Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-06-17
THE NEW EMPEROR.

BERLIN, June 16 The court has been
ordered to 20 into mourning for the late
Emperor for three months. The period oil
general mourning will last eight days.
The troops OF the garrison in this city
have taken the oath Of allegiance to En-
peror William II.
The Dowsger Empress Augusta is ex-
pectsd to arrive at Potsdam tomorrow.
Emperor William II. to-day issued the
following general order to the army:
"While the army has only just discard
ed the outward signs of mourning for the
Emperor King William l., my deeply re-
vered grandfather, whose memory will ever
live in all hearts, it has suffered a fresh
and heavy blow by the death Of my dear
and warmly loved father. This is indeed a
serious,,and sorl owful time in which Gods
decree places me at the head Of the army.
It is from deeply moved heart l address
my first words to my army, but the conf
deuce with which step into the place In
which Gods will calls me is immovably
strong, for know what sense Of honor and
duty my glorious ancestors have implanted
in the army, and know in how great q
measure this feeling has at all times been
manifested in the army,
"a firm and inviolable attachment to
the war lord is an Inheritance handed
down from father to son, from generation
to generation, and iu the same way refer
Won to nv grandfather, who stands fresh
in all your memories as the personifica-
ton of the glorious and venerable war
lord, such as could not be more finely con-
ceived or in form more speaking to the
heart. I refer you to my beloved father,
who, as Crown Prince, already won a place
of honor in the annals of the army, and to
long line of glorious ancestors whose
names shine brightly in history and whose
hearts beat warmly for the army.
'Tbus We belong to each other-Iau the
army. Thus we were born for one another,
and thus we will stand together in an in.
dissoluble bond, in peace or storm, as God
may will it. You will now take to me the
oath of fidelity and obedience, and / swear
ever to remember that the eyes Of my an
cestors look down upon me from the other
world, and that I shall one day have to
render an account to them of the glory and
honor of the army.
[Signedl WILLIAM
Dated Friedrichskron
Emperor William II. has affixed his frat
Signature TO q document permitting the
Emperor Frederick's testament to be open
ed.
Emperor Frederick body has been en-
balmed. 1t is believed his throat was
opened by the doctors.
A FEELING OF DIsMAY IN PARIS.
PARIS, June 16.-It is useless to deny
that under cover of assumed confidence the
death of Emperor Frederick has caused q
feeling very much like dismay. 1t was
impossible not to notice the silent agita-
ton which psrvaded the Chamber of
Deputies when His Msjesty's decease was
announced.
II is worthy of remark that not single
journal Published an exaggerated state.
ment or a premature account Of the death
of Emperor Frederick. He was respected
more as lover Of peace, and mingled with
the expressions Of sorrow at his death are
dismal speculations as to the political con-
sequences. Rightly or wrongly the new
Emperor is regarded as being animated by
a bitter hatred of France and desire to
render his reign memorable by fresh laurels
culled upon the battlefield at the expense
of his hereditary foe.
The Paris papers, without exception,
express deep sympathy for the bereaved
Empress and sorrow at the death Of the
Emperor, to the beauty Of whose moral
nature full justice is done.
A person who saw the Emperor ut
Chsrlattenburg preserved paper whereon
the Emperor had written the following.
Zone Of the most consoling circumstances
of my severe trial is to be shown what Il
said of me in the French papers. ]
certainly endeavored by every means
in my power TO mitigate the
hardships of war when was al
Versailles, but still war was very rigorous,
as it must always be to the conquered. II
gives me fresh faith in human nature to
| ind how the French forget the evil had
To do them and only remember those that
were good. Their present state Of feeling
makes me hate war more than ever did
In my life"
Count Won Munster, German ambsssa.
dor, has notified Premier Goblet that the
funeral Of the late Emperor Frederick will
be private, and will be attended only by
the relatives Of the reignipg houses OF tbs
Empire. France will not, therefore, send
| a representative to the funeral.