The public reconciliation of the German Emperor with Prince Bismarck
took place on Friday week at the Royal Palace in Berlin. The Prince was received by the Emperor like a crowned head, with the most honorific ceremonial, the Empress and all great officers of the Household being present, and was repeatedly embraced. He afterwards dined alone with the Emperor and Empress, and returned at nightfall to Friedrichsruhe, fatigued, but it is said delighted with the cordiality of his reception. It is officially announced that politics were not discussed, but it seems certaAt that the ceremonial was a political event, which has greatly discon- certed the opposition and increased the Emperor's popularity. Not only is Prince Bismarck the natural head of the Conservative party, but the Germans know their history, and think it unfitting that any quarrel should subsist between the true founder of the Empire and his Sovereign, a feeling greatly deepened by the impression that the ex-Chancellor's health is broken, and that he is liable to attacks each of which leave him feebler than before. He has a magnificent constitution, but it has been severely tried, and the Prince has not the ascetic habits either of his old master or of Count von Moltke.
