| Show germanas germanys Germ anys I 1 ruin AM in kl was predicted redic ted by n bismarck marck is prophecy and bitter attack on william 11 II in suppressed volume of memoirs GALLS CALLS KAISER VAIN AND WEAK statesman said terrible catastrophe would hit all the nations of europe attempts made to pre vent publication of book bo ok london 1 I see great perils rising a germany find and indeed for the whole df at europe the longer the catastrophe Is in coming coining the more terrible it will be the prophecy comes from the long suppressed third volume of 0 prince marcks Bis demoris me moris which have just been made public in germany despite tile opposition ot of the kalser kaiser and his friends friend a bismarck wrote the story of its lift life in three volumes entitled T thoughts and 11 reflections e 11 e talons the first two volumes being the story sory ot of his rise rime to power and the third the story of the iron chancellors dismissal by william n H a boy monarch whom he characterizes characterize as dreamy and vain the first fart two volumes were published but the ard volume although in print was neer released to tile the german people because the men who bo surrounded the kaiser feared a scandal would result it has at last appeared after a legal battle tor for its suppression nod and a summary sod and extracts I 1 of the book have been printed in the lache Arti articles clel 1 summarizing the th volume also have appeared in the english Englin li press called william 11 II vain and weak bismarck in his analysis of william 11 depicts him as having frederick Is 18 craving tor for show frederick william wililam ills U love for tall soldier fellows frederick the greats thirst for glory frederick william dreaminess and weakness and frederick ills unity and sensitiveness only from one of his ancestors did tie ie inherit nothing from froin his grandfather william L I 1 says the iron Manc chancellor ellor who served both monarchs such uncomplimentary sketches together with personal letters from the kaiser which he be did not wish to have made public caused the imperial ban on no the book the first chapter of the volume tells of the admiration which the young prince william at farst felt for the vetran statesman who was then imperial chancellor ile he spoke of bis marcks magnificent work of his love of the fatherland and tits his building up op of the empire and uttered the hope trat bismarck would continue to guard and protect his country hero warship short lived this attitude of hero worship on the part of the prince did not last long however the men were basically different and these differences frences lf were soon manifested A clergyman named stocker hall had made himself conspicuous as rn on antl anti and bismarck and william quarreled oer him defended the man chile the chancellor declared him doubly dan dangerous gero for he Is a political clergyman and a clerical politician the breach willener wH will eneil ened and it is evident that prince williams admiration for bismarck if ever sincere soon cooled even in the HIP year before william I 1 died the prince drew up tip a proclamation la laying down the attitude which he intended to pursue once lie he became kaiser it sad that lie he should deliberate with Ms his oun on fill higher gern in n rulers and princes before lie gave them their orders and that clint these colleagues must not be allowed to 10 grow too overhearing iver hearing As president of the german bund the kaiser was only the first among equals and find no ground tor for adopting tills this egoistic and dominant attitude ile he insisted however that this thlu decree should ile he sealed up and sent seat to the various prussian embassies and legations throughout the empire there to be promulgated on his coronation day so 0 o that all might know ills his wishes and be advised of what lie proposed to do ven even before he began to coan command an d burn bum document says say bismarck I 1 cifor doing so 0 o however boever lie he sent gent tile the document to M bismarck marck and asked his DIS opinion may I 1 respectfully ask your royal highness to throw the draft you have so kindly sent we me into the fire without delay was Bis marcks answer when the prince came into authority it y bismarck was retained as imperial chancellor but now found that he had a group of opponents to deal with in the new dew government the grand duke of baden AVald waldersee ersee and botticher all conspired against him both at court and in parliament bismarck in them the memoirs scores these men and the new dew circle of friends that the kaiser had gathered about him he speaks for example examples e of heyden of whom politicians say that he Is a painter and painters say that he Is a politician Bott botticher lelier who owed his place to its won great influence or over er the kaiser at Bis marcks expense and the young monarch gave less heed beed to the lie older mans counsel tile the time was slowly approaching for the dropping of the pilot who ho had stood so long at the helm belm of prussia nod and the empire many of the raisers kaisers kai sers policies at tills this period show a creditable amount of enlightenment although bismarck did not believe them practicable william 11 II at this time espres expressed ed sympathy for the working classes and dreamed of better labor laws and class rec reconciliation onellia bismarck on the other hand thou thought glit that the workers ought to be kept down don the kaiser had his own way and better labor laws were passed despite Bis marcks opposition such defeats weakened ened tile the chancellors ors power and lie even wondered vt whether hether he ought to send in his bis resignation Ign atlon bismarck considers resigning thus the storm gathered in january anil february and was marked by a scene in the imperial palace at berlin tempers had risen on both sides over the matter in dispute find and at last tile chancellor put the direct question it appears then that I 1 dal am in your maje way the kaiser adds bismarck sald said nothing and therefore assented after tills this