The New York herald., 1878-11-30

defend their capital fortress and expect ~ 10 u1
treated as a city. Nor is he more kindly dlsposed
toward the German Generals who delay bomDsfa'
ment. The very highest personages IN camp incisa.
preierring a false humanity toward the foe tc
quick victory and the sparing OF their OWE
soldiers lives. The "sentimentality' OF forming
magazines for the provisioning of Paris after sur
render is likewise cried down as calculated 20 put ol
capitnlation. IL could be hard were king. bn
am not one" When captuation was ut last ac
complished by famine and cannon. the same mar
whose impotence had made him indulge in sneh
warm language suddenly metamorphoscd into Q
calm moderate negotiator SO long ~ MS man
points yielded details, which might have lureda
trouble were snmmarily dismissed by him. He
loudly declares against splitting another drop OF blood
merely to infict the humiliation Of German garri'
son in Paris.
ESTIMATE or ENGIANp's NERVE.
When Russia cancelled the Black Sea stipulations in
the treaty of 1856 Lord Granville apprehended iu-
ture complications in consequence OF an arbitrary
action calling all treaties into question: Then Prince
Bismarck burst out laughing
Ha. ha, Future complications, Parliamentary speechi.
Tying and az hst Too mid 70 do nnytnng rns sesens
= clearly aid on future That Is the s"n on ., T
i % as ,se sp" to fear from NJ these English
p s's S%pas"n aH1 r
"f " @ als rssS SsHS % ~ar see @"d dat
1s vic iIshons,t intrIsasrs they repTsssn.sa wsr
ecllcd the treaty but constructed II the Bacs
they preferred announcing their intentions.
The date of this ntterance is November II, 1870
Four weeks later, on December 13, the Prince re-
yerted TO the same subJect:-
render II The Black Sea to and Turkey Yet they
ire IN q !
10 sa ehsr Gs 70 ermany would nS o S
asreem, nj o the etn April 1856 On my telling him
@ y wen mail.
com s"njss,"'s % and erssrrsa make
take active part in the affair WAS morsoysr,
e The
a hn ssu m ON While
everybody knew What reason re Germany had
cable based family tradition, not to
mention the fact that our interests did not clash
Upon Mr.. Odo Russell observing that the future
relations of Russia and Germany could not be fore
seen, Prince Bismarck retorted-
Germany position is different from what il used be
We now the only Power that has reason 10 be satisfied
Having nothing to s for & n we i. ~ "Sss sns
land requires an equivalent, let the Dardanslles be
R"sia access to the Medterranean and enable turkey TO
count ready help Of need d The IN too
the change The Americans went in for free navigation,
less to side with the Russians Mr. Odo Russell seemed
NJ Sa~e had n acy e IN
their Black Sea demands
On January 25, 1871, the relations between Ger
many and England were thus commented upon in the
Princes after dinner talk
Mr. odo Russell spoke Of English gunboat coming up
This unprecedented demand and refused BY
The thing What they really wanted was to
very angry tha, have defeated the French IL grea:
dimnutlye despised Prussia presume in the
world They fanesd the object OF raassIs existence was
A RUSSIAN ASECDoTE.
From previous extract it win have been perceived
that if the Prince goes in for Russian alliance as the
most suitable for the time being this political pref
does not imply any personal affection for the
Russian race and state On many o. occasions ca he
amused his sudence by stories about the corrup-
ton of Russian officialism:-
day walking with the Emperor of Russia in the
Garden Of 80 nd ~Gs s s,, upsn %
anrns Why the man was placed there The @ dd
not Know except he had ordered there The ad
nsS Il. inc
CURIOSITY awakened military records searched wh-
ing who hearing his father
ssns
s"ea e sah IN ~
ALMOST A MIsASTHRoPE.
II any habit Of the Prince is strongly dis.
played than another it is his practice Of speaking dis
paragingy of mank ind rather from naughty critic
than any superabundance OF conviction. striking
illustration 81 ths uncommcndable weakness is seen
in his wise saws upon the Jews. After running them
down throughout the book he ends by owning to
an inclination to marry his sons to Jewesses.
For he regards the chosen people as very
nice people indeed. 1t Is true he deems only
relation between man and wife generosity forbids
to quote. Omtting terrible epithet applied to the
King of Holland for intending to sell Luxembourg to
the French for money, pass on to what the candid
Chancellor has TO say about diplomacy. public opn.
ion and the press
BAD WAY TO MAKE HISTORY.
The Prince ptes historians compelled to write his.
tory from diplomatic reports
Most diplomatic reports may DO defined paper freely
Of the report when sends me q ream Of cuttings from
leagues fooscap with ennsions Of their the
i assravaed Poor fellows who have to write
open archives to investigators after thirty years Con-
might he given earlier Even il aiming impor
TINT % as1 sne nns srs ~rs hn % %
ceny acqnainted with an abassador views and notions
a 70 snn hr to explain What rane !;
% y % the ms % rs sq
quenty made Of by government and as rule speak
rresea cse 0psn p@cu, n" adequate RSaae
stances What really going on in % private
N recorded In archives.
CARELESS or PUBLIC OPINION
II the Prince has not much tc'sav in favor OF the
ordinary Of diplomatiss, he still less respects
public opinion
The Bsrnes always oppose ] TT. They would
government on AZ subjects, They have many so9a 9aa
r u s i 's % ,%i ="
rsra naydp. I lost !. nS mas, 1p""".
with no 6rmer basis than rapport Newspapers
snss APPEAR a." cn S% and having
e sns - e. .prs "se c ~ @
by IT, deem II their boanden duty :: abide b, IT, ard
iii large esies The London diaereni
individual from ordinary Englishnan: similarly the
New Yorker Partisan Is distinct from
his proy The Parsnns especially
race, snsisng vapd but traditional phra
scology considered sacrosanct
As "a REPTILE OF THE PRESS
On 100 pages of his diary Herr Busch owns TO
being Instructed by the Prince 10 write TO newspa-
pcrs upon events and considerations connected with
the One evening told the Prince sent six
times for his secretary to give orders for six distinct
efusions. Another evening his literary friend has to
telegraph to Berlin paper that the general elections
for the German Parliament will be held shortly; to
send article of the Paris Eroncais to the English
press: write to the Versailles German .Nonitsuv
about outrage committed against German nurse
at Lille: to communicate with some other journal
about the breach neutrality attributed to the Lux
cmburg government Sc.; and all this amid the cx-
citcncnt of "a sanguiDary campaign and In the tur.
moil of camp larger than any the world
has known. FOR an airy nothing irincs
Bismarck took mighty deal OF pains.
In his anxiety to direct that public opinion ne pro
tends to despise tho Prince takes tender interest IN
German Journalism AZ distinct from the English.