Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-01
BISMARCK OLD AND WEAK.
The Man OF Blood and Iron Cannot 1.-Two
Much Longer.

'"N'
LONDON, Nov. 22.-The Pail Mall
Gazette publishes an interview which
pne of its correspondents has had with
Count Herbert Bismarck In Berlin.
Referring to the health Of his father,
Prince Bismarck, the count said: You
should not forget that my fathers age
Is beyond the allotted time of the bible.
lie has weathered many storms and has
had little leisure In life. But his hard
est trials have come within The past
four years and at a time OF life when
he should be spared every ag-
gravation Of anxiety. Add to this
his active, ever busy intellect, his deep
concern for every important question
Of the day and more than all, his con
Germ for Germany's prosperity, to
which he has devoted his life, to say
nothing of the deaths of his friends,
and | question il any other man has
braved life's tempest with better re-
suits. But he is fast getting old. He
suffers from an organic disease. He is
weakened by time and cannot. even
with the greatest p~recaution, continue
much longer. We, of course are very
anxious about him and he is scarcely
ever out of sight. OF necessity we are
prepared for Gods will"
When questioned in regard To the
friendship of Prince Hohenlohe, the
chancellor, for Prince bismarck, Count
Herbert said:
wv are nc nearer "A solution than
before. OF course the new chancellor
l. - 10. .xa.n HIT h..a -
factors near him which always necessi-
tate n difference of opinion"
"Dou you consider the appointments
.-pL-
next question asked by the corresponds
ent of the Pail Mall Gazette. Prince
Hohenlohe-~L angenburg was made gov
ernor of Alsace- Lorraine after the ele-
walton of his kinsman. Prince Hohen-
Observation-Disclosures, from hat post TO
the chanccllorship.
WELL" replied Count Herbert, sit
remains in the family at all 9, ents.
And, ince II is IA case similar / Amer
ica's system of dividing the spoils, /
consider my opinion Of little impor-
lance"
But everyone believes that there is
q cordial understanding between Prince
Hohenlohe and your father continued
the Pail Mall Gazette interviewer.
'ln that case" Count Herbert re-
marked, IL see nc use for disturbing
the happy dream"
Further, Count Herbert Bismarck is
said to have added u gibe which con
vinced the interviewer that Prince Bis
marck and Prince Hohenlohe are not
on friendly terms.
Asked about the new ear of Russia,
Count Herbert said: "A new and par
ticularly youthful monarch nearly al
ways makes changes, some more start
ling than others. That depends upon
the temperament OF the sovereign"
Then with a meaning laugh Count
Herbert Is reported To have added: ''In
Russia's case there is every reason to
hope the best"
From a lifelong friend of Prince
Bismarck. a person who Is closely con.
nected to the royal house of Bavaria, -
said the correspondent of the Pail Mall
Gazette, ~ learn that SO long as DIR.
Won Boetticher and Frieherr von Bic
bernstein remain influential in govern
ment affairs cordial relations with
Prince Bismarck are impossible"
To this Count Bismarck remarked,
1--WE are still q good way from a sim
cere reconciliation. There will always
be two ~chancellors Of Gernany-one at
Friedrichsruhe who holds the key 10
the heart of tho nation and one at
Wilhelmstrausse who does his masters
bidding"