The New York herald., 1878-11-30
THE IRON MAN.
Further Autobiographical Matter from
The German Chancellor.
BROODlNGS OF A MlSANTHROPE.
Friendly Feelings Toward
the United States.
from the London Times. ]

From the London Times
Having selected from Dr. Busch's copious diary
some of Prince Bismarck's utterances upon conem-
porarics. may proceed to cull few Of the great
mans opinions upon nations and politics. All of
them sharp, incsive and manly. though
may be found extravagant and paradoxical. Begin
ming with France. the Prince indulges in the follow
ing remark upon the relations between Paris and the
departments
Alsatians and German Lorraners have long been
providing France with able and servceabic men. But
few of them advance to higher posts in the public
service. They laughed at by the Parisans, and
the butts of their ricule 1t IL rlic people from
the other genuine French departments Were not much
better treated by the Parisians. France is divided
into two nationsParisians who rule and provincals
who delight in being slaves. An attempt seems to
be making at last to emancipate the country from
the tyranny OF the capital Until lately everybody
in the provinces who was somebody went TO Paris.
became king himself. However, il the peasants
will no longer submit to the tyranny Of the netropo
lis. it may yet be possible for to rcnstate Napo
leon and TINS get somebody with whom to conclude
peace. This said in September, S7O) France isa
nation of nonenttes--a fock of sheep without any
individuality. They have gold and luxury and all
that. but independence, character except in the
lump. There 0000,000 of obedent Caffres, each
one when taken separately sounding brass ana
tributes it the easiest thing III the world to form
these homogeneous atoms into compact mass to op
press Germany while disunited.
FRENCH
Bismarck's opinion. attains considerable proportions
in politics. The atom of truth in this one
occasion turned to good account
Our te,egraphists complaining that the
poles stolen and the wires cut. We offered to
pay peasants for keeping watch at night, but conld
not indncc any to serve us. At last we hit upon a
glorious expedient. We proclaimed that each tcle-
graph pole would henceforth be named after the
who undertook its protection ut night. This secured
at once as many men as we wanted and the poles
were injured. The fellows in the pictur-
esque nightcaps Were accessible TO glory
THE UNITED
France is not the only nation coming under the
lash of Prince Bismarcks criticism What he has
to tell his friends about other countries II not al
ways iudcious. is deficient in pungency. Lis
ten to more pencilings private and confden-
tial. of Secretary Busch. Touching Prince Bis
marrk's we'll known partiaty for the United States
DR.. Busch remarks under date September r. 1ST0:--
America offers to mediate between Germany and the
new French Republic. We prefer this mediation to
any other, the more the Washington govern
ent have intention to interfere with the progress
of our military operations. Prince Bismarck has long
been well disposed toward the Americans Some time
ago he hoped to obtain permission to equip vessels in
American harbors to act against the French. But
there seems to be little chance in that quarter.
FRENCH coNTRAsTED WITH GERMANS.
On French national character, contrastei with
the German. the Prince is proudly eloquent many
occasions:--
In Germany every presumes to have opinion
OF his own If any considerable number of Germans
can be induced 70 take the same yew the aggregate
power exercised by these ordinarily dscordant units
is enormous Should The day ever dawn when all
Germans are agreed upon important topics it
would be, indeed, hurricane force. N.r Not
wthstanding all that may be said to the
trary contend that there Is an active remnant of
faith left in people. The Of duty. gen
eral in Germany could not exist unless this were So
Our sergeant has as keen sense OF obligation 10
king. country and army as any officer OF the lot.
yhi
death bravely in the dead Of night at solitary post,
without fear hope is strong feature Of the race.
But our priyates know that there Is One LOOMING
down upon them though the lieutenant is ab-
sent. They do not think or reason about it, 1t is
feeling. sentiment. an instinct. II they begin to
talk upon religion they sophsticize 1T away.
A LITTLE GERMAN VANITY.
peremptory apothegm regulates relations be-
tween French, Russians and Germans in a few i'm
perious lines:--
The Germanic race is the great manly generating
principle. Cets and Slavs feminine nations. The
like characteristics are displayed in Germans Eng
lish and Americans. France too. entirely
different country while ruled by Franks. In 1889 the
Germanc nobility OF Caul were put down by the
native Cet: and have the result before
Take Spain. While Gothic blood pre-
vailed the Kingdom very unlike what it is now.
Again, Northern Italy, conquered by and named after
the Germans great country once. has been too com
pletely Ialianzed to DE worth much. Even in Russia
the German varagers had to arrive to compress the
loose into State. OF late the genuine Russ liz
bent upon asserting his nationality against the Ger
mans in the Baltic provinces. Mark my words: II
the Muscoyite ever lords ii the Courandcr Rms
sia Will he dlsorganzed.
Prince Bismarck partiality for Russian alliance
is evidently not based upon respect for Russian
nationality What the Prince has to tell upon the
political relations between Germany and France
fleets the contradictory qualities of this extraordinary
man. Keen. sound and temperate In his despatch of
actual business, he Is wild and extrayagant in his
specuations upon contingencies. The utteranccs
have TO record such that IT can scarcely be
believed that they all cinanate from the same in
diyidual. Even courtesy. SO generally attributed to
the French. the censorions Prince denies thcm:-
quite that the expression politics.. cr~ is not
sort Of polteness have nowhere in crnsny II
!. the e soaa VII sSa pnsnor Ever
in uncourty fashion. The French certainly know nothing
English perhaps the only who resemble tic Ger
mans in this respect.
CARES NOT FOR GRATITUDE.
the command Of the French army was dcputcd
when the die had been cast sought to obtain lencnt
terms by promising the eternal gratitude Of the
French nation. To this argument Prince Bismarck
rcplied-
wemight rely upon the gratitude Of sovereign but
have faith In the gratitude Of nation least
of NIL the French nation. There is nothing stable in
Canine, Is bound by fhe promises u It's preieccs
We're the Emperor uron h. throne. might
silly profit by The French calous
sadowa although did not njurc ,lcn the least aud
do think there + ANYTHING in the world to persuade
BY the side of this shrcwd estimate we have fan
tastes such as thcse:-
do believe that France, already broken up parties
shortly he dccpmpnscd ntn States They
legitimsi- IN Brittany red republicans Ia til. south
crate republicans further north and mpcrasts the army
n possible that each division will work pri
ciplc- when the country would be broken mp.
WORRIED ar RESISTANCE.
In other passages the Prince de-cans ut length
his idea of resuscatng burgundy ns an intermediate
state between Germany and France. he fancy is
quite seriously treated. Equally strange Is another
flight of ima.uuatiou when traurpDrtS French
oners 10 people siberia that axiom OF his. dev-
cred in cola blood tina, orders should be issued pun
ish soldiers for capturing when they ought 10 kill
Altogether. the long resistance oncrcd by Paris
mad an irritating effect upon the Chancellor H. does
not cease to complain that the French too well
treated, AMI the frame rcurs, particularly too
lenently dealt with. lie constantly derics the elem
ency ot military commanders for spsring prisoners,
peasants and Others convicted of firing German
soldiers. He has grim laugh general who.
after many previous warnings, at last
tcnccs culprit TO death and then gives his