New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-19
PRINCE BISMARCK.
A VISIT TO FRIEDRICHSRUH-TH PLACE
AND IT'S MASTER.

oeonIe II cannot have occurred to him that they
were concerned in the matter, or that DAY wouM
ever come when the Prince would be an exile
from power, and when the nearness OF frledrlchs-
ruth to Hamburg might have certain influence
upon his relations to his fellow subjects, and
upon theirs to him. Yet SO it is. The accessl.
bilty of the place encourages pilsrimases ano
visits When Prince Bismarck goes to his ot"er
estate of Varzin in the far northeast OF frussis,
a DAYS Journey by rail from Berlin, the perlnaSes
and visits become much less frequent. Now eVents
have taken such turn that Prince bismarcAs
communications with the World he used to govern
have come to depend on this rather casual inter-
course: except. indeed, when he has occasion TO
Journey through the land. Then we see the Jour-
nev become a kind of progress; last years the
most remarkable of all. But when residing at
Friedrchsruh he receives many visits and some
visitors: many populations from far ana ncar'
studcnts societies. schools statesmen, indlvl1uae
And these are the occasions on which ne Is likely
70 say something. so that Friedrlchsruh mas De-
come a kind of platform from which is owner ao'
dresses his countrymen and the rest OF man
kind Never, as | said. could IL nave eh'ereu "'"
tbo hoad NJ his old comrade and Emperor that .
usa of this kind would be found for his Imperial
gift.
The station of Fredrichsruh is but forty MINI
utes by rail from Hamburg, and the mousse hos
more than two minutes drive from the STATION
The train passes within hundred yards OIL mo
entrance, and you get your first view OF the i'ah'
sion from the window Of the railway ca'iiaee
The exnrcsses between Berlin and Hamburg roar
-. any ,;mos a day The house has neither
that seclusion which the Englishman thinks the
first condition of agreeable country life nor thas
s,otoliness or splendor which one might expect III
an Emperor's gift to his great chancellor, gilt ID
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the Empire which the ser'au'
had bestowed on his sovereign. But tho Germans
bave their own views in these as IN other mat'eis
which sooner or later they contrlve generally !"
Justify to the world. In 1871 the mousse VI g"
much of il as then existed, was, OF han oee"'
kind of inn, or boarding house; OF prioH ia'e.
u;.h nole vel'ow stucco; the window frames ana
doors ~ a brighter brown-yellow; no architecture
70 sneak Of II has since been dounled OF 'reo.eA
in size and has become -paclous' con'ioi'"'''
mansion: quite devoid Of external DECORATIVE 'e"-
TIRES But it has angles ana gaoi.s' VIII"
balcony or two, broad terrace, anu 'ne "0
dignity the cdlfce, the shadows screening 'ho "a,u
omtIipcs and on the side toward the forest tne
charm of the place first becomes evident "N
.tops have carried you far away from the gar"
and noise ana from INC "o'''' ~
self in forest ...
T., was in fact not the house but the estate
,.h;ob uusf bc considered the Emperor's Offering
~ ast,t. NJ 20 900 acres all in timber. lhere -
49, cultivated land The village OF trledrlchs-
NH ,yas built by certain count VINO o"heu
small shooting lodge there. When Prince DIS
marck first came. the house was so lar irom -
inc tenantablc that he stayed at the Iousc Vi ,"o
,orestkoeprr beyond the stream wnlch ul'iues
rho house from the greater part OF Tie "'ou
Tbere il WAS that he first made Acquaintance
with his new property which ne, WIN his io'c VI
n,ture and Of country life. and perhaps OIL 'rerS'
above all. perceived at once to be nooie doiiain
pu, that il an impression which, to the Visltor'
,'ns ,a,er AS we drove from the station
along the sandy road parallel win the lai""S'
:, ,yos rho house and not much cls that we Ne
c,p,e aware Of trees about u on three sues esi
lently but the house standing OUT anu s'a""ins
so near IN. road that you pun up ae 'he ''on'
door almost as soon a. you have pasSel 'he Cav,
~ ra mo. AT thc door by Prince Blsm'fchS
,.a.o,orv DIR Cbrysander. 1t sounds like the
o,r. ~ an ancien. Greek. but he is neither "ree~
nor ancient-an accomplished young "'iin"A'
9TH , knowledge of English ana an anid"iiiS
- character by which proited IN mah' wdys
We were 10 have arrived ior i"n'"'V" o. a.
, =, hrt wcrc late, and the family hau de
ready gone in, and we were asker 10 49, . 40
n There was time to be aware ina. "e
. am n,,r,nce hall of some SIZE furnlsneo
:. Ecbt vanished wood with two long s'anus
- a,s o, ono of which hung large, lui oiu"
;;.ory coot with red faclngs ana Droai i"' w.
la, Easy % imagine what hsure IL h"" NV"
1 Tbence through morning room " Wy
ih, furnished like all the rooms We saw Wv"
SIMPLICITY: thence into the dinins-ioon'' -,
-, the farther end of the long dihin -'a''' ~
p.;nc. Hsuarcl, Tie room, some thirty ie'' ~
,,,,,tv. with gray painted walls ero"ueu W.,
! r;c,urcs windows looking on the terrace u 10.
oorv and the trees looking IN. here AZ vas 80.
ono first felt as il the outer woriu n'u 80
hebnd. for from these windows o"is VIZ
meadow and stream were 'isipc' Wv .rd IN.
80. ,u,nb;,h.,tre riAng beyond the wafer an. AA
clo.ed by the not distant Forest WIZ" rs,, NV.
,.,n become at once on intimate terms Inc
~" -, ,h. room not remarkable, except 'ns
,i',h straicht-backcd. deep, capacious aiu'o'"s
ao,or,l with smooth black, or perhaps very D".~
.,, leather in which the Prince SAT. Iii''.s'
,;,arc,,.s MACE was not opposite but al 'he e'Ao
, Oh, windows near the other emo w NV
",,a. sill, I'M, Countess Won Rantzan, thcil o"" So,
,on ubo.e husband is German Mnls'er "' -A~
Uooue. and there We're two other i""r' ,.a
,h. Prince and Princess rose and came lor"a.u
.,ao,,, ne Tho Princess being nearest 'n'
W aro,,. first 70 her, and introduced u.
c...s. corr,on atiouette would have requireu'
holieyc that we should have presch'' r
,,, IN the master of the house. ou' '"e "''
strict himself and strict with MS OWN p''P'e,
.s,arar, 90 the foreigner The greetings on eithe!
',I, n,sscd very much as they might in England
or America not quite SO when We sat down.
p,oc.s lad bccn left on either size vi i''"0o
r;",,,arc far both Of US; as If in recognition Oh
.n ;',arns, which 10 us. as to the rest Of the
,,nr,d centred in him. The Princess took het
,ormcr seat at the side near the upper-or was ~
the lower END. ,,,
| own myself embarrassed, or, at any ra'e' "uSa
.,.,,.,.l ~ I set down these particulars a''''
link Of others which are to come and OF my posi-,
zion "a the narrator of them The reader may "''o
10 pcrpleNcd. and in his interest and mi"e' per