Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
by
James Wycliffe Headlam
Part 7 out of 7
of hostilities, 350; meets
Napoleon, their interview,
351; accompanies Napoleon
to Belle Vue, 352; willing to
make peace, 352; his circular
notes explaining the German
view, 353, 554; demands territory,
354; his attitude toward
the Provisional Government,
355; his interviews with Jules
Favre, 356-360; his personality,
357, 358; his offer of
terms, 358-361; at Versailles,
362; upholds Germany through
the Press, 362, 363; indignant
at France's use of irregular
troops, 364; affected by delay
before Paris, 364; his tact in
German unification, 366; his
interview with the Crown
Prince, 366; proposes treaties
with southern German States,
367; his agreement with Bavaria,
367, 368; drafts letter
by which King of Bavaria requests
King of Prussia to assume
title of Emperor, 370;
raised to rank of Prince, 370;
interview with Favre on capitulation
of Paris, 370, 371; interview
with Thiers, 371-374;
his part in the negotiations,
374; his views as to Strasburg
and Metz, 374-376; at signature
of Peace of Frankfort,
376; continues in power, 377;
sole master in foreign policy,
378; his success in peace, 379;
refuses support to French monarchical
party, 382; brings
about reconciliation with
Austria, 382, 383; indignant
at report of warlike intentions
toward France, 384; his position
as to internal matters,
385, 386; his party alliances,
386-388; resigns as Minister-President,
389; his depression,
389; his affection for Roon,
390; resumes the Presidency,
390; opposition to him, 390,
391; his dependence on the
National Liberals, 391-394;
supported on army organisation,
393, 394; his part in conflict
with Roman Catholic
Church, 394-403; his resignation
refused by the Emperor,
granted leave of absence, retires
to Varzin, 404; presides
over Congress of Berlin, 406;
effects Triple Alliance, 407; his
efforts against Socialism, 407-411;
his scheme of economic
reform, 411-429; his dislike of
direct taxation, 413, 414; his
proposals for State monopolies,
414-419; introduces system of
Protection, 419-423; his colonial
policy, 423-427; effects
of his measures, 428; refuses
to become a party
leader, 429; his power
checked by Parliament, 430;
complains of conduct of Reichstag.
431; friction with Parliament
as to freedom of debate,
434; his Parliamentary receptions,
435, 436; his recourse
to criminal law against
his adversaries, 436; his lack
of generosity in political struggles,
437; celebration of his
seventieth birthday, 438; presented
with two million marks,
purchases Friedrichsruh, 438;
defends bill for army increase,
441; his release of French spy,
441, 442; his interview with
the Czar, 442; enters into
secret agreement with Russia,
442, 443; proposes army increase,
443; his speech, 443-445;
foundation of his power
removed by death of Emperor
William, 445, 446; his prospects
with Emperor Frederick,
447; opposes marriage of
Princess Victoria of Prussia
to Prince Alexander of Battenberg,
448-450; his differences
with Emperor William II.,
450, 451; his power, 452;
finds his influence and authority
undermined, 452, 453;
chief causes of his differences
with the Emperor, 453, 454;
refuses to acquiesce in degradation
of his position, 455; his
first separation from the Emperor,
455; declines to justify
interview with Windhorst,
456; resigns, created Field
Marshal and Duke of Lauenburg,
456; his leave-takings,
457; his restlessness in leisure,
his energy, 457, 458; receives
deputations, 458; opposes and
defies the Government, 459;
his disclosures, 460; the
avowed enemy of Court and
Ministry, 461; absents himself
from Moltke's funeral, 461; his
triumphal journey to Vienna,
461; his reconciliations with
the Emperor, 462; celebration
of his eighty-fifth birthday,
462; his loneliness and infirmities,
462; his interest in public
affairs, his unbroken mind
and spirit, 463; his death, his
burial at Friedrichsruh, 463
Bismarck, Rudolph von, 5
Bismarck-Bohlen, 9, 19
Blankenburg, Moritz von, 30, 144
Bonin, 109, 140, 141
Boulanger, General, 440
Brandenburg, Count, 51, 81
Brandenburg, the nobility of, 6-8
Bucher, Lothar, 56, 325, 420, 421
Bundesrath, 296
Burnside, General, 361
C
Caprivi, General, 460, 462
Castelnau, General, 349
Cavour, 22, 129-132
Charles Frederick, Prince, 60
Crevisse, 5, 8
D
Delbrueck, 365, 412
Diebwitz, Fraeulein von, 9
Disraeli, 156, 157
E
Erfurt, Parliament of, 79, 80
F
Favre, Jules, 356-360, 370, 373,
376
Frankfort, 87
Frankfort, Peace of, 376, 377
Frederick, Crown Prince, afterward
Frederick III., 183, 184,
207, 219, 220, 236, 260, 276,
324, 325, 336, 342, 343, 366,
369, 416, 445-450
Frederick William, Elector of
Brandenburg, 6
Frederick William III., 36, 37
Frederick William IV., 29, 30,
37, 38, 44, 50-52, 54, 60, 72,