bismarck again considered offering his resignation but he did not do so in fact he became obstinate and ultimately decided to make it as difficult as possible for the kaner kaiser to dismiss him meanwhile however the kaiser was nas growing crowing stronger in the government the ministers in the cabinet turned against bismarck and he felt his grip weakening once he asked for an explanation of why the ministers favored the kaiser against him and one replied confidentially we must do something to please him meaning the 1 alser bismarck answered ironically that lie he was glad to see the monarchy so firmly lashed the monarchy that was so shaken when ht he became chancellor chancellor defies kaiser matters came to a crisis toward the end of march bismarck had received the leader of the center party parly at his home and the kaiser resented tills this net act bismarck claimed the right to receive distinguished poll ft ube chenever never and wherever he pleased the kaiser asked 1 I ei en if 1 I your sovereign forbid y you oil to yes rien een then bismarck answered AN william then talked about tile the new and about insurance bobb subjects on oil which lie he knew the chancellors cel lors alex views g were opposed to his 0 oui n he spoke of ills fits great wish to visit tile the ezi conr r ils as soon 0 ai possible Dis bismarck marck did not approve of this his and the hal kaler haler er knew it tile the chancellors atis xer to tile the suggestion was no to 10 take a document from his portfolio slid and warn varn against the visit saying that prince hatzfeld tile the ger roan inan amba ambassador isador ut at london had bad made note buies of some very unpleasant till things n gs 0 the e car had sald of tile the balser these notes were contained in III the document bismarck exhibited but would nit did show to william the kalser kaiser insisted that lie read them but bismarck said that such distressing state depts could not very well be rend read aloud the kaiser snatched the document from Bis marcks hands and began to read tor for himself him hims salt alf ills his face grew pale with anger for as his BIs marck observes the things said about him were really very natty williams vanity wounded the chancellor derived great plena ure ore from the incident but william was very hurt anti and angry both at the iho czar and at bismarck because of the situation bitu atlon in which lie had found himself bi in placed and the wound to his vani van ity shortly after this while his bis rage was still hot he be heard beard of some in founded four dod report re port by an obscure Gerin german viii consul in russia which told of an alleged mobilization of the russian russia army bismarck had bad not thought ii it j worth calling to the kaisers keisers kai sers attention as there were slight grounds for be the report but the kaiser be oe cleved every word of it and wrote a discourteous note to the chancellor asking why by such important information had been withheld from him lie he declared that the empire was wag threatened and that counter measures must be taken at once against the ahrent threatened russian Ilus sian menace Bis marcks policy had been traditionally tio nally pro for 30 years anil and he be knew thac bile there was no ground tor for alarm aati in on the part of the german epim e PIM would have caused unnecessary complications and might have bore ended in real trouble bismarck won ills his point but at the cost of grent ly strained relations with the throne this quarrel soon merged into another for bismarck who felt that he was as being supplanted by others in the confidence of the kaiser suddenly insisted on a constitutional clause 40 years old which aich forbade the ministers to converse officially with tho the soy sovereign except through the medium of the premier bismarck was both prussian premier and imperial chancellor and was as determined to let no one but himself exercise a direct personal influence or on the monarch tile ali kaiser who liked to talk personally with iolj his ministers and who favored favo reil a direct government policy demanded the abolition of the clause Bis bismarck marel refused but offered to resign the offer was as a mere gesture BI BIA marck had tendered red his resignation many before when A bell lie he wished to gain a point and had always won at A 1 one time the kalser kaiser had returned a written offer with the word never scribbled across it buell bubnow now lie sent tile the chief of the civil cabinet to call for the offer of resignation at bis marcks house the chancellor refused tr tc lie he hurried carefully anil and slowly he began begaii the wording of the tion alun an afternoon and evening passed and the next morning the kalser kaiser lost patience end and sent an all adjutant elih III the he message ills his majesty will wait unit until two for the lie document bismarck told toi the adjutant tant he was ready to sign his own resignation at any moment but that he be needed time to write out ills his offer it if the tone it was as to befit the dignity of his bin office but alie kaiser did not waiver ln in his decision bismarck was dismissed in III an all effort to conciliate him william conferred upon the outgoing chancellor the title of duke but the lionor bonor u was as not accepted general caprisi caprivi was ot at once named as lili successor and as soon noon ns as hl resignation had been received els was uns hurried out of the chancellors cel lors palace with unseemly haste lie he says that while his servants were still packing up tip his possessions lackeys of ills successor occupied IN tb stairs doors and passages of till the palace slid and part of the palace was already taken of by general capi ii before kasmarck Kis marck left ir the third volume bismarck barins baring brought lit the story of his fits own political career to oil an end adds a malicious chapter of criticism of the kaiser lie ile also attacks for ing zanzibar for hell oland and for not IvIng the treaty with russia Ius sla lie closes with the prophecy of ruin and catastrophe for the nations of europe |
