Mohave County miner., 1889-07-27
THE BERLIN TREATY.
fts Yirst Publication the 6rest&t YsaE q
Modern J0urnalisn.

On the 9th Of July, . week before
the Congress closed. ] WAS reading In
the hall Of tie Kaiserh0f . private let.
ter Just arrived. and containing the
following passage:
81 have watched with delight the
campaign you have been making at
Berlin. II would be q crowDing of
that campaign II you could be the first
to publish the treaty. aud ! need not
tell you with what joy l should see
you realize what would be the great.
est feat Of modern journalism"
At that moment diplomat who
had always been friendly tn me passed
through the ball Of the hotel. must
have looked downcast, for he came up
with alacrity and said, Have you
been getting bad newsw With the
instructive idea according to which .
mans destiny depends on the sagacity
with which be seizes on the indications
given by fate, instead Of replying. /
showed him the letter. He perused 1t
attentively. then. turning to me, so
you set great store On forestalling the
publication Of the treaty."
"Ii you put on one side all the grand
crosses in the world, and the treaty on
the other. l should choose the treaty ."
"And how are you going TO get ita"
81 have just had an assurance that
Prince Bismarck is highly satisfied
with what sent on our conversation,
and thinks l have rendered q service
to peace. ! am going TO ask him TO
give me the treaty as recompense. "
My friend reflected . minute. then
exclaimed: mo. do not ask him till
you have seen me again. Walk out
tomorrow between one and two in the
Wilhelmstrasse. and l will see you"
Next day. on coming into the street,
ne came up to me and hurriedly said.
''Come for the treaty the day before
the closing. and promise you you
shall have it."
could hardly restrain my delight
Now that 1 was certain Of getting the
treaty. / had q twofOld anxiety. In
the first place, the Congress was to
terminate on the 18th. The Chan
cellor had positively said 90. 1t was
a Saturday. should have the treaty
on the 18th. and it was necessary At
all cost for it to appear on the 18th.
for the English papers do not come
out on Saturdays, and Monday would
have been too late. Secondly, II was
not enough to have the treaty: must
be the only one to have it. The Ger.
man papers we're angry with tho
Chancellor for not receiving them.
reflected that probably to pacify them
he would give them the treaty, which
would thus appear At Berlin on Satur-
day, and that should be beaten.
was in despair. How prevent Prince
Bismarck from doing what he chose?
How telegraph the treaty. 1t was I'M
possible in Germany or Austria, and
1t Paris it would be too late, for, get.
ting II only on Friday. could not be
at Paris in time for 1t to be published
on Saturday in London.
At the very hour on the 18th OF July
when the treaty Of 1873 was signed at
Berlin. a London telegram announced
that the Times had published the pre-
amble and sixty-four articles. with an
English translation appended. How
could it have got the preamble yester-
day morning. seeing that it was not
drawn upP" asked Prince Bismarck OF
the Count de St. Waller. WAS 1t
not you, Count, who gave 1t the
treaty."
By this time NJ. de St. Vallier had
no reason for keeping the secret
further, and he was bound to reply
without hesitation. He therefore
frankly related what had happened.
"ADd what did he say when you
told him?" / asked NJ. de st. ValIier.
Excuse me- replied the Count.
smiling. "buL he did not tell me to re-
peat it to you."-Mr. de Biowitz, IN
Harper's Magazine.