VALUE OF HISTORICAL MEMOIRS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81869, 19 October 1906, Page 3

VALUE OF HISTORICAL MEMOIRS.

Uc hear a great ileal in ticut cable news of tin; sensation caused in Germany anil in fact throughout Europe, by the publication ot tlu: llohenlohe memoirs. Tli'—e piquant revelations of the secrets of Get man Court intrigues will afford valuable information to the future historian especially on the much tl< baieel point, a- to the cause of tit" rupture between I'lincc llismark and the present Kaiser. The "Man of Blood and Iron," as the I'rince had come to be known ever since the Franco-German War, was >till supreme in t'.ie German Court, when Willie.m u came to ihc 'l'hrone. But, to die amazement "f Europe, Bismark soon l'.si his influence and was relegated t.i v piivate lift', ju-< , if lie had beei merely a souoi <i i 1,., te olfiejul at (be l|»u|| and !)•'■ .• I .iiH't !l«i who. foi G< rmany s ] j: 11 -.. i, 100 ed li'.une u:i----piep.ir-d into v.i a . j n vic'orv stood p.i-ej „„ , M.,an l>a!'iie:>. die U ( . i' U to ill' 1 ... ipil-iicj u ■ ols ( ,| peace that wen .. have ii re; j ,e v ably duplet! for eve py oilier nation in Europe. The ,»aiwi ignored tlicsn ervices to his ; .jpiie ;.nd threw llismark aside with' lit the slightest scruple. All Kui"pe stood aghast, Uut the Kaiser was unconcerned. lii--mark's Hps w'T'' sealed. The great Chancellor, despondent and broken, (lied wiib the secret of his fa 1 unievealed. The Kaiser was determined to keep the whole affair wrapped in mvstcry. but the publication of th" lloaeniol',o memoirs has let in a flood of light en the (rans,iciiotl. and as might be e.ype,t'vl, the irascible ami : mpulsi\v Kai-'ei is terribly annoyed. It is not the first time that peisonal memoirs have proved their value to die siiidei-ts ei hard historical problems.