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The Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle, King County, Washington
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In Berlin on July 22, Prince Bismarck delivered a strong speech to Brunswick excursionists, criticizing the current German government's weakness, bureaucratic issues, and policies toward Polish compatriots, contrasting it with the stability under the old emperor.
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STRONG SPEECH.
He Criticises the Weakness of the Present German Government
Berlin, July 22.-Addressing a large party of excursionists from Brunswick yesterday afternoon, Prince Bismarck said in part:
"Such an opposition as I experienced when I was minister-president of Prussia has not been attempted recently. During the old regime however no serious danger was apprehended from the opposition because the fullest confidence was felt that neither the empire nor Prussia could be endangered as long as the helm of state was in the hands of the old emperor and his ministry. [Enthusiastic cheering.]
Today the same belief in the solidity and stability of administration hardly be said to exist."
Speaking of the progress of affairs recently, Bismarck said:
The weight of parliament being suspended the consequence was the creation of a vacuum, which has been filled not by monarchism but by a red tape hierarchy, by bureaucracy--the same bureaucracy which cleared the way for the French revolution in 1789 and which collapsed before Berlin's barricades in 1848. So far as I can perceive, German interests made progress recently in only one direction, in which we dared not look formerly, that is in the direction of our Polish compatriots. I cannot bring myself to the belief that the Polish nobility and clergy will remain long in harmony with the ministry.
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Berlin
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July 22
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Prince Bismarck addressed a large party of excursionists from Brunswick yesterday afternoon, criticizing the weakness of the present German government. He contrasted the current opposition and lack of confidence in the administration with the stability under the old emperor and his ministry. He described recent progress as creating a bureaucratic vacuum similar to that before the French Revolution and 1848 Berlin events, with advancement only toward Polish compatriots, doubting harmony between Polish nobility, clergy, and the ministry.