The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-06-22

W. FelLnar. III neeO hardly De said at this
time of day that the Prussian Princes
grow up clothed in uniform, and, like
other Prussian subjects, are taught their mill
tary duties very early in life. The Crown
Prince had excellent teachers-notably Ernst
Curuus; and in 1850 he became student at
Bonn. and later on, rector. With a father so
manly and serious, yet '.jovial' as one courtier
calls him, and a mother so accomplished, the
Prince could not fail to be well taught and
trained. He was tall, healthy blue-eyed, frank
and simple, aud he won regard wherever he
went when a youth. In the English court his
father was held in special esteem; and when,
having become Prince of Prussia and heir-ap
parent, he was driven from Berlin in
1S4S, his son accompanied him TO
England Although politics forbade his
reception, he saw Queen Victoria
who deeply sympathized with him-and
Prince Albert; and it was then that Prince
Frederick William, a lad of seventeen, first
saw Princess Victoria lively and engaging
child. 1t was the hope of several persons that
I these two in after years might be united, and
the hope was fulfilled. Five years afterward,
in the month of September, when Sebastopol
had been captured, Prince Frederick William
paid his famous visit to BaImoral to ask for
the hand of Princess Victoria, still young
maiden in all the ''uncOnstraint Of girlhoOd".
The engagement was announced September
| p, 1855, and the marriage occurred in 1853.
The bride and bridegroom were heartily well
coined in Berlin, and in August OF the same
year the Queen and Prince consOrt visited them
| in their new home. A great change was i'm
! pending over Prussia. The then King
stricken with painful malady, and after the
royal travellers from England had returned to
her shores Prince William was obliged to be-
come Prince Regent. He had acted in that
capacity since the autumn OF 1887, but in Octo-
ber 1885, he was appointed Regent with full
| powers.
The Regent at once set about the reform of
the army, which slowly but surely brought on
a constitutional crisis.
Prince Frederick William, who had become
| Crown Prince was Imbued with English opin-
| ions, and he did not conceal his views. In 1862
the strife had reached critical stage the
| policy of the government became harsh, and
| the Crown Prince moved that he ad-
| dressed words OF strong remonstrance to his
| father II beseech you, my dearest father"
| he wrote, not to invade the law in the way
| you hinted'-forcing on the country his own
| views of military reform, and issuing decree
/ shifting the opposition press. The King vndi-
/ Gated his course, and advised his son to be
cautious; but Immediately after the Crown
| Prince formally declared 1.-The proceedings OF
/ the cabinet to be both Illegal and injurious to
/ the state and the dynasty" So far did the dis
/ pute go that the King limited at the dismissal
i Of his son from his command on account of a
| speech at Dantzic The Crown Prince did not
! then comprehend the scope of Bismarck's vast
| policy, or discern in him the qualities which
made him the first statesman of Germany, but
| he acted with honesty and courage and deserved
/ the respect he won from all
| In the SchIeswig-HoIsteiu war the Prince
/ saw service on the STAFF of F'ield-MarshaI Won
| Wrangel. 1t was this war which brought the
/ long contest between Austria and Prussia
/ to head, and discord in Denmark proved to
/ be the prelude to unity in Germany. The re-
/ suit of a series of moves and Counter-moves
was that in 1866 the Austrian Emperor
] and the Prussian King found themselves at
4 war; and Prussia, with only one ally, sent out
her armies to fight against the whole resources
/ of the confederation. The Crown Prince was
| intrusted with the command of what was called
z1nr~E
consisted of tho guard and three corps. The
| chief of the stan with the Prince was Cze neral
! Blumenthal, a sldlful and hardy soldier. The
! plan of campaign was that while two armies,
| which soon became one, broke into Bohemia
! from the northwest heading for Iser, the
! Princes force should emerge into the scenes of
decisive action through the passes of the east
ward-paSseS famous in the history of his
! great ancestor, "Friedrch IL" But a line
| of mountain wall, forty miles long-the Giant
mountains-separated the armies at the out
set, and their operations had to be nicely com
| bined if they we're to form junction. They
were combined By the aid of the electric tele-
| graph; and, being well directed, and fighting
| stoutly, they did meet on the decisive field OF
| Sadowa.
Then followed four years of peace The
Crown Prince had the satisfaction Of hearing
his father ask the Parliament to pass bill of
! indemnity to cover and Iegalize the irregular
| military expenditure of several years; and he
probably had come to appreciate the European
! situation and its relation to Germany better
! than he did in 1868.
| The four years were anxious ones for Europe
yet, although had been expected every
| spring, nevertheless the events of july 1870,
| took every one by surprise The Emperor Ma
poleon had won diplomatic victory at Ems
| when the HohenzOllern candidature for the
! Spanish throne was withdrawn. Not content,
! he allowed himself to be forced into war BY
the Empress and his intimate councillors; and
the challenge, promptly taken up in Berlin,
brought on the strife which broke to pieces, for
a time the military power of France.
1t was in the campaign of 1901 that the Crown
PRINCE once rlnre came r1rnrra enflu hafnra the