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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 81 1898. justice of his position on the several points involved. When, at last, after an eloquent plea by the Embassador, it was agreed to modify the conditions in one particular, Secretary Day withdrew for half an hour and attended to drafting the modifi- cation. This accomplished, the Embassador addressed himself to the President, not so much as the advocate of Spain, but personally, having with the President, man for man, a like in- terest in humanity. M. Cambon is a man of fervid eloquence, and he spoke with an intensity of feeling which made a deep impression on the President and the others present.. He spoke \in French, each sentence being caught up and interpreted by M. Thiebault with rapidity, so that the earnestness of the Em- bassador’s expression lost little by this indirect method of com- munication. The President spoke with equal frankness and in the lengthy discussion there was scarcely a point in the whole range of the war which was not met and freely considered. What the modification is that has been agreed upon can only be conjectured,-but there is reason to believe that it relates either to the time when actual hostilities will be suspended, or else to the extent of our interest in the Philippines, leaving un- changed the condition that Spain shall withdraw from Cuba and Porto. Rico, grant the United States coaling stations in the Pacific and make important concessions in the Philippines. It is now for the Madrid Government to give final ap- proval to what was partially accomplished to-day. It is even possible that this approval may come very speedily, within a day or two, for there is no need of extending conferences or correspondence. All that was accomplished to-day, when M. Cambon acted as plenipotentiary. From the fact that he acted under instruttions, the prospect would seem to be hopeful for Spain’s ratifying what has been done. But it is for Spain herself to determine between the issue of peace or war as now presented. CONDITIONS OF PEACE AGREED TO BY CAMBON AS SPAIN’S REPRESENTATIVE They Include the Freedom of Cuba, the Cession of a Ladrone Island and Porto Rico, With the Philippines Held in Abeyance. WASHINGTON, July 30.—After a day of anxious deliberation and im- portant Span consultations, the reply of the United States Government to the h overture for peace was at last this afternoon placed in the hands . ambon, the French Embassador, to be by him transmitted to the rnment of Spain. It was half past 4 o'clock before the Minister re- ceived the answer, and as it makes about 1100 words in all, and must be re- duced to the diplomatic cipher and then transmitted by cable, the Madrid authorities probably will not receive it until some time to-morrow, Sunday. At half-past 10 o’clock this morning, in accordance with the agree- ment reached yesterd the members of the Cabinet began to assemt at the White House, but it was nearly 11 o'clock be- fore they were all present and ready to resume their discussion at the point where it was interrupted by adjournment. Secretary Day had prepared a draft of the answer on the expressions of his colleagues in the Cabinet yes day, and it was hoped that only a short time would be con- sumed in going over this and giving it formal approval. - It turned out other- wise, however. Probably over night new factors had suggested themselves, or fresh Influences had been brought to bear, for the Cabinet was soon en- gaged in an animated discussion of the Philippine Islands settlement. On the other points of the answer there was no disagreement, and these propositions were ratified as they stood yesterday, namely: Cuba to be freed. Porto Rico to be ceded to the United States. One of the Ladrone Islands \probably Guam) to be ceded to the United States as a coaling station. All Spanish military forces in the West Indies to be immediately withdrawn, with the formal relinquishment by Spain of her sovereignty over any possessions among those islands. As to the Philippines the Cabinet agreed wupon the following points: That Manila Bay, with the city and surrounding territory, should be retained in the possession of the United States, at least for such a length of time as is necessary to devise and put in operation some plan for the future government of the group. After that point, the main divergence of opinion began, and all sorts of propositions were put forward and urged by individual members as the best means of dealing with the future of the islands. In the very midst of the discussion the element that had strongly urged the necessity of pro- tecting Aguinaldo in any settlement we should arrange received a severe check through the receipt of a cablegram from Admiral Dewey, stating that the insurgent chief had assumed a defiant attitude and expressing the opinion that the United States would be obliged to make war upon the in- surgents, necessitating the presence of 160,000 troops to subdue the islands. While this did not bring