Word: bismarcks
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...tells of the surreptitious beginnings of the German war policy and leads up by stages to the open manifestations of that dread disease?Francophobia. Finally through a maze of diplomatic material M. Viviani, with true legal logic, proves his case for the prosecution. Some brief notes and excerpts: Of Bismarck: The author shows that Bismarck exercised a great influence in the early days of Wilhelm's reign. Some of his maxims are given: " Direct parliamentary government is to be avoided at any price, even at the price of a dictatorship." " German unity will not be achieved by speeches...
...father says: " His general culture is full of gaps and he lacks genuine depths. This lack of maturity and this inexperience in my son, combined with his tendency toward exaggeration, make me feel that it would be dangerous to allow him to concern himself, at present, in foreign affairs." Bismarck remarks: " He is a man who would like to have a birthday every day, or solemn processions, or receptions, or parades, and, in his haughtiness, the role of the world's arbiter would be to his liking...
...Dismissal (of Bismarck), an historical antimonarchist play by Emil Ludwig, was produced for the first time at Berlin and has caused a good deal of comment in the press; although the people, surprisingly enough, refrained from any outward manifestation of their contempt or approval. The absence of rotten eggs and other uncomplimentary gifts is considered by the antiroyalist press as nothing short of a 1923 miracle; even the monarchist journals are not too enthusiastic for Wilhelm. Herewith some comments...
...Deutsche Tageszeitung, monarchist paper: " He (Bismarck) did not even know how to smoke a pipe...
...Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hugo Stinnes' quasi-reactionary organ: " The performance was good enough for well-meaning people. The Kaiser looked like an infantry captain and Bismarck like an old clergyman. His two sons, Herbert and Bill, might have passed for shabby underlings employed in a lawyer's office, but never as the Counts they were...