The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-09

or emperor being more of an honorary one than
anything else This would make it devolvs up
on the Crown Prince Frederick. aud in case OF
his death upon his son William
would Bismarck's position be affectedsp
On, no. That is ridiculous! The Crown
Primes. when be becomes Emperor, has the power
TO dismiss the Chancellor, but in this case the
act would be most preposterons one Freder-
ieks part The German people would not stand
1t They would sooner part with ona of the
royal family than lose Bismarck. No doubt
Victoria. Fredericks wife. would try to effect
Bsmarck's dismissal She hates him
Tss s9rdlnily. f ss p. does also the far Empress,
the sturdy opposition made TO her marriage
with Frederick by Bismarck. DO not let u.s.
lern blood with the scrofulous Hanoverians.'
For once, his advice was disregarded, and can
imagine that something almost akin 20 smile
comes to mis- face when be centemplates the
shriveled and shruhken right arm OF William.
the Crown Princes Victoria has never
forgi iven Bismarck. and she never will. She is
wo man of unbounded ambition. and she as
plres TO be Empress Once in that position she
would use every influence TO secure Bismarck
removal She is nearly frantic at the condition
of her husband, not so much through regard for
him from fear that she will never attain her
desire for power. There is no doubt that DR..
Mackenzie loses nothing By sticking TO his al
legged opinion that the Grown Princes malady is
not dangerous one. and it is common talk IN
Berlin that the Grown Princess slapped the face
Of the German physician Bergman for pro-
uouncing Fre6sricks throat trouble to be can
and heartily detested in court circles. She is
her mothers daughter every inch of ker.
should her husband die her position would
be nil-worss than nothing, in fact; but il he
should survive she would see her ambition graf
flied 60 O certain extent She would inherit,
too, through him, q good share of the old En-
perors savings, which are said to he consider
able. William, the next in line after Freder-
ick, 10 a pet of the military party and IL gener-
ally popular His sound rein-srm permits him
to be good soldier his father at
least The pet soubriquet of 'Unser Fritz be-
slowed upon the Crown Prince reads very nice,
but he is not held in the highest esteem. His
character is irreproachable, but his mental absl-
tiles are not rated very highly. AS soldier he
not much more than figurehead His
battles were fought and won by General Won
Blumenthal. and even when the latter, in his
correspondence to his wife. referred to
his royal superior as AN internal
it; on the contrary, he admitted that his bad
military Judgment in that particular case had
justified The epithet. The man who sdmitted
this would not dismiss Bismarck The Ger.
mans want the strong government the Chancel-
lor gives them. Il is necessary, when you con-
slider the dangerous position of the country. and
the attitude of France and Russia. If Mexico
were strong as France. and Canada as Russia
we would need . strong government in this
country. and we could not afford to have auy
Frank Lawlers yepng in Congress. The Ger
man Parliament has no power to oust Bismarck.
1t pass million votes of censurs and lack of
confidence. bus he will not be disturbed by
them. No, the death of either the Emperor or
the Crown Prince will not disturb German poll
tics. The government of Bismarck win last"