Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-30

Prince Bismarck's retirement from affairs
OF state has been marked by grand ovation
from the people of Berlin, who are averse to
the change. The Emperor is said to regret
the resignation of Count Herbert Bismarck.
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PRESS.l
BERLIN, March 29-Prince Bismarck
lett Berlin for Friedrichsruhe, his coun-
try seat, to-day. Yesterday he visited
the imperial mausoleum at Charlottenburg,
in which the remains of Emperor William
1. are inferred, and placed q wreath upon
the coffin OF his old master. Prior to his
departure from Berlin to-day he paid fare
well visits to the royal princes.
Later in the day thousands of persons
gathered in the Wilhelmstrasse and along
the route to the railway station to witness
the final scene in the Bismarck drama.
Wearing the uniform of the Cuirassiers,
Prince Bismarck left the palace of the
Chancellor at o'clock in the afternoon, and
entered an open carriage that stood in wait
ing.
CHEERS FOR THE PRINCE.
As soon as he appeared he was greeted
with stormy enthusiasm. The windows of
the houses in the vicinity were crowded
with spectators. The entire route was q sea
of waving handkerchiefs. The crowd was
so dense that the e1-ChancelIor's horses were
compelled to walk the entire distance from
the palace to the station. There was a con-
tinuous war of cheering.
Following the Princes carriage came
another carriage occupied by Princess Bis
Ill, Il.
third carriage was filled with members of
the American Legation. When the party
arrived at the station squadron of cuiras-
siers with banu, formed guard of honor.
All the Ministers, the diplomatic corps and
the court and state officials were waiting to
bid farewell to the Prince, and there was a
great mass of people outside the station.
MOUNTAINS OF BOUQUETS
for the Prince and Princess were piled in
the waiting rooms, which were gaily decor
ated in honor of the occasion. Prince Bis
marck In hearty voice bid all farewell,
Mr.. Phelps, the American Minister, and
Chancellor Won Caprivi being among the
last to shake hands with him. Many tears
were shed, and il was altogether an affecting
scene. At 5:40 the train started, amid
cheering, singing and the strains of the
band.
In connection with the regard evinced by
Prince Bismarck for Mr.. Phelps it is worthy
of note that on Tuesday last he denied
himself to all others and received the Min |
lister at a private audience. They spent a |
large part of the afternoon in a discussion, |
the object Of which has excited curiosity |
here. Rumor says that the Prince made a |
careful statement of recent events with a
view to the future.
REMAINS A SECRET.
The real history of the Characteristic
crisis is still wrapped in mystery, which the
Emperor shows no intention to unveil. The
intervention of the Duke of Baden and other
influential personages has to a large extent
stopped the newspaper polemic on the SUBJ
iect.
The North German Gazette, Prince Bis
marck's organ, announces on behalf of the
Prince that the address and assurances of
sympathy received by him have been so nu-
merous that, without official assistance and
in the trouble and confusion incident to
his departure, it is impossible to reply to
them singly. He requests the senders col
lectively to accept his thanks.
The appointment OF Baron MarschaIl
BiebersteIn as Foreign Secretary of State
has not yet been gazetted, but the appoint
ment is regarded as definite. He was born
in 1912. He is a hard worker. The Baron
was formerly Public Prosecutor and has
never been in the military service, though
be has had long career in the Reichstag.
JEALOUS OF HERBERT.
He is good debater and has represented
Baden in the Bundsrath since 1888. He is
an affable man and a popular favorite at
court. He has a strong tendency toward
State socialism. The Cologne Gazette saws
that he is intimately acquainted with Prince
Bismarck's policy. His appointment, the
paper says, is a guarantee of continued
peace. He will make no change in the
diplomatic service.
1t is stated that the Emperor accepted
Count Herbert Bismarck's resignation with
the greatest reluctance, because Prince Bis
marck trained nobody but his son thor
oughly in his policy and IDEAS This reason
in many quarters is held to justify the EN-
peror's action as an anticipation of the fast
approaching inevitable retirement of death
of Prince Bismarck, and the necessity of
the release of the ministers from the Bis
marckian bondage and jealousy of Count
Herbert.