The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-05
VOLUME XXXVI.---NUMBER 1T.
GERMAN POLITICS.
A Sad Proof of the Instability of EurOpsa

AnAirs.
LONDON, Jan. 4.-The beginning Of thI
new year sees Prince Bismarck to all ap
pearance more secure than ever in hi
tenure of power. He would Oe more thar
human If the exposure and disgrace Of hil
most prominent enemies did not AFFORD
him some gratifying reflections, and he
probably deems 1t good augury that the
year 1888 has opened so auspiclously fol
him.
From the beginning Of his career he has
been the object Of the hatred and in.
trigues Of the coterie comprising some oi
the highest psrsonages in the realm. The
Grown Prince and his wife have not hesi-
tated to make known their dislike to the
grim chancellor and to give Q trscit ap-
probation to the plots agains. him. These
formerly had their inception at the salon
OF the Countess Won schleinitZ, and the
group which that brilliant woman enlisted
In her service lRbored night and day to
convince ruler and people that Bismarck's
policy was sure to lead Germany into
dangerous complications. Prominent
among her allies was Q young attache Of
the Austrian embassy, whom the Coun.
tess, when left q widow, subsequently,
married, and with whom Bhe 10 now at
st. Petersburg as the Countess Wolken'
stein -Trostourg. There Hhe has Telent-
lessly pursued her intrigues, aided by her
old Berlin friends.
Her intimate correspondents havs:been
two sisters, the Countess Perpoucher and
the Countess Prillwiiz, wives respectively
Of tho SsneschRl OF the Court and the
Grand Chamberlain Of the Emperor. In
these letters the projects Of Bismarck were
criticized and commented upon in no very
favorable manner, as may be supposed,
and when proper material was lacking II
Is stated that the fair writer's did not sCru-
Pile to manufacture events and Rttributs
motives with great credit to their inge-
nuity. These epistles, as 1t was intended,
reached the eyes Of the Gear after passing
through the hands OF some Of his relatives
OF the gentler sex, and caused the feelings
OF acerbity between Russia and Germany
which have only been recently mitigRted.
When Prince Bismarck obtained proofs
Of the identity Of the conspirators he laid
them bsfore the Emperor and demanded
justice. The Count Prllwitz was dismiss.
ed from the high station which he occu-
pied go long at court, and, unable to en-
dure the associations connected with the
capital has retired to Wiesbaden, where
he can proftably employ his time in OK
changing ideas with his wife as to the wis
dom Of any further warfare againet Prince
Bismarck. Count Perpoucher, alter hav-
ing made trip 10 Friedrichsruhe to ten
der his apologies to Bismarck, for the mis-.
chief done by his wife and whom the
Chancellor positively refused to see, ia
awaiting his probable fate in humiliation
and fear.
The retired life led by the Gear for the
past few years has rendered 1t possible to
deceive him long concerning the designs
o. Germany, but it Is q sad proof Of the
instability Of European affairs that knot
Of malignant and unscrupulous women
can 30 nearly involve the two greatest
powers Of the continent in sanguinary
way to crafty their spite against states
man against whom they cherished an in.
tense and uureasoning personal dislike.