| Show A Character Ch Study of the Kaiser K iser and nd His HisH Heir i App a ent un iii K illness ot of William 1 II emperor of at Ger Oer Germany many man brings brinKs to mind too the suddenness with i n ry which ho he was called upon to assume a the reins ruins of oC government and the lh possibility that his son eon the Crown Clown Prince Frederick William Wilham may many Inn as suddenly bo sum sur m neil to tho the throne Whether such a 1 summons would timid Iud tho the crown prince us liS well nell prepared as was Willi liln hla father tather Is Ison isan on nn Interesting quest Ion When Who II William WilliamH H It at the tho age uge of ot l succeed succeeded ed td to tho the throne In III after the nine tiny day reign of his Ills popular fa Cn father then ther th r Frederick HI III 11 r Fritz Pritz there were tow few who did dill not realize that he would strive to tho taw uttermost to make hl his 1119 presence enco felt Celt not only In lut but throughout I UI pe Horn both holh Ul lph and ond he ho had hall this as ns a n 1 you young oung UK roan man the time most sulkIng sulk striking ing characteristics of ot both of ot these Il II Illustrious 1 lustrous lines With the spirit of oC mil mull Imbued In him at lit nn on early carl age oce for tor the tho Danish Austrian A and a 11 French wars had been beell events of his of at his grandfather Wll WIIlIam lIam Him I 1 of ot HI A and of ot Von Moltke it won was small wonder wander that he hould In adolescence betray the sen sentiments sentiments and the tho tendencies that have JUlVe combined lo to earn for tor him time the appella lion of ot the tho war lord of o Europe I In his childhood too was made malle manifest the self pelt consciousness that In later lilter life liCe d Itself In ht Booming grand grandland grandstand stand land plays nn apparent love for tor no notoriety the tho Inclination to do the uno P Ud Rack flack ot of nil all this however was to he be recognized the tho fact that In ha ev everything he hue did and In la everything he said nid ho believed he lie was pursuing a n l cw course In tho the Interests of ot the thu father Cuther fatherland land Even Ien III In his the childhood William learn learned ed H lessons leHson of oC responsibility In his sixth sl th year ho was WOI placed under tho the tutelage of an on unyielding disciplina disciplinarian rian elan Dr and ond trots that time tams until his entrance Into tho time public I hool at he lie was educated along stern lines His IrIs very Cl toys tO 8 nere object IMons son In the tho actualities of oC the tho career for tor which he lie was wall destined At tho ho school j hool where he received the eano treatment as the thc boys bos who were not of ot royal blood ho he wan taught that ho hoho vrho ho would world rule rulo must learn to serve ere At the tho University of ot Ilona where hn he on equal ou l terms teens with M hla fellow Cello students joining them then In Inha Inthe inthe the ha pranks and bouts ns us well M as In studies lin hlA education was wan wa con continued nil nH It had been he en bo ull by Mintz Icier leter This It might bo be Imagined would w have havo had hat ns nil a n i result his development Into the most democratic of ot sovereigns lint Hut there lucre were other Influences at lit work factors which combined to heighten the tho consciousness con of ot his own power anti and develop nn an autocratic spirit even while ho hue was plain Prince Wil William liam lIum of at Prussia What the tho school and tho time It pave gave oe him hin tempered this aide ot of his Ms nature undoubtedly ly but could not efface his hll Innate Inmate conviction of oC time Hie divine right of ot kings icings or erad wId Irate the self consciousness that had always been so EO marked and was accentuated accentuated by the fact that In most quarters tore he and not his father was looked upon as the of ot the aged Wil liam Ilam I With th the old emperor and the tho crown prince both bath on their deathbed he ho became the th virtual representative of ot Imperial authority and nn this at a time limo ot of great public excitement Hither and thither he lie journeyed through tho the country malting speeches too of ot ten flamboyant and extravagant ant draw drawing Inc ing In to him the attention of ot the whole world For the time being he ho seemed to push puth BIsmarck to ono one side sid becom becoming becomIng ing the central figure figuro on the broad stage ot of German Germon politics anti his file re no realization ot of this assuredly Increased Ills Ids hi Idea of his bin own Importance The democratic lessons of oC his bin earlier days drilled drifted Into tho the background lie He anti and antinet net n t his hll father received the dying ben hen benediction of oC tho mho old emperor then came crone the tho tragedy y nt at San hero anti and Wll I Ilam was kaiser er In very try name With his accession to the throne I sense of ot responsibility made Itself man manifest again but aide by side with tho time I i i I s sY Y lad ladr r 1 I w t I Itt tt r 7 e Z 1 r 1 t tr tr trl r rl t r rv t r f rf wi x V N Ky r L THE TUE KAISER THE CROWN PRINCE old mild Inflexibility Iy He lie would do what he could for tor th the thA pea peo people pIe plc but the people must remember r that he ho was vas king kinK Small wonder that hn hI speedily clashed with small that himself holding hoMing not un o views ho denounced the so eo as all the enemies of the country and ond sought ht to tight light them then with their theiron own on weapons small wonder too that ride side by side with his whole hearted ef et efforts forts