CHAPTER III

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