The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
PRINCE BISMARCK SPEAKS
The EX.Chancellor Makes a Strong
States Rights Address TO His Friends.
Protest Against Entertainments of the Bureau
Gratis, Who Are. lie Says. Trying to Stifle
the German National Idea.
SPEECH by BISMARCK.

Ok LE11l n4
The Prince Delivers what he Calls a Jere-
misd-Bureaucracy Denounced.
BERLIN. July 9-About four hundred ex.
cursionists from the principality of Lippe-
Detmold visited Prince Bismarck In Fried.
erIcksrhue to-day. Both the Prince and the
Princess responded To the cheers of the ex-
cursionists by appearing on the balcony of
the castle. Despite the recent reports of the
Princes bad health he looked strong and
cheerful. Prince Bismarck. as usual. wore
q black coat. white tie and SLOUGH hat. He
made a notable speech concerning the re-
latIons of the smaller federal states to
the empire. After referring briefly to
the most remarkable features OF early
German lie he described Lippe-D etmold
as the scene of the first German revolt
against the foreign yoke In the days when
the German hero ArmInIus swept the
Romans from the country. He then dis.
cussed diffusoly and entertainingly the
significance OF the small German states.
He expressed the opinion that their parlia-
ments ought to influence the policy
of the empire more powerfully by critlois-
ing the action of their representatives In
the Federal Council of the empire. The
number of votes held in the Federal Coun.
Gil should not be diminished. lest the ma
tional German empire be suDDlanted by q
great all-controliing Prussia. The Prince
concluded with those remarkable words:
There are seventeen federal states hav.
Ing only q sin gle vote each In the Federal
Council. Ii / deduct the Hanseatic cities.
which differ so radically from alitbe others,
there are fourteen such states and fourteen
votes IN the Federal Council are a weiQhty
matter if they keep together.
IL. added to the Prussian votes. they al
ways give Prussia q majority of the Fed
eral Council. the council may be divided.
as it were. in three categories-the small
states with a vote each, Prussia with eight
cen votes and The middle states with TWEEN.
ty-fOur votes. Thus, you see what weight
the small states have. L wonder that no
politician has arisen In one or the other OF
them to turn this state of affairs TO account.
All that L am saving to you Ia u leremIad,
If You wish to call il such. over
the fact that the national idea has not
oaught tire in the parliaments and govern
ments of the federated states. as twenty
1--WE years ago 1 hoped it would.
II must apologize for directing your at
tention 10 these matters. Unfortunately,
| am not strong enough to appear In the
Reichstag. i could deliver q speech there
occasionally, but | should be- unable to per-
form all the duties which the occupation
OF a parliamentary seat would entail.
You must. therefore, excuse me- If. on .
political occasion such, as your greeting
tko1sOb L ihutCt upOh )On III JCkOIllduo.
Loud applause. hope things will
change IN time. and that the bureau
Gratis. whom Arhinins conquered, Will not
become autocrats again There Is danger
at present that they will once more, with
their bloodless and opposive habits, gain
dominion over Us. and that what the sword
has won will be LOST will not say by
the pens of diplomatists. but by bureau
policy of waiting for others to do
what is necessary; of waiting. in
fact. for the governments to do 1t.
The princes are all welliDtentioned gentle.
men. but they necessarily are dependent
on the Officisls-the ministers and cOun-
cilors.
My fear and anxiety for the future
is that tie national idea may be
atif1ed in the coils OF the boa
constructor of bureaucracy which has
grown rapidly in the last few years.
Only the Federal Council and the :Reichs-
tag can help here. and the former has the
insight of bureaucracy does not suffice.
the opportunities offered TO the members
of the Federal Council and ReIchstag
To come to lite aid with men OF intelligence,
working In harmony for the highest inter-
ests of the EN- Dire. / wish To emphasize the
fact that | attach the greatest Importance,
not to discussions In the Federal Coun-
Gil, but TO the right of men bers
of the Federal Council to speak whenever
they please in the Reichstag. Suppose l
were young and strong enough TO go to
Berlin as a representatives. In the Fed
eral Council, of u German Prince. yours
for instance. Suppose l were to
express my convictions In the Federal
Council and ReIchstag. even in cases
where those convictions were opposed
by the majority OF the Federal COun-
Gil. Would not my speeches In the
ReIchstag make an impression as coming
from a parsonage whose aDtecedeDts are
soDages are not extinct in Germany.
and thew ought TO. be placed In
n position TO influence directly public
affairs. 1t would be possible then for the
governments of the smaller states to ex-
press the opinions TO which no official at
tention has been paid.
II sum up all these reflections TINS: God
preserve for Us the Constitution OF the En-
p 9nr as 1t ,n Is n and God aum preserve v,
federal governments which form the
Federal Council. that the latter
may at all times stand by the side of the
Relchstag as 10 legislative cOeficient of sb-
solntely equal rank. with absolutely
equal rights. To this end 1t Is nec-
esssry that God shonld preserve
the house of your Prince. /. therefore. beg
grant long life to Waldemar, Prince of
Lippe."
Repeated cheers were given for the
Prince by the Lippe excursionists after he
sentiments ex expressed in the speech aroused
as much surprise as enthusiasm.
The Kaiser Wants n Good Majority.
BERLIN. June a.-Empe-or William re-
ceived this noon Herr Won Levetzow. Pres
ident of the Reichstag. and the two woe
presidents. He Ok pressed satisfaction with
the progress of che army bill. adding that
@ good majority for it on the decisive vote
would greatly impress other nations. The
probability that the bill will be passed by
q large majority has greatly increased In
the last forty-eight hours. Herr Won KOs-
cioi- koscielski and DR.. Won Jazdzewski,
leaders of the Poles, have pledged to the
government the solid vote of their party.
A considerable group of Clerlcals rave re-
fused To support DIR. Lieber's proposal TO
send the bill to a committee. The Chan