The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-12-05
of Hi,a!ers. Fall c~frfrGassia.

asoInc out ~ : O'Clock from the great
talace. opposite the statue1f Frederick
z, and If you stand IN the vicinity a good
|I- lce may D. obtained. lie = always
ZE<esTm now. with visor and helmet much Ike
@-yOn by tire knights Of the middle ages,
ueDeaEh which j. a gi1ssy gray beard and
face. The dre-s j. not ostentatious,
5uch like that Of the General Of tbearmy.f for the
King j. callei q very plain man. There are
many finer turnoUt- than biz any day on the
Brighton rad. TIE bYr-cs are true Russians.
the carriage Wa made IN -. P-tersburg-an open
Phsetou- lDw and plain, and tie coaeituan J. a
subject Of the ear. The entire establishment was
q Vre~ent from that monarch. and = nearly the
only one that the King nOw fayOrs. lie sits
straight. uucom!Jrtabiy -, II be were not n sol
der. with one % liz Generals by hi- side There
are NJ equsrTie- IN front, nor behind The car
mage dive rapidly up the long vista % tree, Tor
tile horse are blD1dei and step proudly. Some
Of the People recognize the sovereign, and lft
their lats but more Of them DO MT notice him
~ all There j. no rushing toward the palace to
$50 him alight, NOBODY seems % care particularly
whittier b. comes 81 where he gJe=. And - you
have seen the King Of Prussia, tie descendant Of
Frederick the Great, and the second monarch in
Europe to-day. But It may be well % inquire Of
the people n what esteem they hold their ruler.
They will tell you fret that lie j. 4 very plain
man. that he slecIs on n hard bed IN 4 plain room
q the IIlacc-in short, that lie J. q born and q
bred soldier. How that he j. very niggardiy Of
biz wealth and spends but very little Of hz in
come, which J. something over three million dol
iar- per anuuIn. That he doe not favor building
new palaces, OF rcftting the old one-, but, If he
makes aH outlay Of hIs private means, II j. upon
BIZ army, and that very little Of the money ever
scts back into the pockets Of tie PEOPLE. lie
has no thought for tie welfare Of has subjects,
and has not the first element Of craftsmanship IN
his composition. The direction Of affairs = LETT
To lie ministers. who seek for Icr-Onal ends
rather tian fpT the god Of the state And -
there are murnurinz- IF d-cJnteut, and tire glIly
uniformed OEceFs and soldiers that giye Berlin
the appearance Of a great camp, are regarded ~
20 many interlOIer-, who cat the bread Of The
people and keep the masses IN poverty. Out Of
n population VI 10000, 1900 Of whom are
Jews, Berlin las q garrison Of 10000 soldiers,
ton Of the United State to-day, With this IN
view. one cannot wonder NJ the complaints against
the King. The only wonder i that the enormous
taxes and military laws, which are OnerOus in the
extreme, are borne at all. But, while the people
gTOan unIcr their burdens, the world calls Prus-
-ia powerful, and T~ejOices that one European
Power i able 70 awe the occupant Of the TuIlcr-
ies. They forget that money II the sincws Of
war, and that Frederick the Great melted up the
silver ornaments Of the Pru--ian palace, u century
ago, To- provide for them. Tie country las not
grown richer the mean time. T~hecOmmerce Ofthe
Rhine has found other channels. The French
- Napoleon l. current everywhere the Prussian
thaler Is rarely seen Outside Of the dominion Of
lillian the First.-COTeSPOndeHt Boston Jour
nal.