Transcriber's note: This is the third and final volume of a series, of which Volume 1 (eBook number 68651) and Volume 2 (eBook number 70943) have been previously published by Project Gutenberg. Italic font is indicated by _underscores_. Bolded words are indicated by =equals=. BISMARCK SOME SECRET PAGES OF HIS HISTORY 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. III =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 BUCHER, COBDEN, AND THE MANCHESTER SCHOOL--BÜLOW AND THE COMTE DE JOLIVAR--THE HOLY DRUJINA--KEUDELL IN THE PROGRESSIST PRESS--FOUR SECRETARIES OF STATE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE--KEUDELL AND HIS ARREARS OF WORK--THE CHIEF AND THE PROGRESSIST ELECTIONEERING AGITATION--LIES IN LAUENBURG--INSTRUCTIONS RESPECTING UNRUH’S ARTICLE IN THE “DEUTSCHE REVUE”--WHY BENNIGSEN WAS NOT MADE MINISTER--THE CHANCELLOR ON THILE AND THE DIEST LIBEL--BUCHER ON HOLSTEIN--BUNSEN’S FRIENDS AND TRUTH--A MONUMENT FOR MY SON, WHO DIED AT SEA--THILE’S OPINION OF THE CHIEF--THE CHANCELLOR ON THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION, THE OPPOSITION TO THE TOBACCO MONOPOLY--THE EMPEROR, THE CROWN PRINCE, AND PRINCE WILLIAM--PHILOPATER AND ANTIPATER AT POTSDAM--BUCHER TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION--THE CROWN PRINCE AND THE PROGRESSISTS--THE VICE-CHANCELLORSHIP--ARTICLES AGAINST THE EMPRESS 1 CHAPTER II BLEICHRÖDER AND GERMAN DIPLOMACY IN CONSTANTINOPLE--FURTHER INTERVIEWS WITH THE CHANCELLOR--RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA--THE GABLENTZ MISSION--QUEEN VICTORIA--AN UNPLEASANT EPISTLE--A SEVERE REPRIMAND--BISMARCK COLLABORATES WITH ME--BUCHER’S JOURNEY WITH SALAZAR--A PRESS CAMPAIGN AGAINST ENGLAND--DOCUMENTS AND ARTICLES ON SOUTH AFRICAN QUESTIONS 70 CHAPTER III