Sie k&#246;nnen Vi online kauf He never made a secret of his Prussian loyalty to his KingI wished to eliminate such influencesHis talented daughters used to regale us with musicAs the head of my court I appointed a man known to me from his youth, the former Court Marshal of my father, Count August Eulenburg, who remained at the head of the Ministry of the Royal House until his death in June, , at the age of eighty-two yearsI thought I might inspire him in part with essen tially more favorable opinions, but my efforts were of little availHe worked with Miquel in railway and canal questions, and was a thoroughly able, simple, practical man a Liberal with a streak of conservatismWhether the Prince had planned his big political game with Russia in such a way that he might, first, by means of the Con gress of Berlin, prevent a general war and cajole England, and then, after having thus hindered Russia's Eastern aspirations, cater to these aspira tions later, by a stroke of genius, in an even more striking manner, it is impossible for me to say Prince Bismarck never told anyone about his great political projectsAfter he had listened to them the Prince stood up and repliedNow I am driving Europe four-in-hand! In the opinion of the said gentleman the Prince was mistaken in this, since, even at that time, there was the threat of a Russo- French friendship in place of the Russo-Prussian in other words, two horses were already to be counted out of the four-in-handFor this reason I could not wage the open warfare against the Social Democrats which the Prince desiredIn spite of the failure of my mission I found calm judgments of the political situationAs soon as I had recognized the necessity for reforms, to  THE KAISER'S MEMOIRS some of which the industrial elements would not consent, I took up the cudgels for the laboring classes, impelled by a sense of justiceFor this reason, I pointed out that steps must be taken for getting a fleet constructed in time, in order that German assets in foreign lands should not be with out protection; that, since the Prince had un furled the German flag in foreign parts, and the people stood behind it, there must also be a navy behind it BISMARCK'S CONTINENTAL PREPOSSESSIONS But the Prince turned a deaf ear to my state ments and made use of his pet motto If the Eng lish should land on our soil I should have them  THE KAISER'S MEMOIRS arrestedHis idea was that the colonies would be defended by us at homeThe ambassador replied that the same thing had also occurred to him and caused him to have the earlier records of the Embassy investigated, whereupon it had transpired that the Embassy had sent the full est reports on the subject to London and that thor ough reports had been forwarded home concerning every important stage in the progress of social re form; but, because they came from Germany, nobody ever read them ; they were simply pigeon holed and remained there ever since ; it is a down right shame ; Germany does not interest people at home/  Thus the Briton, with a shrug of his shouldersAs for me personally, I have the of recalling that Bismarck intrusted to me in  the very delicate Brest mission, and said of meSome day that man will be his own Chancellor/' This shows that Bismarck must have had some belief in meWhen the grandson succeeds his grandfather and finds a revered but old states man of the stature of Bismarck, it is not a piece of good luck for him, as one might suppose, and I, in fact, supposedInspired by such thought I went to His Excel lency von Botticher, who at once prophesied op position on the part of the Chancellor to such action, and advised strongly against it I stuck to my ideas, adducing in support of them the maxim of Frederick the GreatJe veux etre un Roi des gueux (I wish to be King of the rab ble)Bennigsen made a very telling point when he said Woe to the North German Liberals if they come under the leadership of the South Ger man Democrats, for that will mean the end of real, genuine Liberalism! Then we shall get the masked democracy arising from below, for which we have no use hereabout  ' The Conservative party, honorable and faith ful to its King, unfortunately has not always pro duced leaders of superior endowments who were at the same time skillful, tactically trained poli ticiansI questioned the English ambassador, remarking tfo^t England, having been represented in  at the Berlin Social Congress, must certainly have  BISMARCK been informed, at least through the Embassy, of the Reichstag debates, which had dealt in a de tailed way with the various social measuresBismarck spoke in the antechamber with my adjutant; he declared that His Majesty completely forgot that he was an officer and wore a sword belt; that he must fall back upon the army and lead it against the Socialists, in case the Socialists should resort to revolutionary measures ; that the Emperor should leave him a free hand, which would restore quiet once for all
