The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-28
THAT BISMARCK LETTER,

Professor Jacob Rick.er Explains the Cor
RICHNESS Of Its Translation.
The following. which appeared In the
| Statesman today. disposes of the transla-
! ton Of Prince Bismarck's' letter to Gov
ernor Cllberson;
| Austin. Texas September al notice
| IN your issue n yesterday, on pege 3, tina.
my friend. Judge Schutze. is up In arms
against the so-called Culberson translation
OF 'that Bismarck letter" The grave
judge take a shot at 1t himself, but either
his eyes ght is e ting defective "a his
glasses were not properly focused. for tnAt
shot Of his certainly lacks n good Seal Of
hitting the center.
Now rs ! am, in the main. responsible
Tor the translation used by Governor Cul-
ba.sJn, trust may be pardoned Tor say
ing wnr1 or two IN self-dcfense. In try
ING 10 tei,ier Prince BISMARCK 4 original
INTO SMOOTH English. a. smooth. at least
as Knew how | reiraiucd, of course
from q sim literal translation but rather
stuEll TO give version which would
'routhe the spirit Of the original, and al
IN same uine, be true TO the text In every
essential point
For reasons best known to the gentleman
Nh' brousht cory OF Prince Bismarck's
letter to ray house with the EARNEST re-
quest DO MIN the favor OF trauslating It,
SWING az 0n eXca7e Tor his not under tx
Ag " hJis"lt that IL was GOO high" for
hm, ihe hHad.ng az well az the compl-
meutgy close and the signature of the
autho- ui me letter were entirely omitted
lles leaves M, then responsible for the
ceilcl-nr Of the saluiaton AMI the huly
OF the letter. IN which, however somebody
without authority left out the words with
their interests fter Compatible.
Let u.s. See. now what the main differ
encos are between Judge. Srhurze's trans
laiion and nine, as used by Governor Cul-
berson. - fully understand them. / must
ask YOU. Mr.. Editor TO kindly reprint he
German original together with our res;ec-
tive trauslations.
The first inp ,rtnnt difference. according
10 Judge Schultz Is that Blsmar-k's sug-
session that North America and not the
United States make an effort Tor himctal-
ism. Judge Schutze's WORDS are and q
North America would nnd 1t compatible"
etc. mine are land hence, If tho people Of
the United States should fnd u compat-
lble. etc. | contend that / am right
Judge Schu'ze 10 the contrary notwith-
standing.
1t 4 universally. customary n Germany
and take ii that Prince Bismarck by us-
Ing Meth America" means the United
5 ates and not Canada, Danish America.
Mexico and the Central American States
besides.
This Wow will become still more clear
when II s borne In mind that lin der Rich
tr'lifcn Schr,tt ~ thun' does not mean
what Judge Schutze would have us believe
ITO lake substantial step In
the direction OF himetallism," but what 1t
really imports. namely. to take an indie
pendent step or Independent action In the
direction of bimetalllsm. This Is the pune.
tum salens of our contention, and not TIL
Judge Schutze can show hetter authorities
than Cirieh Muret. Webster, Worcester
md Roget, who do not TN single In
stance make Independent and substantial
anonymous or interchangeable terms |
say, not I'll Judge Schutzo can overcome
hese standard authorities wall l admit
hat he is right
The Judge makes another blunder when
le renders Idle Herstellung internationaler !
,ingung" by "thc restoration OF interna- |
lonal uninn." There neyor existed such |
IN international union. how then can It b |
IN International union. how then can II be
'estored?
There are other minor points of differ |
,nce. such as ito partake." ITO obtain by |
'ndeavors." "hampo red" etc, but It would |
~ useless to waste ammunition on them. |
Surely | lay as little claim to being IN |
alllhle In matters linguistic as Germnnys |
,reat statesman does to hclng infallib,e IN |
matters financial. but IL docs seem 10 me:
IS It no doubt Will TO any competent AM |
andid scholar that the whole context, |
aiken as internal evidence. points in the |
Iirection OF tho fact that the Judge has
lgually failed 10 grasp the idea Prince
bismarck w,shss TO convey
With thanks for the liberal use OF vaur
.aluable space. remain respectfully
ours Jacob Bickler.