Chapter 15

It is to this visit that a well-known anecdote refers; having landed at Hull one Sunday morning, he was walking along the streets whistling, when a chance acquaintance of the voyage asked him to desist. Disgusted, he left the town. The story, as generally told, says that he went to Edinburgh; we can have no doubt that Scarborough was meant.

[3]

Life of Herr v. Thadden-Triglaff, by Eleanor, Princess of Reuss.

[4]

This trait is confirmed by Busch, who in his record of the conversations of Bismarck observes that with one or two exceptions he seldom had a good word to say for his colleagues.

[5]

I take the metaphor from Gerlach, but the English language does not allow me to adopt the whole.

[6]

Kohl prints a memorandum of this year (1861) which probably is that sent to Herr von Below; in it the ideas of the letter are developed at greater length and the language is more cautious; Bismarck recommends in it a representation of the people at the Diet, but points out that under present circumstances the consent of the Diet could not be attained; the plan to which he seems to incline is that of a separate union between some of the States; exactly the plan which Radowitz had followed and Bismarck had ten years before so bitterly opposed.

[7]

Speech of January 28, 1886.

[8]

The complication of offices became most remarkable when Bismarck in later years undertook the immediate direction of trade. He became Minister of Finance for Prussia; and we have a long correspondence which he carries on with himself in his various capacities of Prussian Minister, Prussian representative in the Council, and Chancellor of the Empire.

[9]

Sybel states that this was not the case.

[10]

Some of the more exaggerated statements were contradicted at the time, apparently by Prince Radziwill, but in the excitement of the moment no one paid attention to this.

[11]

Comte Hérisson d'Hérisson,Journal d'un officier d'ordonnance.

[12]

The Ghibellines were expelled from Italy in 1267, when Conradin of Hohenstaufen was beheaded by Charles of Anjou.

[13]

Our knowledge of this treaty is still very incomplete; even the date is not certain, but it seems most probable that it was executed at this time. Neither Bismarck's own memoirs nor Busch's book throw any light upon it.

[14]

It must be remembered that our knowledge of these events is imperfect and probably inaccurate; it is at least one-sided. It comes entirely from the published statements of those who gained their information directly or indirectly from Bismarck.

A

Alexander, Prince, of Battenberg,

448-450

Army, 295

Arnim, Count, 19-21, 46

Arnim, Oscar von, marries Malvina

von Bismarck, 25

Augustenburg, Frederick, Prince

of, 202-209, 213-224, 227,

228, 230-237, 246

B

Bazaine, Marshal, 361, 373

Benedetti, Count Vincent, 270-272,

275, 277-282, 322, 330-333,

336-338, 340-342

Bennigsen, 392, 394

Berlin, its condition after the

Revolution, 47, 50, 51

Bismarck, the family of, its

origin and history, 1-12

Bismarck, August von, 5

Bismarck, August von, the

Landrath, 8

Bismarck, August Friedrich

von, 9

Bismarck, Bernhard von, 11, 22,

23

Bismarck, Carl Alexander von, 9

Bismarck, Friedrich von, the

"Permutator," 5

Bismarck, Friedrich Wilhelm

von, 9

Bismarck, Herbert von, 347

Bismarck, Herbort von, 2

Bismarck, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich

von, 10; his marriage,

10; moves to Pomerania, 11,

21; to Schoenhausen, 22, 25,

26

Bismarck, Malvina von, 11, 22;

marries Oscar von Arnim, 25

Bismarck, Nicolas (or Claus)

von, 3

Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold

von, his birth, 1; ancestry, 1-12;

destined for Diplomatic

Service, 14; at school in Berlin,

14, 15; enters at Göttingen,

15; his personal appearance

and character, 16; enters Corps

of Hanoverians, 16; his university

career, 16-18; leaves

Göttingen, 18; enters at Berlin,

18; takes degree of Doctor

of Law, 19; early official life,

19; appointed Auscultator at

Berlin, 19; transferred to administrative

side and to Aix-la-Chapelle,

19; his life at

Aix, 20; transferred to Potsdam,

21; begins army service

in Jaeger at Potsdam, 21;

