The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-30
poWNFALL oF BIsMARcK.
The Feud Between the Empress and
the Iron Chancellor.

fSt Louis Globe Democracy
No description has been given in the
records Of the career Of the late En-
press Frederick of the part which soc
PLAYED in bringing about the 0oWnLstll ~
Prince Bismarck. and there seems 70 De
so great 2 disposition 10 ullltni1e eiit
political role which SIC MEG IN 10
many during her WiooHnooG tndt y H.
be well before she Is laid to rest 10 oiIer
a few notes for the CONSTRUCTION Or an
as yet unwritten chapter Oh German MS
If the empress. whose death by a
strange coincidence has occurred uut5Iis
the Cowes week, like that OF ner sal.5t
brother Alfred, duke OF N 80. 3, -.
twelve months ago, succun-3ins 70 u
same fell disease, was the pFlheip.u $50 So
In bringing about the overthrow - , 80
iron chancellor and mis- Withdrawal mo
private life. il was not from any motlee
Of personal animosity and OF reNehse' -
fhcurh she had ample cause both Tor
the one and for the ether Ihr9ukhout
her married life. and durinS ner Mleo~
and openly acknowledged enmlty OF the
bitterest kind on the par OF the prince,
who feared her more thah an ms mas
culine rivals ana opponents pr tosetlsr.
She was a political Zoe, worthy IN every
respect OF his steel For she repeatedly
checkmated those OF ms moves Wltcn SUE
REGARDED as reaCtiOnary and unconStlJu-
tioual and IL Bismarck was won't 20
speak Of her with brutality and 4 degree
of vehemence altogether out of place. THIS
must be regarded as having been more Of
a compliment than as mere piece q
GlSC0uTEeEN. IL was q virtual 1tAAAA1-
) sion of the fact that her opposition to
! his project was of altogether too mascu-
line and virile a character TO admit i9T
/ one moment Of, according 70 ner, taat
! forbearance and chivalrous Difference
which men as rule especially when
/ they are strong mentally and physically,
ara wont to cOncede TO woman as a trio
I Possessed Of extremely liberal views
/ in all matters, especially in those 2o-
I litical and brought up Is her father tae
/ enlightened and progressive prince con-
sort Of Great Britain. TO consider a se-
gard for. not merely the letter, out hke-
wise the spirit of the constitution, as one
+ of the most sacred obligations en- ne
part Of reigning houses IN these modern
of the throne. the late empress found
/ herself from the very moment wnen she
/ took up her residence at Berlin as a bride
more than forty years ago. an object CT
/ the animosity Of Prince Bismarck The
/ latter as is well known. entertained he
/ most profound contempt Tor parliament
/ tarians. cared nothing for constitution n
! Obligations ana was q hrtn DeileNeI =
/ monarchicaI despOtisn Of the most
+ medieval kind. on the understanding, OF
I course, that the tyranny be exercised by
{ the sovereign thrCCsh his prime minister
that is. himself-and at his insIiga ton.
i He did not hesitate 10 express the fear,
( thoroughly justified. that the English
/ princess would Undue her husband with
! her English notions of liberalism and
I constftutfonafism and Immediately com
/ menced a warfare upon her which lasted
/ without interruption until his death. He
! ingenuity could devise. He aSsailed her
/ both in her public and in her private lite
/ and in his "reminiscences as published BY
/ mis- BOSWELL Ut. Busch ne acknoWl-
| edged that he caused her 10 shed many
| bitter tear by his interference through
her father-in-iaW in her domestic affairs
1 Not only aid he induce old Emperor
/ William to appoint as gentlemen ano
ladies in waiting to the then crown prince
/ and crown princess people devoted t.
Bismarckian ideas, and therefore thor
/ oughiy out OF sympathy with their mas
PEELED the latter, through the sovereign,
to yield TO his, that is 10 say, Bismarck =
/ views on the subject of the education Of
their sons None but those who enJOycu
I the personal acquaintance of the ia.e
empress. and who knew what a strong
minded. hiEh-spirited ard extraordinarily
clever woman she was. can appreciate
I what IL must have cost her to feel he'll
self surrounded-saVe Tor two ncta Die eoS-
/ cepuOns-by gentlemen and ia1ies n
waiting. human SHADOWS VINO were not
the friends. but the foes. Of their royal
charges, and spies upon them. and u
l know that her boys we're beng brought
up in a manner OF which she diSapproved-
! under the influence OF people who dis
I liked her. ana whose one object in lie
! was TO destroy the sympathy and love
I which her children would naturally Iesl
1 for her Lest this description Of Bis
/ marcks attitude should appear in ary
I way exaggerated. ] would merely men
tion that IL the early Sos. prior to the
I war with Austria, when the constitution
/ was being violated in the most hagrant
: manner by the chancellor. ne actually
I went to the length of causing the arrest
Z OF one Of the officers Of the crown
/ princes household on q charge IF bein..
Z the means through which the crown
/ princess communicated her views on
Prussian politics TO he London Times.
and inspired its attacks upon his uncon-
| stitutional policy The officer in question
Schweinitz, who died few weeks ago
as a sOn-in-laW OF Mrs. John jaw of New
| York. and as brother-in-law Of Colonel
l William Jay OF coaching celebrity.
Won Schweinitz was able to clear him
! self Of the charges in an interview with
the emperor in such a way as TO win the
I high favor and warm regard Of his SOW
/ cellor.
/ Bismarck. with the object Of prelude
/ ing people against Empress Frederick and
/ thereby diminishing her influence. stop
ped at no calumny. and even went so far
] as to publicly charge her with treason in
/ betrayiDg to the English and through
/ them TO the French military secrets
/ which had been impaired to her by her
/ husband and during the war of 1870, de-
/ claring that the conflict was unduly pro-
/ longed thereby. He did everything that
from succeeding to the crown, mainly,
/ he admitted, with the object of pre-
/ venting her from sharing the throne as
empress, and after having grossly m
/ suited her in the presence OF her dying,
I voiceiess and helpless spouse. by refusing
/ to transact any state business or to com
I rnunicate anv confidential reports to the
/ latter as long as she was in the room. he
/ melted her eldest son. whose mind he had
take steps. subsequently regretted, which
could only intensity the sorrow of the
srief-stricSen woman Immediately after
( her so fOndly loved husband had been
( taken from her.
Yet she carried the day IN the end, and
/ her son is now the very first TO ac-
( knowledge his mothers cleverness. and
Z the fact that she showed herself more
/ than a match in statecraft for the man
I <eputed as the greatest statesman Of the
/ nineteenth century-namely, Bismarck
] The manner in which she brought about
: the fall OF the chancellor was perhaps the
most clever of the many clever things
/ that must be placed to her credit she
I was too shrewd to dream of exercising
I any direct pressure on her son ne elu-
1 perOr. in the matter. II was done indi-
I rectly and with so much diplomacy that
/ William never dreamed at the time when
/ he distressed the iron chancellor that be
/ was playing the game Of his mother. with
/ whom. thanks entirely to Bismarck, his
/ relations were then most strained. Alb
] staining from any open steps toward IN
( understanding with her son. she took ad-
! vantage of his visit to Westphalia- 10
! place in his path one of his old tutors,
{ Professor Hintzpeter. pedag0gue Of
I whom William had been very fond and
/ whose teachings had left deep impress
sion upon the mind of his imperial pupil.
Empress Frederick knew the professor s
I characteristics, his fads, and his views
! She likewise recognized and understood
( as only q mother can do. tbs complex
: character of her son, and fOresaw the et-
/ fects that were likely TO be achieved ~