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Show Blow to Austria's Supremacy. It used to bo tho privilege of Aus- j trla's representative, at any confer- i once of representatives of tho Qerman states, to smoko, tho others refraining, ' This was supposed to bo an acknowledgement acknowl-edgement of Austria's supremacy. At tho first conference that Bismarck at-. tended as Prussia's representative ho began to puff smoke across tho confer-once confer-once tablo as soon as tho Austrian diplomat dip-lomat lit up. That sot everybody pros-ent pros-ent to smqklng on equal term.! and Austria's supremacy got a blow. |