about a complete dismissal of the propo- sition to take the insurgents into account in settling the terms of peace, it did have the effect to cause an agreement upon the proposition to defer aec- tion upon the question as to the disposition of the islands until the other pha of the peace negotiations have been satisfactorily adjusted, mean- ing by that that the matter goes over until the last Spanish flag has disap- peared from the western hemisphere, and the American flag is hoisted to stay over the coaling stations we require in Micronesia. The discussion lasted two hours and a quarter before the Cabinet hit upon the best course for the United States to adopt. It was finally decided that what we desired could best be done by the appointment of a joint com- mission, limited in its representation to the Government of the United States and Spain, which commiseion is to endeavor to settle the detalls of the government of the Philippines and determine what treatment shall be accorded the insurgents, the United States army and navy meanwhile oc- cupying Manila and Manila Bay, and thus retaining a position to force speedily the verdict that shall be finally reached by the commission. After the Cabinet meeting adjourned the members went off to thelr luncheons with a pleasant consciousness that they had succeeded in dis- posing properly of the very difficult problem. Assistant Secretary John Moore, who had been called into the meeting at the last moment, went hastily to the State Department to put the views of the President and Cabinet in the proper diplomatic form, and while this was doing, notice was sent to the French Embassador that the Presi- dent would be pleased to hand him personally the reply of the United States Government at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. It was expected that this cere- mony would occupy only a few minutes and that the Embassador would take the note and immediately hurry with it to his cipher clerks and then to the telegraph office. In this expectation Assistant Secretary Moore went out of town on an afternoon train, and Secretary Day, as he went to the White House to meet the Embassador, took his gripsack into his carriage in the firm expectation of being able to catch the 3:30 train for Atlantic City to meet his wife. The Embassador came on' time, accompanied by his secretary, but as the minutes ran along into hours without the reappear- _ance of M. Cambon, it was immediately surmised that something had hap- pened to disarrange the original plans for this meeting. It was after a stay oi'l:vo hours and a quarter that the French Embassador terminated his vi ‘Whlle it continued, Secretary Long and Admiral Sicard of the Naval War Board and Assistant Secretary Adee of the State Department were - ealled into consultation. The newspapers had been led by promises made earlier in the day by members of the Cabinet to expect that a statement would be given out, ‘explaining the nature of the answer to Spain, but to the disappointment of their representatives it was announced by Secretary Day that this had been abandoned for the reason that to make any statement at this point would involve a serious breach of diplomatic etiquette that might embarrass the future negotiations. The extended stay of the Embassador with the President opened up a wide field of conjecture, but in all official quarters ther> was reticence as to the nature of the discussion. From reliable quarters, however, it was learned that the conference did not result in any change in the condi- tion already laid down, but that it was devoted to an explanation of them In detail. It was said that no new condition of affairs had arisen by reason of the Embassador’s call and that there would be no need of another Cab- Inet meeting to consider new factors. The case remained, it was sald, as fixed by the Cabinet early in the day, and the next move was to transmit these terms to Spain and await her reply. Immediately following the long conference the French Embassador and M. Thiebaultreturned to the French Embassy and then began the hard work of reducing to cipher the American peace conditions, together with the re- sults of the conference, and transmitting the same to Madrid. The Embas- sador was smiling and apparently well pleased with the result of the con~ ference. All the staff of the Embassy were engaged on the cipher work as it was a long and intricate process. Allowing the difference for the time between Washingtori and Madrid, the terms could not reach the Spanish ‘capital before midnight to-night and would not get before the Spanis 'mnutry before noon to-morrow, e s | and the absolute | porizing policy. AMERICAN GUNS MAY BE TURNED ON AGUINALDO Dewey Reports That the Insur- gent Chief Is Becoming Defiant. more trouble than the come from him. were to be taken. idly as possible. insurgents. PPEOPEEREPEEPEPPPREPEEPEO®® NEW YORK, July 30.