Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-11-29
FREpERlck,s DIARY.
It's Great and Far-Reaching Importance
as a Matter of History.

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It's Great and Far-Reaching Importance
as a Matter of History.
Ever since the current year opened,
the worlds attention has been almost
constantly turned TO the three Princes.
who, In quick succession, have ruled
overthe German Empire. Two recent
events have once more brought into
special notice both the present En-
peror. William the Beeond; and his
late father, the Emperof Frederick.
William has signalized the opening
u his reign by making aseries of1ong
tours, and visiting his brother poten-
tates in widely separated capitals.
His first journey Was to St. Petersburg,
where he visited his second cousin, the
Car, and where he Witnessed some
fine military displays. Thence he re-
paired TO Copenhagen, where he was
the guest of the Danish King, Chris
tian, who is the father of an Empress,
a King, q future King and future
Queen. More recently William has
been received, with many ELUSIVE
greetings, by the Emperor Francis
Joseph at Vienna, and has repaired to
Roine to be greeted there by King
Hhmbeit, and also by Pope Leo.
Whether this sefiessof visits has been
undertaken for political reasons, and
if SO, what will be their result on the
future of Europe, has not yet appeared.
The warlike and ambitious young
Kaiser may have some scheme for the
interests of Germany; and il, he has, it
is to be hoped that, despite his mill
tary tastes, his efforts may result in
the long continuance of European
peace l.s@ r.
Meanwhile, all the. world has been
Interested, and Germany has been
startled, by the appearances, In ID Ger
man pefiodical of what purports to-
he d part of the diary 81 the late
Emperor Frederick. 1t. is said that
this diary was intrusted, In copies, to
twelve persons, with the injunction
that it should not be revealed TO the
world until fifty years after the
Emperor Frederick's death; but. this
Injunction has been ldisobeyed by one
of these persons. who hasgiven it out
for publication The diary, if 1t is
genuine, is of great. Importance as d
matter of history. The part taken by
Frederick, as Crown Prince, in the
wars of 1866 and 1870, and in the con-
struction of the new Empire, renders
all that he has to say OF those events
very valuable, and the. diary, as pub
lished covers that period Its main
revelations are that while Frederick
was from the first an ardent advocate
Of establishing the empire both his
father, the old Emperor William, and
Bismarck; long hesitated as to its ex-
pediency or possibility. Bismarck
has always hitherto been looked
upon as. resolutely aiming to
achieve German unity and the
Empire, from the time that, in 1862,
he rose to the head of Prussian affairs.
The diary, however, represents the
Crown Prince as the chief champion
Of those causes. gS.sss5 III
Again, the diary asserts thats the
Crown Prince favored and that Bis
marck opposed the compelling Of the
South German Kingdoms to submit to
the empire by force in case they
would not accept it Of their own ac-
cord. 1t also asserts that just before
the outbreak of the war with France
Bismarck believed that peace with
France could be maintained, willis the
Grown Prince was s,ire that war could
not be eavoided.
Generally speaking, the diary ,re.
veals the fact that all through the
events which eliminated in the cree,
tion of the empire, the Crown Prince
and Bismarck were antagonistic; and
1t also seems to confirm the idea that
the Crown Prince and his English wife
had long been hostile to the grim OLD
Chancellor. Bismarck has declared
thai he doubts the authenticity Of The
diary, has caused the nambers OF the
periodical in which it appeared TO be
suppressed, and the agent of its pub
lication, if found, to be prosecuted
Ii the diary proves. after all all, sc &c b;
genuine, its effects on German polite:
are likely to be far-reaching. = Yonth',
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