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Show Its Oppnse-t an l:inrsror. The Herman papers relate that during dur-ing theslsltof tho )oung emperor ol Oonnany to Helgoland, tho mnieror, wishing to study the formications ol the Islsud, cxprossed an Intention to make an ascent lua balloon which Is kept for tho purpose. Against this project the emperor's brotiier and other ofucrrs protested, alleging al-leging that the emiieror should nut risk hlsjiersonnl safety in a balloon even Acnptlvuotic. 'I Iw em-ieror persisted, when Oeiier.il vonllahnke placed himself bodily in bis sovereign's way, blocking the path, and at thu tamo thuo declaring that the law of 1'russli forbade the l.lng to risk his person uiineci ssnrlly, or to "travel outside of I.urope" without the permission of the upper branch of the 1'rutsl.iu legislature. The emror would violate this law, be declared, If he ascended In the balloon. The emperor, who has tho reputation of being a very hevdftrong man, stood stilt for a moment, while thoollleeri nbout looked ou In wonder at the spectacle spec-tacle of n subject opiKisIng phyrlcal tdrco to tho monarch's will.' Thru tho em-ieror embraced General von Hahnke, assured lilm that ho was entirely right, and afterward presented him with the grand cross of the Order of Iho House of llobcniotlrm. |
