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4 bismarck S sorrows are crowding hard
upon him. These last years Of his life
are not happy ones. 1.
NIB What few people know is that Prin-
cess Bismarck is ii reality respon-
sible for many Of his misfortunes. The
outside world is almost uncon scious that
she exists, for she keeps in the back
ground, but when she does speak She is
likely to show little Of that diplomacy
which has made her husb famous,
says the New York Press On one occa-
sion when she abandoned her habitual
reserve, although she startled her
hearers, she revealed herself as the
counselor Of her husband and as wom-
an Of extraordinary strength Of mind
and daring. IA
The occasion will be well remem-
bered indeed itscan never be forgotten
by those who were privileged to be
the guests of the prince at his official
farewell reception. There were pres
ent several members Of the cabinet
(among them poor Won Botticher, who
had been forced to act ali along as
buffer between emperor and chancellor
and who not seldom got abused on both
sides, the whole staff of the foreign
office and large number of dignitaries
of state. t
Bismarck was unusually silent and
apparently in a mood Of grief rather
than resentment. The princess, on the
other hand, was almost beside herself
with rage She exclaimed in loud
voice: 1T was Iwho advised my hus-
band to bear no longer with the em-
peror's petty interferences in matters
which he does not understand. But to
accept my husband S resignation was an
act Of infamy which the knave shall re-
pent to. me. He shall recall my hus-
band on his knees TO dare to treat
Germany's greatest man like that! Woe
upon him. :
The word translated for want of bet
ter Interpretation with llnave was
s'Bube,' the most offensive term in the
German language if applied in the
sense of anger to a man. and the threat
against the emperor was conveyed by
the following words: ''Das sol mir der
Buhe bussen.''
There was a moment of awful silence
and then followed stampede led by
the ministers, who rushed out of the
palace as if a pestilence were upon
them, and in an incredibly short time
the Bismarck family found themselves
alone in the brilliantly Lighted saloons.
I do not BELIEVES anybody has dared
to repeat the princess dreadful words
of import to the emperor, though,
no doubt, the fact of something
very shocking having been said
by the princess was probably re-
ported to his majesty. When people
tallx:of the mere possibility Of a recon,
.ciliation between the emperor and Bis
marck they are ignorant Of the condi-
tons under which they parted
Many men have, after all, been more
unfortunate than Bismarck. lie has
been well paid; no statesman ever bet
ter He has been raised from the OBJ
scurity Of a Pomeranian ''Srautjunker'
with an incunber estate AND only
enough worldly possessions to exc out
a bare living to the dignity Of ip prince
OF the. empire and the duke OF Lauen-
burg. endowed with e. magnificent estate
in the Sachsenwald. the ancestral estate
Of Schonhansen, purchased for him by
the nation. and the estate Of Varzin,
clear Of mortgages. To put it in plain
figures, Prince Bismarck enjoys now d
competency closely estimated at fifty
thousand pounds year, and. better
than all, he is still the idol Of a large
part Of Germany's population.