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