Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-22
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! Special Correspondence Of The EVENING srAn
Twas sitting in the corridor OF the Kaiserhoi
Hotel one night, In Berlin, when an of1cer Of the
guard de corps, with whom vas acquainted
came In. He was commanding the escort OF dis
tinguished foreigner at Berlin, who came to pay
his respects to the new emperor, Frederick. The
oficer sat down ON bench beside me after send.
Ing up his card and, learning that the ambassador
was still In bed enjoying his afternoon nap, we
had talk about court matters In Germany. II
was impossible TO hold O conversation OF interest
on any other subject at the capital at that time.
The whole civilized world had its eyes conferred on
the capital OF the German empire just as 1t is TO-
larry Interested In the attitude OF the crown prince
Britain.
WHY he HATES THE ENGLISH.
"He hates the people across the Channel, does
| he note" l asked
"Hate scarcely expresses his sentiments" said
the captain with a shrug. at is curious, in all
the delving and investigating Of the newspaper
published or the crown princes antipathy toward
the English He Is OF a peculiarly revengeful and
IesentIu disposition, ana his dislike for his moth
ers people iateS back from the very moment OF his
birth When IL was learned that the Empress
victoria was about To give birth TO child and TO
the PROBABLE heir to the throne OF the German en-
pire, there was great deal Of excitement In Ber-
In. The empress, as you probably know, is q
woman OF very strong mind. Sne is the oldest
daughter OF Queen Victoria OF England, and, over
there, she imUiped all sorts OF notions concerning
the superiority OF woman TO man, and the mis-
sion In life OF the queens daughter, and so on.
The result was that, at an early period OF her
married life, she convinced Frederick that
she must have her own way at all hazards, and,
when she made up her mind on the eve OF the
| birth or her child that she must nave an English
physician to attend her, there was great scurry
Ing and rushing around the palace. There We're
ali fnl hlrf w az
rather difficult then-nearly thirty years agO-tO
ind an English physician who was worthy OF the
honor OF attending the daughter-in-law OF the
emperor. AT the last moment an English physician
was found and taken TO the palace He was clumsy
and excited. The result was that when the Child
was born IL was found that the surgical tnstru-
ments had crushed his left arm and hand From
the very instant OF his birth young Prince Williams
arm was withered. He grew up a soldier in every
noer OF his body-a wonderful horsenan, Skillful
with his sword and full or fire and DASH But even
at the outset OF his athlete and horse
man he found himself Handicapped by the awful
drawback OF the withered arm. He was obliged
ID eat with a queer sort or combination or
knife and fork, which could be held In one hand,
and, Tor a long While, 1t was impossible for him
to hold reins OF his horse in his left hand
BY dint OF continuous practice in developing the
muscles thatwere not withered in the hand and
arm he succeed In acquiring the grip on the reins,
and ne has II TO this day. species OF blind and
angry rage possessed him thai he-the prospective
descendant OF line OF kings extending over 800
years and the possible futule master OF Europe
should md himself crippled in the face OF every
worldly advantage. BY degrees this peculiar,
sullen resentment Tor which he Is notable, settled
upon the bun Cling physician who had caused him
all this trouble, and thence, by easy stages, he
the people OF his race, and this feeling extended
so rar that William was actually and pointedly
antagonistic 70 his own mother because she was
English born. Nothing on eartn Will ever convince
him that the English are not In some way re-
sponsbe for his wiInered arm"
DIR. MACKENZIE AND THE CROWN PRINCE.
At this moment lackey appeared at the head
of the stairs and bowed profoundly to the officer
Thereupon. he Strengthened out his lolg and
shapely limbs, pulled down his coat, snoothed out
his white kid gloves, threw away his cigarette,
and sent up another card TO the foreign minister.
g., 81 am sorry have to CO. he said amiably, "ror
concerning the emperor" asked.
eyes, In a measure; or, at least, concerning his
favOrtte doctor. There was scene this morning
in the palace between Mackenzie and the young
crown prince, in which his highneSs treated the
English Decor with marked and more than brutal
severity"
Again the lackey appeared at the head of the
stairs and, with hurried bow, the of11cer disap-
peared. jumped INFO cab and went TO see one OF
The secretaries or the British who usually
knew great deal about court Affairs. He was
exceedingly cautious, however.
