The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-08-19
Career Of Prince Bisnalcl, the Iron
Chancellor.
ACTIVE FROM HIS YOUTH
Birth and Education Was Always q
Fighter Principal Undertake
ings Of His Career.


family, many OF whose
attained prominence in mill
tary and political life. He was born
on April 1, 1915, at Schonhausen, in
His fathers family be-
longed to the lower nobility, and his
mother was the daughter Of Ludwig
Menken, Privy Counselor of Frederick
the Great and very liberal minded
man.
At the early age or six years Otto
Edward Leopold misunderstanding
senior such was the full name OF the
future unifier and ruler of the destinies
Of the German Empire-was placed in
a boarding school in Berlin, and at
twelve he entered a gymnasium, where
his character, thoughts and methods
of life were nodded to a great extent by
DR.. Provost and DIR. Bonnet, who took
more than ordinary interest in the
lad. He made wonderful advances in
history, his favorite study, and rapidly
acquired a practical knowledge OF Eng
lish and French, surprising In later
years both Lord Beaconsfield and
Napoleon III with the fiuency with
which he used those languages.
While pursuing his studies with
great avidity he did not neglect his
physical development. He was an ar
dent devotee Of all manly sports, in
many OF which he acquired a wonder
full degree of proficiency. This was
particularly true in regard to swords
manship. At the age Of II he entered
the law department of the University
of Gottingen, where he had a superb
bundance of practice as swordsman,
fighting twenty-eight duels in the
course of three semesters, or eighteen
months. In all Of these encounters he
drew blood from his opponents, and
was himself only once wounded. The
mark OF that woHnd he ever after car
ried. 1t was on his left cheek.
Entering the University Of Berlin in
1888, Bismarck soon after passed the
requisite examination for professional
life. However, he did not take up the
practice of law, but retired to his es-
tates in Pomerania, and there remained
quietly for several years, occupying
himself in guarding the family prop
erty interests.
1t was not until 1S47 that Bismarck
began to attract some public attention.
He was elected to the Prussian House
of Burgesses, taking his stand as an
ultra-loyalist. In 1851 he was chosen a
representative of the new German diet
of Frankfort. This was the actual be-
At once displaying the most remark
able mental activity and manifesting a
wonderful grasp of affairs OF state, he
clearly stated his views and distinctly
set forth the chief characteristics of
his most important political doctrines.
He made a most marked impression,
and the result was that he at once be-
gan exercising strong influence
among his colleagues. He mapped out
a policy, which he ever afterward con-
sistently and closely followed. He
boldly opposed all revolutionary meas
ures and ever having in view the best
interests of Prussia, he boldly demand
ed that that country should have the
same right in the Diet as had Austria
Recalled from the Diet In 1859, Bis
marck was sent as Minister to Russia
At the court OF st. Petersburg he soon
become an adept In the art Of diplo-
macy. His ability as diplomat was
recognized, and in order to give him q
thorough insight into French politics
he was transferred to Paris in the
spring of 1862. In the fall Of that year
he was recalled and given the Portfolio
of foreign affairs, and was made pres.
ident OF the Cabinet.
The reorganization OF the army was
a measure that caused great deal Of
turbulence in the Parliament, which
time and again refused to pass thu
needed appropriations. Bismarck re-
peatedly dissolved the Parliament, ant
finally to bring matters to decided
issue he notified that body that thu
Government would proceed to reorgan
ize the army without its sanction.
Bismarck carried his point Tit
army was reorganized, although durinl
four sessions the Parliament declined
to vote Its sanction, and upon each oc
casion was dissolved.
Upon the death OF the King OF Den
mark, Bismarck seized the opportunlt!
to aggrandize Prussia by claiming tn
Schleswig- Holstein Duchies for tn
Duke OF Augustinburg, the idea beinl
to incorporate them with Germany
The occupation OF these duchie
brought on the war between Prussi'
and Austria, and at the battle OF 10
migrate, in 1866, Austria was over
whelmingly defeated. Prussia, unde
the skillful guidance OF Bismarck, nov
assumed the leadership Of the Nortl
German confederation, from which
Austria was excluded.
The success Of this strategic move
ment made Bismarck the most popula
man in Germany. He had been univer
sally disliked up to the elimination o
the war with Austria. He was givel
full credit for all that resulted from
that conflict. Prussia's sudden ad
vancement to the front rank as a mil
itary nation was not only offensiv,
hut alarming to the French, who seizet
upon the first slight pretext for declar
ing war.
The war OF 1901 intensified the ma
tional feeling among the Germans, ant