The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-29

unity as at this time advocated at the
instance of Austria he did not consider
to the interests of the Prussian throne
and he opposed it with all his might.
1t even seemed at this time that he
was opposed to any kind of unity, but
this was not so; his idea was that
Prussia should form and be the centre
of that union and his foresight enabled
him to see, even then, how that could
be brought about.
In one of Motley's letters there is a
little picture of Bismarck's home life
at his home in Frankfort. He said
THE Bismarcks are as kind as ever.
1t is one of those houses where every
one does what he likes. The show
apartments, where they receive formal
company, are on the front of the
house. Their living rooms, however,
are a salon and dining room at the
back, opening upon the garden. Here
there are young and old. grandparents
and children and dogs all at once; eat
ing, drinking, smoking, piano playing,
and pistol firing Gin the garden) all
going on at the same time 1t is one
of those establishments where every
earthly thing that can be eaten or
drunk is offered you-porter, soda
water, small beer. champagne, bur
gundy or claret-are about all the time,
and everybody is smoking the best
Havana cigars every minute
BIsMARCK's PREPARATIONS FOR
GERMAN UNITY.
This is the kind of life Bismarck has
lived up to this time. and even in his
old age he has continued to be as much
of a trencherman as his physician will
permit. He used to say: eff 1 am to
work well, 1 must be we'll fed" and
most healthy and sensible people will
heartily say amen to such a doctrine
Bismarck stayed in Frankfort till 1853,
when he was sent to st. Petersburg as
minister. To use his own expression
he was put on ice" He was a great
faVorite of the car, and became a per-
sonal friend of the famous and power
full Gortchakoff. When King William
in 1861, succeeded his brother it was
thought that he would ask Bismarck to
be minister, but he was irresolute, while
Bismarck was Indifferent When, how
ever, in 1862, the king found himself in
trouble with his parliament, he asked
Bismarck to be parliament-tamer and
accept the presidency of the ministry.
But Bismarck declined, pleading bad
health. However, he accepted the mis-
sion to France. While at this post he
went to the international exhibition in
London, and it has been related that
in a company, of which Disraeili was
one, Bismarck said:
Il shall shortly be compelled to I'M
dertake the presidency of the Prussian
government. My first care will be to
reorganize the army, with or without
the help of the diet. With the army
placed in position to enforce respect, I
shall seize upon the first pretext to de-
clare war against Austria. breaking I'D
the German federation, subjecting the
minor states, and giving Germany ma
tional unity under Prussia's guidance.
[ have come here to ten the queens
minister's
Disraeli, it is said, remarked: "Take
care of that man; he. means what he
says
AN INTERVIEW WITH BISMARCK
1 have no doubt that Bismarck did
say this or something like il. 1t sounds
like him. Then 1 have some personal
testimony ON this point. In 1878, after
the congress of Berlin, ] was verdant
journalist looking about Europe for
something to write about Why not
Bismarck? 1 asked myself No sooner
asked than done, for 1 fastened to Ber-
lin and did interview the great Ger
man chancellor at his house in Will
helmstrasSe. How / secured an audi
ence was told long ago, so that may
skip that, though I am quite sure that
eighteen. years later and with a better
furnished mind could never have
done what 1 then so gaily set about
At any rate. | saw him and he geated
me most kindly, amused, no doubt, at
my unconscious presumption in seeking
an audience. He answered my ques-
tons when he thought them sufficient