ANECDOTES OF THE IRON CHANCELLOR.
A LITTLE-KNOWN VICTORY.
.During the siege of Paris the Parisian press printed all sorts of abuse of -the_ invaders. 'Those sauerkrauteating barbarians' Avas a phrase not infrequently made use of. . .When, Jules Favre went for the first tone f rom p ar ; s to Versailles, Bucher, tie chancellor's private secretary, had just receiA'ed some smoked- geese and "smallbarrel of sauerkraut, and these German delicacies were-served as the fast course at dinner, at which Favre sat beside the prince. Favre partook of them with-almost .^venous appetite, and not only ans^red Bismarck's repeated questions 18 to whether he liked thin with the 9°st Satisfactory assurances ■in the affirmative, but also asked the name of ™s 'exquisite dish,' which he had :Jwer tasted before. Bismarck anRered with a chucke, 'Oh, that's the potoHouk choucroute.' This incident. 13 related in 'Bismarck's Table Talk.'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 177, 29 July 1898, Page 5
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