Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 304, 21 December 1922 — Page 2

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The Mistakes of the Kaiser By RENE VIVIANI Premier of France When the War Uroke Out Copyright, 192;, by The McClure Newspapei Syndicate.

Bismarck and the Strengthening of Prussian Power

On the 23rd of September, 1862, 1 King William appointed Bismarck to I the presidency of the council. At that I time the Prussian government was in , open conflict with the Landtag regard v ing the question of military laws. The ; king, as became a worthy scion of the Hohenzollerns, had undertaken to increase the army; he wanted 190,000 men on a peace footing, 450,000 on a t war footing, likewise an increase of the t firstline forces to double their existing strength' for which purpose universal "three years' military service, as outlined in the military law of 1914, was to be strictly enforced. These reorganization schemes were not to the liking of the Chamber of Deputies, but ! nevertheless, in order to allow a rei stricted enforcement of the royal prof grams, provisional credits were voted, by means of which he king formed j military units of a permanent character. The Chamber, displeased at ' this, and irritated particularly by the tone adopted by the Minister of War General von Roon, who denied it the ; right of discussing the demands made by him, refused, on Sept. 23, 1862, every penny of the credits necessary for carrying out the projected changes. Bismarck Advised Dictatorship. 5? On the preceding evening Bismarck had a long interview at Babelsberg with the king, who, wearied by his efforts, talked of abdicating. Brushing 1'. aside such thoughts, Bismarck advised 1 him to resist; only on condition that : the king should follow this advice, ; added Bismarck, would he accept the X post of president of the council. "Direct parliamentary government," - he said, "is to be avoided at any price, j even at the price of a dictatorship." Prussia was destined, during four years, to be under the dictatorship of 7" Bismarck. Bismarck's past vouched for the enit ergy which he would display in the V coming struggle. Born of old Branden- & burg noble stock. Baron Otto von Bis- ; marck had distinguished himself since 1847 by M3 hatred for the parliamentary form of government; in 1849 he j, was one of those who advised the king not to accept the imperial crown, and, ' on the occasion of the granting of the :! Prussian constitution, he protested !' against the introduction into Prussia I'of parliamentary institutions and, ;;inost especially, against the voting of ; the budget by the Landtag. From the moment of his accession to . power he rose superior to the opposi- ; tion of the chamber. Unable to secure :, a vie of appropriations, he invoked the t principle of the "constitutional gap" and, indeed, it was true that the con- : stitution had not made provision for a ; case where one of the three govern- ' ing organs King, IIou.se of Lords and o o an

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Chamber of Deputies was not in accord with the others. In haughty tones he told the chamber that, unless there was compromise, "he who has the power in his hand3 is the one who will go forward in his chosen direction." This maxim of government, expressed in the briefer form of "might comes before right," was to remain the ignominious brand of German policy at the end of the nineteenth cenUiry and in 1914. Cult of "Blood and Iron" Preached. So Bismarck no longer submitted the budget to the Landtag, which was either adjourned or dissolved. With an unconstitutional budget, voted only by the House of Lords, he bent all his efforts to the reorganization of the army, which, thanks to the military genius of Moltke, was to become the powerful instrument of Bismarcks policy. By means of force and violence Bis marck was now aiming to realize his one ambition German unity. Shortly after his assumption of power he thus expressed this object of his to the budget commission of the Landtag: "German unity will not be achieved by speeches nor by the decisions of the majority, but by blood and iron." The cult of force, preference for violent means, voluntary violation of faithbelief in all these things was inspired in Bismarck, particularly by the life and actions of Frederick II, whom he was to hold up later a3 a model for the future William II. In Bismarck's eyes, Prussia, since the death of the great Frederick, had not shown real national tendencies; in fact, her destiny, ak he saw it, was not so much to grow constantly as to assure herself of predominance in Germany; she must not forget that it was war to the death between herself and Austria, that one of those two must vanish from the German stage. Plans Against Austria. Prussia's- duty became clear to Bisr marck in. the course of his long mis sion as plenipotentiary representative of hi3 country at the Diet of Frank fort, and he expressed concisely, in a memorial addressed to the king of Prussia in 1858, his ideas as to the necessity of launching a Prussian-Independent-German policy. Austria, he pointed out, was seeking to obtain the GIVE HIM A SUIT

