Analyzation of the EMS telegraph

The original EMS telegraph was dictated by King Wilhelm I to Heinrich Abeken . The second telegraph, which was released and sent, was doctored by the Prime Minister Otto van Bismarck who received the original telegraph. It was written in Prussia in 1870. It's purpose was to inform the Prime Minister of the details of the conversation between the king and the French ambassador, while the second was to incite a war between the two countries. (It was successful.) The main idea is that Otto van Bismarck would do anything for German unification, and a war with France, would force the southern German states to unite. The southern German states, predominantly Catholic, were reluctant to go further than a few alliances with their northern, predominantly Protestant brothers. By inciting feelings of nationalism, Bismarck unified Germany and "spanked" France. He also managed to win Alsace and Lorraine, a resource rich area between northern France and Germany. He shortened the telegraph, and changed the context behind the words. By telling a briefer story missing important details, both countries seemed to be insulted, which played into his hands of wanting a war. To imagine, if Bismarck had sent out the original telegraph, the Prussian-Franco war would had never happened, and with that Germany would never have been united; without German unification and later nationalism, World War One and Two may be different or possibly never occur! Thanks to Bismarck's catalyst, Germany was united. Although his slyness is a bit on the dirty side of politics, it totally follows the Machiavellian philosophy. "The ends always justify the means."