Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-01
DAILY PQsI.lNTELLIeEkCER


uIuftaSnt1 eEut0Sy A~e@
ia history will pn,babls be little loser
than that OF Sap3leor the Great s1'o o
E,.Ie higher than that Of aEy other
ao,or in the Raropean drama Shios BE-
gan when the blfSod -dseksd ear'Aia is'l
on the las. sesne Of ths French ks'oia-
ton.
On the ara CT April, 1916, IN the
manor Of scbosnhsnsen, IN the oSstriet
Of Ma1debure, Otto Edaard Leopola
pl.rnsrek s,chosuhaosen vas bern. he
wss sdoea.sd at Goettineen and at the
Tr,,v.r.i.y Of Berlin. In lsil he enter
Al the diplomatic service- In iSz ne
beeams Prime Minister Of Prussia. ID
lsss be was Coun, Ven Bismarck Id
1871 he vas Prince Bismarck. Chaneei
n, Of the German Empire. In l5'2 ne
xss the bitter er.emy Of the Pope. and
the HsIy Sec hurled upon biss Anssne-
,as. which he did not seem 70 mild IN
che least. Since 1871 be has been the
virtual Dictator Of Eurspe. de IL play
ing a game of ssistaire IN Shlcn ths
nations are the card&s
II you seek man of blood and ifon'
And him in Prince Bismsrck. II you
aeak a will that has mastered World
dissemination TINT has bent nations 70
i,s purpose. an idea around which 'hs
Thought of 9 hemisphere has eryatAiized'
n,.warok affords them all. de ~ the
impersonaiion Of an idea, and be has
xaIked through the years and through
the psoulea, shaking of Opposition 10
wav that seems more god like shan
hnman. 40 great has been the power
Aisplayed-the power Of a single VIII
Axsd and centsre,l on one all-sbsoroirR
object. The unity and greatness OF
Germany las bee'a at once the Ultimate
GOAL and the acsaa,inR impulse Of Bis
marsk's life work. Today he looks
Sovu upon mankind from the towering
hight Of the edilce which he has erect
ed unaided, almost aIsne.
When Bismarck became Prime MID
is.ar of Prussia. twenty three years ago,
there vas no Germany. The v'rious
0erpnan States we're almost indspend-
ant of. and in many cases hostile TO-
one another. Austria was the most
powerful Of them, and Prussia occupied
the second place, but was kept far IN
thu background by Austrian jealousy
and Austrian intrigue. A Titanic task
awaited tho new I'russIan Minister. and
10 its accomplishment be devoted bis
vonderfal life. In 1854, in direct den
snce Of the German Dist, he began the
Sehlssvie Holstsin war, and even
forced Austria to mid him In proaecntinR
II 10 n saeoess,ul issue. BY this he
added sorae nev territory 10 the Pras
sian dominions. and prepared the Pros
siar army, which he had brought into
being, for the tank bsfore il. By the
s,eyen- Weeks War Of 1866 he completely
broke tbs power Of Austsis. and Aus
tria's career as German State vas
ended. Tho Austrian Emperor formed
from his shattered doninions tie Ans
tro- Hungarian Empire and Prussia
was left the undispuled leader Of the
German States and the head OF the
newly formed North Gsrmsr Con
Iteration. WhetL In 1871, Napo-
leon Ill, jealous Of the grow
iaa power OF Prussia, seized upon
.ritiing pretexs to declare war against
her, Bismarck confronted him with the
rover Of united Germany; and as
France, bleeding, tretnbling. crushed.
recoiled from the shock, the German
leeiona, NIL aelow with the pride of a
aev nationality. marched in solid
column over the blood running plain of
Clravslo.te, through thu valley OF Sedan,
n Valley Of Death; marched onward
iEresissably. maiestieally, trampling the
fields OF Lorraine, traDapling the feds
Of France, right onward TO the walls of
Faria, right onward 10 the halls Of Yer
ssilies, where. amid blood and fame,
the soldiers Of Germany joined hands
In q neg unity, and prince Of the
House Of Hohenzollern placed upon his
brow the crown OF new empire. The
German Empire became reality. It's
place ON the map was no longer IN Bis
marck's Dreamland, but 10 the actual
world. In Europe.
The nrst great work was done. The
second remained. Germany must be
the greatest power Of the world. With
different forces al bis hack, this voald
have bean an easy task for Bismarck
with the German people a. the maisri II
with which 10 work. IL Was the greater
OF hia tasks. Counter interests must be
made compatible; hundred different
thsoriss Of government must be ignored
hostile Church must be made subser.
Went 10 the State a Parliament mus,
BE- forced 10 obsdIencs 10 truth. The
viii Of forty millions of people must b
made secondary 10 the viii Of emo man
Bismarck must hs The state. Then hs
ecaid face the wssld and place Ger
many Al the head ~ the nations, o. b
had placed Prussia a. the head Of Ger
many. The task vas accomplished
Thsre we're yearu OF parliamentary
struggle, days Of d,abt and slness De-
spAir bus the end VA, victory. Ger
many has bowed her head and said,
"Thou art the State And Bismarck
has uald In rsturn, e Thoa art the tsre.
uussl power Of all the world"
Rixmarck ts the only German. Ia
thinking Of the German Empire, ens
thinks alone Of Bismarck. Tue eslleI
Garmaa statesmen are - dwarfed By
the Colossus thar their names Rrs
scarcely knewn outside 81 Germany,
II may a. veil be said thai Bisnareh ID
the real guide of The policy Of ever
nsiien Of Eafope. lie tells them wlsai
Il 70 be done anS what Il act 30 b
done. II be sAys to-day tasa there shall
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