New-York tribune., 1906-11-09
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namely The United states" Bancroft vas so
egffep Of sending II to President Grant az wash
ington 1t was as follows
Gentlemen, when you travel througa me sTana a.
towns and Villages Of my nstys isnd and espsola4y
4sato oT aercantiie e in5eTooarse With the United
states Of America j cannot be otherwise Through.
Us-Whe1 our laws hampered the free deyelopment
Of industry ana trade th0u9nds q our sDsy S iox
years OF political strife here in Germany @ NORTH
66 @ 6f tS cansg @hs wc OF has % now M WON otory
here For years Germany has watched the sigantie
6ss 6erved hope and eomfort and encouragement
nave been formed between the two nations which
are tndtssoluble and every pusatlon OF Arne[lfaH mean
profound interest and sympathy we have watched
the phases Of your great struggle or me as deesoe
war which contributed indirectly 10 the realization
T eIt0ved 0 similar sympathy on the part Of the
ned states r TSeesa s7eo anS 5s I9' a gad to have
opportunity to-day 10 express TO you the graft
And 50 / drink this glass to the United States of
America She has been in the early phases Of our
hour of our great Victories an unenvtous friend,
and she vii BE- hope may pc syaoDent 81 or IN
greatness our true ally. Gentlemen. long I've the
tinted States!
Another reference to Americans in the volume
is a mention by the prince of having at ban
quet given at Versailles by Marshal MacMahon.
then President 70 the diplomatic corps. con-
versed with Minister Washburne. whom he de-
scribes as "a most original American" And in
an entry in his diary dated Berlin. August 49,
1894 he records visit 10 General Count Caprfvl'
then Chancellor Of the Empire. The item IS as
follows:
The American terin questions ar. giving him
determined to increase the rates upon the sugar
imports from those countries the governments or
yrfi I'd
urers Caprivi says tariff war with Aner1ca IS is
avail themselves Of the opportunity 70 make all
Saurn1a who has been appointed as Ambassador 70
Washington, because the King OF NurteInperg
leaving hls court. Is not capable of coping with
the situation. Holleben, who vas formerly af
Among the most interesting revelations con-
tained In the diaries those which relate 70
the tragic death Of King Louis II of Bavaria.
concerning which the prince expresses the opin-
ion that II was "a good thing that his reign had
come to an end" Prince HohenIohe. who was az
the time Governor General Of Alsace-Lorraine,
was summoned Munich soon as the trag-
edy became known in order to participate in his
capacity as Grand Chamberlain Of the Crown of
Bavaria in the deliberations of the royal COM
mission appointed TO conduct an inquiry into the
affair in behalf Of the nation. The entries in the
diaries on the subject follows:
Minister Lutz reported 10 that the Cabinet
had only acquired in the spring the conviction that
the Kings brain affected The report of the
ing new. But court Counsellor Muller shed some
F +5 0 0E s ~ 1d los orbr coIgt ollT bere he
could rule unhampered by any legislature and con-
stion has safety q life and sSbmltted to US
number Of letters in which the King lavished upon
him the most extravagant and senjiment2l ex-
pressions Of endearnent- The report Of Hornig
people 70 rs 5h ,9 me s firS 10
srO11 of fr6 ne n k
Ing into the banks 10 the Kings terrific outburst5
OF passion his terrible maltreatment OF his ser
wants: 10 the plot which he had elaborated 10 kid
nap the Prince Of Naples now King OF Italy, and
some mountain fastnesses OF the Bavarlan High
ialas &c - - atI L - 10 +Ea aeni IN ,,ziTs a.
insomnia of me hhs 5Llo & 70 ne t,e asoti,%s pans ~
as }h9 wePs 'sb}ected the hatred Of the King
Louis XIV Of France. He as veil as the other
valet Meyer spoke Of the 9nGeanliPess & Of the king
lie OF the King he had been eoInpeued by MIN 10
Ia order that the monarch might not be disguised
BY tHe 9est4e sfever5 features T6en came the re-
ports of the mad doctors. Which were unanimous in
with Tegard'to the new King otto, Pranokh. who
0 lad y become Considerably aggravated that he
could no longer speak intellgiPiy. and thar, that his
doubt as 70 MS incapaeity AfteTwaTd we ,aEreed
above that the autopsy Of the hing revealed the
| soIind his brain disclosed signs Of the most ad-
vanced stages Of degeneracy
on August Il, 1870, Prince Hohenlohe a that
time Prime Minister OF Bavaria, visited the
various wounded lying in the hospitals at Mu-
Mich. He describes the hospitals in his diary as
filthy with bad ventilation. deficient in attend
ance. and as calculated TO increase the danger
Of blood poisoning. which was already wrea king
havoc among the patients. He sdds
must admit that here ore the in its
saddest form. and the impressions which l had
TeCayed at the hospitals IN the morning renla med
with me the afternoon when was forced 70
attend "A patriotic festival in The ZoooSicaI Car
Ubo were shouting and hurrahng under the flags
- tba arconnpaninlent Of beer and roast veal, ap
peard odious 70 me anG %a the t es 06 me
.rs VOC. OF that wounded French soldier, whom
had seen lying In the morning. terribly wounded
.f-etched out the lawn of the hospital and muir
T1nTsng IN his agony Mon Disul Mon Dieur'
In the same year. discussing the oapitulation
., The great fortress of Metz by the French
/ Marshal IA azaine he makes the following entry
IN his diary on November 20:
r,.r,srck seems really have been resolved for
g long time TO restore Napoleon III 10 the throne
MoIfTe opposed the plan This explains the atti-
R,smsrelc until il had become too late for him TO
bs lie 10 break through the besiegfng force with
which Prince FREDERICK charles had encircled me
strou ughold When the Duke d9 Grarnont ttorelgn
sSijIs3aT st the time Of the declaration OF war;
marked 70 me that bazaine mad been rendered q
fiYss- yyfth politics, instead OF making war. To
MS ara mont agreed exc aining "A soldier should
3 never dabble IN poIitlcs.
Prince HohenIohe's diaries reveal ths fact that
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