FOOTNOTES
[1] These articles formed the basis of the book Der Parlamentarismus wie er ist, a second edition of which appeared in 1881; while others were utilised for a second volume, Bilder aus der Fremde, für die Heimath gezeichnet (“Pictures from Abroad painted for those at Home”).
[2] He was subsequently Ambassador to the Italian Court.
[3] In the late autumn of 1878 I found the library of the Foreign Office installed here.
[4] Editor of the North German Gazette.
[5] It may here be mentioned, for the benefit of the uninitiated in these matters, that the family in question is related to the Hohenzollerns through the marriage of Prince Anton Heinrich Radziwill in 1796 to Friederike Dorothée Louise, daughter of Prince Ferdinand of Prussia.
[6] Meding, a born Prussian, had originally been in the Prussian service, but subsequently went over into the Hanoverian service and was employed by King George, whose confidence he won by the violence of his anti-Prussian sentiments in connection with the official press.... After the war of 1866 he accompanied the ex-King of Hanover to Vienna, and then acted until 1870 as a Guelph agent in Paris. He then made his peace with the Prussian Government and received a pension.... He published, under the pseudonym of George Samarow, several so-called historical romances....
[7] Under this system the Ministers are on a footing of equality, and independent of each other.
[8] Compare with entry for the 8th of November, 1872.
[9] Brother of the dramatist and critic, afterwards Councillor of Embassy in Berlin.
[10] A reference to the drum which Ziska, the Hussite commander, ordered his followers to make of his skin, so that he might still terrify the enemy after his death.
[11] So I understood him to say, but it must have been very much more. See later.
[12] I should not be disposed to take the responsibility for this 80,000 without good evidence in support of the statement.
[13] The Bonbonnière was a nickname for the Opposition, composed of the favourites of the Empress Augusta.
[14] Olbrich’s, a Berlin beerhouse, where the editors of the Reichsglocke and their distinguished patrons were accustomed to meet for the purpose of preparing their articles against Bismarck.
[15] An error on the part of the Chief, as I subsequently learned. The offence in question was not the libelling of Ministers, but insults to the Consistory.
[16] A newspaper edited by Joachim Gehlsen, a decayed journalist, in co-operation with certain distinguished reactionaries. Its main object was to lampoon and calumniate the Imperial Chancellor.
[17] Karlsruhe is laid out somewhat in the form of a fan, the streets radiating from the “handle,” which is occupied by the palace.
[18] When I mentioned this to Bucher he said: “Well, that is not quite the case. Recently, when he wished to resign, he said to me that if I did not like to remain on I should come to him at Varzin; he had some important matters to dictate to me concerning the past from notes which he had taken down.”
[19] The passage in question has now been corrected in accordance with the above statement.
[20] Then Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph in Berlin, now The Times Correspondent in Vienna.
[21] Bangbersché, the French pronunciation of Bamberger. The latter formerly resided in Paris.
[22] This article, which was written by Von Lindenau, a rather eccentric gentleman formerly in the service of Saxony as Councillor of Embassy, was published in No. 48 of the Grenzboten of 1880, and dealt with the attitude of Saxony immediately before the war with France.
[23] So it appeared to many persons at that time. But tempora mutantur; and to-day, thank Heaven, all anxiety on that point has vanished.
[24] This doubtless referred to the intention to which the Chancellor gave public expression a few weeks later in his appeal to Herr von Bennigsen.
[25] How widespread this feeling is, may be gathered from the attitude of the Post, which has published sweet-sour articles on the subject.—This remark was added at the request of the Chief, which was communicated to me by Count Rantzau on the 21st of February. The Prince at the same time wished to have Friedenthal mentioned as “a future minister,” and as responsible for the attitude adopted by the Post. Rantzau and Holstein, however, advised against this, as Friedenthal had no longer any influence on the paper.
[26] General Auerswald and Prince Lichnowski lost their lives in the disturbances at Frankfurt in 1848.