Record

Document Reference	Bu 28/93
Title	Letter from Lord O. Russell [later 1st Baron Ampthill], Berlin, Germany, to Sir A. Buchanan, Vienna, Austria; 20 Mar 1874.
Date	20 March 1874
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him Sir Randal Roberts' story was true and that he had accompanied General Manteuffel on his campaigns and been awarded the Iron Cross by the Crown Prince of Germany; reports that Bismarck was ill and that the German Government was paralysed as a result; the Liberals tried to act independently regarding the Army Bill but would probably vote as Bismarck desired; comments on the passing of the Ecclesiastical Laws in Vienna; informs him that opinion in Germany was that Andrassy would re-open the 'Oriental question' and that he and Bismarck were agreed on the subject; Bismark, Bülow and Radowitz were claiming 'all was quiet in the East'; reports Bismarck had informed him he would do all he could to keep Andrassy in power should his enemies gain the ear of the Emperor, presuming him to mean Hohenlohe.
Term	politics, German, Bills
	armies, German
	politics, German, Liberal Party
	politics, Austrian, Ecclesiastical Law 1874
	Turkish affairs, 'Eastern Question'

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA7092	Roberts; Randal (1837-1899); 4th Baronet; soldier	1837-1899
NA6572	Manteuffel; Edwin H.K.F. von (1809-1885); General; Prussian soldier	1809-1885
NA6216	Friedrich III (1831-1888 ); German Emperor; ( succeeded 1888)	1831-1888
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA7024	Andrassy; Julius (1823-1890); Count; statesman Prime Minister of Hungary from 1867	1823-1890
NA6065	Bülow; Bernard E. von (1815-1879); Herr	1815-1879
NA7093	Radowitz; Joseph M. von (1839-1912); Herr; German diplomat	1839-1912
NA7094	Hohenlohe; - (fl 1874); Prince	fl 1874
NA6903	Russell; Odo W.L. (1829-1884); 1st Baron Ampthill; diplomat and statesman; styled Lord Odo Russell 1872-81	1829-1884
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882