The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-30
I OF very long after the treaty OF
Il Olmuetz, Bismarck was ap-
NJ pointed minister to the Ger

OF very long after the treaty OF
nj Olmuetz, Bismarck was ap-
i pointed minister to the Ger
man Batndestag. On his
travels in Italy he had met with King
Frederick w. of Prussia, and the latter
seemed to take a liking to the dashing
Junker. In an audience he told him
that he was considering sending him
as the Prussian delegate to Frankfurt,
but thought that he, Bismarck, was
rather Young for such a responsible
post. SWELL" replied Bismarck, "if l
do not give satisfaction, 1 will do as the
rest of the diplomats do: ask for my
retirement on account of my health"
He was appointed. In Frankfurt he
soon familiarized himself with all the
,ins and outs of the different cliques,
and soon saw that all progress was
baked by the Austrian ambassador,
before whom all the other delegates
seemed to be in awe. Let me relate a
little anecdote here. This Austrian
had been in the habit of smoking
during the deliberations of the Bua1deS-
tag, but none of the other delegates
had ever ventured to do the same, nor
had they demonstrated against it. A
very short time after Bismarck's ar
rival he nearly paralyzed the whole
assembly, and especially the Austrian,
by calmly asking the latter for light
for his own cigar. After that the
Austrian never smoked again in the
assembly.
1t became more and more clear to
Bismarck that if Germany ever expected
to be great and united again she had to
become so without the help of Austria
yea in spite of Austria. In 1859 he
was transferred as ambassador to ST.
Petersburg, and in the beginning of
1862 to Paris. Frenchmen were greatly
deceived in him, not by him, for a
French diplomat, on being asked his
opinion of Bismarck, replied: "He
will never amount to anything, for he
talks too much, tells everybody what
days it was taken as the first axiom of
diplomacy to be secretive and dissem-
bling. When Bismarck later on openly
avowed his purposes and aims, he was
not believed, and yet about twenty
years later he was acknowledged as the
"HOnesr Broker" at the peace congress
of Berlin. How then the charge could
be brought against him here in this
circle that he was treacherOus, deceit
full, etc., surpasses my understanding.
In September 1862 he was called to
Berlin as the Prusslan minister presi-
dent. King William, who on January
2nd, 1861, had succeeded his we'll mean-
ing but weak brother, was hen deeply
engaged in reorganizing the army, and
met IN the Prussian parliament with
the most stubborn resistance, because
people could see no necessity for the
increase. The resistance even went so
far that people refused to pay taxes,
saying they were not allowed by par
Lament. But in spite of all this
resistance King William, supported b,
Bismarck and Won Room, minister of
war, went calmly on with the reorgahi-
ztti"n, we'll knowing what was good
for the country. When Bismarck was
told in parliament that people wanted
first of all more liberty, and that then
the necessary money would he granted,
he replied: "Let us first have unity,
then liberty If. ever Germany shall
be united again, it will be ON the field
of battle-through blood and iron"
Hence his name: "The man of Blood
and Irom." But If you call him a man
OF blood with the understanding that
ne delighted in blood, you do him
grievOus wrong, tho as the man of
iron, meaning of an iron will, he will
live.
In 1853 Denmark was going to annex