PRINCE BISMARCK'S FORTHCOMING BOOK.

Bush Advocate, Volume VII, Issue 475, 30 May 1891, Page 6

PRINCE BISMARCK'S FORTHCOMING BOOK.

"REVELATIONS OF SECRET NEGOTIATIONS." (pall mall gazette). The Gaulois has published a letter from Berlin annou»ncing that the work which. Prinoe Bismarck intends to publish -will contain revelations of Becret negotiations which. preceded the Berlin Congress, and wilt deal with the recent combinations of the* the Triple Alliance, showing how Turkey, Greece, and England have been duped during the lasfc two years. These revelations, addar tho corresondent, are oontained in private letters, thus rendering it impossible for the Imperial Chancellery to take proceedings against the Prince. The relations of Prince Bismarck with the*Emperor and the Government are, as mightbe expected, exciting the keenest interest ia Germany. THE EX-OHANCKLLOB'S POSITION', On the Bch February Prince Bismarck was waited upon by a deputation which conferred on bim the freedom of the city of Augsburg, and an account of the interview, received from Augsburg, is, under present circumstances, nofc without interest. "Princ* Bismarck," we are told, " gave evidence of * bodily vigour and mental vivacity rare- inf ts man ef his years, and betrayed not a trace of irritation or vindiotivehess, or of any attention to oppose or embarrass his successor. He does not, indeed, regard events with indifference. He is naturally disquieted when, in his opinion, some injury ia being done to the empire either by acts of omission. or commission, and in thafc case he deems ithia duty to raise a warning voice. On hearing that a meeting of South German peasants had decided to oppose a polioy which is. depriving Germany of the corn duties, and giving her the Jesuits instead, he expressed approval, and added that he earnestly "desired the preservation of the German peasantry." This reference to the corn duties* bears on the pending negotiations betweei. Germany and Austria for a revision of their p.esent commercial treaty, which that agrariana fear may prove damaging to thoir interests, .while the re-admis-sion of the Jesuit? into the empire, from which they were expelled by one of the earliest of the May laws, is beina: again demanded by the clericals, and may even Be conceded by a Government whichhas done ao much already to conciliate the goodwill of Rome. At the reception of a deputation from Aix-la-Chapell e on tbe 17th January, the Prince said: " People are already beginning to break off bits from various parte of the edifioe of the empire, which, however, firmly built." COT/LD PEINOE Bl____EC_: POEM A PASTY ? How far Prince Bismarck oould count upon the support of the Conservatives, if he were to .enter . upon an open contest with General Caprivi, it is difficult to say (says the writer of a letter which has been received in Amsterdam), bufc if the present Chancellor were to be overthrown through the Parliamentary action of his predecessor in office government without the Prince would be almost an impossibility. There is, however, a factor in the German political world which is superior to all Parliamentary combinations. ' The Emperor is determined that Bismarck shall not return to power. Hitherto tho sovereign has ignored the Fronde, though he has nofc hesitated to openly express the opinion that the ex-Chancellor is a _elfsoeking politician. Bufc ifc is believed that hia Majesty has now resolved to take some decisive action. At tho recent Parliamentary dinner at General Caprivi's, the Emperorcondemned in no measured terms the •proceedings of Prince Bismarck, and the political world is awaitisg with keen interest tho development of events. COUNT SCnOUVALOF-" AXD HEER BLEICI-EODEH-AT FBXEDRICHSB.H. The assertion that the Emperor waa present at the meeting of the Royal Council of State on Sunday ia unfounded. It was tho Cabinet, and not the council, that met or* Sunday. As to Count Schouvaloff's visit to Friedrichsruh, ifc was paid with the Emperor's approval, and was of a purely private natureAt the same time, ifc is quite conceivable, says tbe Berlin correspondent of tho Standard. thafc the ambassador drew the Prince's attention to the irritation caused there by the article of the Hamburger Nachrichten, the Miinchener Allgemeine, and other papers. Herr von Bleichroder, who was at Eriedricheruh 10 days ago, did the same, but the efforts of both were foredoomed to failure, as the Prince has repeatedly declared that he will allow no one to rob him of his right ta speak out. THE EAIPEBOR'S ATTITUDE, With regard to the Emperor's attitude towards Prince Bismarck, the idea that hia Majesty had considered the question of prosecuting the ex- Chancellor ia altogether wide of the mark. Nofc only does the Emperor adhere to hia opinion tnat Prince Bismarck may, in accordance with the Constitution, say and write whatever he likes so long aa he does not break the law, bufc that it ia also out of the question to proceed against the Prince for articles published on the responsibility, of the editors of tho papers in whiol. they appeared, and tho authorship ol which cannot be direotly brought home to the Prince himself. The only way to deal with these newspapers, so long as they keep within legal bounds— and they aro not likely to overstep them — is to contradict or set rightany false assertions they may make by means of "inspired articles in the Reich sameiger; or other Government organs. And ifc is this course whioh has now been decided upon. General von Caprivi, at the Council of State held on Sunday, when tho subject came up for consideration, declared that it would be beneath hia dignity to punish the exChancellor according to tbe example set hiia by Prince Bismarck in tho case of Count Arnim. .