The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-10
nrsm1RCK md 0ERMLNY.
Incorporate Language OF the Premier in
tho Iurn n'ervi~w.

Berlin dispatch to the New York Sun
saws: Premier Bismarck has again made
himself the question OF the hour. Fearing
apparently, TO enter the Rechstag ana
fight Count Won Caprivi on technical mill
tarv grounds he has voiced mis- antascnism
I'm an interview which, In carefully calcu-
LATED malice and irrelevant ireichery 10
the dead SURPRISES anything Ill MS past
official utteranccS. While accomplishing
much mischief undoubtedly amcug the peO-
pie and seriously embarrassing the Govern
ment. however il * undeniablc that the eI-
Chancellor has again lowered himself Of
fcially I'm tho estimation OF the German
people. Even among the Liberals, whose
cause he sought TO aid. he has caused
pretty general feeling OF apprehension ana
disgust. Everybody IS anxious us to the
event OF his unveiled attack upon the whole
personnel and policy Of the present Govern
ment.
VIII Emperor William repress his feel
ings sufficiently TO refrain from State
triali All hope that he will, but Few OF
the influential men OF Prussia would blame
him II he should not Everywhere one
hears references TO Prince bismarck
course against Harry Won Arnlm who, Tor
less serious offenses, was hunted from OF
fee and bounded from Germany. The state
OF feeling ia high civil and military quart
ers certainly warrants the most serious
apprehensions. The feeling against the eI-
Chancellor is little less than fury and
hatred and the suggestion Is made In all
earncs tness that, should the Emperor still
abstain from legal action, lie ought at
least &c remove Blsmarcks name from the
army and strip the kings coat from his
back.
one Of the most singular features OF the
Blum interview, with Its reckless reYea-
tons Of State secrets and Its all but trea-
sOnable sentiments is that II was given
soon after the Zukunft interview In which
Prince Bismarck enusively protested his
loyalty to the Crown and thereby excused
himself as n wearer OF the army uniform
from opposing in Parliament the Empercrs
policy. The whole intent and purpose or
the Blum interview, on the other hand,
is to embarrass the Government. and IL Is
impossible TO imagine that Bismarck ex-
pected any good to come OF 1t. Wounded
vanity is perhaps the only possible eXpla-
nation, and even this explanation requires
further explaining. Many think that the
blight attention paid TO the Xukunft inter
view was such n sad revelation TO the
Prince OF his waning prestige that he
sought in the Blum interview to challenge
the attention OF the country at any cost.
1t is doubtful that Prince Bismarck's
biting criticisms of the Military bill will
have much effect upon Its prospects, for
these criticisms are at once twc-edged and
contradictory Every argument now adj
vanced by him against the bill can be an
swered at length with quotations from his
speeches made when he WAS urging the
passage Of the Septennate and other bills
designed to increase the military burdens
Of the people. His objections to the two
year term are mere echoes Of the objections
already made by the Conservatives, who,
nevertheless now show signs Of falling into
line behind the Government. The virtual
establishment Of the twO-year system, Bis
marck SAYS. in order that the bill may be
more palatabe to the deputies Is a risky
plan. Emperor William l., as we'll as
M0ltke and Room. who understood a few
things about military affairs did not chase
phantOms. but adhered steadfastly 10 the
three-year system. a point not stated by
Prince Bismarck is that neither the old
Emperor nor Motke nor Room thought
much Of Bismarck's knowledge OF military
affairs. and always succeeded In keeping
his hand of the army.
Fer thirty years" continued Bismarck,
1.-THE soldiers ia the third year had been
the flower Of the army, but now the pro-
posal was to make the third year punish
ment thereby attaching a stigma 20 the
men who served through II. Hitherto the
raw recruits had locked up TO the third
year men as the most experienced soldiers
in the regiments. and they had often got
their drill from them. Should the present
bill pass, these recruits would look upon
the third-year men as the dregs Il the
army. the obvious answer iO all this is
that military conditions throughout Europe
have changed in the last thirty years, and
that, as the whole history OF the PrusSIan
army for seYenty-ye years shows, German
sOyereigns and generals have rarely
scrupled 10 change the military system 10
suit the times. The need Of more soldiers
for the war footing is one Of the numerous
new requirements OF the times. especially
In view OF the numerical strength Of the
armies Of the Triple Alliance. This argu-
ment and several others which confouud
the ex-Chanccllor are being set forth in
series OF articles in the Military Weekly.
Bismarck spoke sarcastically Of the i'm
possibility OF Germany raising COO0OOOO
or 1O.GO0OO marks more annually To meet
the demands formulated In the bill An at
tempt 10 raise any such sum. he said,
would cause universal discomfort and pos
sibiy serious domestic conflict This ar
gument Is somewhat weakened by lts
source In view ~ the fact that the Govern
mcnt has documents proving that Prince
bismarck himself Just before his fall,
planned TO submit TO he Rechstag a mill
tary bill proposing changes which would
have necessitated the additional annual ex-
penditure upon the army Of 12O.cO0OO0
marks.
The most reprehensible utterances Of
Prince bismarck in the Blum interview,
however, are his gratutOus insults Of ccle-
bratcd men now in the state service or re-
moved from 1t In recent years by death.
Thus he accused Herr Won Radowitz. In
perial Ambassador at the Court OF Madrid,
OF drinking too much wine and revealing
secrets while drunk This accusation Herr
Won RadOwitz Will answer with a libel
suit. If the Foreign Office Will grant him
permission. After going we'll out OF his
way 10 abuse Prince GOrtschakcn and
quote from private conversation with the
Gar, Bismarck turned upon some OF Ger
maly's illustrous dead. Field Marshal
Won Moltke he said. urged that Germany
attack France in 1870 This statement is
generally doubted, and Bismarck IS crit-
cised for waiting until Won Moltke WAS
dead before making H.
n Dtshing Princes.
The Princess Marie