The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-02
BISNARCkS TOUR,

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| JENA. Aug. 1-Prince Bismarck was
enthusiastically greeted on arriving here.
| He made tour of the town IN a carriage,
| the university students in full strength
! forming guard of honor and lining the
| whole route of his drive. Replying to an
! address presented by the representatives OF
l the university, Prince Bismarck sketched
| the events preceding the founding of the
empire, and added that he had many dlfh-
| culties to overcome with the late emperor,
what he might call behind -the-scenes
| diplomacy, which was sometimes harder
than foreign diplomacy. The defeat OF
| France, he said, was necessity because IL
she had not been humbled she would have
! hindered German unity. People said That
| the Bismarck policy had luck. He wish
! ed he could say that other ministers and
| chancellors were lucky. He advised his
| countrymen to produce a strong pariia-
mentary majority, so as to prevent abso-
| luteism of government by Bureaucracy.
| Some found fault, he said, with MS crltl'
cisms, but he would continue to speak his
mind whatever the consequences might
| be.
There were many thousands of visitors
| in Jena, and fervent enthusiasm prevailed
everywhere. Early in the morning choir
| assembled under the windows or Prince
| Bismarck's room and sang Luthers hymn,
| Elm Feste Burg" Later Prince Bismarck
drove TO the market platz, where 15,O00
persons had assembled, being arranged III
| tiers around the square. A corps or
students guarded the platform in the CEN
| ter of the square, to which Prince ana
Princess Bismarck and Count Herbert
| Bismarck and his bride were escorted by
| Rector Brockhaus, Professor Haeckel and
other chiefs Of the university. The as
mblage sang number of patriotic songs
| and received the visitors with enthusiasm.
| The cheering and singing subsldIng, the
| burgomaster. in proposing The health OF
| Prince Bismarck, contrasted the state OF
| Germany at the beginning of the century
| with that of today, and alluded to the
| battle of Jena and the downfall of Prussia,
| concluding with the words, Bismarck,
no second Jena defeat i5 possible" A
student then addressed the Prince, saying,
| among other things, that al the students
| Of Germany would carry forward his
| work.
Prince Bismarck in reply delivered an
| important political oration. He said: Il
| have sworn to found Protestant empire
| It is therefore out of the question to try to
rule with Catholic party as the chlef
| factor. We must take the present Cath
| Ole party as an example and must Initiate
them and form united party against
| Catholic influence. i say nothing against
| the supremacy of the Catholic party or or
| Catholic influence or of foreign influence
| 1t would even be preferable to have paDal
| nuncio in Berlin, so that irresponsible
| party leaders should not, as at present.
give color to the untrustworthy reports to
the pope"
Referring to what he called the false
| policy of the government, the EXCHANGED
| lor said that so far as the government
gaius a Germaniziug influence over the
polls, that influence is captured by the
| Catholic party. He concluded by cOmpar-
| ing himself to Goethe's Goetz Won Berlich-
| ingen, who, although a faithful subject of
the kaiser refused to recognize the
| kaiser's commissioners, and when be-
seiged gave free utterance to his opinions.
| He was today, he said, in the same posi-
| tion, q faithful servant Of the kaiser, but
he had the right to express the sharpest
criticisms on the kaiser's advisers.