—The Herald’'s Washington correspondent sends the following: From present dispatches received Aguinaldo and his insurgent government in the Philippines may give Admiral Dewey Spanish Governor General and his forces. When the Cabinet was in session to-day considering an answer to Spanish peace proposals a cablegram was received from Admiral Dewey which was more disquieting than any that had previously It indicated that Aguinaldo had assumed an atti- tude of deflance toward the American forces necessary to fight him as well as the Spaniards if the Philippines In view of General Merritt's dispatch saying he would need all the troops that had been assigned to him, and of Admiral Dewey's dis- patch telling of Aguinaldo’s attitude and saying that the situation was eritical, it is probable that 4000 troops under orders for the Phil- ippines, who are still in this country, will be hurried forward as rap- Aguinaldo was under promise to Admiral Dawey not to attack the city of Manila before the Americans were ready to occupy it. cials of the administration believe he will now attempt to take it. It is not believed that General Merritt and Admiral Dewey will permit this, and it may be necessary to turn the guns of the fleet upon the which might make it Offi- CREOPPPEREPEPPEPRPREIPERCEREO® [GJOXCOXOROXOXOJOROROROROJOJOROROROROJOJOROROROXOJOROROJOROROXOXOXO] STATESMEN DISCUSS CONDITIONS OF PEACE CLEVELAND, July 3).—Senator M. A. Hanna, in response to an inquiry to- day as to what, in his judgment, should be done with the Philippines, said: “That is a big question and we must go slowly. We at least want a footing on those islands. Although there may be a sentiment against keeping them, there is a bigger sentiment against giv- ing them back to Spain. We are con- fronted with new conditions to-day and we intend to work out the problems in the manner which will be for the best of the country.” Senator Hanna and his family leave in a few days for a trip up the lakes and to the Yellowstone Park. CARSON, Nev., July 30.-Senator William M. Stewart, in reference to the terms of peace now being considered at ‘Washington, says: “The terms of peace should be the withdrawal of all Spanish troops from Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines and all other Spanish islands in the Pacific relinquishment by Spain of all right or claim of sovereign- ty in such islands. What disposition is to be made of these provinces must be determined by the United States un- trammeled in a treaty of peace. The United States should dictate, not nego- tiate, the terms of peace, the same as Germany did to France. If Spain would absolutely withdraw all claim to the islands within the influence of our pres- ent military operations, I would expect no further indemnity, but if she contin- ues the war, our claims, as fompernsa- tion, must be enlarged for the expense which the United States would suffer from her folly.” LINWOOD, Kans,, July 30.—On the question of the terms of peace between the United States and Spain Senator W. A. Harris says: ‘“The favorite game of the Spaniard is diplomatic quibbling. We can tolerate no tem- ‘We must have free Cuba recognized, with no load of debt or obligations for Spanish bonds; Porto Rico for our own, and an ab- golutely free hand in the Philippines. I would be generous as to war indem- nity if an immediate and prompt ac- ceptance of these demands is conceded. I would not have the Philippines as American territory on any terms If it can be avoided. I would afford them an opportunity to govern themselves, or we might consider some guaranteed form of autonomy undcr Spanish sov- ereignty for a final settlement with an adequate naval station for ourselves; but there should not be a moment’s halt in the forward movement till the acceptance of these terms.” DES MOINES, Iowa, July 30.—Con- gressman Hull, chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs, is in town. He has just returned from the Republican Congressional Convention at Knoxville, by which he was renom- inated for another term. In regard to the disposal of the Philippine Islands he said it appeared probable that they would be returned to Spain. “It will be hard to do this,” he add- ed, ““when it is remembered that the Philippine insurgents, in marked dis- tinction to the Cuban insurgents, have proved themselves fighters and have assisted Dewey in every possible way. Personally, I would favor retaining all the territory we have captured, and I know there is a large and growing ele- ment in our country which holds to the same bellef.” e A SAGASTA’S CONFIDENCE : IN SECURING PEACE NEW YORK, July 30.—A World spe- cial from Madrid under date of July 28 says: Premier Sagasta Is very confi- dent of securine peace because of Pres- ident McKinley’s conciliatory. disposi- tlon. He declared explicitly that he has received telegrams stating that the President has consented virtually to negotiations on the basis proposed by Spain. That means that hostilities are to be suspended in Cuba, the Philippines and Porto Rico in order to negotiate a peace treaty, starting from the vantage ground that the chief, if not the only object of the war, was a recognition of Cuban independence. ASKED TO RETAIN THE PHILIPPINES SEATTLE, July 30.