The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-18

ment to the dynasty. Well. that is quite cor
rect nG m But It was s1 more re, SO Sound under ,rd the fdPt tn rst the
at his death. and IL 1 remain Il may be taken as
certain that l do SO only on an understanding
hitherto and am protected from foreign iniu-
ence and from the Interference and misRoy-
As It turned out. the, Chancellor miscon-
ultimately. 70 take in the Battenberg, affair;
On April q OF the same year Busch learned
mamma Queen Victoriai behaved quite
s sSe altitude at c CT she tSiei fS the She Bat dsGlbcHs
marriage scheme to 9 quite correct. and urged
her daughter 1.-THE Empress Frederickl to
very nice Of her daughter not to forget her W
country, and to wish to benefit 1t where it was
needed the attachment of the Germans, and
should endeavor to secure It; finally she. the
between Prince william and his mother"
VII.
It will be remembered that. after the death
Of the Emperor Frederick and the accession OF
his son. Wilhelm H.. what purported to be ex-
tracts from the formers diary were published.
Soon afterward. the Chancellor sent for DR..
Busch. and desired him to make the publication
the subject OF an article. I'VE must first treat
it." he said, as a forgery. a point of view from
which a great deal may be said. Then. when
it Is proved to be genuine by the produc-
ton of the original. it can be dealt with
further in another way DR.. Busch replied
that the diary had seemed to him genuine
but incomplete. and that he had already ex-
pressed this view in a newspaper. Bismarck
rejoined: You are quite right. l myself con-
slider the diary even more genuine than you do.
1t is quite insignificant, superficial stuff, with
out any true conception of the situation. a
medley OF sentimental politics. self-conceit and
phrase-mongering. He the Emperor Fred
erickl was far from being as clever as his
father. and the latter was certainly not q first
rate politician. 1t is Just that which proves its
Genuineness to me. But at first we must treat
1t as doubtful" To the question whether he had
spoken to the Emperor Wilhelm II. on the SUBJ
icct. the Chancellor replied in the affirmative.
saying: He was quite in a rage. and wishes to
have strong measures taken against the publ
cation" The conversation then turned on the
details Of the diary. and Bismarck pointed out
that, in 1870. the Crown Prince Frederick
was only partially, initiated in the, negotiations.
as the King feared that he would write about
them either to his consort or to Queen Victoria
and her court. whose sympathies were with the
Prince; In the second &c ~ place P;h he might h alS 2 have
mands upon our German allies went too far.
and he was thinking Of %coercive measures
at Baden and CohprG. He had. therefore. only
a superficial knowledge Of the course of affairs.
II Is. ucNtIlIlcltSS. SulpllSllH IIliJ bllcSo
notes. which are supposed to have been written
down day by day. contain so many misconcep:
After correcting some of these mistakes Bis
marck recalled that. when the Grown Prince. in
against aSaHi IG the Bavarions. he "a answered that there
were things which a Prince. perhaps. might do.
but no gentleman would attempt; Such con-
upon allies who had fulfilled their obligations.
quite apart from the folly OF such an attempt at
another interview on the same day (Sept. 27.
1888. the Chancellor said OF the present En-
ing. more courage and greater independence OF
court, influences; in his leaning toward me he
he came here He was surprised that i had
waited for him till II O'Clock p ~. g thing WHICH
t H1e Sro + he waited waf aiS for me. al and daS SitfSSoue RR
ret 9 ss sfS up iii . oycl sasS tRinEtp yzf That e SLEPT =
shoulder, and / hurriedly pulled on my dress
marked that the Chancellor now had a doci!e
side. S and Wen npp on a to say: 4" rRm IS Only Ry ms s
tribes and matters q secondary imnRf9rtanse
iI Instance, in thu the form Of hi" pronoancsments:
t Ai}Sr al With that h Ss ssiS Z l IT, At tao iSs pg gSe S Si 8 s9 nod
ton lies hushed IN the SILENCE of death II
every German soldier and civilian were dead,
imnyiola5iIity q Germany stiIl have 2" The
Chancellor reIoined; In his reference to the
last man upon the field p battle. nothing that
youthful vivacity, which, time will correct.
Better Etc too m n ia1 than 1h toe G little Are" .a.,, .on.
for Busch, and requested him to add something
to to s an art bttft Which Snd h fba had Il P the Gro%r p Pri Bis,
at %1 the Se eTsasHHs 1 no %S%fiati% 10 snS with fi0T tRe f Baya,
rians. t2Gpchiag the creation Of q German En-
InnU.h gnNiOU nmnnU nfhar fhinDa. rha
Crown Prince. ike ali mediocrities. liked copy
ing and other OCCUPATIONS Of the same sort.
sPsTt from almost an political work.
matters. and would not allow me to make
any eoRRmunieations to him on subjects Of the
terrupted struggle between the two in the
course Of which there were several violent
sharply. and he Initiating the gesturej cast UP
his eyes and raised his hands In despair. It
ESsE the same o at yfrsaii wbsra IN The So mosf dpnc With
master would not, at first. hear a word OF our
proposals. and got so angry upon one occasion
the table. and the inkstand nearly few out OF
the window" Bismarck went on to explain
Of the Emperor crisis in the Emperor Freder-
iek's diary was In al respects; i even left, out
{hq ChapC9sllor had 20 wSan the Crown
Prince q the notLop TINT dif, the EmGeror idea
try; He was thinking only Of tho medieval
Emperors. the Roman expeditions and Charles
v. For that reason he wished TO have only a
King Of Germany or of the Germans, while the
other three Kings were to resume the title OF
Duke-Duke. OF Bavaria. Of Suabia. and of
Saxony. And To- this no added the idea OF
coercion-they should be invited to Versailles.
case, OF needs must when the devil drives. re-
piled to him that that would be treacherous. dis
loyal and ungrateiul. and that / would not lend
myself to it, as, moreover, II would have no
permqnency. No friendly persuasion could pos
sibly induce, the Kings to submit to this degra-
vantage Of the Emperor idea. somewhat in the
same way as l did afterward In my letter to the
subordinate themselves 70 a fellow country
man. who bore the title OF German Emperor,
and to grant him certain rights In war and
peace, rather than to a King OF Prussia. who
would only. be a somewhat more powerful
neighbor. Among the people. moreover. the