The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-17
GERMANY'S NEW EPOCH.
ALL EUROPE DIsTRUsTFUL AS TO
THE FUTURE.

understood as taking the form of an address
to the Prussian people, which is expected to
be issued Tuesday. The Reichstag will be
summoned to meet June 25 to receive the
message, and shortly afterward the en-
peror will formally take the oath Of the
constitution before the landtag. Specula-
ton has been already busy regarding the
tenor of the emperor's address to the people,
| Officially nothing is known of its character.
| Prince Bismarck held conference to-day
with the Prussian ministry, aud afterward
obtained an audience with Emperor Will
| lam. The impression in the ministerial
| circle is that the address will be brief, that
| it will be explicit upon the emperors de
| sire to maintain peace, and guarded upon
the subject of the relations between the
crown and the people.
PLACED IN HIS COFFIN.
The remains of Emperor Frederick were
placed in coffin tonight, and then carried
| to the catafalque, which has been erected in
the Jasper gallery. The coffin is identical
with the one in which Emperor William
| was buried.
| Count Won Moltke visited the mortuary
chamber this afternoon. Later he was re-
ceived by the imperial family.
| Profs. Virchow, Waldeyer and Bergman
went to the Friedrichskron palace at the
request of Emperor William and remained
| for two hours. Their presence gave rise to
a report that Emperor William had ordered
| a post mortem examination to be made,
although the Dowager Empress Victoria
was averse to it. Public feeling in Berlin
distinctly favored the holding of such an
examination, and the supposed abandon
ment of the plan caused revival Of the
excitement against DR.. Mackenzie who
was charged with emitting an autopsy in
order that he might prevent final authori-
tative report as to the true malady from
| which the emperor died. Beside the doc
tors who conducted the autopsy, Count Won
| Stalberg Wernigerode the court chamber
| lain, remained during the examination,
which proved the existence of cancer
DR.. Mackenzie's friends state that he con-
| CURED in the holding of the post norton.
| They also say that he knew the character
| of the disease from an early period, but
took the best course possible with the pa
tent.
FUNERAL SERVICE.
The funeral service was read in the
Jasper gallery to-day by Chaplain Koegel.
At the head of the bier black baldachn
has been erected, while around the
| catafalque are numerous foot stools Prince
| and Princess Henry personally superin-
| lSHIsu ZIG All buO
| of the imperial family we're present at the
service. The transfer Of the remains to
their final resting place will take place on
Monday morning. Among those who have
| already arrived to attend the funeral are
the king of Saxony, the grand duke of
Hesse and the duke Of SAKE Weimar.
A TELEGRAM FROM COUNT CRIsPI.
| Prince Bismarck has received the follow
ing telegram from Signor Crispi, the Italian
prime minister:
The misfortune that has befallen your
country has also plunged Italy into mourning.
Though foreseen and dreaded for a long time,
| this end, so tragic in its simplicity and
| grandeur, is q cruel blow TO our sovereign, who
has lost tried friend. The Italian nation,
| which saw in Frederick a sympathetic and
venerated personihcation of the glorious
| German nation, is the faithful ally of
your government. The king trans;
mts an expression OF his profound
sorrow, together with his ardent wishes for the
| prosperity Of the new emperor's reign. Accept
my personal assurance OF sincere sympathy in
your sorrow. 1t needs all the strength OF mind
| your highness has given so many proofs of TO
| bear with fortitude such painful losses occur
| ring at such short intervals'
QUEEN vICToRIAs MESSAGE.
Sir Edward Malet, the British ambassa-
dor, to-day handed Count Herbert Bis
| marck a letter from Lord Salisbury ex-
pressing the profound grief felt by Queen
| Victoria when she received the news Of the
| death of the emperor, whom she so dearly
| loved The queen commands Lord Sails
| bury to express to the German people In the
name Of the British nation, her heartfelt
| sympathy in the heavy loss sustained in the
| premature death Of the emperor, whom
| they rightly loved SO ardently.
Emperor William and Empress Augusta
| Victoria will presently reside in the marble
| palace, where the emperor to-day received
the reports Of the ministers.
THE NEW EPOCH.
The Berlin press as yet refers only in
suggestive asides TO tho political results Of
the ascension of Emperor William to the
| throne. The appearance Of to-day's message
to the army, the first public act of the
new emperor, has quickened the public
perception of the fact that Germany is
entering upon new regime. No
person expects immediate developments
pointing to critical state of affairs, but the
best informed military and diplomatic au-
thorities are aware that the new emperor's
desire is to hasten the final outcome, what
ever it may be, Of the present political
situation. As crown prince no freely ex-
pressed the view that the condition of armed
suspense in Europe for over two years
ought to come to an end, that the triple
alliance was able to defeat any possible
coalition, and ought not to wait for con-
venient time for its enemies to open the at
tack.
A BELIEVER IN BISMARCK.
His deep and open admiration for Prince
Bismarck is considered as likely to bind
him for sometime to the chaucellor's
policy, but within his own cir
Gle his character as resolute,
somewhat selfwiled and ambitious man
produces the belief that despite his friend
Ship for and devotion TO Prince Bis
marck, he will not wait long before
seeking TO give decided impetus
to Germany's foreign policy. His
military ardor, which was forcibly ex-
pressed in his address to the army, is In
unison with his impetuous and arbitrary
temperament. For n time he will be ready
to follow the chaucellor's advice, but before
long, unless that advice corresponds with
his inclinations. he will give Prince Bis
marck trouble
EVIDENCES OF HIS sUBsERvIENCE.
Meantime ne is not only thoroughly in
fused with the Bismarck policy, but is sub
mlssive to the chancellor's guidance. This
Difference is seen In his acceptance Of the
Prussian ministry as at present constituted,
with Count Ledlitz Trutzscher in Herr ven
Puttkamer's place. II the new en-
peror had followed the ideas he
held when he was crown prince,
Herr Won Puttkamer would have
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