The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-26
GOSSIP ABOUT GERMANY.
The Great Bismarck Not Above Petty Spites
and Malicious Revenges.
Lucy Hooper's Paris Letter,

Lucy Hooper's Paris Letter.
l lately had the pleasure of conversing with an
American gentleman who for some tenyears past
has been residing in Germany, and who has
taken great and patriotic interest in the recent
series of events that have rendered the relations
between the Imperial governmentand that of the
United States anything but amicable. He tells
me that the American minister to Berlin, for
some time to come, will have a decidedly uncom-
Portable time of it. Bismarck hates the United
States with the vehement hatred of despot for
whatsoever stands in the way of the perfect
working out of his will and pleasure. By order
of the police, all display of posters in the tavens
and hotels announcing the date of sailing
of the emigrant ships for America, with
the prices of passage, ETC., has been
strictly forbidden. Since the Lasker
incident, our officials in various parts of Ger
many find themselves Stunned by all their old
friends amongst the natives, and especially by
the army officers. Our ministers, too, are good
deal looked down upon by the naughty Imperial
lists on account of the very simple manner in
which they are compelled to live by reason Of
their comparatively small salary, which con
traStS unfavorably with the style maintained by
the ministers from Great Britain, Russia and
France Americans travelling in Germany for
some time to come will have hard time of it,
owing to the tacit understanding amongst all
German officials to show no favor to these de
tested visitors, and to give them all the trouble
possible. As to Prince Bismarck's hatred of the
Jews, it amounts to a positive mania. My
friend gave me an instance of
this detestation A young Prussian
army officer lately became betrothed to
the heiress of a wealthy manufacturer. The
family were of Jewish extraction, but all of its
members, including the young lady herself, have
long since become converts to Christianity. AS
soon as the fact of his engagement became
known the bridegroom-elect was cut by one and
all of his brother officers, who would cross the
street when they saw him coming to avoid eX-
changing sautations with him He applied to
be appointed to another post but through the
influence of the Chancellor his applications were
invariably refused. He has now resigned from
the army and is studying law preferring to re-
linquish his career as a military man rather
than to break off his engagement. In fact it is
not pleasant thing to be a German citizen
despots and most despotie of princes,
the German Chancellor. Verify one never
knows the real character of famous
man till the grave has closed over him and all
his hidden motives and secret actions have been
brought to light. That hour has not yet
sounded for Prince Bismarck. But many of his
admirers in foreign lands who deemed him truly
great are amazed to learn how petty and mean
and spiteful the shaper of Germanys unity can
be- A small minded and quaIrelsome Richeleu
is an anomaly in history. 1t is disheartening to
am told that the prohibited book, Society in
Berlin, is eagerly perused throughout Germany,
notwithstanding the edicts of the police against
it. and that over 10, 900 copies have been sold
there surreptitiously. 1t is also reported that
all the rumors concerning its authorship are
false. conjecture having been directed too high,
and that it really came from the pen of a French
governess employed in the household of noble
German family.