The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-03
The Late Kaiser,s PIety.


[Copyright. 1898, by the New York Associated Press
BERLIN, Sept. 1.-The testamentary notes of
the late Kaiser William, abstracts OF which have
just been made public by the present Emperor,
although of merely historic value, have been
scanned with the deepest interest, as revealing
the light in which he desired to be viewed by
posterity. Each was written at a critical point
in bis career. aud all are permeated with the
deep piety which characterized his public dis
patches. In the fret, written shortly before he
was made regent, after quoting q passage from
the Scriptures, he says: when this writing
falls into the hands of my friends, l snail have
departed this life. May it be vouchsafed
to me in my last moments to commend my spirit
into the hands of God. Should sudden death
overtake me, my whole life has been a prepara-
ton for the world to come" A vein of sadness
runs through the document. as the writer
chances back at the alternate joys and sorrows
Of his life. He expresses great love for the
fatherland. The second note, written after the
war with Austria, commences: 'Since, in 1867,
] wrote to my surviving friends my last fare
well, fate has deeply affected my life" 1t con-
tains touching allusious to the death OF his
brother, and expresses heartfelt thanks to tho
people of Prussia for thu sentiments displayed
toward him. In it he prays that God will allow
his successors to preserve to Prussia the position
plsinly assigned her by Providence. The note
concludes: MAY God, in His grace, will it So"
The third note commences in 1901 with the
words: "God was with us. To him be praise.
honor and glory" A memorable passage runs:
sIf ever the finger of God was clearly manifest
ed in history it was in the years 1866, 1870 and
1871" This and the fourth document c~onjure
up brief visions of the events which marked
each year. Tho loving references to the kind
ness and magnanity of his people both end with
the prayer: "Lord. Thy will be done on earth
as It is in heaven. Amen The last, referring
to Nobiling's attempt to assassinate him. says:
MY bodily sufferings are small in comparison
with the grief that q son Of Prussia should have
perpetrated the deed, which will be doubly hard
to bear until the close of my life. and which will
cast q gloom over my heart and spirits for the
remainder of my days" With meek submission
to God ne perceives in it . design to prove him
before appearing at the great Judgment seat.
He offers the warmest thanks to his consort,
the family and the people for the sympathy
which they had given him.
Gossip About the Prince Of Wales.
ICopyriRht. 1885. by the New York Associated Press. I
BERLIN. Sept. i.-Several Berlin papers and
Berlin correspondents of Austrian journals are
making ill-ns.ured remarks about the Prince Of
Wales. The Vienna Deutsche Zeitung, which
is generally we'll informed by the German en-
bassador and Berlin inspirations, Published a
story of alleged misunderstanding between
Emperor William and the Prince of Wales. The
latter Il reported to have declared that It was
the late Emperor Fredericks intention to re-
store the Duke OF Cumberland to the kingdom
of which his father was deprived. and to retro
ceds Schlesvig-H oktein to Denmark. The