The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-01

nohSaSAfeu niiu 70 TAk1 - AUkult3-x ~
1862. Itwas already considsred 10 maluo
him prime minister:
~ am moro lonely IN the midst of
great Paris than you, wife. are mt Rcin~
field. and sit here like rat in an cInpty
house, my only amusement tosend away
the cook for cheating mo in the ac-
counts"
He thought Eugenie beautifnl woman:
My conscience, dear. rcproves lpc Tor
seeing so much that is lovely without
you" He walked OF the sands az Hiar-
ritz with Napoleon III. whom he was in
eight years to hold ruined prisonef of
war.
In 1862 cabinet crisis came in Berlin,
and Bismarck at AZ was summoned there
from the Pyrenees to be the head Of the
government. He was called The Hot
spur of the Junker party. Said tho
democrats again: Bismarck! That u
the coup d'etatl''
In tho midst of his life Of commotion
at Berlin he wrote to his wife:
'Such good black pudding never ate.
and seldom such good liver. May your
slaughtering be blessedp
He worked in the government from 8
o'clock to 10 p. m. and said: But health
and sound sleep tremendous thirst.
How / love to be lazy and how have to
work."
His unscrupulous yet sincere character
now came fully out He ruled without
law, but for tho glory and ultimate se-
curity of Prussia.
"The frontiers Of Prussia, !" he growled,
"are not favorable to q good state consti-
tuition. The great questions Of the day
are not to be decided by speeches and ms
jorities, but by blood and iron"
A soldier himself, his moral courage
was extraordinary in Europe. He was
the Tecumseh Sherman Of that side Of
the water, and the year was that Of vicks-
burg. ~
He had a budgetless government. He
went specially to Paris to take leave OF
Napoleon in August, 1862, at st. Cloud.
Our relations to Austria" he declared
bluntly, must unavoidably change FOX
the better or the worse" THAT Bis
marck drags MS by the halter" said the
Viennese at the Danish war. Austria
went to Denmark to watch Prussia and
recover prestige from her defeats in Italy.
In 1854 the Prussian flag waved on the
Danish ramparts at Duppel, and Bis
marck was there with King William.
The emperor at Vienna gave him the or
der of st. Stephen and said, "Ah, If ]
had but him"
The Danish war was an experiment on
the newly reorganized army ana the
needle gun. In 1868 Bismarck was made
Prussian count. He had an intrigue
with celebrated opera singer, it was
believed, and their pictures were photo
graphed together like old Dumas and
Ada Mencken.
|. He was so disguised in 1868 that he
said: "Twish that some intrigue would
necessitAte another ministry, so that
might honorably turn my back upon this
liver of ink The restlessness of this ex-
istence is unbearable. regard every
one as benefactor who seeks to bring
about my fall"
The French populace was even then
clamoring for war.
Sept. 20, 1866, as new major general
Bismarck rode into Berlin with the vic.
torious army. He wore q white uniform,
orange sash, yellow collar and helmet,
and was in such bodily pain he could
hardly keep the saddle. For = good
while he was very i'll in the country.
The writer of this paper was in Berlin
IN July or August, 1866, and noted the
complete conquest Of the Prussian re-
publicans and Liberals by Bismarck'1
armed policy. Men like DR.. Jacob.
whom visited, gave up the competition
with such lion as Bismarck.
And yet, it seems, he never was o
actor and said new, natural, offhau6
things, but without much style. II
June, 1867, he was in Paris with hk
king and soon after became chancellor
of the North German confederation. II
1868 he seemed to be total wreck from
overwork. His horse next fell upoz
him. He lived in those great years in {
l-story house in Berlin with ~ window
] in front. He drank red Bordeaux wine
He bought estates near his wife's a
Varzin. BY the great year in his for
Fumes or 1855 Bismarck was sick, rheu
matte, undermined.
The 7th Of May as he was walking
from the kings palace he heard tw
shots fired behind him, and one Of then
grazed his side. He grappled the assas
sin by the throat, who fred another she
that glanced from Bismarck's shouide1
Changing the revolver to the left hand
the assassin fired again twice, one sho
burning his coat, another bending hi
rib and making him for al instant sick
He handed the criminal over to the sol
diery, and this person, . social demo
crat, committed suicide.
The city. turned out in his praise. Th'
king and princes went to his honse. H'
was compelled for the first time in hi
| life to speak from his window. Austris
wanted to kill him.
In five weeks tho Prussian column
| were moving. June 20 the news of vic
tory arrived. All were singing Luther''
hymn. Lightning broke over Bismarck'
head, and he shouted, The heavens fir'
salutew
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