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THE DEAD EMPEROR.
william of Hohenzollern's Life and Work
for tho FatherIand.

for tho FatherIand.
The Emperor William has won place in his
tory one of the most illustrious of an exceed
ingly illustrious family. Throughout his pub
lie career, in length and eventfulness rarely IL
ever exceeded, he has displayed all the finer
qualities Of that remarkable race OF rulers
whch-since its establishment In the Branden-
burg marshes in l4l2-has never produced an
absolutely incompetent sovereign. The Hohen-
zollerns carly won themselves name for
thrift, sagacty, and valor. These character
istics have been obviously transmitted from
father to son throughout the whole history of
the house Of Hohenzollern, and they account
for the extraordinary propensity OF the family
itself, for the steadily progressive increment of
its European influence, and for the territorial
expansion of its realm, which has, within the
last two centuries, grown from a barren Mar
gravite into gigantic empire.
WILLIAMS MILITARY CAREER.
Emperor William began his military career
at an early age. Born March %, 1897. 1t was
or the lst Of January, 1907, when, crushed at
Jena Prussia had almost ceased to exist as an
independent nation that Frederick William
III, who, with his family was living in the
poorly furnished, half-ruined castle OF Koenigs-
burg, gave his third son, Wilhelm, then 10
years OF age, the commission OF subaltern in
the royal grenadiers, with the remark Il give
you this to-day I'm order that you may have q
new suit Of clothes to wear ON your next birth
day"
Second Lieutenant and at once began to learn
the rudiments of his military duties under tho
instructions of Mai. Won Pirch In 1919, when
Jlo fOyhl Ihlully TeluTnou W buo
entered the city at the head OF his company.
and from that time he lived the same life as
other officers OF the regiment. Delicate hoalth
prevented his going into the field with his
father and brother in 1918, aud In June Of that
year he was promoted to First Lieutenancy.
Then in the following November, after the
battle OF Leipsic, he was commissioned Captain
and ordered 20 the front to join his regiment.
On the 1st of January. 1914, seven years after
his entry into the service and at the age OF H.
he rode alongside of Marshal Blucher when the
Prussian army crossed the Rhine to invade
fair France,
AZ the battle Of Bar-sur- Aube. where he
camo under fire for the first time, he was In
trusted with the reconnaissance OF the battle
field, and he did this with so much coolness
that his father gave him the Iron Cross this
decoration is only bestowed for military serv-
ice), while the Gar Of Russia bestowed on him
the Cross of st. George, an order OF which he
has been for n number Of years the Oldest
member.
HIS ENTRANCE INTO PARIs.
Soon after this he was transferred from the
grenadiers TO the guards, and entered with the
alllos into Paris, an enterprise that he has
since twice repeated. The second time was in
1915, after the Bellian campaign. In which he
took active part winning Majors commission
at Waterloo. He did not remain long In Paris,
as his regiment was ORDER 10 Berlin 10 par
tlcipate in the solemn festivals OF victory cole
bratod I'm honor OF the successes OF the Prus-
sian army.
Tho revolutionary storm OF 1913, bursting
over the whole continent, compelled Prince
William-who impored the King 70 make a de.
tsrmined stand ngsinst the Radieals-to seek