73, 107-110, 127, 138
Friedrichsruh, 438, 439, 463
G
Gagern, Heinrich von, 72
Gambetta, 364
Garibaldi, 365
Gastein, Treaty of, 238, 240
Gerlach, Leopold von, 30, 49, 50
Gortschakoff, 384, 385
Grammont, Duc de, 275, 330,
331, 335
Gravelotte, battle of, 347
Greifswald, 22
Guizot, 335
H
Herisson, Comte, 357, 358
Hobel, 408, 411
Hohenzollern, Leopold, Prince
of, 321-326, 331-337
Holstein, 195-238, 240, 246, 258,
265
K
Katte, Fraeulein von, 8
Kleist, Hans von, 30, 43, 48, 400
Koeniggraetz, battle of, 260, 261
_Kreuz Zeitung_, 49, 107, 115,
119, 126, 390, 391
L
Lasker, 392
Lauenburg, 238, 239
Lhuys, Drouyn de, 277, 278
Loftus, Lord Augustus, 336, 342
M
MacMahon, 348
Manteuffel, Otto von, 51
Mars-la-Tour, 347, 348
Mencken, Fraeulein, afterward
wife of Karl von Bismarck,
10, 14, 21, 22
Metternich, Prince, 36
Metz, 354 360, 374-476
Moltke, Helmuth Karl Bernard
von, 247-249, 257, 259-261,
338, 339. 348-352, 373, 441,
451, 461
Motley, John Lothop, 17,19, 98,
177
N
Napoleon III., 113-119, 125,
129, 137, 138, 175, 176, 213,
214, 228, 238, 241-245, 248,
254. 257, 262-264, 270-274,
277-286, 294, 315, 318, 319,
343, 344, 348-353, 361
Navy, 295
_New Prussian Gazette_, 49
Nobeling, 408, 411
O
Oldenburg, Duke of, 200, 222
Olmuetz, Convention of, 81, 82
P
Pfortden, Baron von der, 284-286
Poland, 171-177
Pomerania, 11-13, 21-24, 29
Press, the, 182, 183, 185
Prim, General, 320, 322, 326,
331
Prokesch-Osten, Herr von, 93,
97
Puttkammer, Fraeulein von, afterward
wife of Otto von Bismarck,
32; Herr v., 447
R
Radowitz, Herr von, 74, 75, 81
Reichstag, 296, 298
Richter, 427
Roon, Albrecht Theodor Emil
von, 31, 140, 141, 143-145,
156, 158-161, 180, 181, 234,
252, 256, 260, 261, 287, 304,
324, 338, 339, 369, 387-390
S
Schleinitz, Herr von, 133, 207
Schleswig, 195-238, 246, 265
Schoenhausen, 1, 5, 8-11, 22,
25-27, 29, 44, 46, 438, 463
Schweninger, Doctor, 458
Sedan, 348-352
Sheridan, General, 347
Sourds, M. de, 330
Stahl, 30, 49
Strasburg, 360, 361, 374-376
Sybel, Heinrich von, 172, 323
T
Thadden, Herr von, 29, 43, 47,
391
Thiele, Herr von, 330
Thiers, M., 353, 362, 371
Thun, 89, 91, 95-97
Toul, 360
Triglaff, 29, 30
Triple Alliance, 405, 407, 443,
443
V
Versailles, 362, 365
Victor Emmanuel, 245, 248, 382
Victoria, Princess, of Prussia,
124, 206, 448-450
Vienna, Congress of, 34-36
Vienna, Peace of, 224-226
Vincke, George von, 40, 47, 207
W
Welfenfond, 313
Werther, Herr von, 323, 336
William, Prince Regent, afterward
William I., 127, 131, 139-141,
145, 152-156, 160-163,
169, 170, 177, 181, 184, 187-189,
192-194, 206, 207, 227,
228, 234-239, 246, 248-251,
258-263, 275, 276, 279, 324-326
331-334, 336-343, 346-349,
352, 369, 370, 384. 388-390,
404, 407-409, 416, 441,
445, 446, 449
William II., 450-462
Wimpffen, 348, 350, 351, 353
Windthorst, 396, 416, 455, 456
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NELSON. By W. Clark Russell.
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS. By C.R.L. Fletcher.
PERICLES. By Evelyn Abbott.
THEODORIC THE GOTH. By Thomas Hodgkin.
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. By H.R. Fox-Bourne.
JULIUS CAESAR. By W. Ward Fowler.
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NAPOLEON. By W. O'Connor Morris.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By Noah Brooks.
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CHARLES XII. By R. Nisbet Bain.
LORENZO DE' MEDICI. By Edward Armstrong.
JEANNE D'ARC. By Mrs. Oliphant.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. By Washington Irving.
ROBERT THE BRUCE. By Sir Herbert Maxwell.
HANNIBAL. By. W. O'Connor Morris.
ULYSSES S. GRANT. By William Conant Church.
ROBERT E. LEE. By Henry Alexander White.
THE CID CAMPEADOR. By H. Butler Clarke.
SALADIN. By Stanley Lane-Poole.
BISMARCK. By J.W. Headlam.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT. By Benjamin I. Wheeler.
CHARLEMAGNE. By H.W.C. Davis.
OLIVER CROMWELL. By Charles Firth.
RICHELIEU. By James B. Perkins.
DANIEL O'CONNELL. By Robert Dunlap.
SAINT LOUIS (Louis IX. of France). By Frederick Perry.
LORD CHATHAM. By Walford David Green.
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HENRY V. By Charles L. Kingsford.
EDWARD I. By Edward Jenks.
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FREDERICK THE GREAT. By W.F. Reddaway.
WELLINGTON. By W. O'Connor Morris.
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT. By J.B. Firth.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON. By J.A. Harrison.
CHARLES THE BOLD. By Ruth Putnam.
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. By F.B. Stanton.
FERNANDO CORTES. By P.A. MacNutt.
WILLIAM THE SILENT. By R. Putnam.
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ROGER THE GREAT. By B. Curtis.
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