The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-05

builder. lie regulated everything, and
German efficiency and bureaucracy
were passed by Frederick as an in
hertance. lie left an Industrial legacy
in Sllesian woolens, silk goods and lace,
and created bureau of forestry high
ways, canals and drained bogS. But
Prussia was still agricultural, filled with
feudal landlords known as the junkcrs,
The peasants We're serfs, paying 10 the
landlord four TO five days labor week
for their homes.
In 1906 Napoleon completely shat
tered Prussia at Jena. Then followed
somber days. All that was left TO the
stricken land was the high spirited
Queen Louise. However, there gathered
about her the men of Young Germany,
and under the leadership of Stein and
llardonburg the German people forsooli
the backward look OF the Hohenaollerns
and took their stand for democracy
against Prussian absoutism. TO Stein
ana Hardenburg goes the credit of
arousing Young Germany and liberat-
They populariZed and naionaliZcd the
army, and, in theory, at least, put obig'
atory military service up to every citi-
zen.
Tanning the Flame of Hatred.
"lu 1919 when Napoleon was defeat
ed by the campaign in Russia, Prussia
and Germany arose to a man and met
Napoleon at Leipsig and liberated Ger
many. To Prussia was given her ter.
ritory as in 1906, except that Poland
was exchanged for II Rhine province
which brought Prussia face To face with
France and formed the flame of hate.
France was confined to her frontiers
of 1892. Austria received Salzburg and
Venice in place of Belgium. and Bel
gium was united to Holland Norway
was taken from Denmark and given TO
Sweden. The effort was to secure the
peace Of Europe by balance of powers
formed on a wise distribution of forces.
Five powers We're in balance in England
and France, Russia, Prussia and Aus
tria. Central Europe comprised IS loose
states and Italy was a geographical eX-
preston.
The Entry of Bismark.
In 1861 William | came to the
throne. He had ideas for the achieve
meht of Prussian greatness. He started
out TO build a large army, which re-
quired military reform and a new army
bill This army bill aroused a fight for
power and authority between William
and the people. The monarch changed
ministers, and called for a new election,
and, failing to win, was about to abdi-
cate when Bismack, the junker come
to his rescue as the man who could
pass the army bill.
Bismarck was conservative and bu-
reaucrat. He has served at the courts
Of Frankfort, st. Petersburg and Paris
and he knew diplomacy. The first eff
fort was to find a lever for that army
bill and he saw his opportunity in the
Schlosweig- -Holstein affair. These two
provinces adjoined Denmark and were
linked in personal union to the King
of Denmark. In 1868 Il revolt had broll-
en- out, and Bismarck proposed TO Aus.
tria TO aid these provinces in the gain.
ing of their freedom from Denmark.
This brought about the Danish War
Then. like a bully on the range, Prus-
sia fell out with Austria over the divi.
sion Of the spoils Frederick the Great
had made the first attempt against Aus
tria, and now in the war Of 1866 BIS
marck finished her with the absolute de
feat at the hands of Won Moltke's army
in the Seven Weeks war at the battle
Of Sadona.
Thus Bismarck passed the army hill
through the legislature and Prussia at
tanned the headship of the German
states under the consideration which
remains in effect up to today BY 1866
Schlosweig, Holstein, Hanover. East
Friesand, Hesse Cassel and Nassau
passed to Prussia in rule
France was under the Third Emoirc
and its ruler, Napoleon III, became
alarmed at Prussian supremacy. Seeing
the unification of the north German
states, and fearing the unification OF
the south German states, he demanded
that south Germany be left out. Bis
marck agreed. Napoleon asked for Bel
gium and LuXemburg and Bismarck
thwarted him
The Spanish Incident.
Then the Spanish incident arose.
The throne of Spain had become vacant
and was offered Leopold of Hohenzol.
iern SignariZen Catholic. Napoleon III.
through his ambassador, prevailed upon
William | at Emes to Withdraw Leo.
pold. But Napoleon now came forward
with a demand that King William nc.
knowledge officially the rebuff and
give his assurances that no Hohenzol-
lern prince in the future should be can
1idate for the Spanish throne. To this
Bismarck made public answer with the
Fumes dispatch. which he
hoped the French would take as an in
suit This Napoleon III did by decat-
ng war on the North German Con.
federation QS70), hoping that the south
German states would remain neutral.
Heads of German People Turned.
THE German people saw in the new