The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-04-05
THE SICK MAN OF EUROPE,
ALL EYES FASTENED ON GERMANY,s
... FEEBLE KAISER.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Place in the Pres
. ence of Royalty.
(London Letter to the New York Times)
Despite all the official disclaimers and
the vague and misleading reports OF
favorable symptoms Kaiser Frederick is
really growing. worse week by week.
Almost the last words Prussian official
friend said to me on Thursday whom ]
was leaving Berlin were: "Be prepared
for declaration of regency any day.
The Kaiser will not much longe: bo able
to stand the strain of even Listening to
State papers and signing his name. ~
4 sure enough, within forty eight hours
ne announcement, has come. The i'm
;peaal rescript cgeates sort of co-regen-
COY, enabling Prince William to act with
authority solely on such matters as are
referred to him by his father, but there
is reason to believe that another rescript
'1s already signed and in readiness for an
emergency, devolving whole and full
powers as regent on Prince William.
1t is fair to say that this action is q
more valuable and trustworthy indica-
ton Of the Kaiser's health than all that
DIR. Mackenzie may whisper to the cor
respondents to the contrary. A new
Emperor who is unable even to receive
the Presidents Of the Chambers of the
Prussian Diet when they bring an ad-
dress which is the most important that
could possibly be presented is not q
pstent with q mere local throat ailment
from which he is recovering. When
remember that last week he gave ap
n116IpnPn {n Io11 ~. u.-r
municipality of Berlin, it is obvious that
his refusal now to see delegation from
Parliament gives the lie to the assertion
that his health is Improving. More than
this for the moment 1T is impossible to
say. Probably next week, when, if the
fine weather continues, the question of
his removal to Weisbaden or Pottsdan
will be settled, tho public may learn
something of the real facts of his condi-
tion.
Hints about coming constitutional re-
forms throughout Germany continue in
the air, but the prophecies are still with
out tangible form. There is good deal
of disappointment in moderate German
circles of Alsace Lorraine at the tone of
the imperial proclamation to the people
OF these provinces. The Elascer journal
says, for example: "We must openly ad-
NIT that our people had hoped to tind in
. the proclamation somc allusion to the
development which the Constitution
wOGld easily admit of or to the relaxa-
tion,7hich might be made in the present
s~Gysten- of government This hope is not
.fulfillad." Liberal papers in Bcrlin,
like the National Ie1tn G, olso show
ces;ain signs Of mo- $ .ng their first
exilhegant confidence that great steps to-
ward the liberalization of Prussia were
impending. DIR. Friedberg, the impcri-
al minister CT, justice, is said to be hard
at work On 6jg schedule Of names to
be Included in the amnesty granted to
political offemders which 10 expected next
week, but bey@ndt that nothing definite
is known.
Prince Bi:marait's Is status up@cr the
new regime continues to he generally
discussed. There il some danger that
people outside of GerA any not familia
with the habits of thought and action in
grained in the Prussiaa ,ehuractcr will
draw false conclusions FROM the fact that
there has been an evident G1eAre by the
new Kaiser to honor d lot Of people
whom Bismarck dishkcs. 1t is difficult
for foreigner to realize how small, from
the standpoint Of Prussian Court dis
cipline, Bismarck is as COM pared with
royalty itself. Americans probably had
in their minds eye before last week s
funeral kind of fancy picture of tho
old Kaiser in his coffin, with the two
great historic heutenants, Bismarck and
Moltkc, as the chief figures on either
side. AS q matter Of fact, if they had
attended the funeral, their places would
have been about half mile behind the
hcarse, following III tic humble wake Of
every petty descendant Of an obscure
Nierman Prince or other princeling who
"Utts a3(o to pay his fare TO Berlin. When
y ;slW ~ the official programme the
plauaf r9Esi. ..ncd to them | said 20 Il Ger
man oi(tjM. ''Hhis seems, fsom my
point OF view st least, to be an autragc.
1 wonder thoy don't resent it," The
official looked al me in smiling surprise.
ooh, by no rlGGns," he answered, ''they
are too good fIGBsians not to know eI-
nctly where they belong in the process
sion, and would lever dream of desiring
to be somewhere else" The same gen
tlemRn told me an interesting anccdOt3
OF an interview Bismarck had With
Frederick III. when ho went down to
Reno train and return with it to Berlin.
The Kaiser showed tho Chancellor @
draft of his famous letter to Bismarck
for approval before publication. Bis
marck read and returned it, suggesting
the alteration Of a single word III the
original. The draft referred to him as
the "much. cherished fellow-worker Of
the late Kaiser" Bismarck suggested
tho word servant instead of fellow
worker. Frederick shook tho Chancel-
lor's hand warmly and made tho altera-
ton. [ relate this to indicate Bismarck g
conception of his position. Whatever he
may think of the now policy, it would
have to be very grave and momentous
thing indeed which would induce him to
express dissent from the decisions and
instructions of his imperial master,
Even then it would be done with the
utmost caution and Difference. AS fol
mutiny, that would be simply out Of che
question.
Another Account.
BERLIN, March 27.-It is expected
that the coronation of King Frederick
and Queen Victoria of Prussia will take
place at Konigsberg in June.
The mass of cartilage inst removed