Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-01-12
THEY HATEp BISMARCK
Exposure of the Plotters Who Tried to
Make Russia and Germany
Fight.
They We're Trio Of Intriguing Court
Danes Who Personally Dis
liked the Chancellor.

The beginning of the new year sees
Prince Bismarck, to all appearance, more
secure than ever in his tenure Of power
He would be more than human if the ex
posure and disgrace of his most promi.
nent enemies did not afford him some
gratifying reflections, and he probably
deems tia good augury that the year 1888
has opened so auspiciousy for him.
From the beginning of his career he has
been the object of the haterd and intri-
CUES of coterie comprising some of the
highest personages in the realm. The
crown prince and his wife have not hest
tated TO make known their dislike
TO the grim chancellor, and to
give q tacit appreciation TO the
plots against him. These formerly had
their inception at the salon of the Count
ess Won Schleinitz, and the group which
that brilliant woman enlisted i'll her ser
vice labored night and day to convince
ruler and people that Bismarck :
policy was sure to lead Germany into
dangerous complications. Prominent
among her allies was young attache of
Austrian embassy, whom the countess,
when left widow, subseq 1ently married,
and with whom she is now at st. Peters
burg as the Countess OF Wolkenstein-
Trastburg. There she has relentlessly
pursued her intrigues aided by her old
Berlin friends. Her intimate correspon-
dents have been two sisters-the Count
ess Perpoucher and the Countess Prill.
witz-wiyes res pectively of the seneschal
of the court and the grand chamberlain
of the emperor. In these letters the
projects of Bismarck were commenttd
upon in no very favorable manner, as
may be supposed. and when proper ma
terlal was lacking it Is stated that the fair
writers did not soruple to manufacture
events and attribute motives with
great credit TO their ingenuity.
These epistles as il was in
tended, reached the eyes of the car after
passing through the hands of scores OF
his relatives of the gentler sex, and
caused the feelings of acerbity between
Russia and Germany which have only
been recently mitigated. When Prince
Bismarck obtained proof of the identity
of the conspirators hs laid them before
the emperor and demanded Justice. The
Count Prillwitz Was dismissed from the
high station which he had occupied; long
at court, and unable to endure the associ-
dllou5 cOuneciSu WIN tHs CdplAdis ne mas
retired to Weisbaden, where he can profit
ably employ his time in exchanging ideas
with his wife as to the wisdom of any
further warfare against Prince Bismarck.
Count Perpoucber, after having made a
trip TO Freiedrichrnhe to tender his apol
ogies to Bismarck for the mischief done
by his wife, and whom the chancel-
lor positively refused to see, is awaiting
his probable fate in humiliation and fear.
The retired life led by the czar for the
past few years has rendered it possible
to deceive him so long concerning the
designs of Germany, but it is sad proof
of the instability of European affairs
that knot of malignant and unscrupu-
lous women can so nearly involve the two
greatest powers of the continent in u
sanguinary war to CRAFTY their spite
against statesman for whom they cher
ished an intense and unreasonable per
sonal dislike.