The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-24
THE PRINCE AT ElSSINCEN.
Bismarck Receives a Party Of Thu
Til5ial Admirers.

He Delivers Himself With Freedom
on the Present State of German Af-
fairs-D -Depreoates "Greater Prus-
sia'-It Cost Blood and Treasure to
Achieve German Unity and He
Would Let the Present Alone-The
Presidents Chair at the Frankfurt
Conference Was Filled by substi-
tute Bureauorat-The Cons titution
is Good and Should Not be Menaoed.
Berlin, Aug. 29.-Prince Bismarck Is
still taking the waters at Kissingen. On
Sunday last q party of 600 of his admirers
from the Thuringia district in Central
Germany arrived at Kissingen for the
purpose of paying their respects to the
aged eX-chancellor. This party, upon
their arrival, were Joined by 500 OF the
people visiting Kissingen, and together
they proceeded to the villa occupied by
Prince Bismarck and presented an ad-
dress to him.
In reply to this address Bismarck
dwelt strongly upon the subject Of Ger
man unity. He said: "Snce 1871 we
have been comparatively undisturbed by
our French neighbors, whom Providence
placed where they are for the purpose Of
keeping us awake. The day has long
gone by when the French regarded a
campaign in Germany as sort of pleas
ure intrusion. The French know well
enough now what we are made of.
DOESN'T FAVOR "GREArER PRUSSIA
We must give up carping and caviling
at the DF9gpnf state nj fbfpuq xrrif
object of making new arrangements.
refer to the semi-otficial utterances di-
rected toward the attainment of
Greater Prussia. The national liberals
of lS4S had a cut and dried plan of this
sort. In creating the unity of the empire
sought to preserve everything that was
in any way compatible Herewith The
enthusiastic demonstrations have seen in
the German states, outside of Prussia,
have proved that the policy was right
10 those I'russians who are not con-
tent and who wish TO put everybody else
in their pockets, | say; You are real
particularists. You do not recognize
Germany outside of Prussia / am sorry
to see in the decline Of my life the princf-
pies of the constitution being undermined
by people who are trying to procure the
Capitalization of imperial power Do YOU
believe it would be an advance If tho
eight princes of Thuringia were replaced
by an imperial governor2 A German
clings to his dynastics, and the dynastics,
too, cling to Germany.
WHAT HE COULD DO.
GAN accusations against me are purefn-
ventiOns. If / wished to combat the pres
ent government / would make tour to
Germany and summon popular assemblies
everywhere and thresh all l had in my
heart against the government. Ny heart
is no murderer's den / have not learned
to lie even as diplomat. The people now
begin to see what / went through years
ago when / said here that the constitu-
tion ought TO be the first object of care
also observe that the post of imperial
chancellor has been separated from the
presidency of the Prussian council OF
ministers,
BUREAUCRAr IN THE CHAIR.
"I also observe that at therecent confer.
ence Of finance ministers of the several
states at Frankfort the presidents chair
was occupied by the secretary of the i'm
perial treasury who is a subordinate hu-
reaucrat. This is unconstitutional. The
emperor and Ethe chancellor are only the
executive organs of the Bundesrath and
Reichstag. Neither of them has a right
to attempt more than to publish the laws
enacted by those bodies The Chancellor
ought to have influence in the Bundesrath
only by means of Prussian votes If.
apart therefrom, he takes the lead and
has secretaries placed over the ministers
of the federal states, a breach Of the
constitution results which must be op-
posed. An end must be put TO this sys-
tenn. The constitution Is good. II cost
hard work and blood and lives enough.
1t makes me anxious to see il menaced.
Everybody should do what he can to di-
rect our policy into the right path. All
the districts ought to be more active ia
this respect. The national cause ought
to be the. first item of every fed eral legis-
lature"
Price Bismarck concluded by declaring
that he had spoken out of the fullness Of
his heart. He had, he said, no connec-
tion with any newspaper. He paid his
debts in the Same coin as he was paid.