—At a largely at- tended ‘mass-meeting held by the citi- zens of Seattle and Walla Walla to-day resolutions were adopted and forwarded to President McKinley praying that the Philippines be retained as a part of the United State: Of Interest to the Coast. WASHINGTON, July 30.—Pensions have been granted as follows: California: In- crease—Lewis H. Miller, Los Angeles, $14 to $17. Original, widow, etc.—Minoss of Edward R. Hanford, Rich Gulch, $16. Army orders—A board of survey, to consist of Lieutenant Colonel William H. Baldwin, chief commissary of subsist- ence; Captain Charles B. Thompson, as- sistant quartermaster, and First Lieuten- ant John B. Bennett, Seventn Infantry, will assemble at the general depot of the quartermaster's department, San Fran- cisco, as soon as practicable after the re- celpt of this order, for the purpose of re- orting upon and fixing the responsibility or the loss of one Hunt fleld range, re- ceived short by Captain Oscar F. Long, assistant quartermaster, on an Invoice from Major Charles R. Barnet! = master at Jeffersonville, lin(l.° &‘h% 5\111?0'! member of the board will act as recorder. POLITICS IN THE INTERIOR Calls for Primaries and Conventions. CRAWFORD PLAN FAVORED ADOPTED BY YOLO COUNTY DEMOCRATS. Santa Cruz Central Committee Names Delegates to the State Conven- tion and Fusion Con- ferees. Special Dispatch to The Call. ‘WOODLAND, July 30.—The Repub- lican County Central Committee met to-day and ordered primaries to be held on August 13 for the election of dele- gates to the county convention to meet in _this city op August 17 to select dele- gates to the State and (tongressional conventions and nominate a county ticket. The executive committee of the Democratic County Central Committee met to-day and empowered the county conventfon, composed of delegates to be elected under the Crawford plan on August 9, to elect delegates to the State Congressional and Senatorial conven- tions. . SUSANVILLE, July 30.—The Demo- cratic County Central Committee of Lassen to-day called the county con- vention for September 3, and named W. E. Dozier, N.*J. Barry, W. D. Pack- wood and F. M. Rowland delegates to the State convention. The Republican Central Committee called the county convention for September 24, and named E. V. Spencer, T. A. Roseberry, and Jules Alexander delegates to the State convention. SANTA CRUZ, July 30.—The Demo- cratic County Committee met to-day and elected as delegates to the State convention T. Chittenden, C. H. Rodgers, Ed White, C. E. Peckham, C. M. Cassin, Charles Steinmetz, T. V. Matthews, A. A. Taylor, H. L. Middle- ton and T. J. Leonard. Lieutenant Governor Jeter was se- lected by acclamation as delegate at large. The following were appointed a conference committee to deal with the Populists: C. O. Sillman, Talman Chittenden, George A. Brewington, T. J. Leonard, F. V. Matthews, C. E. Lil- ly and J. J. Boyle. g VENTURA, July 30.—The Republican County Central Committee met this afternoon. A resolution was adopted calling for a caucus of *h~ Republican party of this county to be held here on August 11 to elect nine delegates to the State Convention. These delegates shall also represent the county at the Sixth District Congressional Conven- tion to be held Saturday, September 3. Primaries for the election of dele- gates to this convention will be held on Tuesday, August 30. AUBURN, July 30.—At a meeting of the Democratic County Central Com- mitee to-day, it was decided that Plac- er County Democrats should hold but one convention this year. The call was made for August 13, at which time ten delegates to the State Convention will be chosen and a full county ticket nominated. The primaries will be held on the 10th. SAN JOSE, July 30.—The Republican County Central Committee met this afternoon and decided upon August 10 as the date for the primaries to elect delegates to the county, State and Con- gressional conventions. The County Convention was set for August 13 at Turn Verein Hall. Dele- gates to it were apportioned at the rate of one to each fifty or fraction thereof of votes cast for Republican Electors at the last national election. AMERICAN TROOPS WITHIN AN HOUR OF MANILA HONGKONG, July 30.—Letters re- celved here from Cavite under date of July 26 state that the insurgents have done nothing since their second re- pulse at Malate, when the American troops were held under arms through fear of an attack by the Spaniards. There are now 4800 American soldiers within an hour of Manila, near Malate. Their camp is protected by trenches and guns and is covered by the guns of the crulser Boston and the Callao from the sea. The American transports, it Is said, will start on their return to Sen Fran- cisco in a few days. There is no sick- ness among the troops. It is believed that Governor General Augusti will surrender, owing to the fact that Admiral Camara's squadron has returned to Spain, but the army officers desire to resist to the last, and there is a prospect that peace will be concluded prior to the capture of Ma- nila by the Americans. sk CONQUEST OF PORTO - RICO HAS BEGUN VERY AUSPICIOUSLY Following the Macias Is Advised to Sur- render San Juan. Consul Hanna Urdes the Spanish Commander in Chief to Yield in the Name of Humanity. PONCE, Porto Rico, Thursday, July 28 (via St. Thomas, D. W. L, July 29).