Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century
CHAPTER XIV
Bismarck and the New Empire of Germany
The State of Prussia--Sudden Rise to Power--Bismarck Prime Minister--War With Denmark--With Austria--With France--Metz and Sedan--Von Moltke--The Fall of Paris--William I. Crowned Emperor--United Germany--Bismarck and the Young Kaiser--Peculiarities of William II.--Germany of To-Day 207