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marck observes, "the things said about
him were really very nasty"
Williams Vanity Wounded.

tnarcK observes, tine things said about
him were really very nasty"
Williams Vanity Wounded.
The chancellor derived great pleas:
ure from the Incident, buSEWilliam
was very hurt and angry, both at the
czar and at Bismarck, because of the
situation in which he had found him
self placed and the wound to his van
ity. Shortly after this, while his rage
was still hot, he heard of some III
founded report by an obscure German
consul In Russia which told of an al
legged mobilization Of the Russian
army. Bismarck had not thought It
worth calling to the kaiser's attention,
as there were slight grounds for be-
ieving the report. But the kaiser be-
lieved every word Of 1t, and wrote a
discourteOus note to. the chancellor
asking why such important informa-
ton had been withheld from him. He
declared that the empire was threat
ened and that counter measures must
be taken at once against the threat
ened Russian menace. .us. ~
Bismarck's policy had been tradi-
t.onally pro-Russian for 80 years, and
he knew that there was no ground for
alarm. Action on the part OF the Ger
man empire would have caused un-
necessary complications and might
have ended in real trouble. Bismarck
won his point, but at the cost of great
" strained relations with the throne.
This quarrel soon merged into an
other, for Bismarck. who felt that he
was being supplanted by others In the
confidence OF the kaiser, suddenly in
sisted on constitutional clause, 40
years old, which forbade the ministers
70 converse officially with the SOW
ereign except through the medium of
the premier Bismarck was both
PrussIan premier and imperial chan
cellor, and was determined to let no
one but himself exercise q direct per-
sonal influence on the monarch. The
kaiser. who liked to talk personally
with his ministers and who favored n
| direct government policy. demanded
4 the abolition OF the clause Bismarck
refused, but offered to resign
The offer was a mere gesture. Bis
marck had rendered his resignation
many times before when he wished to
gain point, and had always won. At
one time the kaiser had returned a
| written offer with the word "Never"
scribbled across it, But now he sent
the chief Of the civil cabinet to call
for the offer Of resignation at Bis
marck's house. The chancellor refused
tc he hurried. Carefully and slowly
he began the wording Of the reslgna-
tion. An afternoon and evening passed.
and the next morning the kaiser lost
patience and sent an adjutant with
the message:
His majesty will walt until two
o'clock for the document"
Bismarck told the adjutant that he
was ''ready to sign his own resigna-
tion at any moment" but that he
needed time to write out his offer IL
the tone was to befit the dignity of his
office. But the kaiser did not waiver
In his decision. Bismarck was dis
missed. In an effort to conciliate him
William conferred upon the outgoing
chancellor the otitle of duke, but the
honor was not accepted.
General Capriyi was at once named
as his successor and as soon as his
resignation had been received Bis
marck was hurried out Of the chan
cellor's palace with unseemly haste.
He says that while his servants were,
still packing up his possessions the;
lackeys Of his successor occupied the
stairs, doors and passages OF the pal
ace" and part Of the palace was al
ready, taken possession Of by General
Caprivi before Bismarck left.
In the third volume, Bismarck, hav-s
Ing brought the story OF his own pol
liticai career to an end. adds a mali,
cious chapter Of criticism Of theS
kaiser. He also attacks. Caprivi fors
exchanging Zanzibar for HelIgoland,
and, for not renewing the treaty with
RUSSIA. He closesnwith the prophecy
of ruin and, catastrophe for the ma.
lions of Europe. NO anAp ~