The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-14
TIE FUTURE OF GERMANY.

BisS,arck's Reign Will Not BIS Interrupted
Ills Quarrel with the Crown Priacess.
Mr.. Herman Raster, editor of the Illinois
Stats ZeituDg, speaking of the probable
effect of the Emperor's death OF the Gov
eminent, said to a Chicago Times reporter /:
THE succession is governed by the dynas-
tic law of the house of Hohe 1zollern. The
empire has nothing to do with It. Will
lam i9virtuslly the King. the ute of EN-
peror being more of an honorary one tnan
anything else. This would maze it e.
volve upon the Grown Prince frederick,
and iEcase OF his Death upon his con Will
lam"
Would BismeEsk's position be af-
f, cted p
On, nc. That is ridiculous The
Crown Prince, when he becomes Emperor,
nos the power to dismiss the Chancellor,
bas in this case the act would be q most
or. peslerous one on Frederick's part. The
German people woald not stand it. They
would sooner part with one of the royal
fsiUilg thsn lose Bi3msrck. No doubt Vic
tO1is. FItderick's wife, would try to ef-
fees Bismarck's dismissal. She hates him
eOIdiailv. ss does also the Empress.- The
C!cwn Princess has not forgotten the
s'nrdy DposItion made to her marriage
with Frederick by Bismarck. DO
not let Us, said he, unite
our sturdy, 1ealthy HoheDzollern
blood with the serofulous Hanoverians'
For ozrs his advice wss disregarded, and
l can 3agine that something almost akin
to a sr-Ille comes 30 his face when he con-
templates the sEF.Eeled aud shrunken
right arm of William, the Crown Hdnce's
son. Victoria has never forgiven Bis.
msrck, and she never will. She Is a wo-
man Of unbounded ambition, and she as
pires to be Empress. Once in that posi-
ton che would Use every inhuencs to
secure Bismarck's removal. She i3 nearly
frantic at the conGition of her husband,
not Sd much through regard for him as
from fear that SIC will never attain her
desire for power. There is no do-bt that
DR.. Mackenzie loses nothing by sticking to
his alleged opinion that the Crown Prince s
malady is not ss3aDgerous one, and it is
common talk in Berlin that tie Crown
Princes slapped the face of the German
physician, Bergman, for prorounclng
FredericB's throat trouble to be & cancer.
She is woman OK ungovernable temper
and heartily detessed in court circles. She
is her mothers daughter, every inch of
her.
Sh ould her hrAband die her position
will be nil-worse than nothing, N fact
but il he should survive she would see her
ambition gratifed to a certain extent.
She would inherit, too, through him q
good share of the old Emperors savings,
which are said tc be considerable. William,
the next in line after Frederick, il q pet OF
the military party and is generally popu.
lar. His sound -ein-arm permits him to
be as good q soldier as his father was
at least. The rat so1briquet of 'Unser
Fritz bestowed upon the Crown Prince
reads very nice, bat he Is not held in the
highest esteem. His character, is ire.
proachable, but bis mental abilities are not
rated very highly. AS a soldier he was not
much more than q figurehead. dis battles
were fought and won by General Won
| Dlumenthal, AID even when the latter, in
| his correspondence to his wife, referred to
his royal superior as an internal jsckass,
the latter di3 not resent it; on the con
| trary, be adm itted that his bad military
| Judgment in chat particular Gaze had justi
/ fed the epitEst. The man who admitted
! this would not dismiss Bismarck. The
/ Germans went the strong government ths
/ chancellor lives them. 1t is necessary
/ when you consider the dangerous position
I of the country, and the attit 1de of Francs
! and Russia. If Mexico were as strong q.
France, and Canada as Russia we would
need strong government in this country
| and We could not afford to have any Franz
LAWYERS yslping in Congress. The German
Parliament has no power to Dust Bismarck
! 1t can pass a million votes of censure anC
lack of confidence, but he 5ill not be dis
| turbed by them. No, the death of eithe
the Emperor or Crown Prince will not dis
turb German politics. TIE government o
| Bismarck will last"