The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-27
NOM TIRPITZ Story
OF GERMAN DEFEAT
lcontlnued ZION prerlous 1,sn,.l

uAeet HStd. Germany lacked SUCH men
Men cannot live forever, but had the
kaiser not estranged Bismarck, his poli-
eies might have endured and no might
have left men Of his own school 70
stand by the emperor and the nation
in their crisis. Efforts were made 70
eradicate the misunderstanding which
had arisen between these two men, but
they came too late.
| In June, 1897, / suggested 10 the
kaiser that the next ship 10 be launched
should be given the name Graf Bis
marck. knew that the former chan.
eallor and his family laborsd under the
entirely erroneous impression that the
chip bearing his name had been inten-
| uenally stricken from the list at the
| time OF his resignation.
| eThis charge had been made two years
| before by the Hamburger Nachrichten.
Bismarcks chief press supporter He
| frequently wrote articles on state az
fairs for the aper--Editor's Note)
BY this means ! hoped TO narrow the
breach between Bismarck and the gov
| eminent, and ] wanted personally % 60
! TO Frtedrichsruh (Frederick's Rest, Bis
| marck's favorite country place near
| Hamburg) and deliver 70 him the invIs
taton 20 christen the ship which was
to bear his name Incidentally / cav
an opportunity TO win tho fallen chan.
| cellorB blessing for the naval bill
(The naval Bill was the question Of
| the day In Germany at that time. Al.
| though Bismarck still held his seat In
| the reichstag, no seldom entered politi-
cal controversies. The elerieals and So
eialists opposed the naval bill and ID
combat them Won Tirpits shrewdly at
tempted TO enlist the former chancellor 4
aid. His wide popularity had been
shown shortly before when the German
| people made him gift Of more thar
81 900, 000,--Editor's Note) 4
l The emperor agreed, but later, befofs
l / had made my visit, sent BismAfeh
an official letter inviting him TO launch
q ship, the name for which he did mol
ful act TO increase the pleasure Of thi
\ prince BY adding TO II the element 81
surprise when he should learn that the
ship he was TO christen hore his owr
name. Such kindly acts we're charae-
tsristie Of the emperor.
Il Bismarck, ignorant OF the honor whiet
was 10 be done him, replied that h,
was too old for such things. Then
received the command 70 straighten on
the situation which lnnocently enough
had gotten into a pretty niuddle,
A Visit to Iron Chancellor"
when entered his house the tanii,
was already at thu table. The prince
was citing at the end. He rose, hi
manner cold but polite and looking
very much the grand seigneur re
insined standing until was seated FL
Was tormepted BY violent neuralgi,
pains and kept holding to his cheel
India rubber bottles filled with no
watAr, He ate sGraped meat ard onll
spoke with the greatest difficulty,
| After drinking bottle ana half o
champagne he became more lively
When the simple meal was finished
the Countess Wilhelm Bismarck 9TH
wife Of his younger SOM III his lonl
pipe for him and left the room
The atmosphere was sultry, Sudden
! ~ the princes great eyebrows contract
ed He gave me an annihilatihg look
Il am no tomeat that gives of
sparks when II is stroked."
an not generally very ready will
my tongue but could not remain silen
in the face Of these desperate pros
poets, so ] replied
80 far as know, those are onl.
| black cats. your hlghness"
| Count Kuno Rantzau, Bismarck's son
| fnslaw, and distant relative % tn
present Count Brockdorff- aantsau, pu
"The admiral is right, Only blacl
cats a. that"
The atmosphere became less slectrit
II delivered my message and Bismarc
replied that he could mt 80 to kisl an
put on his uniform ana spurs, cndin
| with the words. Il do not wish to ap
pear before the public Az y ruiz"
} Drank Beer in Carriage.
After we had been sitting at the tahI
about two. hours he asked me TO 70 70
ride with Him through Sachsenwal
(Saxon forest, beautiful tract Of wood
land on Bismarek'e Lauenberk estates,
He never rested IN the afternoon. tn
carriage In which we rode was loade'
with big bottles. Of beer piled to tn
right and lelt OF US The prince con
tlnuBlly opened and drank them but
found u hard TO keep pace with hi
, iron constitution.
SO that he could speak freely IN III
presence of the coRehmaH, the prime
| did not use German and because hi
mature combined delicaoy with foroeful
ness, and because he knew me to b
familiar with 1t, he chose English ~ tn
, best medium, He spoke the languag
oxeellently,
He was unsparipg In his criticism 9
the emperor, but did not mind MY TAX
Ing exception 70 his strong expression,
for he realised. that as an officer
must taAs tss SsEE1psror'si ., SIDE -. -.
4 prince The last time was with tn
emperor who announced himself wit
his whole suite rather suddenly
> FrledArlchsruh lust after the cerenonis
departure OF Prince Henry for Using
n tao,
h (Tsing-tno or Kiaau-chow, Is one {
/ the principal seaports Of the Shantun
| peninsula. The port aud adjoining ter
| rltory was demanded and taken by Gel
/ many IN November, 1897, IN retaliation
II for the murder of two German mis-
/ sionaries by Chinese bandits Prime
| Henry, at the head Of the Second file,
| was sent over to take formal posses
sion In one OF his "godspeed" speecht
II TO Prince Henry, the Kaiser coined h
mailed fist euphenilsm which sWei
II Europe Editors NoteN
II Bismarck received the emperor In h
wheel chair at the modest entrance
II his country home, We went stralgl
ii to the table where Bismarck seatt
ii himself painfully and with some assis
ance, He appeared 20 be complete
4 tagged by the effort hut after he ha
Il been sitting for some time he llven'
III | ND aERin-- STA fsttssy -'-"
II My place was diagonally opposite u