The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-05

summer. Leopold declared that Tor tbs ssps
crown Rfs 0IsSIa amSrc Re so%%us sS;Sspt the spsnish
I1n 70 MaEshal tEim Chief Of The Regency In
Eeopoid's change Of I mina,. w Tosn 70 Informed n med %
sse. p op ,Ss To- say against The accepts
s sSS0 against .ao tS SrOwa acd Il Si had 81 nothing ITO %
On the ground he had taken o riisEI N that issst
Leopold's decision. In June Senior Saissssr'W TIN !
patient, made his third pilgrimage north,epd
In the queet for q king, and on June 10 he re-
ceiyed the long-sought consent OF the Hohen.
Ioilern Prime to cit on the throne OF Charles
II was Bismarck's plan that the whole nfa,,
should be kept secret. Already he had sup
i Rsss'e 81 t Ssrt eo Anson and r ciI%st 70 81 inform flor n. M%Po.
60 he could not tell. There is not any certainty,
of the matter nrst by the announcement Of the
accomplished fact, Should Napoleon hear OF
Leopold,s candidature earlier, Bismarck feared
he would ,frnstrate the election of the Ho.
upset by the meTest triie in its eIpecntion'
Senor selazar.started for Madrid with Leopold's
letter OF acceptance in his pocket. From Der.
lin. a cipher despatch was sent to Marshal
and the date Of Senior salazar's arrival In the
epatch misread the date. According TO his in.
depreciation Salazar would not reach the Span.
euse for holding. the. Cortes longer in session.
He dismissed 1t for three months, and SalazaY
tbs'V four oH Winds dS hn The shS little ms% @ists sest in read %
had resulted merely in delaying the election
himself TO the change, and went to. Switzar:
land for the season: Bismarck settled himself
glad to cay that he was to have a perfectly
quiet summer. Nobody dreamed that the
In inviolabie secrecy the name OF the candi.
date for the vacant throne.
But Prim thought that his country had SUI
IaTRn Ann11h rnI TIM IInNArfntnfVE m hanh-
less Government. He felt that the crisis should
be ended as soon as possible. and unexpectedly
make good the error committed in dismissing
the Cortes. He decided to summon the mem.
II TO choose q king. As then the name of the
candidate must be given, he thought It impos-
sumo Summoned or de the french french A Iefrss spnse on july fI ne 3
and told 1t to him. Thus, in his effort to cor
rect one trivial error, Prim committed the one
irremediable blunder. France was TO have
learned of Leopold's candidature at the same
time with his election; now she knew OF it four
of the Cortes. In those fourteen days the die
was cast.
On July 8 the French Ministers learned of
Prince Leopold's candidature. On July 4 they
denounced IL, In a published statement as an
they put forward the Due dc Gramont in the
Chamber to declare It a monaco to Frances
menace would not be realized, but should 1t
come otherwise. we shall do our duty without
After you have thought over this declara-
tlon," explained olivier. the Prime Minister.
convinced that it leaves no room for doubt re-
garding the Governments intentions, whether
they sSn be for for peace sstssn or w word WI, ,no.,n nv the
Prime Minister OF France barely forty.eiRht
hours after the first news came from Madrid.
Ems to meet King William Of Prussia. The
first Instructions to the Ambassador were:
Request the King to induce the Prince, by
advice, II not by command, to retire" Then
came from Paris the secret Instructions The
only answer which can prevent war Is this:
THE Royal Pruesian Government does not APP
prove of the Princes accordance OF the crown.
s MhicS R he apTise si% without IL 5st0 that sH Go 1sfls1Sn IS
King Williams reply to Benedetti was plain.
He had not advised Leopold to accept the
Drown, and he had no right to forbid It. On
the next day Benedict received these panicky
dispatches from Gramont:
strain : sa3d e Yer a nerve ' e. ss ssn q Ssi Rsi, as sai
This day must not close without our begin
ming"
degrees in Paris by tie time these orders
reached Ems. and another despatch was sent:
Only write a dsspateh, t that ILL., | can snd lay .b before ore
proved the Princes acceptance, and tina. he he
fore giving his decision"
Then this third cry from Paris;
While the King puts you OF from hour to
like a flood TO o~yerwhelm ue; We must begin.
t the King viii; not a, ady y set tn; Prince nc . to retire ret Ire
Still. the King had reached no understand
in Ems, and communication with them was
slow. But the people Of Paris brooked no de-
Gramont telegraphed: :,
Public opinion sweeps over Us from all
after would be too late"
eve eve e asnaaG On th sns i! isn st as' forbid tn. Primo.
to persist In the ,candidature." ..
1. 9p IDLY Of T. h hhf e m96if 1ssEnsS ths' Prl haa
yielded to the threats from Paris and had re-
tired. No sooner was the news Of the Princes
resignation known in Paris than Gramont
telegraphed to Benedict:
ITO give this resignation its full force. It Is
necessary that the King subscribe to the same
and give us the assurance that he never again
will approve such a candidature." w.r.
ter, German Ambassador In Paris, that the
importance.9 mere trite. The only proper
spoioSg from Gl 1"I king ias9e William INTO to Emperor En- Ma.
poleon: The King might say in o this lie Letter se.
cept the Spanish crown, he had no intention OF
hurting FRANCES feelings. interests. or dig
n't 81 t the n aess day a .c July I Is. Be BenedettI. spurred
by more kilograms from GramoRt, sought
t Klu9E w' The King He sS @ss DIN RlS on t the d 6P q RsG ca.
settes announcement, OF the, Princes resig;;
nation. He remarked that this seemed to END
the whole difficulty. Benedict spoke Of Ora
mont's demand that the King express his ap-
proval OF the present and give u pledge for the
future. Tho King had authorized Benedict
to siy that he approved of the Prices resiG,
would take no refusal. The King must
promise.
Benedict must SEQ him again and press
from him this new concession. Benedettt
asked for another audience: King William
replied that II would be useless to speak FUR
ther OF the pledge for the future. The Princes
resignation had his full and unqualified ap-
proyai; he could say no more. The message
was courteous. and Benedict RECEIVED II as
such. The King declined to see Bendetti, be-
cause he thought 1t useless TO cover the iamii.
lar ground once more. AS Benedetti, himself
has said within the last few months A. Ems
there was neither ~insulter nor insulted." On
July, IA, King William when leaving Ems TOT
the railway station. =.
To complete the history of Bismarck's part
in bringing on the Franco ruSsian war, II is
necessary only to add here a brief account OF
the change wrought in the situation BY the
famous Ems despatch. Bismarck had leIt
Varzln on July 10, and had arrived In Berlin