Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-16
BISMARCK DEAD.
The Great German Statesman rasse'
Out of Time.

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Prince Bismarck died at his
castle of Friedrichruhe at III
O'Clock the night of July 30. The
death of the former Chancellor
came as a surprise to all Europe,
on account of favorable bulletins
issued regarding his condition
until nearly the last. DR.. Schwein-
inger's assertion that there was no
reason why Bismarck should not
reach the age of ninety was &C
cepted by the public.
1t appears that the Chancellor's
death was not precipitated by
sudden complications, but was
rather the elimination of chronic
disease-neuralgia of the face and
inflammation. CT the veins-which
kept him in constant pain, which
was borne with the iron fortitude
which might have been expected.
Otto Edward Leopold Bismarck,
born April l, 1915, was the son of
an old Prussian family long set
tied in Pomerania and Branden-
burg. He first saw the light on his
fathers estate of Schonhausen.
Bismarck was studious but
wild in his vouth. He was in.
tended for a career of jurispru-
dence. At 80 years of age he en-
tered parliament in Berlin as
Knights Deputy to the Landtag
of Prussian Ssxony. From the
first he took lead as the defen-
der of royalty against the consti-
tutional movement of the time.
His wonderful career of diplo-
macy, that only ended in 1890
was begun in 1851 as Min
lister Plenipotentiary to the
Frankfort Diet. He then saw and
convinced his king that Russian
supremacy meant the downfall of
Austria in Germany. In 1862 Bis
marck was raised to the double
dignity of Russian Premier and
German Chancellor. From that
moment until he handed his re-
signation to the grandson of the
monarch he made an Emperor, he
had been the foremost man on the
continent of Europe and the in
csrnate genius Of his country. All
he did was on a perfect system.
He drove the Danes from Schles-
wig-Holstein and annexed the
duchy to Prussia. Austria showed
her teeth, and this heralded the
war he sought. On June IA, 1866,
war against Prussia was declared.
Hanover, Saxony and Hesse sup.
ported Austria. Within few days
Bismarck had overrun and dis
armed these three German States.
Before the end of June, 80 fully
was Bismarck prepared, the Prus-
sian troops had entered Bohemia,
and on the 3rd day of July Aus
tria was routed, horse, foot and
dragons, in the decisive battle of
Sadows. Austria had been crushed
in nineteen days after Sadows.
Throughout the combat Bismarck
was at King Williams side. BY
the treaty Of Prague, which follow.
ed, the German Bund was dis
solved, North German Confeder.
alton under the Presidency of
Prussia was enacted, and Hanover,
Schleswig Holstein, Hesse and a
large slice of Saxony we're annex
ed to Prussia. Austria's power in |
Germany was over and Prussia |
had taken her place. Bismarck at |
once rose to the pinnacle of popu-
lsrity.
His part in bringing about the
humiliation of Austria in 1866, |
and in the defeat of France, the |
overthrow of the French monarchy |
and the creation of the German |
Empire in 1870 and 1871, forms
many of the most highly illumin-
ated pages of modern history. |
Bismarck formed his plan of Ger
man unity as early as 1856.