Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-01-27
THAT BISMARCK VISIT.
Ali Berlin Tries to See the Rec
onciliation.
IRON CHANCELLOR DEEPLY MOVED
After Years of Protracted Exile Bismarck
Returned to Be Met With Words of AT
lection on Every Hand and Honored by
the Kaiser-His Stay Short.

| After Years of PrOtracted Exile Bismarck
Returned to Be Met With Words of AT
! lection Every Hand and Honored by
the Kaiser-HIs Stay Short.
BERLIN, Jan. 27.-Priuce Bismarck has
met the emperor, been most cordially re-
| ceiyed and entertained by him and has gone
back to Friedrichsruhe.
| Principally at the time appointed the
train conveying Prince Bismarck's saloon
| carriage steamed into the station. Upon
his alightiug Bismarck was accompanied
among others by Herbert Bismarck aud
Dr. Schweninger, his faithful physician.
Bisnarck was cordially greeted by Prince
Henry in the name of his imperial brother,
and after the usual salutations had been
exchanged the ex-chancellor, leaning af-
fectiOnately upon Prince Henry's arm,
walked to the carriage which awaited him.
Bismarck looked pale and wan, and the
apparent difficulty with which he mounted
the steps leading to the doors of the sta
ton proved only too we'll that his recent
illnesses have left indelible traces behind
them.
Outside of the station and all along the
route, especially in the Inter den Linden,
where the crowd perhaps was the most
dense, there were loud and continuous
cheering and waving of handkerchiefs, al
though only passing glimpse of the old
chancellor's familiar features could be
caught behind the windows of the closed
carriage in which he sat beside Prince
Henry. Members of the suit followed in
open carriages, and the small cortege was
escorted in front and behind by squadron
of cuirassiers.
1t proceeded at brisk trot to the palace
where the military band played, and dou-
Sc i
ed arms as the illustrious visitor alighted
AT the san1a time cheer after cheer went
up from the vast concourse which sur
rounded the open spaces outside of the
palace.
Kaiser and Prince Meet.
The meeting between the emperor and
Bismarck took place in the privacy of the
royal guestrooms. The emperor was at
tended by the officers of his headquarters
staff and by the members of his civil and
military households. The empress and the
three eldest of the young princes were also
present. The most cordial greetings were
exchanged, and the old chancellor is de-
I scribed as having shown signs of deep
emotion.
Luncheon was subsequently served in
the princes apartment, the emperor and
empress alone sitting down with their dis
tinguiShed guest. Chancellor Won CapriYi
and other members of the government
called and left their cards in the course of
the afternoon, but no visitors were received
except Count Herbert Bismarck.
While Bismarck was resting the emper-
or rode out for his usual afternoon exer-
else in the Thiergarten. The crowds which
still hung about the approaches to the pal
ace and in the Inter den Linden seemed
anxious to show by more than usually
Nv baarS hour tbprnI1nhlyr
ciated the emperor's share in the days
work.
Before William returned Bismarck had
driven out for a few moments to pay his
respects to Empress Frederick. At $50
p. M. dinner was served, as in view of Dr.
Schweninger's very strict injunctions the
emperor had been fain to accede to the
princes request that he be allowed to re-
turn that same evening to FriedriChsruhe
In order to commemorate the old chan
cellor's visit the emperor had in the course
of the day conferred upon Bismarck the
honorary colonelcy of the Seventh or Sold
litZ regiment of Cuirassiers, vacant through
the death of the late Duke of Sake Coburg-
Gotha, with which, however, Bismarck
has long been connected, being still placed
in the army list of it, The colonel in COM
mand and a deputation from the regiment,
who had been telegraphed for in the morn
ing from Nigdeburg, were presented to
their new cuief, and the officers had the
honor of dining with Bismarck at the i'm
perial table
Bismarck Was Fatigued.
At Z p. m. Bismarck, accompanied by the
emperor iu person, left the palace on his
return journey. The scene as he drove
down the brilliantly illuminated avenue
Inter den Linden was eminently pictur-
esque, the electric lights irradiating the
| FURNISHED helmets and cuirasses of his es-
cort and shedding brightness even on the
compact crowd, which in still more serried
masses than in the morning lined the
broad thoroughfare and sped the parting
| guest with round after round of cheers.
The fatigues of the day visibly told upon
the aged prince, and as he descended the
few steps from the royal approach to the
| platform of the station, half supported by
the emperor's arm, his bowed figure be-
trayed much more fully than on his ar
rival the infrmity of his advanced years.
After brief but nffectionate leavetaking
| and while the emperor waved him a final
| farewell the train steamed away, convey
ing the old chancellor back to his distant
home in Sachsenwald.
OF the ultimate results of the event it
would be idle to attempt prophecy, but
| one may hope that such a demonstration
| of a sovereign's regard and a nations
| grateful affection as the prince must have
| carried back with him into the seclusion
| of Friedrichsruhe will bring enduring
| peace to his restless spirit. In many re-
| spects there was a pathos about the pro-
ceedings which compelled the thought that
it was after all but the ghost of Bismarck s
former self which today revisited the
scenes of his historic greatness.