Transcriber's note: Italic font is indicated by _underscores_. Bolded words are indicated by =equals=. BISMARCK SOME SECRET PAGES OF HIS HISTORY [Illustration] BISMARCK SOME SECRET PAGES OF HIS HISTORY BEING A DIARY KEPT BY DR. MORITZ BUSCH DURING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS’ OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE INTERCOURSE WITH THE GREAT CHANCELLOR _IN THREE VOLUMES_ VOL. II =London= MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1898 _All rights reserved_ RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED LONDON AND BUNGAY _Copyright in the United States of America_ CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE NO. 76 WILHELMSTRASSE--THE CHANCELLOR’S RESIDENCE AND THE FOREIGN OFFICE--THE CHIEF’S OFFICIAL SURROUNDINGS AND HIS LIFE AT HOME--BUCHER AND ABEKEN 1 CHAPTER II FROM OUR RETURN FROM THE WAR UP TO THE TEMPORARY DISCONTINUANCE OF MY PERSONAL INTERCOURSE WITH THE CHANCELLOR--GLIMPSES OF THE DIPLOMATIC WORLD--COMMISSIONS FOR THE PRESS 42 CHAPTER III THE LAST TWENTY MONTHS IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE--DOCUMENTS RECEIVED AND DESPATCHED 109 CHAPTER IV HERR VON KEUDELL IN THE PRESS AND IN REALITY 247 CHAPTER V ARNIM’S HAND--VISIT TO THE PRINCE IN BERLIN--I RECEIVE MY INSTRUCTIONS FOR A PRESS CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE EMPRESS AUGUSTA--THE “FRICTION” ARTICLES IN THE “GRENZBOTEN”--VISITS AT VARZIN, SCHOENHAUSEN AND FRIEDRICHSRUH 258 CHAPTER VI AT VARZIN AND FRIEDRICHSRUH 311 CHAPTER VII