The evening world., 1894-01-27
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nations while welding the sceptre OF
his sovereign power. and being his own
Bismarck. with his path to glory illu-
minated by the dazzling radiance of his
own surprising intellectual lights.
1t was about this time that he made
his famous go ahead, full steam"
speech, and he went ahead full steam,
filling Europe with the resonant clang
OF his oratory and telling the world
his nearness to heaven as ruler of
men. He was Emperor In earnest now,
with no great overshadowing Bismarck
to dim the lustre OF his glory. And
everywhere he was exploiting the
divine right of kings doctrine.
which had been inculcated into
MIN so Zealously by his tutor In
craftsmanship. Bismarck, ard which
had proved so disastrous to Bismarck
himself ana incidentally SO detrimental
TO Germany In It's result OF banishing
the firm hand and wise. calm and all
grasping head OF Bismarck from the
direction OF the ship of state.
At Konigsberg, in May. 1890, only two
months after he had sent Bismarck into
retirement, the young Emperor gave
heaven and the ruler thereof n favora-
BILE notice by mentioning both In connec-
| ton with himself In the following mod
est words {:
This Kingship. by the grace of God.
expresses the fact that we. Hohenzol-
| lcrns. accept our mission only from
| heaven. and are responsible to heaven
| for the discharge OF our duties"
| Again, n little later on. he said to his
| Brandenburgers
81 see In the people of the land which
has descended upon me a talent intrust-
ed to me by God. which. as the Bible
says 1t Is my duty to increase. and for
which I shall have to give an account.
/ mean. with all my strength, to trade
so with my talent that l hope to add
many to It, Those who help me be they
heartily welcome: those who oppose me
] will dash in pieces. All existing par
ties are old rubbish. l only know two
parties: one for me and the other
against me-"
In the mean time the man who had
made this tremendous Me all he was.
and had built his Empire for him. was
banished to his Friedrichsruhe turnip-
patch with his life varied by insulting
acts and communications which the
young cub never lost an opportunity of
INJECTING upon him.
A CURIOUS STORY
The great event Of Bismarck's depo.
sition from power should not be passed
over without relating one episode. more
or less apochryphal. fyr the reason that
in the first place. II Is SO utterly for.
eign to the Iron Chancellor's character.
so far az his character Is understood.
and that in the second place. 1t emanated
from n Paris correspondent. or. at all
events. first got into English print
through a letter sent from Paris. This
letter. however. was from the regular
correspondent Of the London Standard,
| and the story has had many believers.
That 1t was pleasant to English ears
| is easy enough to understand, as 1t In
wolves the triumph of the Emperor's
English mother over her old and bitter
enemy. the Chancellor
The story is to the effect that when
Bismarck began to perceive that the
Emperor really was in earnest in wishing
his resignation. he was so perturbed
that he lost his self-possession. Two
hours after the stormy interview be-
tween the Emperor and Bismarck, when
Bismarck had said that he would resign
and the Emperor had made sign of
assent to the proposition. the Emperor
was waiting in his palace for the resig-
nation. SO anxious was he to get II
| that at last he sent an aide-de- camp to
wait on Bismarck and bring the docu-
ment back with him.
| The Chancellor greeted the aide very
affably, convinced that the Emperor
wished him to go back and reconsider