Corts to promote the lie Industrial welfare of ot Germany he developed n a fur far reach reaching reaching ing InK militarism army and navy lIa alike Through everything eer ran tho the love of or power most moat strikingly manifested perhaps In iii his hl self Imposed role of oC preserver of ot the pence of oC Europe Europ Ridiculed as IS he has been by IJ the world at Urge large Emperor William has hils proved time and Benin again that he Is the possessor ol of a 11 large Inre fund of ot common sonic some In nothing has hae this In b beat en BO so BOwell BOw sowell well w shown ns mis In the education of his hlo children more particularly the young crown prince Frederick William whom he has hums striven earnestly to fit nt for Cor the kingship Himself lt brought up Ul In a aItern astern stern school ho he caused Prince Frederick Fred Frederick erick trick to be placed nt at an nn early carly age In Inthe Inthe Inthe the hands of o strict tutors and nn govern goern governors ors era or and rind although the time princes education education tion hiss has not Included the public school experience of at his hla strong willed father Cather he hI too linn humus attended Honn Jonn has en enjoyed enjo enjoyed joyed jo ell a n f thorough military training In fn barracks life as did Itch II n him himself self and has lies In III shoot hot bean made mad to feel teel that a monarch can no moro Inoru afford to be br Idle then can his hlA subjects With his brothers Prince Frederick has lus tramped Incognito through many parts of ot Germany Jerman mingling with the commonalty learning their aspirations their lisle hopes their anxieties As a fin finishing finishing touch to this thiN part of ot his education lion tion he has hus traveled abroad his hla father tather holding to the tho good old fashioned Idea that hat nothing tends to round lound out a Q ayoung ayoung young oung man PO so completely as rum I does tray trav travel tra el ci The result of ur all nil this Is II already y ap lip apparent apparent parent and tho the general r Impression seems to bo lIo that tho the young oung prince he was but t last will cone come to tho the throne enjoying the conn denro of ot his people amid well ell equipped for Cor tho the tasks husks that will accrue to him Personally ho he Is tall blond and ot of roof good physique with pleasing blue eyes eye and just Juit time the trace of ot a n blond moustache over I a mouth that it must mURt bo b con can fe teased Is to hike 1110 his hU chin chum not particularly of ot strength In his mental characteristics he la is more like hike his mother than his hili father anti and although he butts hilI Inherited all nil the hitters love lovo for Cor outdoor life lire amid U Is like Ilka him an adept equestrian And find nn un expert In mil military milItary tactics It IH in 1 thought by try many that he will not develop dev lop Into a great grent soldier An As yet ho he him hM not had 1 1 any an anhut taste hut of ot the tile preparatory training In the various branches of military and civil administration which his hll father follow tollow followed ed cJ under time the guidance of ot and It Is to Ky arty what progress he tie would make mal In such Intricate stud Atud yes lu le for tor while hlll he Is Industrious and plodding he appears to lack laek the keen nees of oC perception and aud the thu general genera men mental mental tal tat that hae have been ben distin distinguishing r of ot William ln II 11 ti Perhaps counterbalancing this l is II th the i I fact that ho hI Is not nearly so Impulsive l 9 UH us hit his hl father and shows sho a Il marked tend tendency tendency ency ncy to burrow Into fundamentals id III heft belt lie he has hat modeled his political V views on Oil the tho lines linos laid Iud down by his hla august sire Added to thIs he hI In Is ii modest un tan 1 and tactful that thit will KO Ro f tar Cat r to enhance I My Ide H popularity as ns a Il ruler He Is le of at I a sunny Junny is l very ery good natured and of ot a po poetic dim Q J This latter tatter attribute doubtless a no nl II counts for tor the many romantic 1 ll that have been woven about his per V tonality It would appear true that Mint hi he h hIs IB Is very susceptible to charms I 2 but It cannot b be J gainsaid that the tho ma majority I of ot time the sentimental narratives In iii it E which h he has hili been made mado to play piny a II cen ern central rat part contain much more poetry r titan truth That ha ho Is h Innately chi ohly a I rous has hu inmate mudo manifest time s 0 J 1 and lIll again and In nothing more eo o than thanIn I i In Ira his hll devotion to his hiD mother whore whom he h and Ind for tor lit he has baa n a epe p j clay salute with his sword which h lie he 4 gives to no one else Ollif r I Tim The young oun princes princell most mot noteworthy 4 accomplishment apart from his its skill In outdoor sports U Iv n as 8 a of ot the C Violin and It li Ir said that to so skillful U Uhe I r he Ile that should arise arlie arl he ht could earn n II Income as II a must clan He lie t owns u former farmer farmerly lv ly the lie property of or Queen n loins and practices upon It tor for hours hour at u a time Urtie not altogether to the tho liking of nt hit his Im lm Imperial j and father The lit lat latter litter ter tet however Is very proud of oe his hili big ble t t t blond boy bo In tn whoso whose education h he hat has w t t taken not only a n paternal Intorn but a per pa 1 ronal normal Interest especially In his milt mill S tary Lary training which he himself has hns en sum 1 to u II great extent i iII t t II H BRUCE DRUCE I |