transferred to Jaeger at Stettin,

21; settles in Pomerania,

22; his attendance at lectures

in agricultural college near

Greifswald, 22; his successful

management of the Pomeranian

estates, 22, 23; takes

Kniephof on division of estates,

23; his wildness, 23; enters

as lieutenant of Landwehr in

cavalry, 23; saves groom from

drowning, 23; his restlessness

and discontent, 24; travels, to

Paris, London, Hull, Scarborough,

York, Manchester, 24;

his letters from Schoenhausen,

25-27; member of Diets of

Pomerania and of province

containing Schoenhausen, 27;

Referendar at Potsdam, resigns,

28; his hatred of

Prussian bureaucracy, 28, 61;

his interest in his duties as

landed proprietor, 28; Inspector

of Dykes for Jerichow,

29; his intimacy with the religious

coterie at Triglaff, 29,

30; his religious convictions

and their effect on his monarchical

feeling, 31, 32; his

engagement, 32; summoned to

attend meeting of Estates General

in Berlin, 33; enters on

his Parliamentary duties, 38;

opposes action of Liberals,

38-40; his remarks on Prussia

and England, 41; on the Jews

and the Christian State, 41,

42; returns to Pomerania, 43;

his marriage, 43; his wedding

journey, meets the King of

Prussia, returns to Schoenhausen,

43, 44; his sentiments

on the Revolution, writes to

the King, hurries to Berlin,

45, 46; collects signatures for

address of loyalty, 46; at meeting

of Estates General, 46,

47; writes articles, takes part

in calling meeting, and in

founding theKreuz Zeitung,

48, 49; his counsels and aid

to the King, 50, 51; takes

seat in new Assembly, 52;

opposes amnesty, 51, 52; in

new Parliament, opposes Parliamentary

control of taxes,

54, 55; opposes reference to

foreign customs, 55-59; believes

in Parliament for

Prussia, 60-62; his hatred of

Liberalism, 60; on civil marriage

and Christianity, 63, 64;

on the Prussian nobility, 64;

his geniality, 65; his Parliamentary

speeches, 66, 67; his

partial knowledge of the people,

68; sustains the King's

refusal of the German crown,

73, 74; advocates independence

of Prussia, 74-78; in

Parliament of Erfurt, 79, 80;

advises peace with Austria, 81;

defends the Ministry, 82-84;

Ambassador at Frankfort, 84,

85; his characteristics, 86; at

Frankfort, 86; letters to his

wife, 88-91; his opinions of

the diplomatists, 89-91;

entrusted with management

of the Press, 92; his idea

of newspapers, 94; smoking in

the military commission, 95,

96; his defence of Prussian interests,

96, 97; home and social

life in Frankfort, 98; his distaste

for Parliamentary life,

99; duel with Vincke, 99, 100;

member of House of Lords,

100; his power of work, his

despatches, 100, 101; on

special mission to Vienna, 101;

his policy of seeking allies for

Prussia against Austria, 102,

103; his policy as to Russia

and the Western Powers, 104-110;

his policy toward France,

113-120; sent to Paris, meets

Napoleon, 118; his ideal of

foreign policy, 121-125; loss

of popularity at Court, 125,

126; his attitude toward the

new Ministry, 128; recalled

from Frankfort, 129; appointed

Minister to St. Petersburg,

132; his advice as to

Austria, 133, 134; his journeys,

his prolonged illness, and

its effect, 135; supports the

Government, 136; his sentiments

as to France, 137, 138;

returns to Russia, 138; interview

with Prince Regent, 139;

his friendship with Roon, 143;

sent for by Roon, his reply,

145-147; arrives in Berlin, interview

with the King, 147;

his memorandum and letter

on German affairs, 148, 149;

returns to St. Petersburg, 150;

goes to Berlin, 153; offered

post of Minister-President,

appointed Minister to Paris,

154; in Paris, 155; visits London,

meets Disraeli, 156, 157;

his advice to Roon, 158; leave

of absence, 159; summoned to

Berlin, 160; appointed Minister-President,


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