Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03
KAISER WILHELa's ROMANCE.
He Could Not Marry the Lady He Wished
for State Reasons.

ApropOs Of the imperial celebration at
! Berlin, it may be BCticed that Prot. Treit-
schke, in the third volume of his Ger
man History in the Nineteenth Century. -
which has just been published in Berlin.
| tells the following story of the love advent
| ures of the present Emperor: Prince Will
lam was the favorite son of his father. King
Frederick William III In their stern SOL
dier-like simplicity and their good nature.
father and son were alike. In political
matters, too, they were both agreed in max.
ing the maintenance of the Russian alI-
ance cardinal point in their policy.
Prince William had fallen in love v ith
the Princess Elise Radziwill, the most
beautiful of the ladies of the court. But
her father was not sovereign Prince; ac-
cordingly the young lady was not of eaual
rank, and, therefore, according 10 German
law, marriage between the pair could
only be morganatlc. For five long years,
according to the historian, every effort was
made on both sides to get over the diff
Guilty. Eichhorn, the great iurist, gave an
opinion that the RadziwIll family might be
reckoned as royal. But this decision was
opposed by the unanimous opinion of other
equally famous jurists. 1t was then pro-
posed that Prince Augustus, the Kings
cousin, should adopt the lady. But the
Prussian Ministers declared that adoption
COulu not IaKe LDe place OF blood.
Meanwhile Prince Charles, the Kings
third son, married Princess of SAKE Wei
mar; and the German Duke let it be known
that if Prince William carried out his in
tention, the claim of Prince Charles chill
dren to the throne would set up against
that of the offspring of the elder brothers
marriage. This step brought matters to a
crisis The Crown Prince, afterward Fred
eriek William ", had no children. and
there was therefore every prospect of a dis
puted succession, which might endanger
the very existence OF the Prussian men
archy. AT length, on the urgent reprcse n
tations of his Ministers, the King made ND
his mind to interfere In letter overflow
ing with parental affection he represented
to his son the probable course of events,
and showed him that it was his duty to
sacrifice his personal inclinatiOns to the
welfare of the State and of the royal house.
When the Prince received the letter from
General Witzleben he was at first utterly
crushed, but he recovered himself and
wrote to the King the same evening that
his commands should be obeyed In the
simple yet moving language that was nat
ural to him he opened TO his father his
whole heart. He promised TO Justify his
fathers confidence in him by crushing
back his deep sorrow and steadfastly facing
the inevitable, and he prayed God that He
wouldn't forsake him in his heavy trial.
From henceforth bis heart should be more
entirely than ever devoted to his beloved
father whose parental affection had never
been more plainly shown than in this last
decision" Strangely enough the present
Empress Augusta is a sister of the Princess
of SAKE Welmar, whose marriage forced
Prince William to forego his love-match
with the Princess Elisc.-[St. James Ga
zette.