— The conquest of Portc Rico has begun auspiciously. The Spanish have aban- doned Ponce, the principal port on the southern coast of the island and in many respects its most progressive city. | Among the prizes found in the harhori ‘Were seventy lighters used in loadiug sugar ships, and these were used iu- stead of cutters to convey the troops ashore, during which operation not a man or animal was injured. The scene when the soldiers reached the wharves along the water front was remarkable. Thousands of residents of the city, men, women . and children, lined the water front and shouts of icy and cries of “Viva los Americanos “Buenos Dias!” ‘‘Puerto Rico Libre! greeted them. The soldiers were re- ceived like liberators, rather than in- truders. The red-shirted firemen came down to the wharf in a body and cheered lustily. Captain Lyons, with immediately marched to the ci established a provisional guard in the | municipal building, the soldiers being billeted in the frescoed and gold -deco- rated 100m of the Alcalde. On every hand the greatest satisfac- tion was evidenced. Women adorned themselves in their brightest gowns and waved their hands and smiled as the troops marched through the streets. Public vehicles did a thriving business in conveying the curious to the harbor to view the American ships. The | doors of the merchant houses were | opened and the whole city presented the appearance of a fete. The poor are | especially rejoiced. | ‘The City of Ponce is romantic and | picturesque with buildings of old Moor- | ish and Spanish architecture. Its broad | plaza and blue, pink and green tinted | hues present a pleasing appearance, | and its streets are clean and well paved. The inhabitants are mostly native Porto Ricans, a well-defined race, re- | the Alcalde to conduct his administra- | tion as usual. He said, however, that Fall of Ponce sulting from a blending of Spanish and | original Caribs, with a sprinkling of | foreigners, mostly French and Ger- mans, and a few English and Ameri- cans. All the approaches to the « are carefully guarded to-night. General Henry will effect a juncture with Gen- eral Wilson here as soon as possible, and our troops will await the arrival | of other troops now on the way. The military road to San Juan is broad and well beaten, and will offer no difficulty to the passage of artillery and supply trains, as did the soggy and almost un- broken trails of Cuba to the advance of General Shafter. General Miles and General Wilson, with their staffs, accompanied by the British, French, German and Danish | Consuls, called upon the Alcalde this afternoon. The latter gave them a gracious welcome and asked to be ad- vised as to General Miles’ desires with regard to the government of the city. General Miles informed him that it was not his purpose to interfere in any way | with the local government and advised | all persons having arms given by the Spanish must give them up or be treated as enemies. The Alcalde said that this should be done. At the conclusion of the conference, which was brief, the American officers stepped to the balcony of the munici- pal building overlooking the plaza, where several thousand people, includ- ing the Fire Department and a number of bands, were assembled. The crowd cheered General Miles and the Ameri- can dands played national airs. Surgeon Greenleaf said to-day that there was no yellow fever in Ponce or | its vicinity, but that there are a few cases of smallpox. United States Consul Hanna, who is | a personal friend of Captain General Macias, telegraphed to the latter to- | day, advising him to wire the Madrid goyernment to surrender in the name of humanity, as the Americans are certain of victory. BISMARCK'S MORTAL LIFE fIAS CLOSED Contfnued from First Page. fighting twenty-eight duels in the course of three semesters, or eighteen months. In all of these encounters he drew blood from his opponents, and was himself only once wounded. The mark of that wound he ever after car- ried. It was on his left cheek. Entering the University of Berlin in 1833, Bismarck soon after passed the requisite examination for professional life. However, he did not take up the practice of law, but retired to his es- tates in Pomerania, and there remained quietly for several years, occupying himself in guarding the family prop- erty interests. It was not until 1847 that Bismarck began to attract some public attention. He was elected to the Prussian House of Burgesses, taking his stand as an ultra-loyalist. In 1851 he was chosen a representative of the new German diet of Frankfort. This was the actual be- ginning of his renowned public career. At once displaying the most remarka- ble mental activity and manifesting a wonderful grasp of affairs