Mohave County miner., 1897-05-22
BiemaroB and Emperor WiIIiam'

Since lnheriting his fathers scepter
 the present German emperor, William
 IT, has repeatedly sought to belittle tht
 career of Prince Bismarck, and to prove
 that the worlds estimate of the Iror
 Chancellor is exaggerated and over
 drawn. Such conceit is indeed amazing
 but instead of accomplishing his pur
 pose, the cratic young emperor hat
 simply made himself ridiculous.
 Some two or three weeKs ago, when
 the one hundredth birthday of the old German emperor, William I, was cele
 brated throughout the empire, a very dramatic and impasioned speech was made by the present emperor, in which he declared that German confederation wac almost wholly the work of his grandfather, and that Prince Bismarck, though a shrewd and successful di plo mat, had little to do with creating the German empire as It now exists.
 This is indeed news. While the world has always entertained a profound re- spect for the old emperor, it has never regarded him as the founder of united Germany. But according to Emperor Williams idea, the world has proceeded upon a false theory, and as a dutiful and loyal grandson, it devolves upon him to lift the cloud of obscurity which has so long rested upon his grandfather's achievement. Why not lift the cloud of doubt which rests upon his own sanity :? Why not show to the world by his dig ni6ed and n anly bearing that he is a descendant of the old emperor in char acter and intellect, as we'll as in name and blood? Surely MT. Gladstone was moved by virtuous indignation when he characterized the present emperor, 8 few days ago, as "a very foolish young man."
 But in spite ot the contemptuous man ner in which Emperor William speaks of Prince Bismarck and his long career of service, the world is not apt to change it's opinion. Indeed, it prefers to accept the testimony of the old emperor him self, who distinctly avowed on more than one occasion that the master spirit of the empire was the Iron Chancellor In 8 letter to the prince, dated April 1, 1883, old Emperor William congratulated him nV If ic rfh joiced that on that day the Almighty had given him to the world and to Germany Accompanying this letter was a hand somely painted Easter egg, on which the German eagle was emblazoned, and the interpretation which the old emperor gave to this device was that Bismarck, by his valor and diplomacy, had restored the imperial bird of the German nation In still another letter, written October 4, 1883, the emperor expressed his regret at the inability of Bismarck to attend the dedication of the statue "Germania" on the Niederwald, observing that he had "brought about the great events which the statue slgnallZed and con. ducted them to glorious consumma- tion."
 In spite of the harsh treatment to which he had been subjected at the hands of young Williams, the old prince is still power in Europe and is more of a king ID the affections of the empire than the reigning sovereign himself. Nor is the veneration which belongs to him confined to Germany. In every part of the globe there are warm admir- CTS Of the Iron Chancellor, who cordially unite iniuvoking upon his old age the highest blessings of Atlanta Constitution.