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with the rapidity of the thunderbolt."
"a little stumpy man was this Zieten,"
says Carlyle, tswith hanging brows and
thick, pouting lips; unbeautiful to look
upon, but pious, wise, silent, and with a
terrible blaze of fighting talent in him;
full of obedience, Of endurance, and yet of
unsubdued, silent rage-a really curious
old hussar general, now a kind OF myth
cal or demigod parsonage among the
Prussians." Out of % great battles fought
by Frederick, his cavalry won at least 15
of them, and ever since that glorious period
in the annals Of Prussia, this arm of the
service, to the development and efficiency
of which the heroic King paid so much
attention, has been especially fostered by
all his successors. But, of all the many
cavalry regiments, not only III the Prussian
but in the German army, the Zieten Light
Hussars enjoy the greatest popularity, as
they have, perhaps, the longest and bright
est roll of fame. Formed about the year
1880, under Hans Joachim Won Zieten, this
illustrious regiment has plucked laurels on
almost every battlefield darkened by the
wings of the Prussian Eagle. To detail
all the acts of prOwess performed by the
regiment in the Seven Years War would
be to describe the most stirring,incidents OF
that campaign. Once in 1772, when march
ing past the Great Frederick, the Zieten
Hussars were suddenly attracted by the
sharp, commanding voice of the King.
"Men," cried His Majesty, pointing to old
Zieten, 'if you ever forget that this man
was your chief, you are not worth the
ground you stand upon" In the wal with
Holland i'll 1877, a year after its great com
mander's death, the regiment again dld
wonders, and, after fighting v%alliantly
4hVoJ,ob +ho Ti1arotiOI NNor CnuObf tn
emulate the deeds of tho Scots Greys at
Ligny and Belle Alliance. In 1923 the
Duke of Cumberland, afterwards King OF
Hanover, became its colonel, and in 1868 the
honorary command was conferred on Prince
Frederick Charles, whose fOndness for wear
ing the scarlet uniform OF the regiment
earned for him the title OF the Red Prince.
In the Danish War, the campaign against
Austria, and the struggle with France, the
Zietan HuSSarS again added several GlOrl-
Gus memories to their colours, and after
the peace of Frankfort formed part Of the
army of occupation across the Rhine. 1t
was to witness, therefore, the equestrian
featS and other exhibitions which had
been planned to celebrate the 150th ami
verSary Of Zieten'S entrance into the regl-
ment that the Emperor to-day repaired to
RathenoW. Commencing with a quadrllle
cACCuICu DN 1O OLIlCCIS-lldI VI CuOHI hO1O
in the old uniform of the regiment and the
rest i'll modern gala-the entertainment
further consisted of two similar dances
q cheUaL by recruits and non-cOmmiss!oned
officers, followed by a ladies' quadrille
gracefully performed by tae wives and
daughters of officers, and a curious jeW
6~qWeStre called the Schleifen Tour, or scarf
hunt, successfully undertaken by officers
and ladies, the astonishing powers OF the
riders being exhibited in various and sur
prising ways. The equestrian festival
ended by what is called a P~a,forcGdgd and
an historical tableau. Thousands had
focked to see the brilliant spectacle, which
did infinite credit to the illustrious regl-
ment. After supping with the officers,
the Emperor returned here about IL
o'clock.
Professor Virchow, the Psychologist, was
to-day retained to the Imperial Parliament
for the second electoral district Of the cap
ital, as the candidate of the United Llber-
als-ho himself voting in the Prusslan
Chamber as a Progressist-wlth S,l3O
votes, in his favour. His most formidable
opponent was q Socialist, who only manaS-
ed to score :, 706 votes.