Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-22
THE EVENING STAR.
FRIDAY -......NOvember -. lSSS.
FIR yDAY...
BIS. ViRCKI4N4.
The Prince Of h .NO0d and iron ~ He
Appeared 10 h 10 Amanuensis.

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OF Msr few councillors secrt taries, decipherers
Immediately
such Is the Introductory passage OF a work
! Ust puDiiSned az Leipsc, under the iiasiSSuming
MahIend deS kriegs nit Frankreich. Mach
IageDGchsbattern, Won DR.. Morftz g1lsch =
Inc author, an eminent political writer then
ehplo. eu IN the German Foreign Officc. ac-
| companied Prince Bismarck to the seat OF war
as literary amanuensiS. As Boswell chape-pned
Johnson tablets in hand. so did the indefatf-
| gable Busch hang on the speech of his distin-
guished patron, lotting down indiscriminateiy
| all his delighted ear drank in In the ono
niscuous wealth of detail. the result OF this
devoted industry, the book bears the incOutl D.
vertibie impress or truth. IncautiOuSly candid
| in other passages. it shows the Chancellor in
differently informed on many things, prejudced
on Others, but equally confident on all Iaud-
atory. the book is cruel. too: not content to Dor
tray the hero in uniform, il exposes him in
dressing and slippers.
OF his relations to Napoleon III. in and before
1850 the Prince said the following:
When negotiating with NJ Theirs during the siege
OF rarls the French statesma2 re,nindes. ne OF
1867 1t is true did tell the Duke that if tins Empe-
p0r napeieon had had keener perception of his
ness IN ls66. If the Emperor. at the moment of our
quent!y demanded through Bene lett. he mixbt
have cone better for himself. At least we should
England would have in;erfered What he had to do
was 10 act. ana see v hat would come of it. II we
of triumph
The Due de Gramont. whose indiscretion pre-
clpltated events, finds little favor in his eyes:
If had been in his place should have entered a
regiment and taken my chance the battle fie A
quite prepared 10 do this in 1866 If things had
gone wrong, how could have shown myself again
Nor did NJ. Jules Favre succeed in gaining
the chancellOrS respect during the neroi fatiOaS
preceding the conclusion of peace:
NJ FaNre says in his report to the French govern.
nent that he could not help shedding tears in one of
BIS conversations with me must )nfesS he looked
Of this am certain-that he did not shed single
tear he tried hard. but he could not He no doubt
lawyers are in the habit of imposing rInon their an
d3ence am perfectly convinced that, 10 add 10 the
several visits to Ferreres; particularly the secaI
tine, when he had laid on an extra coating of Daiid
Coior, The better to mpersolae the SUFFERING anl
deeply moved Patriot do not, however, deny thar
re ieit hls situation But he is not politician He
snG Met, when dropPed hint about srasbour
might have :old HIM what happened to me in fur
Tler's shop m Berlin. wanted fur cloak and a
suppose, sir you are Joking" Never in b1si9ass
was tie reply.
NJ. Theirs, who replaced VI. Fayre in the Ger
MAJ camp, was likewise hot a dipl0matist after
the Chandeliers neart:
He is a clever, attractive gentleman witty. spirit
He is far 100 sentimental for the profession Thou n
more manly and dignifed than NJ Fayre, lie is ate
q
hcrse-deaIer. He IS easily staggered and shows it
actually made him betray that Paris had fu! l,ro-
VISIONS only for three or four weeks more
4 unique story about the German Diet aDtlv
illustrates the revolution occasioned Dy BIZ
maIck entrance into the Assembly. 4 Dar.i3-
h-ent OF German ambassadors. it was trad, ION
ally ruled 10y the representative OF the Austrian
Kaiser. TINS supreme parsonage going the
length OF indicating hegemOny by ea,y-gOinu
manners, was the very thing TO provoke the
sturdy SeiI-aSSeTtion Of Bismarck. The Prince
Geilg asked the right version OF 4 famous Incl
related:
As Prussian member Of the Diet, | called upor
Count Ihiln, the Austrian and presiding member OF
our august assembly When entered he WAS il, his
study working aud smoking He baer,eI me- ~ VA
q moment [ did wait, but when thought the IN
tetEieW was rather toe long delayed, and moreover
hox before him and requested him TO gya me- a lf
lie Looked dtnbfoqnded, but communicated the lie
sired sI'arB But there i another story the same
sort. In the days CT Roch0w my Predecessor ~
russian member Of the d et, the Austrian presiding
member had adopted the habit OF smoking II fba
sttia4s Of the military special COMMISSION Rarh ~
sssIonately fond ot smoking would have given li-
When came to Frankfort L Ionged for my cigar at
military commission sIttings. and seeing no reason
Way should not have it, POLITELY asked the pre-
received with universal aStonishment and dis
ira and Prussia smoked. The other member,
present thought the incident momentous enough
question was too grave to be decided in hur-
but Austria aud Prussia. After the exr Try OF thS.
