, 1898-08-01

marck was there with King William.
Tho emperor at Vienna gave him the or
der of st. Stephen and said. "Ah, if I
had but him.
The Danish war was an experiment on
the newly r~eorganized army and the
needle gun. In 1868 Bismarck was made
a Prussian count. He had an intrigue
with a celebrated opera singer. it was
believed, and their pictures We're photo
graphed together like old Dumas and
Ada Mencken.
He was so disguised in 1858 that he
said: II wish that some intrigue would
necessitate another ministry. so that !
might honorably turn my back upon this
liver of ink. The restlessness of this cx-
istence is unbearable. | regard every
one as n benef.ctor who seeks to bring
about my fall"
The French ~populace was even then
clamoring for war.
Sept. 90, 1866. as new major general.
Bismarck rode into Berlin with the vic
torious army. He Wore Il white uniform.
orange sash. yellow collar and helmet.
and was in such bodily pain he could
hardly keep the saddle. For Il good
while he was very i'll in the country.
The writer of this paper was i'll Berlin
in July or August, 1866. and noted the
complete conquest of the Prussian re-
publicans and Liberals by Bismarck's
armed policy. Men like DR.. jacob,
whom | visited. gave up the competition
with such q lion us Bismarck.
And yet, it seems, he never was an
actor and said new natural, offhand
things, but without much style. In
June, 1867, he was in Paris with his
king and o On after became chancellor
of the North German confederation. In
1868 he seemed to be II total wreck from
overwork. His horse next fell upon
him. He lived in those great years in a
l-story house in Berlin with II windows
in front. He drank red Bordeaux wine.
He bought estates near his wife's at
Varzin. B.! the great year in his for
tunes of 1865 Bismarck was sick. rhcu.
matte. undermined.
The eth of May as he was walking
from the kings palace he heard two
shots fired behind him. and oue of them
grazed his side. He grapplcdAl asses
sin by the throat, VINO fired ancShyTs.u.
that glanced from Bismarcl's shoulder
Changing the revolver to the left hand
the assassin fred again twice, one sho;
burning his coat, another bonding hi.
rib and making him for an instant sick
He handed the criminal over TO the sol
diery, and this person, Il social demo.
crat, committed suicide.
The city turned ont in his praise. TIL"
king and princes went to his house. He
was compelled for the first time in his
life to speak from his window. Austria
wanted to kill him.
In five weeks tho Prussian columns
were moving. June 90 the news of vic
tory arrived. All We're singing Luther's
hymn. Lightning broke over Bislnarck's
head, and he shouted, THE heavens fire
a ~salute!"
July 3 was fought Sadowa or Kocnigs.
gratz. Major Bismarck, long under fire
was the first to discover the crown prince
coming. Those are not plow burrows
he cried; they are marching lines" To
his wife he wrote from the field:
'If we dc not become ~extravagant in
our demands and do not imagine that
we have captured the world. we shall
obtain a place worth the having AT
| Koenigsgratz | rode the tall roam. He
was 13 hours i'll the saddle without fol.
der. My bed was on the road with a cal.
riage cushion"
He made peace to save his army from
pest in Hungary. He and the king stop
/ ped in the castle of Nicolsburg. where
Napoleon resided after Austerlitz. He
was 81 years old and had been in politics
nearly 90 years. Aug. 4 he was back in
Berlin, the greatest man in Europe. To
the French minister he said: "Tricndship,
II lasting friendship. with France! They
will, l hope. represent the dnalism Of i'll
telligence and progress"
Unable to get the army appropriations
from the lower house, he closed tn" cham.
bers, saying the thing would rule himself.
Four sessions of parliament he treated
in this way. ruling without other than
feudal law. He awoko, however. the
German student and patriotic feeling
against the Danes and beat them by the
help of Austria and other parts of Ger.
many, and then suddenly turned upon
| Austria and drove her out of the Ger
man empire and extended Prussia to i'll
| clude Hanover. Hesse and finally several
other states.
With Il great army and the nation
appeascd he met the French and die.
tated the hard terms of peace to them,
He could not succeed in his long con.
Hict with the Catholics and the pope. In
1870 he introduced Il German protective
tariff.
In 1884 he began German colonies.
In 1885 no was T 0ycars old and almost
supreme.
In 1888 he demanded 700. OOO NE to I've
added to the army.
AS just before the Austrian war Fer
| dinand Cohen tried to kill Bismarck, st
in 1874 u Catholic tinsmith attacked him
at Kissingen.
Statesmen in Europe are judged by the
extension of their country they brought
about. In this view Bismarck altered
the map of Europe more than any man
since Napoleon, and his changes have
the consent of the governed.
In 1866 he accomplished the final unity
of Italy by his aid, cast Austria out OF
Germany and took all Germany besides
into Il Prussian empire.
In 1870 the French, cast into the shade
by the magnitude of Prussia's wars and
~annexations, made al issue with Bis
marck insolently on the small matter Of
Spain Offering her vacant crown to u
prince of the family of HohenZollerns.
The consequences were heavy. France
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