R. writes to Dr. Jauner to ask whether the performance might not be postponed to another time, since circumstances are now so grievous. — Germany is said to have lost one and a half milliards, and that chiefly among the working classes; the wealthy bankers merely make a show of restraint, spending less out of prudence, yet in truth they have profited amid the general misery. Entire branches of industry lie idle! …
Brandt complained yesterday that nothing can be obtained in Germany; he needed rose-coloured glass for a sunrise effect, and must procure it in France. “Like a student,” says R., “has Otto von Bismarck treated the welfare of the country.” — — In the evening “Don Quixote”, the splendid episode of the boat. —
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins [© Jo Cousins | WAGNER Salon]
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