of state, he clearly stated his views and distinctly set forth the chief characteristics of his most important political doctrines. He made a most marked impression, and the result was that he at once be- gan exercising a strong influence among his colleagues. He mapped out a policy, which he ever afterward con- sistently and closely followed. He boldly opposed all revolutionary meas- ures and ever having in view the best interests of Prussia, he boldly demand- ed that that country should have the same right in the Diet as had Austria. Recalled from the Diet in 1859, Bis- marck was sent as Minister to Russia. At the court of St. Petersburg he soon became an adept in the art of diplo- macy. His ability as a diplomat was recognized, and in order to give him a thorough insight into French politics he was transferred to Paris in the spring of 1862. In the fall of that year he was recalled and given the portfolio of forelgn affairs, and was made pres- ident of the Cabinet. The reorganization of the army was a measure that caused a great deal of turbulence in the Parliament, which time and again refused to pass the needed appropriations. Bismarck re- peatedly dissolved the Parliament. and finally to bring matters to a decided issue he notified that body that the Government would proceed to reorgan- ize the army without its sanction. Bismarck carried his point. The army ‘was reorganized, although during four sessions the Parliament declined to vote its sanction, and upon each occa- sion was dissolved. Upon the death of the King of Den- mark, Bismarck seized the opportunity to aggrandize Prussia by claiming the Schleswig-Holstein Duchies for the Duke of Augustinburg, the idea being to incorporate them with Germany. The occupation of these duchies brought on the war between Prussia and Austria, and at the battle of Koniggratz, in 1866, Austria was overwhelmingly de- feated. Prussia, under the skiliful guidance of Bismarck, now assumed the leadership of the North German confederation, from which Austria was excluded. The success of this strategic move- ment made Bismarck the most popular man in Germany. He had been univer- sally disliked up to the culmination of the war with Austria. He was given full credit for all that resulted from that conflict. Prussia’s sudden ad- ‘vancement to the front rank as a mili- tary nation was not only offensive but alarming to the French, who seized upon the first slight pretext for declar- ing war. The war of 1870-71 intensified the na- tional feeling among the Germans, and Bismarck, taking advantage of the situation, carried out his ideas of uni- fication, the result being the new Ger- man empire. It was Bismarck who dic- tated the terms of peace with France, Tecovering to Germany Alsace-Lor- raine and an indemnity of one billion dollara. . who had ‘been made a .event. == —| Count in 1866, was now created Prince | and Chancellor of the German empire. | The Chancellor’s aim now was to se- | cure for the empire a long term of | peace and prosperity. Here again he showed himself a master of diplomacy. | He succeeded in isolating France and | formed strong alliances between Ger- many and other powers. He united Ger- ‘ many, Austria and Italy in a triple | alliance—a combination that even a | union between France and Russia | would not be able to overcome. He | entered upon a long and bitter cou- | flict with the Vatican, whose power he belleved to be dangerous to the Gov- | ernment, but he was finally obliged to somewhat modify his policy toward the Church of Rome. In inaugurating the career of Ger- many &s a colonizing power in 1884, Bismarck brought himself into brief conflict with Gladstone, who was then the English Premier. Bismarck never | forgot to keep France isolated. That | was the main object of his foreign pol- icy. He also kept Europe in a peaceful | state by combining the central powers into a peace league. This was to coun- teract any aggressiveness on the part of Russia and France, either singly or combined. Early in 1890 the “Iron Chancellor” retired from public life, owing to differ- ences of opinion between Emperor ‘William II and himself. In 1894, how- ever, they became reconciled, and upon the occasion of Bismarck’s eightieth birthday, in 1895, the Emperor visited the famous statesman and cordially participated in the celebration of the The German soldiers and officers fair- ly worshiped Bismarck, who never sev- ered his connection with the army. He took more pride in being a soldier than in all the honors and decorations that were showered upon him by the poten- tates of the world. Bismarck very seldom appeared in public without uniform and sword. He was rarely seen in citizen's dress. The students saw in him the German rep- maentatlve, and endeavored to imitate m. In September, 1897, The Call published an interesting article on Bismarck, written by William Lodtman, and a copy of the paper was sent to the writ- er’s mother in Hamburg, who forward- ed it to the Prince of Friedrichsruhe. 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