Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-02
THE EMPRESS'S REV YENGE.
AN INCIDENT CONNECTED WITH
BlSMARc IS FALL FROM POWER.

| Tier Refusal Accompanied by n Re-
mInder That It Mas He Nho Had
Estranged Her From Her Soa-1he
widow OF Frederick the Noble Re-
members the Sights Put Upon Her by
the Man of Blood and Irsn.
Tie New York Sun publ hes the fol-
lowing account t tile circunstanceS
which brought about the resignation of
Prince Bismarck, first printed in the
London Times, and voached for as ac-
| curate:
France now begins for the first time
10 understand the cause of Bismarck's
| fail, and the circumstances, unknown
| till of late, which accompanied it AD
these revelations are such that the ex-
chancellors bitterest enemies hardly
venture to discuss what a sha low lie
east in his descent from power.
The iron rule ( Bismarck had of late
been an obstacle, an embarrassment, and
cause of irritation to every body and
constant difficulty in the dispatch of
public affairs. Latterly he had seen
none of the ministers Of whom he was
tile chief. had listened to none of their
oil ctions, and gave positive and d finite
orders, as if the opinions of his associates
in the government were of no value. He
was almost inaccessible, and received
those only wi ON his caprice invited
round him. He tolerated no objections.
| listened NTH condescending smile
which condemned beforehand the idea
su mtted to him I,y his young master
tn, ap,,,aror
He even ceased really TO work, while
co nplaining bitterly if the slightest de-
c.sion was come to without consulting
him, AID yet professed himself over
whelmed with labor whenever docu-
IN .nts were sent to him to sign. He had
become terror to all who were obliged
to come near him. Nobody ven.ured 10
contradict him: even the Emperor
William II saw him only occasionally,
either because his majesty was afraid +
disturbing or of irritating him.
AT last the moment came when his
! pupil-now his master-confronted the
fact that he was not master, but only
chief servant The long restrained inn
| perial discomfort broke into open quarrel
on minor question, and poured forth
in such torrent that the chancellor,
taken by surprise and Disconnected. sud
denly said:
Then can only offer your majesty
my resignation
~The emperor was silent and Bismarck
withdrew. Two hours afterward, the
resignation not having arrived, the EN-
peror sent an aide de camp. The chan
cellor greeted him very affably, being
convinced that the emperor wished Iii II
TO return and to reconsider his idea of
resignation; but, to B Bsmarck's horror
and surprise, the aide de camp had been
sent to demand lis written resignation.
The prince, very uneasy, made the lame
excuse Of not having yet drawn it up,
| and deferred the matter till the morrow.
| Next morning the AIDE de camp reap
| peared. This time Bismarck was
calmer, but again made the same ex-
cuse. saying that before preparing
written resignation lie was bound to pay
a visit
Accordingly he did pay visit which.
incredible asst may appear, we can vouch
| for, was to the Empress Frederick. Yes,
in panic at his fall. this man, who but
the day before had been the great chan
cellor, now stooped before her " whom lie
had SO long hunibied and explained the
danger to the empire involved in his
| fall and the fatal consequences which
the young emperor risked in thus over
| turning the founder of the empire. He
begged her majesty to intervene and
| prevent the disaster to Germany, and
the remorse that her sovereign would
feel at this unmerited humiliation of his
most faithful servant
~The empress heard him out She
saw humiliating himself before her the
man who had hated implacably her hus-
band and herself, and who had ,wn
distrust between father and son. No
doubt she enjoyed the spectacle of see
ing at her feet this bitter enemy, now
dismissed by the very son whom he had
reckoned on making his tool against
her, and IN single sentence, becoming
an empress. a mother, and a woman,
she returned to this cringing diplomatist
all the insults he had heapeJ Vi on her.
: i much regret being quite powerless
should have been extremely glad to
intervene with my SON in your favor,
but you so employed all your power in
estranging his heart from US. making
his mind foreign to mine. that / can
only witness your fall without being
able TO ward it of. When you are no
longer there my son viii. perhaps, draw
nearer to me, but then it win be too late
for me TO help you.
%The prince withdrew with downcast
/ head and returning home fOund the
aide de camp, who for the fourth time
had come for his resignation, which the
/ fallen statesman handed to him"
Lemon Elixir.