The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-05
A "PrOtrncted Ladies' War; That In
Jured His Health More than All the
Public Battles He Fought.
RUSSIA THE GREATEST POWER
CONTROLS THE POLITICAL sITUA-
TION IN THE OLD WORLD.
The Dual Alliance still the Upper
neuvers of the Leading Nations.

LONDON. Sept. 4-Prince Bismarck in
addition TO the statements already cabled.
giving account of the interview with
the ex-chancellor. published bv the Berlin
Zukunft, in another interview said to have
been probably obtained by Count Linn
burg-Stiruax, the Conservative leader who
recently visited the prince. is quoted as
saying: THAT exalted lady. the Empress
Augusta, powerfully contributes to the de-
terioration of my nerves. She was herself
of a nervous, changeable. restless nature,
fond of politics and she at once famed up
If one would not or could not acqueisce
with her plans. The friction between us
began at an early date. When, i'm 1S49 the
Prince of Prussia wanted to go to England
and / wished to see him in order to advise
him urgently to remain at Potsdam as the
whole army and a great part of the rural
population was on his side, and the jour
ney would have bad effects, she tried to
prevent me from having access to him.
She was excited, and, as was her wont
when in that mood, She slapped her knee
with the palm of her hand and declared
to me that above all things she must pro-
vide for the future of her son.
Il subsequently heard of singular pro-
ject which had been Matched in her palace.
Won Vincko came to me in the Diet and
said he intended to bring forward a mo-
tion comforting the regency of the Princess
of Prussia and he asked me what
thought of it, I inquired why in the world
the prince should not be regent and Prince
Won Vincko said he thought it had be-
come impossible in the country. All
right, l said. if you bring forward that
motion 1 shall propose that you be ar
rested for high treason. The
motion was never made, be-
cause it had no chance of success
without the support of the Extreme Right
All this did not improve my relations with
the princess, nor when she became Queen
and Empress could she ever quite conceal
her peculiar grudge against me. Her liking
for everything French and Catholic inten>
sified this feeling. In the course of time
there arose at her court a cabal which die
not invariably employ unexceptional meth
DDS to achieve its object, and it was 81
powerful that should have been unable 10
carry things through unless the old gen.
tleman, VINO, by the way, suffered no Iess
than from these things, had always run
straight at a decisive moment These con-
dictS, however, involved the expenditure OF
nervous power, especially when, at the
period OF constitutional conflict, she woul0
have persuaded the King to aDdlcate, and
] had TO make an energetic appeal 10 HIM
and TO poin1 to his sword. | can safely say
that this protracted ladies' war injured my
health more than all the public battles
have fought in Parliament or in the diplo-
matte service
When asked if he was going TO Kiel to
chrsten the new German batte snip when
is TO be launched there and named the bis
marck. the ex-chancellor replied: Really
people seem still to think l am like a ser
want girl. l once said TO my wife at Var
Zih, ! can stand anything but being Left
alone. Now the fact is l feel very we'll al
home and am no longer a man for festive
occasions"