The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
! More Letters of Bismarck

office take the matter in hand, of the
master of ceremonies? For in no case
can L meet that man (BenedettD and
especially not fimproviste at the am
bassador'sl But haste is necessary
Your Wilhelm"
Whenever the astute Bismarck ap-
parently found that things were not
going quite to his liking he became in
disposed, and promptly resigned one or
more of his various offices; n course
which caused the old kaiser to lapse
into state of pitiful clamoring to
come back; TO stand by his side; to
consider his place at the head of af-
fairs. So necessary was Bismarck to
his master that he was seldom able to
take more than day or two for recre-
atlon. The volumes contain many re-
quests for permission to have "a days
,, shooting In short, without Bismarck
there could have been no Wilhelm.
from Bismarck to the emperor. May.
1875, in which the Chancellor begged
Il Most respectfully beg your majesty
most graciously to sanction my retire
n1ent from your majesty's service on the
legal pension"
From the kaiser. in reply:
Il have just received your letter of the
4th. You will excuse me from attempt
ing to describe the. impression it has
made on me, One thing 1 beg of you as
you yourself write saying l should keep
the contents of your letter a secret, so
that they are not brought into connec-
tlon With the presence of the car, viz.
that you will bind the transcriber of
your letter to secrecy on his oath. Our
experience in the matter of divulged Sc
cretS has been so great that it has taught
US that nothing must be left undone to
enable us to proceed in security, and this
is all the more necessary as you give me d
long time before you, definitely proceed
with the step you have taken.-Your
deeply agitated W."
But the emperor was also hralorist.
as is evident from the following let
ter:
Carl Meier, Baron Won Rothschild, is
suffering from bandwurm (literally, tape
worm. now that the chapter of the Or
ders is approaching l am not able to
found for kreuZ-schmerzen (cross palms,.
l desire your view. If l decorate
him now he will be done with for a few
years. until the band disease can appear
again..
In several letters throughout the CORE
Spondence the kaiser pays a high tribute
to the integrity and sterling worth Of
Queen Victoria, but there is one passage
written in January, 1878 which betrays
the aged emperor into an undeserved
complaint of the queen. as follows:
1.-The burning political question whether
there IS to be peace or war with Russia)
is entirely in England'S hands; but | fear
that, considering Queen Victoria's desire
for war. and her Jewish chief adviser
(BeaconSfield), who confirms her in her
desire. matters will lead to prolonga-
ton of the war, and then to far greater
complications for Europe"
The induction of the present kaiser into
state affairs while his father was still
alive and apparently against his father
wishes, was ingeniously managed by Bis
marck, though the correspondence seems
to suggest that it was the aged emperor
management.
1t was always BiSmarck's habit to make
suggestions in such way that his impe
rial majesty could serve them up as hav-
ing been evolved in his own mind so that
he could later on secure BismarckS cor
was with the present kaisers apprentice
ship in craftsmanship. The kaiser wrote:
"On your advice 1 arranged for my
grandson W., to sign, when l was pre-
vented from doing so. the current erdf-
nanceS of the civil and military cabin \ j..
This arrangement has consid-
erably irritated the crown prince, who
placed in Berlin. l propose. therefore,
etc. Please let me know your
/ opinion on this matter. Your grateful
Wilhelm"
The Crown Princess Frederick wrote
thus to Bismarck on one occasion:
when you dined with US recently you
liked the taste OF the Moselle wine which
was served; 1t would give us great pleas
ure if you will accept few bottles from
us for Christmas. With best
wishes to the princess. your
| ", Crown Princess"
| The two volumes also contain CORE
spondence of some Importance with Bis
marck's personal and political friends.
| This series of letters constitutes one of
| the most fascinating human documents
| that have been published for some time
l past.