See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

MARTIN See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH See also:

• RUDOLF (otherwise known as Basso NOROK and Gannon)

RUDOLF VON See also:

• DELBRUCK, HANS (1848— )
• MARTIN FRIEDRICH RUDOLF VON DELBRUCK

DELBRUCK  , Prussian statesman (1817—1903), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin on the 16th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1817 . On completing his legal studies he entered the service of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in 1837; and after holding a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor postswas transferred in 1848 to the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, which was to be the See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of his real See also:

• LIFE

life's See also:

• WORK

work . Both See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria had realized the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of commercial upon See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union . Delbriick in 1851 induced See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover, See also:

• OLDENBURG

Oldenburg and Schaumburg-See also:

• LIPPE

Lippe to join the See also:

• ZOLLVEREIN (Ger. Zoll, toll, customs, and Verein, union)

Zollverein; and the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern states, which had agreed to admit Austria to the union, found themselves forced in 1853 to renew the old union, from which Austria was excluded . Delbrick now began, with the support of See also:

• BISMARCK
• BISMARCK, OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD VON, PRINCE

Bismarck, to apply the principles of See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade to Prussian fiscal policy . In 1862 he concluded an important commercial treaty with See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . In 1867 he became the first See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• CHANCERY

chancery of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

Confederation, and represented Bismarck on the federal See also:

• TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

tariff See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council (Zollbundesrath), a position of political as well as fiscal importance owing to the presence in the council of representatives of the southern states . In 1868 he became a Prussian See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister without See also:

• PORTFOLIO (shortened form of Porto folio, adapted from the Ital. portafogli, portare, to carry, and fogli, sheets or leaves of paper, Lat. folium, leaf)

portfolio . In See also:

• OCTOBER

October 187o, when the union of Germany under Prussian headship became a See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical question, See also:

• DELBRUCK, HANS (1848— )
• DELBRUCK, MARTIN FRIEDRICH RUDOLF VON

Delbruck was chosen to go on a See also:

• MISSION

mission to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South German states, and contributed greatly to the agreements concluded at See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November . In 1871 he became president of the newly constituted Reichskanzleramt . Delbruck, however, began to feel himself uneasy under Bismarck's leanings towards See also:

• PROTECTION

protection and state See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control . On the introduction of Bismarck's See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan for the acquisition of the See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways by the state, Delbruck resigned See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, nominally on the ground of See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health (See also:

• JUNE

June 1, 1876) .

In 1899 he opposed in' the Reichstag the new protectionist tariff, and on the failure of his efforts retired definitely from public life . In 1896 he received from the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

Eagle . He died at Berlin on the 1st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1903 .