The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-05

fru.ty and easily insulted that he has
ulous affection in one car, and that has
General system is abnormal, are bad enough,
iufa.t just subjects If repToach But that
I..,n reactionary Of the worst type, openly
t.flnt of his fathers wishes and disrespect-
fIt0l bis moth +, ana disposed TO be dicta-
turaI and cruel. these are the really dark
feature, If his character. Add that he goes
t.t.ul d smnrCk himself in his demands for
en immense military system and has nat
ur .au- for war and warlke methods,
ani D., is plain that Germany's future is
somewhat prObicmatIcaL
Ilau American 10 seems a sad and strange
thing that IA whole nation should be made
lrAous and all Europe disqulcted by the
peaUarities Of one young man; but as they
~ Dot learn to do. without hereditary
n..archs they must take the evil with the
eo.i-f there is any good. And William
"..mc honestly 10y" bis pecularities, most
o tl.m being OF the kind which miss one
a.l..liI0n and take effect on the next He
.t4a.s back as the western people say of
Uf peculiar inheritance which scientists
eli 4,ayism. His grandmother Augusta was
.-r,ai laughter Of Maria PaulOwna, one OF
tr.. daughters Of Cray Paul. the ear
vl. va, trampled to death in his palace by
.eN of his loving subjects Paul was a
r-- Of disease. and, as 10 his brain, he was
i t.at most unhappy Of all states-a little
t..razY o. be at large and not quite crazy
Oh, Do o. be- shut up-and consequently
DUaaiaGs aud cruel His daughters were
thoroughly scrofulouS, AMI 50 the younger
fttlt4rif IDF s.n
t..., the scTofulous faint has run through
I.U.rOMcal lines, and more than one royal
o. a.ral house has thus become extinct
Frederick William Albert Victor such is
DE- n.l uamel was born Jan. -, 1859, and
rI- educated at CaSsell aud Bonn. He was
father feeble I'm early life but 10y military
Training has gained strength In 1881, when
ll, .. years old, he married the Princess Vie
tA of Schlcswig -iiolstein-Augustenbu
ul.was born May g. 1860, and they have
io.i children, born rs follows: Frederick
William, soon to be crown prince, May u,
i--- Frederick, July Z, 1883; Adalbert, July
D. ls,i August William, Jan 20, 1885,.
uis nIie is rather plain featured, and not
al au gracious IN demeanor
600 tue paternal side the family record be-
NN tff ADli7 ARu1 wan NAtiS SUI - IiNtA-
era Who knocked his wife and daughter
down with his heavy and knobby cane, beat
eli imprisoned his son, aiterward Fred
,rca tAo Great, and repeatedly threatened
I'm q ain, and who was so brutaly frank
a.I plain spoken that bis best qualities ap-
lrr much like other meE's worst His SON,
tue great Frederick, was u little better He
was extremely fond OF argument, but as he
hal playful habit Of cOllarlng and kicking
auF ou. who disagreed with him 1t was, as
N..4r. said, impossible 70 discuss with n
u.u n.9 had such powerful arguments and
wore -.ah heavy boots" We can under
st4lI. ..ereiOrc, just what the German PEG
Ytm, ID when they say of the crown prince,
"Hel Y.e OF the old Hohenzcllerns
and Set they like him. because be is a born
. soldier He speaks with sneering con
temp, II English traders, and treats his
mother with undisguised rUdeness, she being
English His unfllial conduct was 50 noto-
ruls before the old Emperor Williams
death that the grandfather denounced il il
ua,par.nc terms His father reproached
tm bitterly for seeking the imperial power
vl.e that father lay sick. You he said,
EAR thc only one who appears to be con
WINGED Of my speedy death. And you have
dared 90 speak and toact as if / were already
irrarIcvahly lost You have given an ex-
ample " an ambition most mercileSs and un-
dlsu,dcl But thereby you have lost much
OF the confidence Of the court and of the
people The same evening, the report fur
tAer says at dinner, when William lifted
b. glass and said, IL hope for your speedy
Gad complete convalescence," tue father
asked DO you speak the truthP The
prince vas silent and his mother and sisters
burst into tears.
The present days of grief in Germany have
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