Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-26
ALLEGED IDLE WEAPON II
England Cq4A score BEPxbaiah,
Ing supposed BiashaYek

cannon which ah4 reflses Is use
against the enemy who would chain
all mankind ~ slaves to the kataer,e
military machine? There Ii ~reAeen,to
believe that this question can Ne
|tfuthiully answered In the aA4llnahSs.
teresting pages OF hlstefy bearing On
the present war.
The weapon. in queytionxc consists Of
tthe manuscript Of the third VolunnS Of
Tthe memoirs Of Bismarck, the iron
chancellor, to whom. more than TO
any other n1aH who aver lived, is due
the unihcattch( Of Germany and the
srowth OF her power until she Thought
It strons enough to. master the whole
Bisniarck had for lite devoted his
great talents to the services OF Ger
many and the kaiser's family. the lat
ter turned him out Of once in his old
age, with every cireumstanee OF
tgnominy, and even made threats OF
shameful fp4nishraent in eaae the, ex-
~possesslon that would IL lis cass' in in
the true light before the world.
Bismarck was i master .of the pen,
had z store Of wit ana hun,of. was
familiar with several languages pos
seseed = marvellous memory. and had
an unsurpassed knowledge Of public
AFFAIRS in the world during that i'm
portant Grain which he lwas the most
1aasasfsS! > sssmo'.s' r. l sstss', :, 1 e,s
sayings and actien duriHf the
acknowledgment war By Butch. TO say.
nothing Of what general history tells
Of his achievements. sp1Sest wh4f>an
act Of lunacys II va for the kaissr to
:proyekAssthe AnrattyNo OF such Z nan.
E5alt disrnlatal .hy the Aetssr ax.sysr-
Es 3 e, the .ns yst e stsssssa.sss /. th.,1t.
Vengeance ~. eemplsans' Iii auto.
biography III which Ms relations with
Kaiser wilhelm II axe fully aset forth.
The book was written. but Hever pub,
lished. yet enough ia known OF IT'D
contents TO AWAKEN the keeneat desire
all over the world to rpaA it, every
page. - .
IL i p il :s's t. sx a:s:,l he R.,. sss.tn ss,s q
|frankness that shows the soASin . most
odious lisht.S But mora important
than this uRilial conduct toward both
his parents are the revelation Of his
tfntrigues against Auatrts and the
Lhouse Of Hapsb1rg, which ere said to
The p1 such q character that II they
were 'nads public: the latter would
was Risnarck,s Intention 10 publish
the volume In hie Lifetime. But
knowledge Of Its coxtenta reachedsthe
KAISER, and he threltAAed the author.
With such dire penalties In ease az It's
publication during his life that Bis
marck, fearing it's seizure BY the en-
peror, secretly sent the manuscript
to London. and It ia now in the Bank
When Bismarck died the kaiser
warned his sons. Herbert and William,
nit to publish the, book, and they were
prudent enough to obey the order. He
also tried to get p0eeessien of THE
manuscript. but f4iled IN the attempt,
and there y little doqet 3talt $$thA work
will some day come 70 if1ht, aeon
s e 5. 'n.ss.d 7 81 ss': sy. E s ss,s' ,n s:ysst,9
in the STAIRS d. thu moviae world.
The barring % the ease on tho
pfAps4t var consists In tho fact that,
90 lthN kaiAer Is-4hN head ana front
81 the German offSnetye aBsfAst the
rest Of mankind, ARd a451E4he Bis
marck book .1eNid bsyoHd 9oubt do
him, iyTspsr.hls assasgs all. ey,r the
Apltftta, thsre AZ many whe urge
that tho 1Rglish geverRInAnt should
seiaa ths ARanAacsjpt N enemy prop
srty a,Ha publish II - { vat meaSSre.
Ths enly yoAeon Why u haa not bssIn
seized aA65 RNbliahod a. AIaAs tosbesthht
sueA action would injlFs. the replta-
i sssk ts y ; ssssssa aeJ %ssnsssss l Syilsss
Ion "Scyabs2o1 pSper," sivsn Under the
mort solemn. cire4Iaetalces; has for
fth4 kSit3S ana htp hoydes. It tries
0Re'e patience TO- have eur Britain ally
EbsianeiA6 the reputANen a. b&hk
AGAINST thu. cAuSS ef the Worlds al:
I1aoctaey. IL sstssr Weuld sacrteess