Show THE SITUATION why should christendom be so gravely perturbed by the news that the crown princes malady has taken an unfavorable turn it would be natural for the german people to display emotion the illustrious invalid hag made himself cry dear to his great nation not more by his prowess in war than by his love for peace but to the world at large lie is only one prince among many even ns the heir apparent to the english throne is why is aliis the reason is simple enough the death of the crown prince would be a european calamity whereas in the other case it would be a purely domestic loss the emperor william will complete his year on the of tin s month and although wonderfully heart and lule for his age his constitution has lately shown signs of breaking where his eldest son to die therefore the shock and sorrow would quickly bring to an end the life of alic lener able kaiser alie crown of germany alien passing on to prince william now aliis young man lie is still under has acquired a cry bellicose reputation the military instinct more or less keen in all his valorous race is said to absolutely domia ite his nature and although in alie speech he recently delivered lie stroe to dispel that idea some of his language sacred strongly of belligerent desire and in germany alie personality of the monarch is a factor of enormous importance take the present situation were the emperor william a lover of war instead of a loer of peace the many provocations pro vocations lately offered by cussia would by this time ia e eventuated in hostilities europe especially therefore has abundant cause for feeling deep concern about the health of alie crown prince upon the exact nature of the vicious little grow th in his throat depends not merely his life but perhaps the li es of hundreds of thousands in his nobly patriotic speech last month prince bis burch indicated very clearly that the question of peace or war is largely a matter of personal good will between alie rulers of germany and russia at present both czar and kaiser aio sincerely anxious to spare christendom the awful calamity of a general conflagration but if either potentate w ere replaced on the throne by a warlike and aggressive successor such as prince william the peace of europe would not be safe for a single hour it is curious to think that alie illness of a single individual should contain such mighty issues |