The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-03-15

were The STeneS WHICH Iii'eS
William looked upon when he
was only 1Oyears old. His moth
er. always devout, wroie I'll
NAV be good for our children
that they have so early learned
TO look at life from its serious
side"
The vnung Prince was nainral'
ly impatient 10 test his own met
tie under fire, aud his impn'ience
was graiified at Bar-sur-Aube in
1914. Ordered TO ride back and
ascer' lin The exact condition o'
The regiment" he was IN a few
minutes ~ Used 10 a shower o!
French bullets. When he re-
turned to make his report his
riddled cap an,I cloak bore ample
Testimony IN his conr,."; and he
received from the Emperor Alex
ander the Order of 81. George
"gor valoi.' lie was born with
the SCUM ! nf a moving army in
his ears. AMI The sly oke of war in
his nostr.lS. He oas on the field
from his boyhooI so continuous
" that when he was aroused by
the French call tn arms in 1870
he put his hands TO his head and
cried, Mus, | in my old age
again go 10 var!" AMI Tears ran
down his checks.
The march from Ems I" Sedan
and r~n.u : ian g., Pi-iS was not
a march against the true Franco
the France of history. bni against
France, demoralized by the s"'-
/ fishness mi nIaciiinaiions nf Ma
pol,.nn III. The throne was a
stolen throne. anl th Il became
fashionable and rampant every
where The elan of Tie army
hal disappeared. il patriotism
was asleep, its wonderful! en"r.y
was paralvzed. The consrlou :
ness :i,al lhrir Empores knew
more ,r intrigue I, an Of fighting
made the nation timid. And
when ai la>i h gave up his
word -:.',,'' l,avir. SlrncN Il
blow and surrendered nearly a
hundred lfnnsand strong and
able bodied men. France was
choked with horror, AMI helpless
with despair.
During ihe winter of 1SI1.when
The preliminaries nf peace were
signed al Versailles. King William
recalled the scenes of his hoy
hood. the ravages of the frs! Ma
polenm and the lax which he had
I'm sod upon an impoverished
country. II was a hitter mem.
orv. T nr<, however, had chang
ed. Teen Prnce William fled
from Berlin ~ -a'-i,. Now
King William hell Paris in his
grasp. The French naiion waSa'
his feet. The Arc de Triomphe
was sarcasm. Germany paid
f. the invasion of the great Ma
pnlean. France should pay for
the military bnmbasl of the Ill
lie Napoleon. Five thousand
million francs was the fine im-
posed. and then the last OF the
German troops recrossed the
Rhine.
While ai Versailles a remark
able event occurred. Germany
buried for Il time her differences
fur the accomplishment fla vic
tory over The French. When the
victory had been won she deier-
mined 10 bury these differences
for all lime. The North German
Confederation and the south Ger
man States made compact and
King William Was proclaimed
Esnporer.
Aud now this iIlusirions son of
The Hnhenz0llern Iamilv. after
having Lassed through extra"r-'
binary changes in the history of
Europe. eilecling some nf them
himself. has gone Ia The grave.
y COS: ly monument NAV be plac
ed over The spo, where lie VIII
rest, bui his besi monument Will
he the love of hi ls, pie. 1t IS
high praise 10 say of an' ruler
thai he Lowell hi country raiher
than himself, bnl thai am more
can be sad oI iI,. Emperor Will
liam, who nov sleeps the sle, p
of death.
DEATH BED SCENES.
Berlin, March 9.-Thr Emper-
er ,lie.l al S 80 ills morning.
Eye witnesses oi the scenes
Stale that duiimg Tia" 'ast few
hours of his lie. he suffered no
pain. Shorlly ly after s o'clock all
The members of lhe family STAY
ing al the palace, he cour; Dig
niiarIes, generals and ministers
stale were summoned In the
chamber in wlnirI, The Empnrer
lay dying. Tn, Emporer was in
a half sitting p' siIion "n ii camp
bedsiead. All The members nt
The royal family took places at
The bedside. The rnOm was
crowded. Prince Villa stood
neare>, The Emperor. half bend
ius over The couch. He ear est
~ watched The face al the dying
monarch nniii he expired.
The Empnrers remains lie GOV