New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-01
TRAITS AND INCIDENTS OF KAISER WILL
HELMS EVERYDAY LIFE.

lfRoh AN wv BERi IN. March 16
NJ .hos. who kn,v the story Of their married lie
,d tic antecedents the picture OF the aged En-
press holding the hand Of her dying lord was pc
cu1arlv touching There nothing political III tho
action, II was not done for effect. IL was 'oo ia'o
for that II proved that In tho presence oi uoa'D '
who had shared sixty years of the departing man
triumphs and greatness forgavo his fostering VI
memory which. kind as he was to her he couu never
forget 1t was their family ghost and returned az
undesired times to remind her Of the cause Oh her
choice and to embittcr, In part, her NC
visitors to Berlin have frequently seen DARK
yisaged man in the uniform OF maJor-goherai' 'uhe
with the late Emperor upon his daily pronlehanos'
II was bis adjutant. Many have seen hh' !e' io"
l,now that his position which he had held for years
was duo TO the hoary monavh's love for name "hch
decades ago nearly changed the course OF MS hio anu
Il NAV be- the fate OF an empire IL was III TO-"
The marriage Of the Clown Prince was not olessou y!
An heir and probabilities Indicated that frinoe VIM
lam would one day succeed to the throne freoerio
william III was especially proud of him. Firm faith-
t kind and brave, the young Prince han become ho
armys idol. Unfortunately, be loVou INC Ffio0''
Charlotte Radzwill, then the belle OF tho norhoi"
metropolis. The handsome Prince seenleu nano ioi
her and she created for him. But II was III vail
The inequality of her birth was insuperaoie' Inc
IA arpastv IN which she belonged outshone In power
nd wealth many of the prDcely houses OF the Fathcr
land and once In the days Of the Great Eiec'or
Hohonzolern had led Radziwill 10 the ai'ai' Du'
those DAYS were changed more stringent code
Governed the alliances Of the Royal house slhoo INC
reign Of Frederic the Great combining them entirely 10
Immediate members Of ruling families. Inc hai1i
wills ruled no more. Five years went oy' frih'o
william refused to give up his choice Everything was
done 10 allay the doubts and accomplish the uhoh'
Persuaded by Prince Anton Rsdziwill, prohhen'
and Do werful scion of the house. the great 'uis''
FIchhorn attempted 70 prove In lengthy Pupn.a
ton the equality Of his patrons family But n'S
learning could not overcome prejudice and the cru
acton NJ distin guished opponents As last resort,
prince August of Prussia offered to adopt Charlotte
I'm, the theorists said adoption would not replace
blood And other complications had arson III INC
meantime A younger BROTHER Ftnce h"f''
had married Saxon Princess ana 'no
Grand Ducal Court claimed the crown
Co.. IN. children of this union should the Rad
v,wm marriage take place Here was the crisis. Love
could no more be the only consideration The tate OF
a DYNASTY was in play. This the Eing couiu no'
allow Worked upon by his monitors, ne many ou'
reluctantly decided to his authority Ihs was ia
soc In a letter. every word Of which breahed con-
,aton and sorrow he reviewed all that had been done
in the case please his son, but done Id VAIN NOM
ing now remained but to sacrifice himself Tor The wei
fare OF his country and the salvation OF the race.
Receiving the letter from the hands of General Won
Vitzloben the Prince was completely unnamed, weep
ing like child But gathering courage 10 stare
DESTINY In the race, ne rcpHcu uuiiH6 '"V 9S"-N
that he would obey He unbuidened bis souI 70 MS
father assuring him that he would JUSTIFY his trust
IN mastering his grief and hardening himself 10 the IN
ovitable The lovers we're separated. few years
later Prince william married the daughter of the Grand
nuke Of Weimar today, wrinkled with the weight
., nearly fourscore years, mourns the greatest OF
madam Kings Love could not be one OF their penates
hu, friendship was And both, as years blessed their
nton with children became wrapped up IN these, ana
gave st least, a common centre 10 their ahecuon-
I'm, 70 his last days though she was long since DEAD
m, oame Charlotte frightened the dimmed eye and
rad. the aged heart beat tho faster All for
memory Tho darA-vsaged man who rode al the
Emperor,s side Is her nephew, whom HIS Majesty
treated az SON His Office was never changed.
OF the many anecdotes and traits Of character which
Mt this time are related OF tho late Emperor, none Is
more Characteristic than the tale Of The KAISER
hlumer Through all the long years Of his life he
prefsrred that delicate flower Of pale blue However
costly the bouquet, might be which were presented to
him. 1t his home or upon his travels, In the centre
when q, all possible, always lay this htue mower
at was In 1907 hs began. whom asked 10 explain
his favoritism that my mother, Queen Louise, ned
with my brother and myself from Berlin, where the
hated French tyrani had isken his station. We had
,roceeded a few miles when one Of the carriage
wheels broke and there being house near-ws were
compelled to walt whilo tho eoaohnan msndsd IL