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moreover, this important step on the parb
Of Prince Bismarck will ere long b. follow.
ed by his defnitive retirement from the
troubled realm of politics into the tranquil
sphere of private life. In the course Of his
e~ventfnl and stately Ministerial career, dur
ing which he has enjoyed the confidence of
three German Bmperors, men scarcely less
remarkable for patriotism, Saglcity and
strength of will than himself, and has rem
dered ineStimable services 10 his country,
Prince Bismarck has repeatedly signifed
his wish to lay down the burden imposed
upon him by the desire of MS Sovereign
and the mandate of the great German na-
fion. On one occasion, In January 1878,
his resignation OF the PrusSi&u Premier
shin, rendered to William [, Oh tho ground
of iIl.health, was Reluctantly accepted by
the venerable Kaiser, a0d General Won
Room held that important office in.his stead,
hat only for q brief period. In an auto
graph letter. frankly recognising his claims
90 rOpo>e and to temporary relief from q
portion OF his onerous duties and respon-
eibilities, the Princes august ''Iaster0-
as he himself was wont to STYLE William
the VictoriOuS-gave fervid expression to
the hope that the ChaneellOr's anaItu would
be speedily re.established, and that he
would "again eonsecrate his ~well-apprOved
services to Germany and Prussia, his
greater aud smaller Fatherlands.' A few
mOntbs later the KaisNr's wishes we're ful-
fllad, for Prince Bismarck resumed Office
rs chief If the Prnssian Oi5Det estly in
the following November. Daring this
i~nterval alone, from September 1862, down
to the present day. b. Ms 26sN"il@ .0Ta
8gement of the State afai~e OF MS n4tN8
country been practically lul9rmitteI. A
hS~ oAInu ruo,Nn,r1, .;- ,, A. 49, q
pOwer and rest upon ais laurets were
successfully met by positive AMI categori
Gal ~refHsals. 1t ia said that one of Ls form
III applications in this sense Was returned
to him by William [. with tu3 words 'Not
Is lons as I live" inscribed up0n j s ina gin
In his MlieSty's Handwriting, AMI that
another, addressed to the present Enpor.
or little more than a year go, WIS sent
back 10 the Chancellor with the SgccLagt
endorsement "Never, never ~ wrltlen aaI
initialad by its Imperial recipient. Il now
appears that the resolut@ Young Emperor
yielding 10 the pressure OF circumstances,
and to tAo Goroe Of a will even more ludvxl.
BILE than bis own. has been constrained to
reseind that emphatic negative, doubtless
intended by him to be final when he placed
1t apoR record. Encountered by the set.
tied determination of tue "Iron ChanCel.
GOEs HIS OdShIIbh DIG NOi6U, SIC JUDbO
has proved @ mere Intellectual utteranee.
and Prince Bismarck has at length sue.
ceeded in shaking off q yoke which, only q
few hours ago, seemed to have grown to
HE broad shoulders, and Gto have become
an iRtegral part of his imposing in liyi-
duality.
In all probability the retirement Of
Prince Bismarck will ~inaugurate a new de-,
parture in the domestic, if not the foreign,
policy of the German Empire. If William
IL. has not Inherited his illustrious fathers
CSn Constitutional predictions, there can be
Mo d0abt that Kaiser Friedrich's eager de.
sire to govern his country on principles
Gongenial to the feelings and aspirations Of
the majority of his subjects animates his
successor. In the flower of his manhood,
endowed with robust physical health and
exceptional mental YigOur, the ~reigning
Emperor may confidently hope to carry out
schemes of reform and innovation which a
dying Monarch, dearly as he cherished
them IL his heart Of hearts, had barely
strength to formulate, and could not posi-
bly, expect to re liSe. TIoSe who may hap
pUu to bear in mind the terms Of tlle i'm.
pressive manifesto address d by Frederick
the Noble to his people shortly after his
accession to the throne of his ancestors
will recognize i'll the recent and immediate
actions of Kaiser Wilhelm more than one
convincing proof oil the ~lstter's steadfast
resolve to put into execution the carefully