Arizona republican., 1900-10-17

royalty. It was necessary also that his wife should be acceptable.
 But. alas! Princess Hatzfeldt was the daughter of an actress. And what ever the males of the royal line of Ger many may think of actresses. the Elm press Augusta was even more severe in her attitude toward the Countess HatZ- feldt than she was toward any wife who. being an American, was not high welI-born' in Germany.
 Before he continued his career Bis mar1k told Hatzfeldt that he must di- vorce the countess. Something still more difficult for Americans to under stand is that the count should have yielded to such a demand. The very suggestion is foreign to the atmos- Ehere If free country and abhorrent to every sentiment of manhood. yet no one in Germany thought of condemn ing Count Hatzfeldt. and his wife re maincd on terms of friendship with him. It's a difference in the point of view. HatzfelC,'s life. had been spent in the struggle for power. Born near the steps of the throne. the throne to him oversnadowed every other earthly object. Bismarck had made him and Bismarck was his greatest earthly au thOrity. Besides. he had been unfor runate financially. and only Bismarck could help him.
 It is to be,recorded to his credit that not without severe struggle did he part from the woman who had played such an important part in his life.
  his debts paid. Count Hatzfeldt proved an invaluable aid to Bismarck who was at that time suffering severely from neuralgia and other nervous com plants. which kept him away from Berlin.
 In one thing the count resisted. the will of his despotic political chief He refused to marry the daughter of BleichroeGer. the millionaire banker of Berlin.
 The countess accepted the situation in a philosophical spirit. and devotcd herself to ',he education of her children. She continued to take a keen interest in her divorced husbands career. and he spent much of his leisure time at her home. Indeed. although she was with drawn from official society, their sepa- ration was only nominal.
 Hatzfeldt's excellent work in he for- C'aH oIIce paved the way :Jr further honors. It en.ered into the Iron Chan cellor's policy to draw Great Britain into the German Alliance as far as Great Britain. birding herself on her isolation. could be drawn into anything. HatZfeldt was the man selected for this delicate mission. and he was s mt go London. succeeding Count Munster. who Was transferred to Paris to make way for him.
 In England Count Hatzfeldt crowned his diplomatic career, for Great Britain became the most cordial friend of the league of peace"
 The countess meanwhile remained in Germany. and by degrees won tic friendship of more enlightened royal generation. including Empress FreIa- rick.
 Hatzfeldt continued to be a trusted servant If the empire under three Kali sers. When the latest of them. the Emperor William, broke the power of Bismarck and dispensed with the coun- sel of that great statesman. Count Hatzfeldt hastened to repair the in justice which ne had inflicted on his wife.
 They were rcmarried in the presence Of d distinguished company including the Dowagor Empress Frederick and two of her daughters. The countess did nc care to resume th2 position t1 which this happy event entitled her. Her sources of happiness were in the conn dnionsaip of her children and in cont mp!dting from afar the triumph ant career of her husband Thus she spent the tranquil years at Weisbaden. cheered by an occasional visit from the man whom she had forgiven so freely.
 After winning all that diplomat may Count HatZfeldt has discovered at l last that TO earthly honor is equal to her society, and that the years left to him are all too short to glean the do- mestic pleasures that once he sacrific- ed on the altar of ambition.