The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-20
BISMARCK'S RIGHT HAND.
LOTILAR BUCHER, a STATESMAN WITH
OUT A STA IEsMAS,s REWARDS.

Diplonat1sts, and Has written Many o
Her Inws-Periis OF H,s Youth ana Ii,
Remarkable Sadness of His Ola Age.
Occasionally Berlin dispatches mention thai
Lothian Butcher is busy at Friedrichsruhe witt
the memoirs Of Prince Bismarck: that Lothal
Butcher is the author Of the last anonymous
pamphlet that assails the present Government
Of Germany; or that Lothar Bucher has again
stirred the ire Of Emperor William IL by his
keen. bold criticisms Of the policies OF Chan.
cellor Won Caprivi Hardly ono American OF
Englishman In ton thousand. probably. knows
who Is this apparently obscure yet many-sided
man. to whom SO much Of the disturbing ele-
ment in present German politics is ascribed;
yet in the unwritten history Of modern Europe
hardly another man could be found who. in the
deep sea OF diplomacy. almost forgotten and
quite unobserved. has started so many Sweep
ing currents or allayed so many storms that
others might ride above him smoothly to sue
cess. Hardly groat event In German politics
has occurred since 1S48 without being shaped
partially by HIS influence: hardly famous
state document has appeared from Berlin
without the marks OF his hand: hardly radi-
cal bill has been drawn without the impress Of
his peculiar genius
At least this was true until the day when
the iron arm in tho Wilhelm strasse was laid
to rest. for Lothar Bucher's silent yet potent
activity was such as ia best indicated by his
popular titles. the Pearl Of Bismarck" Bis
marck's Right Hand" and the Pocket Bis
marck." That his pom did not lose It's cum
ninG. however when his masters voice lost
its power is proved by tho sensation caused
throughout central Europe By his recent PAM
phlet. Accept or Rojeot,"a sweeping denun-
citation Of tho Zollvorein OF the Triple Alliance.
and Of Emperor Williams reoklessness in an
tagonizing Russia to tic fast to Austria. Lothar
Bucher's life is m epitome Of the possibilities
and pitfalls Of German politics Of the last fifty
years.
Bucher is O "Forty-eighter." That is. he
was one Of tho men who. like Franz Sigel,
rebellcd against the Government in 1880.
and demanded strictly constitutional I'D
ministration. But 20 years old. no became
known as Bucher the Rod" in the Prussian
Parliament. where he sat on the extreme left
while his later master. Otto Won Bismarck.
Numbered against constitutional government
from the extreme right. Despite his youth.
no WINS soon the leader Of the fighters for the
new Constitution. and to him was due the credit
for originating the policy Of starving the
monarchy under the Ministry Of Brandenburg
into desisting from its violations of the new
Constitutions in the early flfties. LET every
taxpayer and taxpaying community" he said.
refuse to pay taxes, and thus in the way OF
the bloodless revolution the will Of the peo-
pies representatives may be accomplished"
Ihave never heard man speak with moro
eloQuence or moderation" wrote Gen Won
Brandt Of him at this time. His light hair.
his passionate gestures, reminded me always
Of the pictures Of Saint Just" But the Prus-
sian Government was not fond OF eloquence or
learning on the extreme left. and SO Butcher
and forty-two other Radicals found themselves
presently under arrest for treason and refusal
This most celebrated State ca 50 in recent Ger
man history. except. perhaps. the Harry Arnim
@ BaoRer Msfs
e. SSs
sna 1ser q a s Offices q k 5 The
q Bismarck has never lacked, warned
h II deense ths his .s as sure s sna
that he must fee. Bucher read the warning
sf asH aobsa re re Ir e
sauniered bareheaded into tie Garden sSioin:
@ nf as some s%e Time seen OF '0'n'
ss tEe hs rSan
Bismarck became Secretary. Of State and be-
sads Ct e.. days the
and among them was Bucher the Red. The
rfSssGlsSs Mfs
the friend Of Ferdinand Lassalle. the sometime
orssn Ses Bnses thy
Just Why the powerful hand did this astonad.
did wisely has been shown By hundreds eds Of
ey ssst dSwn to this very nSath
pe0reQ below the stormy surface of Affairs In
the Foreign Office: What he did. none. save
s e. snS bat be always
move in the diplomatic or political feid
BuSher and Bismarck passed many hours To-
isvorIte Of ths man q iron. When ' Bis
alsSs Tstasa to rSn s tie f. his
xsI; Baef AZ vas with hin. Wien Bls@aTeH
81 SsGef rs1s
,r% ths WORK 81 his hands. Buchsr returnsd
OUT for
s radical move: The "rspsiis press Was SSis
paper" which B!smarck once said q "Govern-
p %:as must hold Ct it, disPSsa IN the daiy
course Of the notorious reptile fund y through
All 4 ss s' sdiEers %Ss% e.
t tongue that first suggested to Prince Bismarck
p 1.-THE the r Torki1gmen's insurance, laws. and
lirst paragraphs OF the reform laws. which
Constitute con- the most remarkable biz Of legsa
u uS1 IN Germany during the last fifteen years.
n mNnt employ mt the spirit Of ths reform move
m sss ssaf SSs
~ Sol Bismarek's right hand. He slept but six
pause to marry Ha Wasted Few 9'd Hi In
stiy with any save his chief The
served 80 We and tacIturn man on Gods earth. Com
aantie His eloauence s his fs@s s'phi III f ire
S were all buried safely out Of eight In the
slS2wIy very slowly he climbed the ladder Of
priyy coSnci!or" and SdcI reni privy councilior"
ana the like more. But HIS great ambition to
lust lust beyond his reach. His fno yellow hair
with spectaeies HI s alert f.e senas S a erect
i nS was bowed. and the govt put a hitch
nj Ia ia otn II t.,N l