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Show BISMARCK AMI WILLI AM I. MOV STOIHES OK Tint JEALOUS niW-FKKESCES niW-FKKESCES IH-nVKSX THEM. "Prince HIsmarck and the Hoheii-zollern" Hoheii-zollern" Is the title under whlib tlie Hreslauer Zntung has given to the world a uew and astonishing version of some events In recent German history. At first the articles under this head were regarded as a trifle too sensational to be worthy of credence. Corroborative prool of the truth of them has. ho ever, coiuo from various sources In the losttwo or three netkr, and all the German dalles have been forced to discuss the relations cf the ex-Chancellor ani William 1 in the new light. "At no time," says the Hreslauer Zeltung, "did tlie legendary legend-ary relations of unruffled serenity exist between lnifror an-J Chancellor. Chan-cellor. With every new success suc-cess tlio Cliancellor's desire to rule lucreased beyond measure. Succest, and ambition raised his position lu Mich an unusual height that it began be-gan to ovendiadow the throne. King William saw tills In l37,nnl looked about for a remedy. At that time he sal J t the Crown Print : 'This rain lias grown too great furu. We must get a substitute, and I ok your help lu my efforts to flud one." The Crown Prince turned at once to Here vonQruner,as-.lataulsscretarv of the Interior lu tlie ol.l Liberal ministry. For an unknown reason tho plan to elevate Von Urunrr to Illsmarck's iosIUoc fell through. We know, however, that eversjuce this affair I'rioce ISUmnrck has cheri'hed the deepest resentment against Von Uruner, aud when the honored ol J man, on his ssveutltth birth Jay, was elevated to the rank of Iteil l'rlvy Councilor, Prince HIsmarck did the unprecedented act of preventing the publication of tlio event In tho Ileichanzelger, thus confining the excellencv of Here von Qruner to tho limits o"f the court. We also k no- that allor this episode tbo Chancellor felt uncertain uncer-tain In his office an t regarded with Jealousy every gifted and favored minister who might in any way be considered a rival. And with some Justification, for the feeling tint posstx-ed the King in ISS7 grew stronger with tho next fifteen years. Tlie -6itlon of the Chancellor be-came be-came even nnre despotic, his Irritability Irrita-bility even greater, hi presence In lleriln even more Infrequent, Ills requests fur release from his cfllcial duties were more persl'tent. Why dl J not the King grant these requests; re-quests; Simply on acccunt of the extreme difficulty of flndtuajamau equal to assuming il!-iiank's heritage. heri-tage. ''The age of tlie King was abo of moment. In Ib67 King William might liave felt able to enrry on the government with the aid of thenew mlui-U-r. Teu years later, after his eightieth birthday aud witli a con-stilution con-stilution shaken by the Xolteling attempt at assassination, such an effort was out of the question. Thereto were to be added tlio marvelous mar-velous success of the Chancellor, and his ingenuity in finding a way out of tlie mo-t desperate strait. So the Cmperor resigned himself to his laiuful position as tlie less of the two evils. From wioh vonsklera-tioaa vonsklera-tioaa came the fsiuous 'never,' If It was ever spoken, when Hlsmank handed In next to his last requnt from him for relief from duty. Die last request was refused so cooily by the Kmperor that HIsmarck never made a move toward making ano.her one." Among the many journals that have published circumstantial evidence evi-dence of the correctness of this new view of an old subject Is the t'rcuiL-furicrZeUuna, t'rcuiL-furicrZeUuna, which says: us Mio .ciauuu.-- mstcu 11IS- mirckand Kmperor William I. have become the subject of general dis-cuvslon, dis-cuvslon, it may be interesting to know how fully can-clous the Chancellor Chan-cellor was of the sensitiveness of his imperial lord as to the common report re-port of the minister's prt-iionderance lathe government. M-niirck frequently fre-quently related to his most Intimate friends this story: Durincthe French war HIsmarck and tho King sat one afternoon in the same compartment of a train that halted at a way station sta-tion for water. German peasants were discussing tho war on the station platform, and one of them shouted: 'Yes, yc, the Uis-marckiana Uis-marckiana are coming.' The King a-ked at one: 'What did that mau say?' Hlsmank answered that he had not understood. There was a long silence. Then tltcs King said: Tho people should understand that the troops are mine, not yours.' Smco then, added tlio Chancellor, my wife has often reminded mo of tliU little convcrsatlou, and, when- nt,r T h.trrt tiro.n In il-.f--- .f hurting the pride of my old lord, has warned me: T.cmember tlie Hlsmarcklans.'" The memories of Privy Court Councilor Schneider, recently published, pub-lished, rantaln numerous incidents illustrative of the ill-feeling with which William I regarded the tendency of his people to ascribe all good and great Grrman things to lib Chanctllor. Acta YurLSun. |