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crQO XcXeXo dov&xr r' .. fc . w m hegemony in the German confederation by invoking the constitution; it was necessary, therefore, to destroy the" confederation; a victorious war against Austria had become an unavoidable necessity. For this war tne Prussian army was quite ready; but, in addition, the support or neutrality of the Great Powers had to be secured. Bismarck, who, in the course of his diplomatic missions to Vienna. St, Petersburg and Paris, had had the opportunity of studying monarchs and statesmen and divining tho tendencies of governments, was now about to' manoeuvre in such a way as to isolate Austria , by means 01 promises made to Russia, Italy and France. The method of striking violent blows, adopted and several times defined by him, was to be applied three times in succession first, in 1864, against Denmark; then, in 1866, against Austria; finally, in 1870, against France. Increasing Prussian Dominance. In 1864, under the pretext of acting, in place of the Diet, against Denmark, which had annexed Slesvig, Prussia and Austria invaded the latter land, ad, after a short campaign, peace was signed and the Duchies renounced King Christian. Bismarck had occas ion, from actual observation ot Fms TROUBLED WITH WEAK KIDNEYS "Have been troubled with weak kidneys since childhood," writes Mrs. G. Hyde, Benzonia, Michigan. "Now past 40 and have had terrible backache and that tired out feeling;, hardly alile to do my work. By using Foley Kidney Pills accompanied with Foley Cathartic Tablets I soon felt like a new person." Backache, rheumatic pains, dizziness and blurred vision are symptoms of kidney trouble. Foley Kidney Pills give quick relief. A. O. Luken Drug Co., 62S628 Main St. Advertisement. THIS CHRISTMAS take stock of their

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sian soldiers in action, to gauge the superiority of his army over the Aus trian and having set up an Aus trian-Prussian joint control over Sles vig and Holstein by mean3 of the Treaty of Gastein, he hoped to find therein some pretext for a war against Austria. Prussia naturally derived profit from the transaction, for she annexed Lauenburg, and, moreover, the three Duchies entered the German Zollverein (Customs Union). Bismarck's trust in himself increased. Believing, after his interview with Napoleon III, that he could count on French neutrality, and having conclud ed an alliance with Italy, he brought the Austrian crisis to a head. Holstein, which was under the administration of Austria, was invaded, and a project for the reorganization of the German confederation, providing for the exclusion of Austria, was brought before the Diet. Austria countered this move by causirg the said Diet to issue a decree of mobilization against Prussia, Austrlans Defeated. The Prussian army, however, by means of a crushing offensive, got possession of Saxony, Hanover and Hesse, and, forcing its way into the Bohemian COUGH? Try PUoV- astonishingly quick re lief.AsyrupunUka all otiiars pleas aat docs not up set stomach no opiates. 35c and LP 60c everywhere, Last-minute shoppers will find attractive gifts of Jewelry Here O. E. DICKINSON 523 Main St"' The Best Place to Shop After All LL

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quadrilateral, inflicted an overwhelm-i ing defeat on the Austrians, reinforced by the Saxons, at Sadowa, on July 3, 1866, a fortnight after the opening of the campaign. Bismarck's lirst move was to annex Slesvig, Holstein, Hanover and Hesse, without consulting the inhabitants of these lands, invoking, as his reasons, "the right of conquest" and "the judgment of God." And, when committees from the Lantag asked him if there were no other grounds on which to base bis action, he replied: "Our right is the right of the The Christmas Gift S ho p offers many gif t suggesti o ns for the last minute shoppers. 'At reasonable prices considering the excellent quality. well WELL In the Colonial

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