The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-25
serHE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA
The Late Emperor William and the
Revolution Of 1S48.
E,on, thu Londos. Times.

5inlomat the following striking chapter,
written by an eyewitness Of, and partici-
nator in. certain events which concerned
the late Emperor William;
s.In March, 1S4s, the revolution shook the
throne of the Hohenzollerns. Berlin, after
tbe example of Paris, raised barrioades. On
March Ii there was street fighting between
the people and the soldiers. Civil war was
let loose In all its horrors; A1ter Iour days
resistance. Frederick William w. was
ohliged to Weld to the instruction, to pro-
ciaifn an amnesty, and to intrust to Cam
,enhausen, leader of the Liberal
ppnnogition. the formation of a
caFinet At the same time he
ordered the troops commanded by his
brother William, then styled. Prince of
Prussia. to withdraw to Potsdam. The
ordar was conveyed to the Prince by the
Minister Bodelschwingh, after a procession
had pone TO Frederick William ~. to i'm
nIore him in the name of religion not to
shed the blood of his subjects. The King,
who was very religious and surrounded by
nietists. including Gen. Gerlach, Thiele and
Bnnsen. then Ambassador at London,
Welded to his prayers, ordered his brother
10 quit Potsdam with his troops, and placed
himself under the protection of his good peo-
ME of Berlin. When Bodelschwingh took
Il
believe it, and asked for delay to go and
sneak to the King. The King reiterated the
order for the departure of the troops. The
Prince. in a rage, broke his sword, threw it
at the Kings feet, and left the palace.
From that moment all the mobiles
WERE AGAINST THE KING,
whom they STYLED an advanced Liberal, and
a party was formed whose design was to
make him abdicate in favor of the Prince
They considered the King unworthy of
reigning after having placed himself under
the protection Of the people and compro-
missed their fsudsl rights. They resolved
and on proclaiming the Prince Of Prussia
King. At the head of this league
was the Grand Chamberlain Count
Portaes, with his wife and his two
sons, the elder of whom, William, was in
the diplomatic service, while the younger,
Albert, had married Countess Moltzahn,
Lady in Waiting to the Princess of Prussia.
Countess Brohl and her daughter, Lady in
Waiting to Queen Elizabeth, Count Konigs-
mark, aide-de-camp to the Prince of Prussia,
General Count Mostitz, aid-de-camp to the
King and his wife, Count and Countess
Jugenheim, Herr Won Schleinitz, after
wards the Emperor's Minister of the House
hold. and Count Rodern, Grand Marshal of
the Court, were also in the plot.
''The King heard of the conspiracy, and
whether enormously thinking his brother
the instigator of it, or perhaps wishing to
save him from the fury of the rebels who
had sworn the Princes death, because he
had fired on them, had objected to the
Kings clemency. and had demanded ener-
getic measures against the mob, he ad-
vised him to go abroad for time. The
conspirators, especially the ladies, precipi-
lately quilted Berlin for Hamburg, where
the Prince was to go to embark for Eng
land. Their plan was to press him to re-
enter Prussia by way of Belgium, to
take advantage of the ill-humor of
the army at the Kings preference for the
people, to proclaim himself Dictator, and to
march at the head of the troops on Berlin.
AT the same time overtures had been made
by Count Konigsmark to Baron Meyendorf,
Russian Minister at Berlin, to ascertain
whether Russia, If necessary, would send an
army to help the Prince by marching
through Konigsberg on Berlin. Stress was
laid on the maintenance of absolutism in
the two countries, so closely connected
"At Berlin the Revolution has made great
progress, the democracy has triumphed,
the King was in the lands of the Liberals.
Etiquette, that fetlchism of the Courts, was
abolished, the citizens freely entering the
Kings palace, the nobility stood aloof, and
Prussia, that military State, which ac-
knowledged no salvation outside of the
army, had Ministers who were not high
born, as the aristOcracy exclaimed with an
air of disgust. The revolutionary leaders
had inf cted every humiliation on Frederick
William, making him ride on horseback in
Berlin as kind of show, and forcing him
to salute the bodies of those killed on the
barricades March IS
THE Prince of Prussia had taken refuge
on an lslet near Potts1am, having gone
thither from Berlin partly by carriage,
partly by boat, disguised as a coachman, to
escape the fury of the mob. There, too, he
was not safe. He received warning that
HIS LIFE WAS IN DANGER
Major Won Fincke, who went to warn him,
took him in a gig by q circuitous route to
Spandau. There the Mayor objected to his
remaining, and talked of giving him up as a
traitor to the country. He had 10 escape
again, accompanied by his Aide-de-
Camp Olrichs and valet. He
sent Fincke to Berlin to ask the
King for permission to go to England,
for being a General in the army, and
Governor Of Pomerania, he could not quit
the country without leave. He promised
F1ncke to wait for him in hiding near
Spandau. The latter went TO Berlin and
obtained letter from the King for the
Prince, but on returning to the spot he
could not find His Royal Highness, for the
Prince, having been again recognized had
been obliged to take flight to save his life
f1ncke got on horseback and rode through
the country, hoping to meet the Prince
Not finding him, he took the railway to
.Wlttenberg, and thence proceeded to Ham
burg.
"The Princes second aide-de-camp.
Bergh, had remained at Berlin to help in
carrying out the escape of the King. In
order not to be recognized by the people
Tor every one belonging to the court of the
Prince was exposed to danger-he cut off
ms beard and disguised himself. He was
able to get into the palace aud see the
Queen. The latter would not listen to the
proposal to escape, but she arranged with
MN the means of saving the crown jewels,
the plate belonging to the court and a part
OF the treasure, not thinking them safe at
berlin. AT the same time, in order to pre-
serve resource in case of a compulsory de-
parture, it was resolved to remove these
Valuabes to England A false door
opened upon the Spree, and Bergh
mad barges brought close to
The Royal palace. While the whole city
was engaged in seeing the procession con-
veying the dead, and the people were
pleased at the humiliation of the King, the
treasure and jewels were removed. With a
view to pass unperceived black flags were
holsted, and the barges were covered with
Grape. so that when they passed under the
DrlGges the insurgents supposed them to con-
tam dead bodies which were being removed
10 q distance from the city. Bergh LANCE,