The evening world., 1894-01-27
LAST EDITION.

you are no longer there my son will, per.
| haps, draw nearer to me- but II will Thea
be tool ate to help YOU" E
/ At this the Chancellor sorrowfully r.
tired. and returning home found the aide
de-camp there, to whom he handed hiu
resignation. which the Emperor kept for
several days before formally accepting Il.
Those who had counted on the tame
submission of the ex-ChanceIior reck-
koned without their host. He had hard
4 ly left the capital when he began 4
campaign of criticism and disclosure
that soon made him a thorn in the side
OF the young Emperor. On June q, 1850.
Bismarck received a deputation repre-.
senting 10000 citizens of Berlin. and. ad-
| dressing them. said:
NOW 1 have no responsibility. and 70
can freely have my say. feel pref
! ~ much like Prince Metternich. He
said that he had descended from tho
stage to the pit, and that is just now
the position I am also In. There are
many people who will not grant ne
this' but every one who has bought q
ticket Tor a pit seat is surely entitled
TO criticise. Only he must exercise his
right decently and not with a shrflI
whistle / feel 1t to be my duty to ex-
press my opinion to the many who wish
10 hear It, both at home and abroad.
and not to hold my peace. An old
proverb has 1t that when God places
any one In Office he also deprives him
of his intellect.
Let me tell you, however, that I am
Just exactly the same man / was three
months ago, and lay claim to the same
amount of intelligence as I then pos.
sessed. Nor will l yield to dictation.
though / should have to stand alone. n
Is the duty OF a man like me to be free
with his opinion, even in the highest
quarters. and these are just the very
quarters where such a duty becomes
imperative. A good minister ought NOT
10 regard the frowns OF the monarch
"hom he serves. but out with his opin-
ION to him. frank and free. In the
event OF an adverse decision he may
then choose whether he will yield or
go. "a
! BISMARCK TALKS FREELY.
pity this young man." said he. '.IIe
Is like young hound that barks ~
everybody, that smells everything. ths :,
touches everything. and that ends b.
causing complete disorder in the room
IN which he is. mo matter how large II
may be. think he is the victim OF cur
rent history. which he might have
curbed by a reign of tranquility in the
beaten track and by allowing Germany
to enjoy the advantages gained in 1870
III one stone is moved all the other
stones OF the edifice will fall. This young
Emperor is a terrible shaker of columns.
10 rfat,, r.
In history, but he does not know nor un-
derstand the spirit of the great laws Of
centuries"
During June, 1890. 1t was believed In
Berlin that the Emperor had sent an in
timation to Bismarck that IL he did not
stop his press utterances the result
would be serious. Bismarck's answer
to this was to call to Friedrichsruhe
Herr Won Butcher 'to assist in arrang-
ing the Princes papers" Herr Pos
chinger was there at the same time. en-
gagged in getting together material for q
biography which should be also made
! the vehicle for Bismarck's condolences
Instead of ceasing his activity 1t looked
as If the Prince was getting ready for Q
campaign on a large scale. Journalists
continued to visit him. They were cor
daily received. entertained for days az
time and informed of much that had
/ been hitherto a secret
Finally, in February, 1891, It was ra-
mored that he would be prosecuted. At
the same time he sent four large boxes
OF papers to England, as IL to get them
safely out of Germany in the event OF
his premises being searched. On Feb. "A
an extraordinary session of the Royal
State Council was held at Berlin. and In
the midst of its deliberations the EN-
peror suddenly appeared and Joined In
the discussion. 1t soon leaked out that
the talk was about the threatening attn
tude assumed by Bismarck and Its pos
sible effect on the foreign relations OF
the Empire. The Emperor expressed his
condemnation of Bismarck in the sever
est terms.
| BISMARCK THREATENED Ex-
POSTURE.
Five Gays later 1t was asserted that
! Bismarck was i'm possession of letters OF
the Emperor which would damage him
II published. These were written during
the short term of his father Frederick.
I manifesting an ardent desire to succeed
him and specializing upon his death. The
policy of prosecution was dropped for
the time being.
, Bismarck had been a candidate for the
Reichstag, but took no part in the cam
paign, and made II appear that his name
was used without his consent. In Gov
eminent circles II was regarded as AN
other threat" The Princes attacks ON
the Government when not open were
covert. He gave no sign and made no
speech for months at a time, but all
the while Emperor William knew his