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MARKED HASTEAT THE CASTLE
NONE OF THE GERMAN DIGNTTARIEs
PERMITTED TO VIEW THE BODY.
Coffin of the Dead Statesman SoIdered
bismarck Testimonials.
tcopyright 1905, by the ASSOCIATED Press,

great chancellor was as deep as would have
been expected anc while there was nothing
like general mourning visible in Berlin, yet
there were unmistakable evidences of wide
spread sympathy.
The publications and revelations which so
quickly followed the death of the Prince
and which have already been cabled to the
Associated Press, have naturally created a
sensation and deep anger in government cir
cles, and there is still greater surprise and
resentment at the attitude of the Bismarck
family. The Emperor left nothing undone
that could testify 10 his personal grief, or
the sense Of greatness of the loss to Ger
many His proclamation, addressed to the
imperial chancellor, Prince HohenIohe, has
given much satisfaction throughout the
country, and it is generally admitted that
no little magnanimity required to en-
able his Majesty to preserve such unruff1ed
serenity in the face of the evident sullen-
ness of the family. He devised most splen-
did public honors for the deceased states
man, and when his efforts to place the lat
ter's remains beside his grandfather's were
refused, the Emperor carried out what was
possible in the shape of "a public funeral, re-
CARELESS of the absence of any of the Bis
marcks On the whole Emperor William
has shown great tact III the face of open
rebuffs
The Vossische Zeitung, referring to the
matter, says: I'VE do not wish to pass
judgment, and only chronicle facts. The
notice of the death addressed to the EN-
peror did not bear the signature of the son,
but of the Doctor The Emperor commits
stoned Professor Begas to take a cast of
the features, but the emissary of the sculp-
to-
without fulfilling his mission. The Emperor
desired to see the body, but the coffin was
closed before he could do So although, ac-
cording to the testimony of Professor Len
bach, neither were the features of Prince
Bismarck disfigured, nor were there any
signs of decomposition. When the mon
arch arrived at FriedricEsruhe the ex-min-
lister Of state, Prince Herbert did not ap-
pear in uniform nor wear his decorations,
but he appeared only as a private gentle
man. 1t cannot but be that the nation will
have drawn definite differences from these
facts"
PRINCES ALSO OFFENDED.
But it was not against the Emperor alone
that Prince Bismarcks family acted. The
reigning German princes, the peers and the
nation were prevented from taking any part
in the funeral. To the Grand Dukes of
Sake eimar, of Hesse and of Oldenburg
Prince Herbert wired to remain away. Even
Prince HohenlOhe, although a personal
friend of the deceased, and whose coming
had been heralded in time was not allowed
to see the body. The coffin was soldered
down fifteen minutes before his arrival, to
the intense sorrow of the aged chancellor.
Persons who were present in the house at
the time affirm that Prince Herbert issued
orders to solder the coffin down as soon as
the telegram from the Emperor arrived an
nouncing his Majesty'S coming to Fried
richSruhe.
number of German papers affirm that
the causes for all this strange behavior are
partly because Prince Herbert is seriously
unwell and partly because there were about
the house large number of highly impor-
tant and sensational papers, mostly letters
to Prince Bismarck, and that there was
fear that these might be stolen in the hustle
and turmoil occasioned by the crowds of
visitors.
The order countermanding the public obse-
QUieS was received here with consterna-
ton. The Bismarck family, on its part, gave
out that the peculiar methods of conduct
ing the arrangements for Prince Bismarck's
temporary interment were wholly in con-
formity with his wishes, adding that the
deceased had remarked that he wanted
rest, at least after DEATH
The correspondent here of the Associated
Office officials regarding all these matters
and the following statement was made to
him: LAS to the Emperors countermanding
his first order regarding the public obSe-
uies, there was no specific reason for it,
AS to the epitaph it is known that it was
Prince. Bismarcks wish to have it so
worded, and we cannot hinder it. AS to the
memoirs, there is no anticipation upon the
part of the government that any unpleas-
antness will result from their publication,
and there is no intention to stop them"
PUBLIC TESTIMONIALS
Among the public testimonials will be a
gigantic demonstration to-day at Niederwald,
arranged by number Of Rhenish cities,
and a large memorial meeting takes place
at Stuttgart and another at Hamburg,
where public subscription has been opened
for the erection of a gigantic monument to
Prince Bismarck at Sachsenwald. There
will be similar ceremonies at Breslau, Dres-
den, Leipsic, Liegnitz, Augsburg, Munich
Carlsruhe, Koenigsberg and many other
cities. From the Germans in Austria many
signs of sympathy have come. In upper
Austria, at large, representative meeting
in VOLS, resolution was passed to wear
black cornf1owerS until Sedan day.
The German Veterans Association of
Chicago, OF which Prince Bismarck was an
honorary member; the Central Veterans
Association OF Chicago and the German
Veterans Federation of North America
had splendid wreaths placed on Prince Bis
marck's coffin.
The passive assistance" of a Catholic
priest at the recent wedding of Princess |
Dorothea Marie Henrietta Augustine Louise |
of Saxe-Coburg and Duke Ernest Gunther |
of SchleSwig- Holstein brother of the EN- |
press of Germany, has caused a great deal |
of discussion in the ultramontane press |
The Cologne Volks Zeitung says: Tine |
priest committed grave breach of faith |
and the princess was guilty, by marrying |
sim The Augsburg Post Zeitung says: Tine |
Coburg family has been guilty of another |
public nuisance"
COMMENTS ON THE WAR.
Owing to the death Of Prince Bismarck |
the German newspapers this week have |
paid but little attention to the progress of |
the war between Spain and the United |
States. The Evangelical Church Gazette, |
though, in a leading editorial, remarks: |
1.-THE outcome of the war is triumph for
Professionalism and further proof of the de-
of the Latin races" Continuing. |
the paper mentioned then points in proof |
of it's assertions to the successive defeats /
Of the Austrian, French and Spanish ma
tions.
For this the leading organ of the German
the Cologne Yolks Zeitung. takes
the Evangelical Church Gazette very Sc
verely to task, arguing that Catholicism had |
nothing to do with the defeats referred tc,
Generally speaking. the German press ex-
presses confidence that the war is about i
over, and that the conditions OF peace are |
acceptable to Spain. and that the latter
would 90 wei 70 conclude peace forthwith
The Kreuz Zeltung draws attention to the i
unusually brilliant balance or trade Ia