The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-29
OLD AND IRRITABLE.

Bismarck Unlikely to Reciprocate the
Emperor's Advances-The Latter APP
plauded by the Press But Regarded by
the Ex-Chancellcr aud His Friends with
Suspicion-The Efforts at Reconciliation
Likely to Prove Futile.
BERLIN, Sept. The arrival of
Count Herbert Bismarck and Count
Rantzan, his brother-in-law, in Kissen-
gen, Saturday, is not expected to help
much in bringing the emperor and
Prince Bismarck together. The peo-
pie, however, think that influences
will prevail and the reconciliation will
soon be accomplished.
Emperor Francis Joseph and the
king of Saxony have sent to Kissengen
sympathetic inquiries after the princes
health, and have suggested the desira-
bility that Prince Bismarck make the
next advances. The grand duke of
Baden and the king of Wurtem-
burg are writing with energy to the
same end. Still Bismarck holds back,
seemingly reluctant to answer the
emperor's advances before extorting
such homage as no sovereign has ever
paid subject.
kilograms from Kissingen represent
him as irritated and suspicious. He is
said to regard the attentions now be-
slowed on him by crowned heads as
too ostentatious. They are suggestive,
he thinks, of plan to extinguish him
entirely as political factor. He is
recovering his strength quite rapidly
now and is sensitive about being
treated as an honored memory. He
means to reassert himself as power
full element in German politics in the
near future.
This is the sentiment on which his
son and son-in-law with others of their
circle rely to keep him on the old line
of opposition to the government. 1t
will bitterly disappoint the whole
country regardless of party, if they
succeed, and the emperor's overtures
be rejected.
The newspapers of all political ten
dencies praise the emperor for having
taken the initia tive, and agree in hop
ing that the prince will not deny the
nation the pleasure of witnessing the
end of the feud between Berlin and
Friederichsruhe.
The Munich Allgemaine Zeitung. Bis
MARKHAM, says: Germany has not
had such joyful surprise in many
that the emperor took the first steps
toward lifting load from the hearts
of all patriots"
The Vossiche Zeitung makes this
comment: THE emperor's action was
necessity. Out of respect for the ma
tional reputation Prince Bismarck
should not be allowed to descend into
his grave without receiving mark of
sympathy from the emperor. History
might have accused Germany of send
ing Prince Bismarck to the tom b, laden
with the ingratitude of his fellow
countrymen. The emperor has drawn
the sting from such charge"
Opinions of this kind might be quoted
at any length. They are not calcu-
lated to sooth Bismarclx's resentment
at being treated as dying man.
There is, in fact, little chance of his
submission to the emperor for better
or worse, and any plan of reconcilia-
tion with this end in view will surely
miscarry. If the emperor's kind mes
sage should result in soothing the
prince and inducing him to moderate
the bitterness Of his attacks on the
government no more can be expected.
The official newspapers here, however,
affect to expect more.
The official journals of Australia Hun-
gary, which were quoted here gener-
ally yesterday, also try to affix in adj
vance the stigma of shocking ingrati-
tside to the princes action in case he
should not accept the position of a
worn out statesman.
The Pesther Lloyd says: eff, after
the emperor's magnanlmity, Prince
Bismarck renews his hostilities to the
government it would sink him forever
in the estimation of the public
In view of this line of comment it is
not surprising to find Bismarck's
friends dubious whether the APP
proaches to a reconciliation which are
known to have been offered by Chan
cellor Won Caprivi are not inspired
partly by a desire to weaken Bis
marck's criticisms of the governments
policy as it is about to be developed in
the reichstag.
According to the last dispatches from
Kissengen the text of Bismarck's re-
ply to the emperor's message remains
unpublished. It's general tenor is said
to indicate that efforts to reconcile the
two men will be futile. The German
correspondents who have arrived from
Guens give an insight into the maneu-
vers hardly in accordance with the
eulogistic kilograms which were sent
ont last week.