Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-08-04
BIsMARck's CAREER.
A Brief Resume Of ais Great Services
to the Fatherland.

to the Fatherland.
otto Edward Leopold Won Bismarck was
born a the manor OF Schoenhausen in the
district of Magdeburg April l. 1915 Atthe
age OF six he was placed in a boarding
school a Berlin and at Y was sem tn a
high school at the capital In 1892 he began
studying law ANA political science ali the
Y University OF Gottingen Toward the end
Of the following year he entered the Uni
Eersity Of Berlin. and he was admitted 10
the bar in 1853. In 1886 he was made the
official law reporter for a Berlin court, but
he soon was transferred 10 Aix-la-C hapeIle
as d refereUdary. aud in 1851 was appointed
TO serve IN the crown office at Potsdam
The next eight or nine years Bismarck
passed in farming, hunting and soldering
He went into society and took an active
part ia the local affairs OF the neighbor-
hoods IN which he lived. In 1915 his father
died, and the estate at Schoenhausen came
into his hands He Withdrew almost en-
urely from social life. and settled down TO
the life OF country gentleman July 2s
1871, he married johanna. the daughter of
Heinrich Won Puttkamer. of Niatium, Pom
erapia. and In the same year he appeared
ia the united diet a [ Berlin. "a parliament
tary deputy representing The nobility Of
the province OF Saxouy. 10 1915 he partic-
ipated in the gathering of the rural nobi!-
tty IN Berlin. known as the JunAer parlia-
ment. His career IS a parliamentary dep
uty ended IN 1881. In 1901, after serving as
secretary. ne was apo 0inted the Prussian
representative at the Germanic diet at
Frankfort. which was the administrative
council Of the Germanic confederation
founded by the congress In Vienna IN 1916
He was made the Prussian ambassadc~
at st. Petersburg In 1859. where he remained
until 1862. when he WAS transit erred 70 the
embassy IN Paris. After few months in
the French capital in September. 1852 Bis
marck succeeded Prince Hohenzollern as
prime minister He formed an alliance
with italy early in 1856. and Prussia. under
his guidance declared war against Aus
tria and her allies In the confederation in
June OF the same year Three months
later Austria had been crushed and Prussia
haG become the head OF the North German
confederation.
Bismarck concluded secret treaties with
the South German states forthwith. in the
expectation OF war In internal politics
the next 10 years of Bismarck's life We're
occupied with his struggle to assure the
Prussian government the control of the
Catholic church in Prussia with his cam
paien for the suppression of socialism in
Germany and With the inauguration of
protective system OF customs duties. He
also secured for Germany several African
colonies and gave the first impetus to the
up building OF her merchant marine Under
his guidance the empire laid the founda-
tions Of Is present industrial prosperity
and maritime greatness Ia foreign af-
fairs he formed the triple alliance OF Italy.
Austria aud Germany Having united and
H1tiNAAtSL the empire bN TIE war against
Denmark iu IS64 against Austria ia 1856
and against France in ISi0-7l. he aimed in
his later years 10 develop IL internally
without disturbance from without
Dismissed by Present Emperor.
Bismarck was chancellor to the end of
Emperor William rs reign and through
out the q days of Emperor Frederick
Two years after the present emperor
aScvnd@a the throne ne was dismissed from
office since then he had livea III Fried
riChsruhe near Hamburg whore ne went
To receive his friends the year around and
thousands OF admirers from an parts Of
Europe on his birthdays Tie was long
estr3nged from the young emperor and
the tcud between the old castle IN Berlin
and Eriedrtchsrubo caused scandal of
world wide dimensions A formal concilla-
tt0u was effected eventually but the
wounds icft by the conflict III four Years
We're never healed.
Fran won bismarck die5 about two years
ago The Iron Chancellor was never the
same afterward He failed slowly com
planned oi loneliness. md, wheG his last
iNtess began. was already & weak. SER
rowful and broken old man
Prince Bismarck leaves Two sons. Count
Herbert and Count William. and one
daughter. Countess R0ntzau