| Show A PECULIAR CA CASE SE prince bismarck Bia marck occupies a peculiar position one that is in more so BO than ar any y he be lias has yet been in and his life of late years yeara has hag been far from exemption from annoying situations he would have it appear that he interpolated the concluding sentence of king william williams s reply to the french minister at ems in 1870 this thia being the direct cause of the ministers recall and the declaration of war by louis napoleon ble bis marcks opponents and enemies claim the other way that the king himself wrote the entire message and was alone responsible for its ita contents contento it thus ap ric peara a ra that the prince is trying to convict t himself of forgery and those who are aga against dinst him in everything are determined ter mined that out his hia innocence shall be h established establish fd edl that the master mind of the great chancellor and patriotic german was wag 8 a constant guide to the sturdy prussian monarch is admitted on all sides aides how bow far such each guidance went no DO one but bismarck himself can tell if he be made the change claimed by him he did a 1 most shameful thing the only defense to which is in the doubtful one of the end justifying the means meane he claims that the interpolation wab what provoked france into declaring war and A as 6 a result of the war germany became g a confederation with the former king of a part the emperor of all implying that the rulers reply as 88 it came from his bis hand would not have been such provocation nor resulted in its authora promotion can the annals of his history tory furnish a more peculiar case cage ot of strate rio not to say pay criminal statecraft than this |
