Bismarck and the German Alphabet
Prince Bis-marct La? been the cao'-'t goahead of practical statesmen, but on ono point ho is ol;3tinato and retrograde. For tea years there has been a steady effort made o^l over Germany to get nd of the German characters iv piinting and writing. Six years ago he caused certain manuals at the Chanceny, and that bad been printed In Latin characters, to be reprinted in Gothic type. There a wp.3 great outer? ut the time, and man of pcienco asserted that i the prevalence of near eight among the German pcoplo wag due to this trying' and minute type- Ityt the Chancellor never yields, and now within tho week ho has sent back peveral blue book« ieeuod by tho Berlin magistracy and had them )9printed for his own convenience in tho typ9 Be defends.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 130, 26 February 1887, Page 8
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139Bismarck and the German Alphabet Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 130, 26 February 1887, Page 8
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