Show BISlUnCKS SUCCESSOK GEEUAL Vo CAWUVI has owl denly crme into prominence aa successor to Prince Ilismarck lei le-i necessarily object of Interest 0 as but little I known of him the following biographical ski tcli Mill doubtless be perused with interest in-terest George lee von Oaprfvi de Caprara de Montccucull H tbe full name of the man whom the young Empernr h called to step into tbe shorn of Bismarck Bis-marck The came would lead one to believe that he was a cenJantof tbe grrat general the Count of Montoca call time associate of Prince Eugene and the great Earl of Marlborough the man who Li credited bS tradition with the DOW famous uUern that three ting necessary for war of which the first t money the second money and tbe third morn nvmey But there is n < connection between Caprivl and the two living branches of tho ilomccuculLo Gea Caprlvi i lost such a man ai the young toMier omicron would b likely to Eelec lieu a soldIer what tbe Germans cat schno dig That seems to exhaust what i know him t the world In general whatever the Emperor ma know of him privately Capriri hanover ha-nover been prominent In any diplomatic diplo-matic capacity Ho Is at present chit of the admiralty holding bunch the rank of vice admiral and h occupied that position since 18S3 The greet progress of the navy of the German empire daring thaw years and the well known personal Interest of tho i young Emperor In that branch of the service may partly account for hIs sadden and entirely unexpected promotIon motion over tbe beads of those who have grown old in the diplomatic err vice and who wero trained under the Uimirck regime Caprivl was born February 21 ISM In Berlin the son of a high Ju dicial offlccr After graduating from one of the gymnaIuins preparatory colleges of the capital ho went Inn the military service April I ISIO join ng Ibo Kaiser Franz Guard Grcna etlene In ISM ho became second lieutenant having in the meantime gone through a course at the military academy and wu made diet lieutenant lieuten-ant in IsW Ifo obtained a captaincy In ISO He went through the war of IttIsI in the Pnuslan army with the rank of major In 1S7D he was mode lieutenant colonel and after the Fran ooPmulan war became colonel in 1ST2 and was placed at tbe bead of I de lartmcnt i the ministry of war lie ran major general In 1877 commander ot a brigade of Infancy at Sun In 87R and of a brigade of the gnard In Berlin In IS31 In December 1S he was transferred to Metz M tho com manderof tbe ThirtIeth division that > cng a most responsible post owing to the then unsettled condition of aflalrs a AlsaceLorraine of which Melz i the principal tore In March of the following year upon the rwigna tion of Stosch he w placed at the hell of the admiralty being promoted meted for that purpose to tho rank of a viceadmiral and becomIng coming I member of tbo cabInet Ills choice created I great deal ot dissalbfoction among naval offl rent Gea Ilatfch who iran next in rank t Gea Sloch resigned in conteqaen o of the slight put upon him but con souted to remain in oClce at the r questor old mperor Willum Gen Caprlvi remained at tho bqid o the navy until June I3 wben be retired la consequence of come disagreement In relation t matters of organlz ion The emperor then conferred upon him thGrand Cronof the K Eiglo and placed him in command of tho Tenth army corpsywblch isstilioncd hanover han-over This position he held at theme the-me of his present appointment |