Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-04
PAYS A GENEROUS TRIBUTE
UNSEEMLY wRANGLE OVER THE
EX-CHANCELLOR'S DEATH.
Paper. Disputing ns to the Cause and
as to Circumstances-FlOo of
TcIcgrnms, Letters and
Wrcaths at Fried
richsruhe.

Gated FREDERICKSBURG. August - 1t says.
With my high allies. with the whole
German people. l stand mourning at the
bier of the first chancellor of the German
empire. Prince Otto Won Bismarck. Duke
of L.auenburg. We who witnessed his
splendid labors who looked up to him with
admiration as the master of statecraft. the |
fearless tighter in war and peace, as the |
most devoted son of the fatherland, ard |
as the most faithful servant of his en- |
peror and king. are deeply affected by the /
death of the man whom God, the Lord, |
fashioned as His instrument TO achieve the |
realization of the undying aspiration of |
the Germans for unity and greatness.
This is not the moment to enumerate |
all the achievements OF the great man who |
has gone to his rest, or TO refer to all the
cares he bore for the emperor and the en-
pire and all the successes he won. They
are too mighty and too manifold. History
alone can do them justice and will en-
grave them all on brazen tablets.
Il am, however. impelled to give express
sion before the whole world 10 the univer-
sal sorrow and grateful admiration which
to-day animates the whole nation and, in
the name of the nation, to VOW that what
he. the great chancellor. under William
the Great created. l will maintain and de-
velop and. if need be. defend with blood
and treasure. In this may God help me.
II instruct You TO make this rescript
public
Ambassador White sent the following ca
blegram to-day to Washington:
II am requested to convey the sincere
thanks of Emperor William and the Ger
man people to the president and people of
the United States for their message of
sympathy on the occasion of the death OF
Prince Bismarck
The influx Of kilograms. letters and
J wreaths at Friedrichsruhe is unceasing
Already the schlosS Overflows with wreaths.
| and those arriving later must now perforce
! be placed in the garden. Ii is asserted that
| the family assembled at midnight. after
| the emperor's visit. for silent prayers in
| the death chamber, and that then Prince
| Herbert locked the room where the body
| will remain until provisional repository
| is prepared in the park. The site selected
! for the mausoleum does not give universal
satisfaction. The North German Gazette.
| in curious note, says:
| Our attention has been directed to the
| fact that the site chosen is in a potato field.
! and close to a railway, where trains pass
| almost without intermission. One would
| think the noise of traffic must be a disturb
| ing element in the vicinity of the Bismarck
| mauSoleum. In the words of the poet, Ch-
| land, the resting place of the dead Is wont
! to be the abode of silence
| The Frankfort Gazette says: We do
| not think ii could have been in accordance
| with the desire of the departed that his
| mortal remains would be withdrawn from
| the presence of sympathetic mourning and
| respect and also from the intended trib-
| utes of the highest official of the empire
which he founded ana OF the state which
he served
Professor Won Lenbach the painter,
| thus describes to the Lokal Anzeiger his
| visit to Friedrichsruhe:
| The simple dwelling of the prince is
| quite untitled to be the scene of any ma
| tionai or public ceremony in connection
with mis- burial. Thousands of letters and
| teiegrams, partly arranged and answered
| and partly still unopened, covered all the
tables. Many Were from sovereigns and
iliustrious personages. 1t would have
| been impossible to admit any but the most
| intimate friends to the house.
The members of the family We're quite
exhausted and confused by the, excitement
as well as by their sorrow; and their diff
culties were not diminished by the tele-
grams of the emperor and by the di-
| vergence between the intentions of the de-
ceased and those of his majesty.
| Although the features We're unaltered
and the face looked as though Bismarck
that would inspire in a painter desire to
perpetuate the scene with the brush. The
aspect of both the dead and his surround
ings seemed to afford too realistic picture
for reproduction. Ii must have been for the
| same reason that few great men have been
pictured on their bers The deathbed of
|
great pupils of the master. but none painted
him. The dread majesty of death cannot
be reproduced by art. The only eminent
man / ever desired to portray at such a
moment was DIR. Dollinger. who. in death.
resembled Dante. In the case of Bismarck,
it would have been impossible to catch the
characteristic profile. and the speaking.
flashing eyes Were forever closed"
Professor Won Lenbach considers the pro-
posed site for the mausoleum with the
noise of the trains and the row of tele,
graph poles facing it. quite unsuitable and
he expresses the opinion that Bismarck
'ought to be buried with his forefathers in
| SchoenhauSen park
1t now turns out that as their ma1estiss
empress touched the emperor's arm and
said: William. there is the aged sister OF
the prince and thereupon the emperor
| turned aside and shook the hand OF the
| Frau Won Arnirn expressing his sympathy.
When Prince Herbert declined second
time the emperors proffer of grave IN
the Berlin cathedral. his majesty Indicated
, u plan for national monument. 1t Is
| understood that he proposes TO place IN
the cathedral an immense marble sarcoph- pm
| asus. with the figure of Bismarck IN the
| uniform of a Cuirrasier.
| Emperor William rescript, which IS he
| lieyed to have been written oy professor
| Ko.Ser director of the secretary archives.
gives universal satisfaction as a fitting ex-
| preston of the national sentiment ana a
| tribute doing his majesty the hishest credit
in face OF the rumors OF fricuon betWeen
the Bismarck family and the imperial
| court.
Rather an unseemlv wranSle has arisen
| in the press concerning the exact causes
| and circumstances OF the princes death.
| Doubtless much acrimony would have
/. been avoided if more courtesy mad been
| shown the journalists at FREDERICKSBURG
, and the fact that no autopsy was held
. | makes il impossible to silence scandal low
ing tongues.
Professor Virchow. interviewed on the
| subject. declined TO express an opinion on
| fbe vague information available. but said
he was disposed to think that the death OF
| the prince was painless;
| According TO the North German Gazette,
| three volumes of RiSnarcks s memoirs are
| already printed and ready for publication.
| For the moment. the press discussions are
indications that ere long. an active con-
| troyersy will arise over the letter of res
; icnation and other Bismarckian matters.
No member Of the family will attend the
memorial service in Berlin.
Yesterdays services at FREDERICKSBURG
will be the only obsequies until the mauso-
| leum on the site of the famous stag group
near the schloss, is completed. The national
. obsequies have been postponed till that
| time. .
| Koenigsberg on Friday. Next week Prince
Herbert will go to Vienna where his emil
dren are. The Count and Countess Won
| Rantzau will soon go TO their estate at
| Debersdorf. near kiel-
. HAMBURG, Aug. 3-The Hamburger
Nachrichten publishes the following state
ment, signed by Prince Herbert Bsmarck
"The numerous expressions of deep al
Fiction and cordial sympathy, which tes-
tifv to the imperishabie memory of my
ing in their extent that it appears impos-
| sibie to thank the mourners sngiy even 10
the end of my own life A.
'From all five continents OF the globe Ihe