Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-02-08
BlSMARCk'S WIFE.
The Cause OF Many of tho Iron
Chanccllor's Troubles.
although Bat tittir known to tho Ont.
s'he World the Princes, Is a Power
Among German Mobiles Tier An.
tipaihy for the Emperor.

E.>marcli's sorrows are crowdinr hard
upon him. These last years Of his life
are Il happy ones.
" hat few people know i that Prin-
cess Bismarck i in reality rcspon-
Nihlc for many # his ui>for;uncs. The
ontSiG" world j. Il most uncons,iouSthae
"a" exists. for She keeps IN thu. back
ground. Int Whrn she docs speak She is
likely I" show little 81 that diplomacy
winch has made her husband famous,
says the New York Press. on one occa-
SION When she abandoned her habitual
reserve, although She startled her
hearers, She revealed herself as III.
counselor of her husband and as a vom-
am "i extraordinary strength - mind
AMI daring.
IN" occasion will he well rcmcn-
bered-indced it can never be forgotten
by those who Were privileged To be
the guests of the prince at his official
farewell reception. There We're pres
"ht several member Of the cabinet
'anong them poor Nun Botticher, " no
had been forced to act all along as
butler between emperor and chancellor
and who not seldom got abused on both
SIDES the whole stat of the foreign
Office and a large number Of dignitaries
of state.
bismarck was unusually silent and
apparently in a mood of grief rather
than resentment. The princess. on the
other hand. was almost beside herself
with rage. She exclaimed in loud
r"lce: 1T was I who advised INV hus.
band to bear no longer with the en-
rcr"rs petty intcrfereaces in matters
which he does not understand. But to
accept my husbands resignation was an
act of infany which the l.navc shall re-
pent to me. lie shall recall my hus-
band on his knees. To dare to treat
Germany's greatest man like that! Woe
upon him.
The word translated for want of bet
ter Interpretation with knave was
'Bube." the most offensive term in the
German language if applied in the
sense OF anger to a man, and the threat
against the emperor was conveyed by
the following words: "Das sol mir der
Bube bussen."
There was moment of awful silence
and then followed stampede led by
the ministers, who rushed out of the
palace as if a pestilence were upon
them. and in an incredibly short time
the bismarck family found themselves
alone in the brilliantly lighted saloons
! do not believe anybody has dared
to repeat the princess dreadful words
OF import to the emperor. though.
no doubt, the fact Of something
very shocking having been said
by the princess was probably re-
ported to his majesty. When people
talk Of the mere possibility Of a recon-
Citation between the emperor and Bis
marck they are ignorant of the condi-
lions under which they parted.
Many men have, after all, been moro
unfortunate than Bismarck He has
been well paid; no statesman ever bet
ter. He has been raised from the oh.
security of a Pomeranian "krautjunker"
with an incumbered estate and only
enough worldly possessions to exc out
bare living to the dignity of a prince
of the empire and the duke of Lauen.
burg, endowed with magnificent estate
In the Sachsenwald, the ancestral estate
of Schonhausen, purchased for him by
the nation, and the estate Of Varzin,
clear OF mortgages. To put it in plain
figures, Prince Bismarck enjoys now q
competency closely estimated at fifty
thousand pounds a year, and, better
than all. he is still the idol Of o large
part OF Germany's population.