Show PRINCE BISMARCK of tho centenary CELEBRATION C of Prince Bismarck's birth comes at nt a a. moment when the powerful empire empire empire em- em pire ho bo bt is is in greater danger than at nt any time since since he finished his task His policy of divide and conquer con con- quer queI has hns been abandoned and the grandson of the whom lie he wisely guided is in n the field facing facing fac fac- ing e a world of enemies Bonaparte Bonaparte's 13 military and diplomatic genius never confronted such difficulties as William William Will Will- iam am II of Germany is facing Whether Bismarck's superb statecraft statecraft state state- craft would ha have havo succeeded in ill excluding excluding ing Great Britain from the conflict is perhaps not greatly important Emperor Emperor Emperor Em Em- William is dealing with facts not theories and what what-is is s dono done is doneY done Y Yet ct a study of tho the achievements of tho the iron chancellor warrants s the assumption assumption as ns- that Germany under his guiding hand band would bo ho fi fighting to toda today today to- to da day only the enemies he selected and that he would have known before the 1 Tt n f c 14 1 YO t i Avo t Y fi co war W 1 u ero an u 1 L Vl pe b ever surprised Prince Prine Bismarck since what he desired to happen invariably happened When Bismarck and the tho present kaisers kaiser's grandfather wished to humble humble humble hum hum- ble Austria the he former carefully isolated isolated isolated iso iso- that unhappy countr country and saw to it she had not an ally in Europe when ben the moment camo came to strike When they planned the tho attack ck upon France several se years of careful diplomatic diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic preparation for the struggle left that nation Dation without an ally anywhere Bismarck foresaw what the present Kaiser did not that the tho invasion of Belgium would bung bring Great Britain into the tho struggle Bismarck even refused refused refused re re- re- re fused to return his wounded to Germany Germany Ger Ger- r- r I many b by the thc shorter route through h I Belgium so scrupulous was ho lie in ill observing observing ob ob- ob-i ob serving ser every stipulation Great Brit Brit- ain am made In the arts of peace there can be beno beno beno no comparison between the old ohI Prussian Prussian Prussian sian of blood and iron and the present present pres pres- ent leader of the German people Emperor Emperor Emperor Em Em- William imam understands much that Bismarck did not and Ge Germany any has hns progressed much more rapidly since tho day tho the young emperor II dropped the pilot and took the wheel of the ship of state into his own capable hands |