Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-06-06

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wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig, better known
a. William l.. Emperor Of Unit~d Ger
many. yesterday Voluntarily signed . do
cree proelaimins the regency. and appoint
ing the Crown Prince. his eldest son.
Frederick william Nicholas Charles.
Regent Of the German Empire. This act
Of william 10 not Of itself IN abdication.
but practically 1t amounts to the same
thing. He 10 still Emperor Of Germany.
and will remain 10 until death removes
him from his throne, but In constituting
no regency hs has invested the Crown
Prince with all the Imperial prerogstivcs.
and In future he will retain only the I'm
perial title. Thus. after ~reigning - King
Of Prussia seventeen years. and ~ En-
/ peror Of Germany seven yean, William 1.
Yields his sceptre IN his successor. and
PASSES out OF the worlds vision - . ruler
In Europe. A brief review Of the life Of
this grrat monarch TO whom Germany
owes her present commanding position In
the councils Of the Great Powers OF the
Continent will not DO deemed out Of place
ct this time.
TIE kAKLr LirE on wiLLIlN.
Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig isa son Of
Frederick william Ill. King OF Prussia.
and his celebrated Queen LOUISE He
was born on the 22d Of March. 1877. and
accordingly has now Just passed His eighty
nrst year. In 1870. upon the death Of his
father. his brother. Frederick William "
ascended the throne Of Prussia. and a.
this monarch WAS childless. william be-
came known - heir apparent and Prince
Of Prussia. He wAs invested with high
honors. and sat in the flrt United Dict In
isi7. He Vas p~assionately attached 70 the
army from his early youth. and followed
the forces which overthrow Napoleon I.
This fondness for . military life brought
him into disrcpute with the masses Of the
people. and the dislike 10 him which II
then e~ngendered has never been erAdi.
Gated from tho popular heart. He was
regarded - an absolutist. and the preju-
dice against him WAS 30 great that In
March. is4s, he deemed IL advisable ~ re-
tire 10 England.
u riRsr ArrENPr AT ASSASSINATION.
He remained In Great Britain. an exile
from his home. for two months. but in
juno. when the excitement In Berlin had
somewhat subsidized. he returned. and took
his seat asa Deputy in the National As
sembly. He was still cordially hated.
however. by Q large class Of his future sub
jects. and In June. 1919. this hatred
found expression In an unsnccessful At
tempt 10 assassinAte the Prince. On the
i2th OF that month. while on his way "
Baden TO take command Of the Prussian
forces. he was fired upon At Nieder'lngel-
helm. The aim was bad. however. the
future Emperor Of Germany escaped. and
no put down tho Republican insurrection
In . few wscks. He Was Afterwards sta
toned at Coblenz. a. Military Governor
nor. on the Rhine and In wcstphalia. and
also became Governor Of the Federal fort
RES Of Mentz.
WILLIAM. KISo oF PRUSSIA.
In 1857 King Frederick william became
disabled by illness. and his brother acted
In his place A. Regent Of Prussia. In
October Of tho following year he vas
formally installed ~ Regent. and contin-
ued 10 act In this capacity = little over two
years. On January 2. 1861, his brother.
the King. died at tho famous chateau Of
Sans Souci. near PotsdAm. and william
was proclaimed King Of Prussia. Within
six months July. 1861 another attempt
IVES made a his life. this time by q student
named Oskar Becker. who appears 70 have
been something Of O lunatic. He said
Il that Nka n.~ ktnu anil naw.r hrfna sbua,,s
tho union Of Germany. and that therefore
tho country would be better without him.
The bullet Of Oskar Becker failed Of its
mark. and the man whom he charged with
incapacity 10 units Germany lived 10 go
complain that identical object.
BIsxARcK APPEARS.
In . little over . year from tho date OF
his accession to tho throne Of Prussia.
william called 10 his service the man who
to-day practically dictates to all Europe.
Prince Bismarck. and tho two began to
pave the way for that tremendous march
Of empire which has astonished the world.
Bismarck vas placed at the head Of the
Cabinet - Minister Of Foreign Affairs.
and he began operations at once TO con-
solidate the great German Empire. In
1864 the first step was taken towards that
end. Tho assistance Of Austria was So
cured In the Schleswig-H olstein war. and
. great victory was gained for Prussia.
Tho Convention OF 0astein august II.
Of Prussia temporarily. and Lauenburg -
. permanent possession. The first move
ment toward German unity wzs accom-.