Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24

more and more into the confidence of
sold Prince Bismarck. and becoming a
greater favorite with his countrymen.
In 1884 there was a crying need for a
competent secretary for the embassy at
should take the p8st. After looking
around among the pick of the diplomats
then in Berlin without being able to
make a selection, young Prince Bismarck
was mentioned, n finally taken from
his fathers office, much to the parents
disappointment and regret, for it was i'm
possible to supply his place.
While in England the prince made
friends, scores of them, social and politi-
cal, and his term of Office in the British
capital was one of the most brilliant in
his career, in spite of the fact that 1t
lasted only a year. 1t seemed that he
was destined to be shifted about, and in
each case he proved himself the right
in the right place.
Just as he had regulated the %entangle.
ments of the British legation, there arose
some difficulty in the management of af-
fairs at The Hague, and one day, to his
sudden surprise, and, what would have
been displeasure had he not been so de-
voted to the interests of his country, he
was notified that he was to be transfer
red to the Netherlands to look after
matters there.
Some said that behind this change
could be seen the shrewd management
and powerful influence of old Prince Bis
narck, who, it was claimed, was anx-
lous to have Germany gain possession of
the Netherlands: but subsequent events
proved to the complete satisfaction of all
the complete falsity of this allegation.
But even at The Hague Prince Bis
marck was destined for only a short stay,
for as soon as he had established him
self there and become accustomed to the
life and customs of the little Dutch king
dom, he was called away, and from that
time on until the time of the famous dep
a~,Osition of his father, his life was one of
nomadic transferences from one country
to another, wherever the diplomatic en-.
tanglements We're most complicated.
And this brings one to the most SEN
sational events in the life of this great
son of a great father. 1t was in 1890
that old Prince Bismarck had his famous
Quarrel with the young emperor of Ger
many. However sincere might have been
his patriotism and however devoted he
might have been to the welfare of his
country, there existed in the breast of
the young Prince Herbert Won Bismarck
"a flial love that was as ardent as his
patriotism that was great. and he felt
what he considered-the cruel injustice
to his father as keenly as did the old
prince himself. Prince Herbert had SER
we'd his country faithfully and well. and
had been willing. and vas even then
ready to lay down his life for the en-
~ wounded, and he desired to retire from
public life and it's cruelties toward his
father, to their country palace, there to
live until the end M come, which all
the family believed would be fastened by
the old chanceilor's humiliating expert
ence
Hearing of this, intention, Emperor
William sent for the young prince
demanded a reason for his desire to re-
tire. The reply was characteristIcaliy
Bismarcian in it's candor.
II love my country. SIRE" said young
Prince Bismarck. sorrowfully. but l
also love my father, and l prefer to fol-
low him.
You had better follow me- was the