The Speeches of Count Bismarck in the Upper House and the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament on January 29, and February 13, 1869; In the Debate on

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ... out assuming that a peace existed de facto, as a natural consequence of the treaty, the generous concessions of your Majesty could neither have heen made nor accepted. Any other conception of the Convention is quite inadmissible. With this conviction Germany and Europe have welcomed the conclusion of the Convention as a surety for peace and tranquillity; the Parliament of the Monarchy has given its consent to the treaty, and approved of the application of the necessary sums of money to insure its execution; and finally, your Majesty has given it your royal sanction. King George V., in affixing his signature, has virtually acknowledged the necessary presumptions and conditions, as well as the necessary consequences, before all Europe. The Ministry is now obliged to acknowledge that these presumptions and conditions have not been fulfilled by the other contracting party. King George has, since the complete acceptance of the Convention, and notwithstanding the commencement of its execution on our part, not a moment ceased to act aggressively, to form military corps of subjects of your Majesty, enlisted by his agents and partly seduced by them to desert. These troops have received a military organization, have been supplied with officers and under-officers, have been drilled on foreign soil for service against their native land, and with the intention, at the first favourable opportunity, of endeavouring to wrest from Prussia one of her provinces. The official intercourse between these bodies of troops and the officers of the household of King George in Hietzing, the despatch of orders, and the forwarding of money from that place for the payment of the soldiers, have been proved by irrefutable evidence. King George him self, in a public discourse which has obt...