The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-03-17
MONROE, LOUISIANA. SATURDAY. MARCH II. 1888
WILLIAM i. OF GERMANY.

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WILLIAM /. OF GERMANY.
A sketch ofthc Life of the Great Ger
man Emperor.
Wilhelm I, king Of Prussia aud em.
peror of Germany, a younger son OF
Frederick William III, was born
March %, 1907. He received mill
tary. education and when nearly 10
years Of age, Jan. l, 1908, became se-
coud lieutenant In the Guards. On
Oct. so, 1918, he was promoted to q
csptaincy and in that grade partlctpa-
ted in the campaign of 1914 against
Napoleon, receiving the iron cross for
gaiiantry at the battle of Bar-Sur-
Aube, May q, 1914. In the campaign
Of 1915 he accompanied the Guards ~
Major Of the flrst regiment and by sue
cessive promotions became In 1925
lieutenant general aud commander Of
the Guards corps. In 1929 the priuco
married the Princess Louisa Augusta,
daughter of the duke of SAKE W. eimar,
who survives and by whom he has
had two children-Frederick William,
SnG tSSoC0A NAO"o tAAONSf 0VAu OVNs Aof
1881, and the Princess Louisa, wife of
4, 1888. The death of King Frederick
eldest son to the throne a. FrekerIck
childIess, Prince William became the
! prince Of Prussia. His rank In the
q A., hal ~ ~
infantry, and he was named governor
of Pommerania. In the stormy scenes
of lS4S the prince was firm In his de-
mand for the prompt and forcible sup
preston Of all insurec,tonary move
ments, and though as the first member
of the Prussian council OF state he
signed the decree granting constitu-
tion he urged his brother, the king, to
draw his sword and subdus his rebels
Iious subjects. The appropriately
which resulted from this cousse iadu-
ced the prince to retire to England,
where he remained until the opening
OF the Prussian diet of which he was q
member. During this session tie de-
livered In the diet speech In favor OF
constitutional government, but pursued
the subject no further. In 1840 he was
appointed to the chief command Of the
army operating In Baden aud the Pala-
tinate, and in short campaign qus)l.
ed the revolt in those states. For this
service he received the order Of Fred.
erick the Great, but at the same time
aroused the bitter hatred Of the people
Of South Germany. In October, 1S49,
the prince was appointed governor of
Rnenish Prussia and Westphalia, and
in 1854 was promoted to field marshal,
co!onel-general of infantry and COVER
nor of the fortress of Mayence. Owing
to the mental disability OF his brother,
the king, he assumed the regency tenn.
porariiy in 1857, and ia October of the
following year was declared prince
regent, ascending the throne as king
upon the death of Frederick William
~, Jan. 2, 1861. Soon after his asces-
siou he appointed Count (now Prince)
! Won Bismarck minister of foreign hf-
fairs and laid the foundation Of that
policy which resulted in the reestab-
tishment of the German empire. In
1864 King William united with the
emperor of Austria in u war against
Denmark, and forced that country to
cede the duchies OF Schleswig and HoI-
stein, which he ultimately annexed to
the Prussian domipions. The treaty
of peace with Denmark was signed
Oct. 80, 1864, and in the year following
the king took possession Of the duchy
of Laueuburg, which had formed part
OF The spoils and which he had pur>
chased of his ally with his own funds.
The session OF the Prussian chambers
opened Jan. Ia, 1865, with revival OF
the constitutional agitation Tor control
of the army budget. The deputies
having rejected the budget, the bills
for reorganizipg the army and iDcreas-
ing the fleet and meeting the expense
of the war with Denmark, the cham.
ber was prorogued, the king declaring
that he would rule without ", and q
decree was issued al Carlsbad, on july
J 3, appropriating and disposing of the
} revenue. In 1866, having previously
, formed ap alliance with the king o
, Italy, he declared against Austria
what is known as the "Ssveu Weeks
War" the result Of a long pending dis
pute which had only been partially
: settled by the convention Of Gastein
t Though Bavaria, Saxony, Hesse and
some of the minor German states sided
: with Austria, tho Prussian forces
9 whose movements were planned b!
D Count Won Moltke, invaded Bohmii
z and pushed forward TO the vicinity o
= Koniggraiz, where, on July 3, 1866
was fought the battle of Sadowa which
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