Foreign News: Von Bismarck

"Prinz von Bismarck!" cried many a bygone majordomo, welcoming Germany's "Iron Chancellor." And "Prinz von Bismarck!" announced a flunky at the German Embassy at Washington a few days ago, as a commonplace, Babbitt-tailored young man entered.

Reporters, allured by the fact that the young man was "the eldest son of the eldest son of the man of blood and iron," buttonholed 28-year-old Prince Otto von Bismarck. To them he spoke in terms little remindful of his stern grandsire: "Your America without question is a paradise. I have never seen a more beautiful spot than this...

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