"e,s' IHS
r. bcen followed more recently by Inc Two
CI,,,ceIors Prince G0rtschIkoh ana IrlHce Do
-r.L - which like the former. saw the hsAt hrS' III
leading Review of France, and when mas JusI
o,,,e,red i'm book FORM Ii l. not biography Oh
tber of its two heroes. though It Is not devoid OF
'-.i,,, biographical details. II is an effort to
sketch the history OF Europe for the iaSt ii'eeh
- a. = history Of which the leading features
-. =, a conspiracv between the two leading men
= p.sia and Prussia. Conspiracy is not too strong
a,rd ?, denote the evil construction which NJ.
r,,,7to nnts ugon the acts and intents OF Prince
c,rtsebakoff and Prince Bismarck; the latter es-
n..;auv II must be borne IN mind In reading ms
-, that NJ. Klaczko is the bitter foe OF both AS
IN Austrian and as a French writer, his prejudice Is
r,tural enough. and need not be complained OF; IT
,sis only 10 be taken into account; and there are
f,r nares Of this volume where an allowance
has not 10 be made in consequence OF H.
~ urit.r i master Of the aTt of
s,rrestng without asserting what Is essentially
f.Ise and of giving a twist to SO much of the truth
.~ To -frrlf1r L
same time he is far too skilled artist 70 pant
Prince bismarck all over IN the vulgar black winch
n French ewes i, the only hue be There l.
rI.ntv of hight and shade. An admirer of either
Prince can collect from this book alone abundant
materials 70 Justify his admiration. Ii l. 40 part VI
Nj Klaczko's plan 70 represent France and Austria
and all Europe subdued 10 the will of mere monster
o. caiolcd by mere cunning and lying. Malicious as
be isl would rather say tul Of malice
for the French word conveys a shade
Of meaning which the English does
not-his purpose is one rather of warning than Of
vengeance. He lays bare with ptilcss hand the de-
u,ions which Aas ;rans and French alike cherished;
the incredible blunders and misconceptions which
marked all the later career of the French Emperor;
lifelong darkness which, in VI. Klaczko's Judgment,
fell upon Europe. and To which it due that the
Machiavelan policy Of the two Chanccllors proved
successful In much Of all this he is right The III
fltuation which down to 1866 led Napoleon III. TO
encourage for hs own purposes, the aesraEGze-
rent Of Prussia, has never been shown more
clearly: aud there no doubt many a lesson
10 be- read III these pages for European dipomatsis,
and for students Of current history. II Is seldom
that history s written 50 exclusively from dlpo-
matte point Of view written, as II Were ont oi mpO-
matte documents and nothing else; method winch
has its uses. But am not going 10 follow NJ.
e.. fI.- MN q rIIf.a cont Tn-
versv is and easy as it Is point out alaces and
wi'lful errors, and the grave injustice often dono.
ANY reader of his book-any reader who Is neither
Austrian nor Freuch-tolerably familiar with the
course of recent events, viii make his correc-
tious as ne goes along. He viii be put on
b.: guard from the first, and kept so, ana
when ne has finished, be viii have the satls-
faction of knowing the worst that can be SAID III
the clcycTest way, BY the most antl-kuaolaa aio
ant-GerMan 0f writers. The occasional ahecta'lon
oc impartiahfy will impose Oh nobody Tie mask
is dropped too often, and We know what 20 expect
Of a writer who cannot mention the battle which
made Germany nation, except as " the calamity OF
Sadova"
People however. who do not trouble themselves
with things 50 burdensome political predictions
but who are fond OF studying character-those
esDecialv who believe that 10 character lies the
tails about the two great figures who oveTshadow
Europe. OF lives of Bismarck there are plenty; so
are there Of gossipng books about him. in German,
in French and lu most languages OF Europe except
English. But ST. hlaczk9. who has an intellectual
sympathy hc cannot rcpress with the great master
Of the at be has SO long studied has SKINNED the
cream Of these. He gives You anecdotes aud say
iEgs of Bismarck by the Those Of Gortschak0h
ore less numerous. for The personality Of the Russian
t. less striking: there is less of that daring origin
aty less wit, infinitely less humor, and infinitely
greater caution than Bismarck possesses. h Paris,
in $50, shortly before De was summoned home 10
the head of the Ministry NJ de Bismarck had
gained a wide reputation in the salons OF the
French capital a tdiker, man Of eprt-Of All the
qualities which give fame IN that brilliant society.
He was everything except an komme str1oLr. l. was
part Of the strange destiny Of this extraordinary
man, remarks NJ. Klaczko, never % be thought
earnest till he became terrible. The Germans in
1850 called him der tole BismGrck-the mad Bis
narck; Count Rcch6erg spoke Of him when Minister
az Frankfort a. still bgrscbethe student who had
filed G0ttingen with the nOisc Of ms twenty ducls
and boisterous life Of every kiud;-eveu IL ls64,
when he had been two years President Of
the Council, French Minister set him
down ~ man with whom any liberty
could be taken while in lr6j-thc year before sad
owa five years before sedan i'm the famous IA
teryiew at Barntz, there is the wri-kuown picture
Of Napoleon Ill listening 70 Bismarck energetic
talk and turning from time 10 time 70 Mermec, on
whose arm be- leaned H. they walked. and mutterng
"He j, crazy" When Embassador 80 -. Peters
burg the Russians had found him halt Russian by
lbs mar<cd sympathy with Russian life, and swift
and hearty adoption OF Russian customs. He drank,
drove rode hunted and cayiare with the hest Of
them. Nothing comes aIuis- % him All his life
through there nothing be does not prove equal 20;