Evening star., 1898-08-01

constructed from numerous petty princi-
palities. AS a man often gains a certain
respect in the world from his family con-
nections, 50 citizens of a country are fire.
quently held i'm esteem according to the i'm
portance of the nation TO which they be-
long. BY solidifying the German states inr
| to one of the leading powers of the worIa
bismarck promoted the standing of the
herman wherever he might live. No reign-
ing monarch ever welded more absoluts
power IN his realm than did Bismarck
while chancellor of GERMANY and no ona
ever worked more Loyalty for the prono-
tlon OF his soveregn's interests than did he
Whatever may be the criticisms of a milf
tary nation. Germany's position on the
map OF Europe made il necessary that she
should be great military camp II she wers
10 De power among her neighbors Ger-
many as she exists today is only a realiza-
ton OF the dream of Bismarck when ems,
tering upon his life's work
80 strong did this far-seeing man build
that the irnpetuosity of the rather erratta
emperor now ruling Germany has not per-
ceptlbly affected the structure IL IS 10 bs
seen now long the magnificent product OF
statesmans nip will survive under the con.
uol OF those who cannot claim TO be his
as phenomenal "
otto Edward Leopold Won Bismarcl came
INTO INTO the world on April fools day.' ISI5-
anu IN announcing his birth in the Rerlin
nsMspapers his parents requested friends
ne
gratulations." He was descendsd fra,,, ~,
@ oiu "drlKe Blsmarcks, who scorne,i 70 de-
,ns. ~ III themselves TO anything except hunt
ing and farming when they were nor fght
Hg. Ills great grandfather who fell in one
OF the battles of the Seven Years war had
slain as many as 154 red deer in one wear
anu MS toasts were generally accomnanied
by trumpet blasts and carbine IraIia,.
across the table from section of his troon
ers. Ihe chancellor was supposed 10 he IT,,
very image OF this stormfuI anc,s stor Whiie
5 family ha aTs
as early as the middle of the fourteenth
century, his mother was a connmonar and
sRe a Drought to the family plentiful supply
Vi Drains. III has been said that his father
represented the principle of body and his
mother the principle of mind to a remarka-
Bile degree.
When he was six years old the Young
Bismarck was placed in a boarding schooI
at Berlin, and when twelve years of age ha
passed to the high school Here he st1diad
Tor four years and left with such a certIa.
cate or excellence in scholarship as was
very rare in Germany sixty years ago. and
Is seldom given now. II entitled the vounps
student, when seventeen years old, to pass
to the university.
University Life.
He went to the Hanoverian University an
Gotnngen' remaining there a year and a
half, reading, dueling and drinking in the
way Of the place. He was twice fined for
heaving bottle out at the window and
sentenced to the university jaii once Cor
ten days for having acted as second in a
DUEL At this university he became tho
fast friend of some American students and
with one OF them wagered that Germany
would be united in twenty years. showing
that even then he had dreamed of his life's
work, thought he probably did not expect to
be the man TO construct the lew empire
HIS university life was unruly one, and
in 1888 he left for Berlin TO the relief of the
university authorities, for whom he had
made much trouble. When ne left the uni
versity to continue his studies al Berlin he
as under sentence of Imprisonment.
AT Berlin Bismarck passed an exarnina-
ton emitting him to enter the civil service
of the state, and he acted as official re-
porter to one of the Berlin tribunals. At
this time at court ball he was presented
to the Prince of Prussia, whom he was af.
terward to raise to the rank of emperor.
He mixed much with foreigners, especially
the English. He wrote English very well.
Bismarck served his one-year volunteer
service in the Sharpshooters' Battalion Of
the Guards at Potsdam and became much
attached to a military life. After that he
attended lectures agriculture in order
to fit himself for the life OF a country
squire, which appeared to be in store for
him. From the age of twenty-four to thir-
ty-two Bismarck spent his time farming
hunting, soldering, carousing, studying,
acting as local deputy and magistrate, MAX
ing occasional visits in the world. He trav-
eled in Ell gland and France. He was
thirty-two years cid when he married and
about this time he began to take an active
interest in politics. Bismarck was ultra
conservative in his views and always ar
gued for the rights of the crown. On one
occasion he argued that all great cities
should be swept from the face of the earth,
because they were the centers of democracy
and constitutionalism.
In the Diplomatic Service.
In 1851 he entered the diplomatic service
and was intrusted with the legation at
Frankfort. In 1859 he went to St. Peters
burg as ambassador, and in 1862 was ap-
pointed ambassador to Paris, and that same
year he became minister of the kings
house and of foreign affairs in Prussia.
After the war waged by Prussia and Aus
tria against Denmark Bismarck saw an op-
portunity for carrying out his long-cher-
isned project of making Prussia the real
head of Germany. Aided by an alliance
with Italy, IN few weeks campaign Aus
tria and her allies We're defeated and Aus
tria consented to retire from Germany.
Bismarck was created a count in 1863 on
which occasion he received from the king
of Prussia valuable estate in Luxembourg f.
he lost no time in turning to account the
victory gained by Prussia over Austria and D
in advancing his favorite scheme for the
unification of Germany. Provinces and
kingdoms were at once annexed.
North German Confederation.
In 1867 he organized the north German
confederation, which comprised twenty
29,0o0 600, the King of Prussia being at the
head of this powerful confederation. 1t
then Bismarck received as a reward
for his services the post of chancellor of
the confederation and president of the
federal council.
In the Franco-Prussian war Bismarck ac-
companied the king throughout the cam
paign, and after the capituation of Paris
it was he who dictated the terms of peace,
and on January Is, 1871, he had the satis-
faction of seeing King William of Prussia
crowned emperor of Germany. In the same
month he was appointed chancellor of the
German empire and soon thereafter raised
to the rank of prince.
Two attempts were made the life of
the chancellor, the first in 1866 and the
other in 1874. The second attempt on his
life was by man named Kullman and re-
suited in his being slightly wounded by a
shot which grazed his right wrist. A state
ment was made by Bismarck to the effect
that kullman was connected with the
clerical party.
In Prussia Bismarck has done much to
establish a system OF state socialism in
tended to counterwork the schemes of the
social democrats. In foreign policy his aim
was to strengthen the Austro-German al