| OCR Text |
Show BISMARCK ON RUSSIAN " - Although Illsmnrck knew Russian well, ho declined to tako nny notice of dispatches addressed to tho German Ger-man forolgn olllco in that languago. "My predecessor," ho onco related, "wrqto to all tho diplomatists in German, Ger-man, and they replied each In his own language Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and what not. I decided that all com munlcatlons received ln languages other than German, French, English, and Italian should bo loft unnoticed. Dudberg, the Russian ambassador In Berlin, wrote me screed after screed always In Russian. No answer was roturnod and at last ho came to ask tho reason for my sllonco. There is a great pllo of documonts In Russian downstairs, I told him; yours are probably amongst them. Wo have no ono who understands Russian nnd I havo given Instructions for all documents docu-ments written in a languago wo do not understand to bo put away In tho archives. It was then arranged that Hudborg should wrlto to us In French." London Chronicle |
