The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-29
THE TRUE. HISTORY
OF the Rupture Between the
Emperor and Bismarck.
THAT ENGLISH WOMAN" DID 1T.
The ex-ChancellOr is " aiting for an Oppor-
tunity TO Strike Back-What His
Friends Say of the Case.

Especial 70 THE HERALD-Examiner Cable. I
BERLIN, April 27.-The true history of
the rupture between Prince Bismarck and
the Emperor is just coming out, though as
yet it is only whispered in dark corners.
Bismarck's confidential friends who have
visited him at Fredricksrhue say that the
ex chancellor is fully aware that his dis.
missal is directly due to the hatred of ex-
Empress Frederick, and that he is watch
ing his opportunity for revenge. When he
strikes he will strike hard Bismarck S
dismissal was the last shot fired in the bit
ter duel which has been waging for years
between the ex- Empress and Bismarck.
BismarclI's practice in life has been to
crush his opponents. He could not destroy
the crown princess His dislike to her,
therefore, became hatred, which the prin-
cess returned in the fullest measure. This
mutual aversion developed into a rancor-
Gus feud. Bismarcks influence over the
present Emperor caused a complete es-
arrangement between the young prince and
his parents. The princess, on the other
hand, did all in her power to undermine the
chancellor'S authority and succeeded in
frustrating many of his plans To be the
enemy of Bismarck was sure
passport to her favor. At one time
the chancellor determined TO stop
her intrigues, and Intercepted her private
correspondence, a fact OF which she com
planned bitterly ana warned her family.
The climax was capped when Bismarck
sent Prince William to San Reno to force
his dying father to sign deed of abdica-
ton in his favor. But in this the scheme
OF the chancellor was defeated by the
princess royal His emissary returned
empty handed. On Frederick's accession
-,
secure the removal of the minister of the
interior, Herr Won Puttkamer the chan
cellor's chief ally. Soon after Frederick S
death the Empress, by the publication of
her husbands diary aimed the severest
blow at Bismarcks reputation that he had
received. Meanwhile complete rapproach-
ment was brought about by the Emperor
and his mother. She was aided by
the sympathy and support of her family
in England and still further able to I'M
dermine the chancelior's position and to
estrange him from the young Emperor
Bismarck can now clearly trace the hand
of England's Queen and the Prince of
Wales in the forces which worked to his
downfall.
The strikes in Westphalia furnished the
ever-watchful Empress with the chance of
fresh blow at her arch enemy. 1t was
at her instance that personal friend, Linz
peter, was made chief of the private bureau
Of investigation, whose reports were dia-
metrically opposed to BiSmarcks. Later.
the Empress opposition, though manifested
in more trivial things. was none the less
bitter or sure. Through her royal English
relatives she has gradually gained almost
as complete control over her son as she had
over her husband, and has succeeded in
swapping Bismarck with petticoat govern
ment. and he winces under 1t, but he will
strike back, and possibly very soon.