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Death Of Emperor Frederick Of Germany.
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Death Of Emperor Frederick Of Germany.
Emperor Frederick of Germany died at
o'clock last Friday morning at freid-
richskron palace, Potsdam. A ministerial
council was held just before the Emperor
died. Prince Bismarck, who presided at
the council, was much agitated. All the
members of the royal family and ministers
were present in the death chamber.
Last Friday, the official paper published
the following announcement
sThe royal sufferer has ended his earthly
career. By Gods decree. the Emperor
King, lour most gracious master, passed 70
his eternal rest shortly after II O'Clock this
morning, after long and grievous sufferings,
which were borne with admirable fortitude
and submission to Gods will. The royal
house and German people have been twice
bereaved within short time. They deeply
mourn the all too early decease of our much
beloved ruler.
[Signed] MINISTRY OF STATE"
Emperor Frederick III was born October
IS, 1881, and was therefore nearly 81 years
of age. He was ill at San Reno, in Italy,
when his father, Emperor William /, died
at Berlin, March 9. In his proclamation
issued March 10 he set forth that it would
be his sole endeavor to ssmake Germany a
stronghold of peace" He was prince and
sovereign dear to the hearts of Germans.
In his youth he was tall, healthy, blued-
eyed, frank and simple, and won regard
wherever he went, AMI this sentiment in
creased among his people with his years.
His death was not unexpected, but is an
event of great moment and Importance in
the world. 1t may possibly produce a
gigantic war between the great powers OF
Europe, and even revolutionize Govern
ments and Empires. That the Emperor
should have lost his imperial crown, just
inherited from his father, after brief reign
of only few months, is a sad commentary
upon the uncertainty of human life and
vanity of greatness.
The funeral ceremonies of Emperor
Frederick took place last Monday.
The funeral service was read in the Jasper
| Gallery by Chaplain Koegel. At the head
of the bier a black baldachino had been
erected, while around the catafalque were
numerous footstools. All the members OF
| service.
The post-mortem examination was con-
fined to a dissection of the neck, larynx and
lungs. In the larynx, which was found to
have been destroyed by suppuration, was a
| cavity about the size Of clinched fist. DIR,
Mackenzie states in the report which he
prepared at the command of Emperor Viii.
1 liam that the disease was beyond doubt
| cancer of the larynx. He adds that the
| diagnosis was rendered very difficult, as
the disease attacked the cartilage of the
laryux at the outset, aud afterwards devel-
oped chiefly in the lower part of the car
tilage.
| The National Zaitung says that the au.
| topsy proved that the larynx was completely
destroyed by cancer, and that putrid bron.
chits existed. There was also infamma.
ton of the finer ramifcati0ns of the brOn.
chial tubes, into which putrescent particles
had entered. The whole larynx was in a
state of suppuration and presented a soft,
lumpy mass, with scarcely any trace of car
tilaginous structure remaining. There was
nothing to show the existence of perfora-
ton of the walls separating the trachea and
oesophagus. The choking sensation from
which the Emperor suffered during the last
days of his life, which was attributed to
such perforation, appears to have been
really due to collapse of the larnyx, owing
to the destruction of the cartilage. The
direct cause of death is given as paralysis
of the lungs The post-mortem examlna-
ton occupied one hour.
GENERAL ORDER FROM EMPEROR WILLIAM
II TO THE GERMAN LAND FORCES
BERLIN, June 17.-Emperor William II
has issued the following general order to
the army: "While the army has only just
discarded the outward signs of mourning
for the Emperor. King William I, my Deep
ly revered grandfather, whose memory will
ever live III all hearts, it has suffered fresh
and heavy blow by the death of my dear
and warmly loved father. This is, indeed.
serious and sorrowful time, in which
Gods decree places me at the head of the
army. 1t is from deeply moved heart
address my first words to my army, but the
confidence with which l step into the place
to which Gods will calls me is immovably
strong, for know what sense of honor and
duty my glorious ancestors have implanted
in the army, and l know in how great a
measure this feeling has at all times been
manifested in the army. A firm and in
violable attachment to the war lord is an
inheritance handed down from father to son,
from generation to generation, and in the
same way / refer you to my grandfather,
Who stands fresh in all your memories as
AkS personifcation OF the glorious and
1 venerable war lord, such as could not be
more anely conceived or in form more
speaking to the heart. l refer you to my
beloved father, who as Grown Prince al
ready won place of honor in the annals of
the army, and to a long line of glorious an
cestors whose names shone brightly in his
tory, and whose hearts heat warmly for the
army. Thus we belong to each other-I
and the army, THUS we were born for one
another, and thus we will stand together in
an indissoluble bond in peace or storm, as
| God may will it. You will now take to me
the oath Of fidelity and obedience, and 1
swear ever to remember that the eyes of
my ancestors look down upon me from the
other world, and that shall one day have
| to render an account to them of the glory
and honor of the army. WILHELM.
| Datad FriedrichskrO RON