Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-20
LOVES reUroNIo sLooe.
0ays IL IL the Basis Of National
Success in War and statccraft.

success In war ana St0tcCf0fts
A gentleman who was at Frlcdrichs.
ruth few weeks ago has printed m
account Of his visit. Bismarck, he says,
was looking very we'll, but complained
Of severe neuralgia in the face. at was
painful" continues the writer, ITO see
how his eyes and his whole face sud.
denly became as IL petriAcd, and he
had to press his right hand against
his face till the spasm was over. Ev.
cry word he speaks, and especially the
first to his servant In the morning,
gives him great pain, as the muscles
Of the face rest oil night; but the pains
become less severe during the day."
The conversation was partly in Eng.
dish, partly In German. In the course
Of It Prince Bismarck said:
II flnd that nations succeed only so
FAR as they have Teutonic blood In
their veins, and so long as they retain
the peculiarities Of the Teutonic race.
The English were really great people
only when drinking was fashionable
among them. The Irish are feminine
race, full of sentiment, but little accus.
toned to use their understanding.
II understand. I believe, every ma
ton; but the negroes are the only race
to which I feel IN antipathy cannot
conquer. for they strike me as carl.
caturcs Of the whites. The United
States, in the life Of which they are
OF essential Importance, have cnchain.
cd my attention all the more. The fact
that the social democrats play an i'm.
portant part only in the great cities
there. where. however. It has proved
possible to push them theoretically
into the background, Is probably a
consequence Of the thlnncss OF the
population. This dollhouse plant. not Of
our civilization, thrives only where
people live clone together.
mfr. Bancroft always seemed to me
the ideal Of an American diploma list.
His scientific composurc made the
more agreeable impression by contrast
with one Of his predecessors. The latter
had given me good deal Of annoyance
through his wife. who thought herself
entitled to throw oil consideration to
the winds. At the diplomatic rcccp.
lions she always stood In the open
space through which my visitors had
to pass. like a general before the diplo.
matte battle array. One chamberlain
after another appeared to lead her
back to the front, but she repulsed
such single attacks till Mt last an army
OF chamberlalns advanced In order Of
battle against her, and thus induced
her to retire."
In showing the cuirass the Emperor
gave him the Prince said that he wore
It only when 1t was absolutely neces.
sary, as It was very inconvenient. He
added: "When I last dined In the pal.
ace some six or seven officers Of my r6gl.
ment werc ordered In their cuirasscs
to tho dinner. which lasted two OF
three hours. pitied them all the more,
as I said to myself that I had been the
cause Of what seemed torment to
me-"
In answer to the remark that the
Emperor had dined ut Friedrichsrull
with his cuirass on he said: "EmperOrs
must and may do several things tina,
We must and may not do"
The great effort It cost the Prince
to bring out the words In speaking
Engllsh-perhaps only the result Of the
long habit of considering them well
Observation-Disclosures the Princes Wis.
itor. When he spoke German 1t was
not no noticeable. His command OF
English. however, Is compare lively
good. He said:
"My stay In England was my high
school in this. owe my first expcri
ence Of sickness to my voyage thithcr
which was very stormy. 1t was tor
menting thought for me, that might
be thrown to and fro and ground Il
pieces, as 1t seemed, between the vari
Gus currents In the water, thus to n
down to Davy Jones and add one more
to the victims Of the channel. Ny
Imagination cont uredu up all the corpse,
and relics Of ships at the bottom Of til,
sea. For the rest. used to speak Eng
lish In my youth, and the following
Incident Of my year Of military servlc,
has stuck to my memory:
"One day l had to 90 straight to I
hotel to dinner all soiled with dust ant
dirt and had to sit beside an Engllsl
family who had arrived that day. NJ,
undra wing-room-like exterior induced
them to consider what l was. ON
lady remarked: He can't possibly b,
an officer. but his hand Ii not that o
a private l listened In silence. Sud
denly the lady reached out her han,
for a mustard pot, but as she could no
reach It gave 1t her, and said In m!
best English: It's empty, but II yol
want another I'll tell the waiter t,
bring You u full one.'"
The Princes hands, continues the In
tervicwer, though dishgured by SOM
equity nodules. are still slender an,
white. with broad nails, and 1t Is to b.
regretted that he has never had cast
of them taken. Nor has he ever reall!
sat to an artist, for, said he: IL am n,
poscur." In the course of some llnguistl
remarks, he declared that the German
of educated Berllners Is the best. be
cause It is freest from dialect" -Berlil
letter to London Standard.