THE CHANCELLOR ON BULGARIA AND SERVIA, AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA, THE BATTENBERGER AND THE TSAR--HIS VIEW OF THE TREATMENT OF THE RUSSIAN BALTIC PROVINCES--A COMPARISON BETWEEN ENGLISH PARTIES AND OUR OWN--GERMANY AND ENGLAND IN AFRICA--THE CHANCELLOR ON THE MILITARY QUESTION, AND THE THREATENED CONFLICT IN THE REICHSTAG--WHAT HE SAID THERE WAS ADDRESSED TO RUSSIA--THE TSAR’S CONFIDENCE IN THE CHANCELLOR--THE CROWN PRINCE AND HIS CONSORT--BISMARCK AND HIS WORK--WHAT IS GREATNESS?--THE CHIEF ON HIS OWN DEATH--INTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEF ON THE MARRIAGE OF THE BATTENBERGER, AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE “GRENZBOTEN” ARTICLE, “FOREIGN INFLUENCES IN THE EMPIRE”--BEWARE OF THE PRESS LAWS--NOT TOO VENOMOUS--A SURVEY OF BRITISH POLICY--THE CATALOGUE OF ENGLAND’S SINS--TWO EMPRESSES AGAINST THE CHANCELLOR--QUEEN VICTORIA AT CHARLOTTENBURG--DEATH OF THE “INCUBUS” 147 CHAPTER IV THE EMPEROR FREDERICK’S DIARY--THE CHIEF ON THE DIARY AND ITS AUTHOR--THE GERMAN QUESTION DURING THE WAR OF 1870--THE EMPEROR FREDERICK AND HIS LEANING TOWARDS ENGLAND--THE CHIEF PRAISES THE YOUNG EMPEROR--“BETTER TOO MUCH THAN TOO LITTLE FIRE!”--I AM TO ARRANGE THE CHIEF’S PAPERS, AND DO SO--LETTERS FROM FREDERICK-WILLIAM IV. AND FROM WILLIAM I.--CORRESPONDENCE WITH AND CONCERNING THE CROWN PRINCE (FREDERICK)--LETTERS TO AND FROM ANDRASSY DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE AUSTRO-GERMAN ALLIANCE--LETTERS FROM THE EMPEROR ON THE SAME SUBJECT--WILLIAM I.’S RELUCTANCE TO DESERT RUSSIA--CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND THE TSAR AT ALEXANDROWO--WILLIAM I.’S FINAL INSTRUCTIONS--BISMARCK’S ACCOUNT OF HIS RELATIONS WITH THE EMPEROR FREDERICK 190 CHAPTER V SIGNS OF FRICTION BETWEEN THE CHANCELLOR AND THE YOUNG EMPEROR--WITH THE CHIEF DURING THE CRISIS--HIS ANXIETY ABOUT HIS PAPERS--HOW TO GET THEM AWAY--HIS RETIREMENT A FACT--THE EMPEROR WANTS TO BE RID OF HIM IN ORDER TO GOVERN ALONE WITH HIS OWN GENIUS--COURT FLUNKEYISM--HIS RETIREMENT IS NOT DUE TO HIS HEALTH, NOR IS IT IN ANY SENSE VOLUNTARY--LETTERS FROM BISMARCK TO WILLIAM I.--THE CHIEF ON THE INITIATION OF PRINCE WILLIAM INTO PUBLIC AFFAIRS--THE GRAND DUKE OF BADEN’S ADVICE TO THE EMPEROR FREDERICK--THE CHIEF TALKS OF WRITING HIS OWN MEMOIRS--BUREAUCRATIC INGRATITUDE--FOREIGN OFFICE APOSTATES--ACCORDING TO BUCHER THE NOTES DICTATED FOR THE MEMOIRS ARE MERE FRAGMENTS, SOMETIMES ERRONEOUS--THE CHIEF’S LIFE AT FRIEDRICHSRUH--SCHWENINGER’S APPREHENSIONS 305 CHAPTER VI