PRINCE

VON,. at Schin- | Tur n, Saxony, 1815, d. 1898, | to 3 the greatest etateeman of modern}; B. His political career began in 1846, | d. 1 he was elected a member of the |} chie fan Diet. From the first he expre ed | desc aly Conservative views, supported | We oo = oe egetet defended a rivileges e landed aristocracy, opposed every democratic principle. | Dar | 1859 to the spring of 1862 he was; B jan amba ador at the court of St. | mar bare, but he still oxercised con-| 9 m sible influence over Pru ian politic a, | inve 1ich he returned as ae minister | ther autumn of 1862. His plans for the | mar an is at i on of the army were ecverely | (Fo: ised by the Liberal party; but when,| B the annexation of Schleswig Holstein, | com to the Diet his plans for! Eng ee Austria from the Germsa! abu deration, and for promoting the unity | and e North German States under the | “G; oe Sani won the con-| B an oO ormer ents. | cOu: Seem peankcation of the Seven | snd s War with Austria, 1866, further } to | ythened his position. Prn ia and | dire mailer states of Germany, under hia} ano’ nee, formed an offensive and defen- | war Niance. And when, in the course of | o Pranco-German War, tho king of pl ia was crowned German Emperor in | Onis alace of Versailles, 1871, Bismarck sale; pppeetes: Imperial Chancellor, and sed to the rank of a prince. On the clasion vo ext with Prance be set self the of effecting a recon cilia a with Austria, and cyventually concluded riple alliance between that country, ly, and Perera He presided over Berlin Congre in 1878, and did much yromote peace, In bis foreign policy be eived the almost universal support of his in try men, though his —_— for internal rms were frequently thwarted, Backed 2€ was by the king, bis wil) became law the end, and he succeeded in reforming coinage, ete ane the = ublishing protection, at apy ra iporarily Sagpeee J the ising wave of jalism. His steadfastne oe ped for him tho title of the "* In in cell or.” Soon after the acce ion of iam IT., in 1888, he coased to be chan or, and retired into private life, av event ch “Panch” commemorated by ite |-known cartoon,‘ Dropping the Pilot.” [s. 72]