Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-09
COUNT BIsMAROKs ROMANCE.
How the EIdeat SON of the Great Chan
ceIIOr Secured Wife,
Berlin Letter 10 tAe Paris Figaro.

Berlin Letter TO tho Paris Figaro.
''All is well that ends welP' is the YER
diet Of Berlin high society touching
somewhat sensational romance that ter
minated few DAYS ago by marriage,
performed quietly, indeed almost secret
ly. in achateau hidden in Lower Silesia.
The exceptional indulgence manifested
on this occasion in Berlin high society
circles is explained by the unique posi-
ton Of the principal actors in this ro-
nance, the hero OF which is none other
than Count Herbert Bismarck, eldest son
OF the Chancellor and the new Assistant
OF the Emperor William, who spends an
hour each day in conference with the
young Count. The heroine is Princess,
more celebrated for her beauty than her
great name, and whose portrait by Rich
ter, the sOn-in-law Of MeyeFbeer, attracted
a host OF admirers TO the Berlin salon OF
1878. A dark brunette, with perfect bust
and deep, dreamy eyes, and standing IN a
walk In the midst of leafy park, accom-
panied by a magnificent Newfoundland
dog, the portrait evoked one OF those
troublous visions which are but rarely
encountered in the mountains Of Silesia,
where the Princess Of C.-B. resided. The
catalogue OF the salon gave no further in
dicatiOn of her identity.
III was soon known, however, that the
portrait was that of the Princess of Caro-
lath-Benthen, nee Princess Elizabeth Won
Hatzfeldt-r rachenberg. While the salon
lasted Richter's canvas had no more fer
vent admlrer than young attache of the
Embassy, who Is to-day Under Secretary
Of State for Foreign Affairs and who will
be tomorrow Secretary of State Of the
German empire. During the entire win
ter OF 1878 the young attache became the
devoted cavalier and favOrlte dancer of
the Princess of Carolath, who had quilted
her residence in Silesia to accompany her
husband TO Berlin, where his duty as
member Of the Reichstag called him. This
duty be performed with zeal that caused
him to entirely forget that the Princess
was a beauty who needed the most vigil
liant protection, while he was absorbed in
questions OF free trade and social en0no-
mics.
1t happened that in the monthof March,
1881, sail Berlin" that had so frequently
seen the Princess waltz with the son of
the Chancellor, learned that she had sud-
denly taken her departure for Florence to
rejOin her dancer, then attached to the
Embassy at the Quirinal. The anger Of
the Chancellor knew no bounds, and the
most virtuOus court in Europe was scan
dallzed. The injured husband was the
only one who did not lose his head in the
matter. He informed the fugitive that
he would facilitate her divorce so as to
allow her to rehsbilitate her character by
marrying her seducer, for the German
code fOrbids the union of a divorced
woman with the man who pro-
v0ked the divorce. The Prince Won
CarOlatn did not eVince the least anger.
Everybody looked forward to the immedi-
ate marriage Of the PAIR OF lovers, when
it became suddenly known that the young
attache was back again in Berlin, having
left his lovely victim IN Florence alone
and i'll in furnished room. The conduct
Of the Count aroused the Indignation of
compassionate souls, and the scandal
caused by the flight of the Princess was
changed into an ardent sympathy for her.
People for the moment forgot that she was
already Of an age when such escapades
are rarely pardOned, and that she had LETT
behind her a wellgrown daughter of ID
years.
The Chancellor exercised his authority
and threatened his son with the penalty
of not seeing him forevermOre. To all
the pleadings of the son to legitimatiZe
the liaisOn Prince Bismarck invariably
answered: ''NO, l she'll never permit you
to marry the wife of a friend" And he
sent the Count to st. Petersburg, The
Hague, and London successfully, but the
Counts passion for the Princess, although
the latter is older than himself (she is
now fOrty) did not grow cold, and he
succeeded few days ago in bending the
iron will of the Chancellor, who did not
wish to see his title OF Prince lapse in
the family. The marriage took place four
or five days ago in the chateau of Trach-
enberg, the residence OF Prince Herman
vou Hatzfeldt, an elder brother of the
Princess Elizabeth. The following curl
GUS coincidence is worth mention: The
mother OF the Princess, nee Countess of
Reichenbach-G oschutz, has also been di-
vOrced, after fifteen years Of married life,
at the very moment her daughter bore the
name Of Princess Of Carolath, before be-
coming Countess, and soon Princess Bis
marck,