"Iheard at dinner tonight" he said thOughtfully
that there had been scene between the English
doctor and the crown prince, but 1t was only re-
ferred 10 In Casual way. Cannot substantiate
| It,"
| A few days after this-when Frederick had died,
may add nere-Sir Morel Mackenzie was refused
an audience b. the young emperor at the palace
| In PotSdam, and hurried away TO London an hour
aIterward. Opinions differed as to the action OF
the emperor In this case. 1t was not that he had
not perfect right 10 refuse 10 see anybody, out
the fact that Sir Morel Mackenzie had been such a
close and conscientious physician 10 Frederick in
his last illness, certainly gave him some Claims on
his successor. IL Was while l Was investigating
this ruOr later on that SubStantialed the state
! ment Oh the young of1cer that Mackenzie ana the
| then crown Prince William nad mad few sharp
h. Ernferiek dad
went 10 one other legation that night, trying
| to suostantiate the story, but without success,
journalist who whirled by in a cab on the Linden,
that his majesty was sinking rapidly l Jumped
| into cab and hurried out To rostenburg. IL
was nve-inle drive and the horse was SOW. Be-
fore We had gone half the distance the rain began
To pelt down heavily, AMI when l arrived at the
gloomy old castle 1t Was a windswept and dismal
slgnt. Soldiers were passing Solemnly UP and
down In different directions, and knot OI anx-
1OuS subjects OF the kaiser gathered near the
or more newspaper correspondents OF the LONDON,
Paris and Vienna journals talking 10 the guards.
Their fur coats were wrapped closely around them
and they tried TO shelter their heads from the
blast by a varied assortment OF umbrellas. The
crack correspondents or the world were there, and
IN person. too-for there was no time to send depu-
Ties, so SwuLiy had the runor swept lhrou "a Ber-
lin that the emperoP, wearied and worn Struggle
against tate was coming 10 close
STEALING PAST THE GUARDS.
knew IL was hopeless trying to get any news
lEOu Iuc CtOnu dI tuC mdlu culEduCt, So i walked
through the shrubbery, and, without saying a word
TO the guards, STROBE swiftly through the side en-
trance W the apartments formerly occupied by
Queen Victoria, OF England, when she visited
CnarlOttenUurg. wore heavy fur cloak alter
the military pattern then in vogue held my um-
brela low, and pushed ahead Tue guard saw me
and pushed ahead, evidently under Lne impression
that was one or the officers OF the household or
otherwise attached 10 the palace, and IN thiS way
l succeeded IN getting TO the building proper.
Once there began 10 realize that would be In
Father an unfortunate position II fell into the
hands OF an ugly soldier, but Kept on walking in
"a most buslneSSlke manner until passed JhrOu h
the courtyard In the rear OF the palace. l was
then quite beyond the line OF soldiers and Shell
tered from the storm by The heavy arches over my
head. l stopped iOr u moment to resi-, when q
short, heavily built, and c0arSe-leaJured servant
dashed out or one OF the neighDOring dOorways
ing By my side. he looked at me and mutJered q
saiuLatiou in German. Then ne started 10 hurry
Oh again, when his foot slipped on the pavement
ana ne came down with u smash on all TOURS AT
the same Instant heard him nutJer In the most
thoroughly AnSiO-Saxon or voices:
"Oi AL the nawsty nights this ERE IL about the
wusL"
He COULD BE PERSUADED.
II was the irst English l mad heard anywhere
near the palace, andI jumped for the man as cat
would for mouse.
"Come here" said, 81 want to talk to Won q
| moment" He glanced hurriedly about and said :
'Good gracious, sir, what are you dong nere?"
Il came In out VI the wet,"I said, following his
| The ruies?'
,, Us it!" he asked aghasr. SWELL should raw
l had handful Of coin in my pocket and