The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-05
WILLIAM II. AN ENGLISHMAN.
The Views of a French Writer Who
Has Just Been Expelled from Berlin.

The Views of French Writer Who
Has Just Been Expelled from Berlin.
NJ de Bonefon, the correspondent of the
GauIois who was recently expelled from
Berlin, gives the following pen portrait of
the young Emperor of Germany:
civilian H. will prove peaceful war
rior.' Such is the phrase with which q
royal prince, an imperial at that, concluded
three months ago long conversation upon
this living enigma, who was yesterday
crown prince of Germany, and who is now
emperor. The new head Of the HohenzOl-
lern house is unknown. He has only one
master, the chancellor; and it is not at all
certain that the pupil, now that he is a SOW
ereign, will remain docile and obedient
Some people think that the prince is Young
man Of intelligence, with both a head and a
heart, while the lovers OF the parallel al
ready compare him to the great Frederick.
son the other hand, it is said that he is
heavy and narrow minded, soldier with
out ability, and without education. All put
their own ideas into the portrait All look
upon the young man with eyes of affection
or of hatred, that is to say, with blind eyes
Upon one single point those who know or
pretend TO know William H., friends and
enemies alike. are agreed, and that is that
the commencement of his reign will be the
commencement of war. For him, they say,
everything that is not in uniform has not
the weight of straw. For him the army
is divinity, and he is the god of the Ger
man army. He is never seen except in the
caserns, at the banquets of officers, and at
the reviews. All this is true, and, further
more. while the father chose for mill airy
counsellor Gen. Blumenthal, the artist gen
eral, the son surrounds himself with soldiers
who are nothing but soldiers, the Kleists, the
Papes, and the Wyldersees.
Nevertheless William must not be repre-
sented as a cut-and-dried trooper like cor
poral after the style of the founder of the
Prussian monarcy. He wishes to be very
much German and very much Hohenzol-
lern He is fond of his uniform, and holds
himself erect in his little stature. But of the
Hohenzollern he has neither the stature nor
the strength, nor even the somewhat heavy
and imposing beauty.
1.-THE story is told of him that one day at
a review he was taken with hemorrhage of
the nose, and as his staff gathered around
him he remarked with a laugh: Don't
mind, gentlemen; it is only the last drop of
English blood that comes from my veins
The story is lie, perhaps; but even il true,
the statement would be an error. In spite
Of him and unknown 10 him, William is
English, English in physique, and English in
character, II not in heart. He has the gift
of repartee, and his remarks can be cruel
or amiable, according TO circumstances. He
has passion for travels and the mobility
Of fixed ideas--everything, in fact, that
comes from tue other side Of the channel.
Even his education has been English. He
has not had, according TO the tradition Of
tbs Hohenzollerns, for tutor an iron mas
ter TO teach him pride, obedience, self-will,
and passiveness. He has played in the col
lege grounds Of Cassel with his future sub
jects, just like the son Of constitutional
king