Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-08-04


FANcn Di'""A~A
ments in the princes condition the
nnblic accepted tho phvsician's asser.
H. -, i. .;d thar. ,yos M ro.sor
Wv" VIC" "o sou "'',' WIS wv
why bismarck shOulu MOI reach the
age of 30 years
abort sKrTcH OF H1s CAREER
pr,nce p,smarcx mr. n u,vs his full name
and title princa O,to Fduard Leonold Won
pisuar.l- sohoenbousen was horn Anr,, /
,s,s m tho Lnioht,s estate az Schoenhausen
nos, C,onda, In prussian Saxonv Hec,me NJ
an o,d FAMILY a, ths Iowar ordar ~ prussian
roh,,,,v Severa, a, h,s naranta, ancestors
vsrs d;s,,nou,ahsd 40 soid,ars and statesmen
won his father a re,irsd onacsr and ooun.
trv o.n,lsman p,smarct Inherited A strong
ioya yor country and family life-n trait which
wa SEQ voven in and ont through h,s oaresr A
roor a,,ar ;,,s hir,h his father moved IN one NJ
bis estates near Stat,in in pomerania. and Il
va. ,hsre that ho uot his arst impression Of
lie In Isas whsn n wears old. he matrlcu.
lated 40 n student at thu IJniyer,ity Of
Coett,noen His career A. the university
snnears 70 have heen that NJ the traditional
German student One OF his professors
said tina, ho naver saw him In Ma GLASS;
room He rode he drank. he fought. he
Haun,sd M. colors ~ Mia corns col himself I'm
in CAV ,aclet monksv can and ton boots
Tventv .e,ght duek are recorded against him.
In Julv isi7 he married Johanna Won Putt.
kamer To the co,ple three children were
horn. a dauohter Who marred Count RuntzAn:
two sons Herbert who married Countess
Mario Uovos nj Wanna and wilhelm. who
strongly resembles his father, The princess
died yovemher "a ls0A
When the revolution Of lsIs swept over Eu-
rope bismarck rallied TO the support of his
soyereiun. His f,rst nolltIcal stand was taken
undoubtedlv from blind caste of prejudice
What be saw was his beloved country sucked
into a Torrent and he belieyed her safer in the
hands a, n wjselv guarded despotism than In
mani. haaded r,emocraov To him "the ballot
hoy was onlv the dice box.n In 1881 he was
sent "a a representative of Prussia to the diet
NJ Fran,rfort He beoame disguised at his
treatment nv Austrja's Young emperor. and 1t
was Thought nrudent to send him as Am.
hassador In 81 Petersburg. He remained
hare ,ln thu cold or ms he mt
1, "rron loo lika chamnasne until
w,r,ed r That lima oame in Issl when tho
doa,h ~ Eradsrion Wilhelm w nlnc.d his
hro,hor uror tho tbrone of Prussia az Wilhelm
7 pIsmarcl. was called uuon Ia take the oner-
ous mar, of minister nresIdent. with the port
so,,n y, torsion seore,orv II was then that
IL haaan hi0 ,roat careor nc nm Eurenean
.,a,a.msn His arst undertaking as premier
s,"s 20 a., rrv ,hrouoh tho armv REORGANIZATION
,,oas,,rs ~ bic ,,ino In the teath NJ a mower.
s.'S ..son,,. 7, yns ,our vears' strug.
iu' NM a., ,o,.,,n tro, IN ha rntIed
n.o o.h,.sw,a. uoIs,ein oues,ion II re.
"a' ~ CIV ,ron,b., war In which Austria
ss, u.,,ss,a mon ,ha plea n, hrolren anyage-
enu '. $500, - ri, and wrastsd from
~, ~. u s'.oh,os NM. ,rorh,o ovar ,ho d,vi.
n.' vo ~, a. .ha ,s,, - IVA, ma deo,svs event
s.on .',. !" ."v w. ,sa na,,lo n, Koeniog,ae,y or
VI .no WV, M wa. , ,a",h, J,,, ,aa and wos
eaaoss wn'on ""o ,out ,,oos x,us W,,ho,m
Won W WV 49, n,aaa ,,s ,riumnba al entrv into
, a.o,, INV b,a s,da with the treaty Of
p po'ii', D ~ ~" ,sa.,,s w
',mtuo ~ ~. po.as :. oo.s hotxoon ,ss8 md
ID n''hs,oA us,.sea 'us a "onsoi,do,ion n, Tho
Io'o ~ .no olo"''ou s ann W,,h,n ,n,s
NORM uoinian vun,ouv% -, ,,s a,n,omaov
pv,ivu ~, W.. .a,h.. ona ,ornoa tbe North
"li',c no Nn,s "s.sns' w o,,o,,, ,or,nod With
Herian vor,uuo, a'," NV alliance onsnsive
'he 'ousn uo'"1 ~. ', s"S .,Iowaa Naroleon ~
anu ueiens.s" az naa IN noao,,a,,ons IN tho
character Of mediator but the French mon
arch lived TO see IN the rTanco-rrussinu war
The troops OF Bavaria and Wurtemberg march,
INK with those OF Prussia against Paris The
story Of 1870 need not be retold here King
William led his army across the Rhine and
through the garden OF lovely France toward
Paris Victory followed victory, and what
irony Of fate, tho proclamation Of the Gepan
empire was issued in the palace Of Versailles
One OF the most important enterprises In
which he engaged after the war was his cam
palgn against the power Of the Roman Catholic
church in Germany. He conceived that the
unity Of the nation and the authoriV OF tne
government was endangered by the church
Of Rome and Its doctrines OF papsl IN
fa,libility A bitter struggle, called the
Kulturkampf resulted with the vatican