, 1881-04-10

Ejr years Chancellor Bismarck has con,.
planned that it was almost impossible for hIrr ~
tint proper material out Of which to form ht,.
confidential co-workcrs. This compIaint On ~.
pai>t may be well founded in fact, There ~
buSfew OF the Pru5stan Ministers with ,shor.
hc,,grces Oil most OF the important State oue. :.
ut:,s and subjects; among the diplomatic l{unt-
tul!cs In the foreign service there are nn1,.
HG:,cutohc. Hutzfcld, kcudeii, Prince Ronzs
VII, enjoy his entire confidence. The exiatn,, "
''utpieasantness' between the Iron Prlnce ma
CG;iut Hurry Won Aruim bus demonstrr.tea
pI..inly enough with what dangers the intrrn.z
ofsliploInatiu officers eau surround the Chan.
cGStOr when. these dignitaries make cormon
cuuse with tho Court Cnu,ariIla. whtch
is hostile to the Caancellor's- poucv -
Who eau blame hiln when. with all the po9ar
ar influence ut his disposition, he opposes bIt
c,.11nies aud cru7hes them mercilesly, In on,c-
toSsustain himself aud tho work which he has
b.:ilt up with iron bands. and ccmented with
streams OF blood? Can we ind fault With him
wien he dlsposes Of Minister Gutenberg. ,1ho
refused to enter upon his ideas and n,snz2
Would the unity Of Germany ever hare hean
nstaiued II he had first listened to Or been IN.
ti'1enced by the opinions Of each one or h;z
Ci,icfs Of Bureau? Therefore his rule and
n:-'tto has been for years, A. Wherever you audn
Spoonful Of brains, keep it, keep it II you can"
Nncnever necessary, he has disregarded .
tEa-in the Pr1ssian scrvicc-time-hopored
Principle Of promoting slowly, step b.
step, the hoary-hcaded old public
fnnctionaries, thus preventing the occupancy Of
tia most important civil positions by rren fun
Of old-fashioned notions and csack-bsatned
piejudices. During tho prevalence OF that old
sSste1i OF promotion Bismarck had too often =
ar:d too we'll founded cause for complaining
tiar tho dislike, tho passive resistance, aud
Want Of quick perception Of many Of his SUBJ
aitcrns annoyed him greatly and were draw
t:tck upon the Intelligent discharge Of h,s
d1ltle5. And now, among other information.
tie cable brings us the news that he bus 3D.
pointed Or. Moritz Busch to tho position Of
Ender-secretary of the Foreign OtIlce. Dr.:
fsusch Is the author Of the book, " Bismarck
I1id His People in France which created such
Eteat sensation tn all diplomatic circles and
l.llsed him from comparative ohscuriry to dis
tsncton aud fame. During the Franco
german War Busch WIS one of the
Esost devoted and reliable co-y;orkers OF tbs
chancellor. and his appointment over tha heads
II q number Of ancient dSnitaries cannot be
wondered at, when We consider tho determine
ton OF Bismarck to surround himself with men
ga whom be can place implicit relaaee.
Until short time ago DR.. Busch edited tho
;sre'l-boten, III which he published many sharp
ind pointed articles in lefeuse Of bismarck, bis
lulcy and position. Although these articles
we're the products Of his trenchant pea. Bis
i.sarck undoubtedly inspired them. As in the
ttse Of Lothas Duchcr, his private secretary,
bismarck has taken and appointed bis second
ii'tlmate o-worker from the journalistic ranks.
80 doubt the Eesolinian papers, with the greater
l,art Of which Bismarck is at present, iu conse-
i1.ucnce of his National Economy policy,
s:t iogEerheads, will make a great rpmp,s over
f:le LhanceliorS ''se!f-,rlllcd InlIscsetfon" a5
sney did mt tho time when DR.. Busch published
Inc book which gave him name and fame TO
! american journalism 1t is iu,matcrial who Is ap~
1oiuted Under Secretary Of tho Foreign OtHcs
i the German Empire. but undoubtedly Amer
.:un journalists will rejoice over the fact thata
ian haS been placed in such Il high ana IT,
::ponsihle position, who for many years was 8
member Of thec cruft in the United States. The
hany experiences which Dr. Eusch has gathered
turing an cveutfut journalistic career N our
:ountry will be Of no small importance to his
;rieud and Drotcctor.-tt1e iron Prince. Il