period the Bayarian envoy took asserting the dig
assembled oonclave. We All noticed thai Herr Won
Nostitz the saxon representative epvet the Baya-
ran Sclrorchh h'r delicious weed. but his Court
had not authorized the deed. SO he had to abstan
When however, at the next sitting with -ssed the
Hanover man, Eothine., INDUCING in tobacco. We
knew that special understanain had bsen entered
into between Guelph sind Harrisburg; ,BoFhmer was
very Austrian IN his sent ments, and had a couple
oi sons IN the Austrian rmy; Upon this Sax5ny
andaeo D. sars SeW there e %e poo ov k md the
, bers left who did not make chimneys of their
fortunaes not being addicted to the Vice coad no 5
JON H. But the honor and independence of their
the me We T me 6e AS en
man took ont cigar-I see it before now: loug.
thin, straw like cCntreterDr and smoked it half as
holocaust made to Fatherlard.
Speaking OF Napoleon at Sedan, the Prince
said:
when delivering Napoleon's letter, General Relic
behaved most courteousy and like gentleman In
conversation had with him. while the Kim. wrote
his reply; the General hoped that no harsh co1di-
tons would be imposed upon so large and yalorous
an army. shrugged my shoulders, upon which the
they would blow themselves up with the fortress /
replied, FafteS sguter, that is your affair.". asked
upon the army and officers and whe her his COM,
mands were still obeyed at Metz The General an
learnt, spoke the truth really believe if the En-
Peror had concluded peace there and then, he wonld
he is -. | said sixteen years ago. wnen no
BODY would believe lie. Stupid and sentimental
OF French statesmen Theirs and Morny are
the subjects OF pointed anecGOte. Morny'S SGOTy
has a bitter taste:
OF all the Napoleonic statesmen Morny best knew
how TO make money. When going to ST PETERSBURG
as Ambassador he arrived with a large number OF
elegant carriages, all fitted with silks point lace
an6 ladies' ornaments. Each servant had one of
these carriages allotted to him each attache and
secretary at least two while as to the Ambassador,
he had to pay duty. few days after his arrival
the whole lot, carriages and all were sold by auction
snd rifle Of 100000 roubies realized. But though
Morny lad no conscience, he certainly All ami
able man
An Austrian diplomatist may be next intro
duced:
L always listened to old Netternics stories and he
loved me for it. l remember that, after spending
few days with him at Johannisberg, the CID Chan
cellor said 10 Count Thun, the presiding member of
the Diet: Bismarck is an excellent man, and if you
cant get on With hun you can get on with nobody.
manage him. listen to all his lon. yarns, touching
HIM up every now and then wien he seems Tagging
Nothing more delightfulto garrulous old men.
Alexander Won Humboldt, the great scholar.
cOurtier and takef, is the butt OF amusing rail-
leIJ:
In the days of Frederick William ". Humboldt
used to entertain the Court by scientific lectures
which no one listened. l. being good natured, was
the only victim of his loguaclty. For hours to-
geher he would favor with the biography of some
French scholar architect, in which no one took
the slightest interest He lectured standing close to
the lamp dropping his notes from time to time and
extemporizinR some profound remarks. Though no
one paid attention. he was vlslbly elaed at hearing
himself speak. The Queen sat industrously at her
embroidery, entirely absorbed by that The King
so to drown the voice. The young people in the
background faEyhea. whispered and paid no heed.