Bismarck : $b some secret pages of his history (Vol. 2 of 3). Being a diary kept by Dr. Moritz Busch during twenty-five years' official and private intercourse with the great ChancellorBusch, Moritz
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Bismarck : $b some secret pages of his history (Vol. 2 of 3). Being a diary kept by Dr. Moritz Busch during twenty-five years' official and private intercourse with the great Chancellor
Busch, Moritz
Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898
_July 11th._--This afternoon received two communications from Bucher.
(1) A suggestion for an article referring to that of Bamberger, “The
Genius of the Imperial Chancellor and the Genius of the Imperial Diet”
(Lindau’s _Gegenwart_, No. 24). It must be pointed out that “probably
the reason why the Jews, the former Jewish members of the Reichstag,
Lasker, Bamberger, Friedenthal, the representatives of Hamburg, and
perhaps a few more, have spoken and voted against the Jesuit laws, was
because they felt a dim presentiment that, in an outburst of general
indignation against themselves and their race, a demand may be made
for exceptional measures against them and their tactics,” (2) “The
Prince is now held responsible for the weakness of the Jesuit Bill,
but very unjustly. He only demanded the introduction of such a Bill,
but had nothing to do with the drafting of it. The first draft, which
was made in the Imperial Chancellerie, was modified and weakened in
the Ministry of State, and we believe we are correct in saying that
the Chancellor was by no means pleased with it, and made no secret of
his displeasure during Herr Wagner’s visit to Varzin after the Cabinet
Council. The Chancellor, however, declined to prepare a draft himself,
on the ground that at Varzin he had neither the necessary materials
nor the opportunity of personal communication with his colleagues, and
also because he relied upon the Reichstag to put backbone into it. The
result proved that he was right in his calculations.” Sent No. 1 to the
_Weser Zeitung_, and No. 2 to the _Kölnische Zeitung_. The former was
not printed, which is not to be wondered at, considering the influence
of the Jews in the journalistic world....
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