BEACONSFIELD AND BISMARCK.
From amongst a number of amusing anecdotes of Lord Beaconsfleld is one of the State banquet given at Berlin at the time of the Congress, when he sat next to Prince Bismarck and opposite to the Crown Princess. Near to him was a trophy of bonbons, on the papers of which were miniature photographs of the German Emperor, and other members of the Prussian Koyal Family. When the feast was over, the Earl was busily engaged in securing a few of these sweets to take home, as a souvenir of the occasion. Suddenly Bismarck caught him by the arm, and so startled him that he dropped bis spoil and exclaimed, 'Not only does Prince Bismarck give nothing away, but he does not allow anybody to help himself!' The German Chancellor, on discovering that he had interrupted Lord Beaconsfleld in a feat of annexation, burst into a hearty laugh, and retorted, 'It is quite truo that I give nothing away ; but, as you see, lam always ready for an honest alliance.' So saying, he turned to the table and executed an energetic raid upon the bonbons, which he handed over to his British colleague.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3163, 18 August 1881, Page 4
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