Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
BISMARCK AT WORK.
How He Has Taught the Young EN-
perOr to Obey His Suggestions.
NO MERCY FOR HIS ENEMIES.
The Happy Home of the Worlds Greatest
Diplomat.
FEEBLE IN BODY, BUT STRONG IN MIND
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH

Much has been written about him, vel
even in Germany his personality, his method
of life, his method of work, and his own
peculiarities are known only to those who
surround him.
may say that he is no longer worke,
in the sense that Americans mean work, for
he has passed that time of life. The hew-
ing of wood and drawing of water he leaves
to others. He simply looks on now with
satisfaction at his own work, with the mag
nifcent prospect of Germany; smiles at his
adversaries, leads the young Emperor along
the road he should take, looks him calmly
in the face, and knows that his sovereign
believes in him and all is well. He is an
early riser. All great men seem to have that
unfortunate popularity. Some of us who
are not great like to lie abed late in the
morning. Neither Bismarck nor Glad
stone is of these. At daylight the
Chancellor is awake. He seems to consider
himself sentinel on duty. He begins his
work early, but only such matters as are of
the utmost Importance are brought to him.
| The details of unimportant work he leaves
TO others. His son, Count Herbert Bismarck,
who bids fair to become great diplomat
some day, shoulders most of it. But the old
Chancellor's usefulness is not over, and,
when he wants to, he is capable of doing as
| hard days work as anyone in the empire.
His body is feeble, but his mind is still as
vigorous as it was when he kept all the
great statesmen of Europe awake, thinking
what new plot he would spring on them. He
| sleeps in an unpretentious and plainly fur
nished room. Like the old Emperor, who
has been laid away forever, he likes a mill
for nod
seen his room say that it is so unpretending
as to be almost uncomfortable in these days
of luxury There are none of the modern
convenlsnces which are considered neces-
sary even by those who are not quite we'll
to-do.
THE DAILY ROUTINE
His morning meal is plain one, and is
usually taken in his room. After this such
business of the nation as it is important for
him to see and decide upon is brought to
him. If there be important documents that
need his signature. or a conference of min
listers or heads of departments, or if there be
any episode of a nationa. or international
character, he informs himself thoroughly
about it, and discusses it frankly with his
son, and then with his chosen advisers.
after this he spends an hour or more with
the Emperor. The old man has so nodded
the character of the young man who now
sits upon the throne that only word or a
look is necessary Tor royal approvas.
If anything were needed to show that
Bismarck is a man c. iron, it is found in
the fact that he was one of the few persons
who looked so far into the future as to see
that William III. would some day be EN-
peror Bismarck nodded his character
to suit himself, and in doing So he taught
the boy to despise his own mother and Eng
1a, ~ ol1 4 f,of, IT,
tunate ex-Empress Frederick, it may be
said. has left Berlin forever, unless the
death OF Bismarck and the return of her
sons love and respect should call her
thither. 1t may be all well enough to say
that the Emperor loves his mother, and to
point to the fact that he eagerly embraced
his royal grandmother upon his recent visit
to England, and to give other evidences of
loyalty to his mothers country and her
family; but those who know the facts well
know that it is only for show Bismarck
not only hates England with all the ardor
of his great nature, but he hates eyerv
other country in Europe, and he has taught
his Emperor to do the same. William III.
loves and respects Bismarck. They are
like father and son. The young man does
as he is told. He has never taken the bit
in his mouth yet, and he probably never
will. Bismarck S influence over him Is
really remarkable. He controls him in
every way. In a word, the Emperor is a |
puppet in the Chancellor's grasp.
HE NEVER FoRGIvEs.
One of the strong peculiarities of Bis |
marck is that he never forgives nor forgets.
The word mercy is unknown to him. He |
had none even for his Empress when the !
Emperor Frederick lay dying; he has even |
less for those who have antagonized him /
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ory. He never forgets, and if he sometimes |
appears to have given up a treasured plan |
1t is only in the appearance. He has been |
patient waiter as we'll as great diplomat.
He has been q believer in the old adage,
"All things come to him who waits" He |
is the most hated and most despised but
most admired and the most feared man in
Europe. His remarkable plots and his
superior Intellectual powers are unques-
toned, and, with the exception, perhaps, of
Gladstone, it is not too much to say that
he is the greatest man in Europe, if not in
the world, to-day. He is the one man who
holds the scale balanced between peace and
war.
After his conference with the Emperor he
takes walk in the magnificent gardens of
the palace and then frugal lunch. The
afternoon is spent in seeing few callers, or
with his family or attending to some state
business that demands his attention. But
he knows, If he knows anything, that in
creasing age and physical infrmity demand
that he shall have rest, and he takes it. His
dinner, at 6 o'clock, is the heartiest meal of
the day. For the benefit of thousands who
NAV like to know upon what the great man
feasts, was informed that his usual dinner
consisted of soup, roast, vegetables, black
bread and a light wine or beer. He dimes
out occasionally, but not often. Two or
three times a week a few of his chosen
friends are invited to sup with him. After
this they smoke and chat and tell stories.
Sometimes there is music, song, and if
not, an occasional game of whist is INDUCED
in, and at IL o'clock the great statesman
retires' One day differs little from another
The bow of peace seems to be set in the sky,
and there is nothing to trouble the old man
at present. The details of government work
he leaves to others; but he insists that he is
as well as ever, and occasionally he sur
prises some of his subordinates by appearing
on the scene and by showing
that he possesses great deal of information
upon the minor details of government.
BISMARCK AND GLADSTONE.
1t would be hard to find two men who are |
20 radically different as Bismarck and Glad
jtone. Both have arrived at the age when |
most men have passed into senility, but both
'eem to be vigorous and capable of doing
Teoman service. Bismarck differs from
Gladstone in that he pays little or no atten-
ion to literature, and rarely, if ever, makes
/ speech. Gladstone, as all the world
Knows, is continually speech making or
writing pamphlets, or discussing this or
hat ism, or plunging headlong into some
work that many younger man would feel
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