St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-10
ference i'm the SLIGHTEST desires and THAT

ference in the slightest desires and that
he will rule Germany with an iron
hand. In March, 1878, Prince Wilhelm
was placed in the public GYM
nasium at Kassel, where, with
nineteen other pupils of all stations,
he was put through thorough
preliminary course. He was the first
Hohenzo!lern to be placed on the bench
of public school, and to all appearances
he enjoyed it. He led his classmates
a miserable life. The professors gave
him. full swing of the school room and
the alteration and reverence which he
received at their hands assisted largely
toward swelling his bump of cOnceit.
His classmates feared him and he glO-
ried in this fact. His slightest wish was
Obeyed and it was not an unusual thing
to see him strike any one of their num-
ber. Once, and only once, he came to
grief. One day when the prince pulled
the nose of fellow-student, the latter
retaliated by striking the prince Sc
we're blow in the face and then he gave
his royal highnesS vigorous kicking.
., Wilhelm was most punctual scholar.
Every morning at O'Clock he rode on
horseback to the school, where he re-
remained until 3 o'clock in the after
noon.
In 1887 he was placed in the university
at Bonn, where he proved himself an
apt scholar. He remained there until
the spring of 1881, when he was commits
Stoned in the army as second lieuten-
ant of the guards. He was rapidly pro-
NOTED to captaincy, and now COM
mands the First regiment of the Hussar
guards, the celebrated Brandenburger
regiment. He is also brigade com
mander, and holds a commission as
in, hot thn A n
armies. Wilhelm was married in Berlin
on Feb 81, 1881, to Princess Augusta
Victoria, daughter of Duke Frederick,
of SchleSwig- Holstein. They have four
children, viz: Prince Wilhelm, born in
1882: Frederick, 1888; Adalbert, 1884;
and August, 1887.
The future emperor is an ardent adj
mirer of Prince Bismarck, and is there
fore ain anti-Semitic. dyed in the wool.
Prince Wilhelm is also member of the
anti-English party, whose bete-nOire is
his mother. the crown princess, a daugh-
ter of Queen Victoria. A story is told
of him which illustrates his extreme
hatred for everything English. Some
years ago a party of young English
naval officers were visiting Berlin and
At the military club they met gay
party. of cavalry officers. Introductions
followed and a jolly time was had.
Prince Wilhelm entered the room and
shouted:
"You gentlemen are English. am
sorry for it, because | think you are
good fellows, but 1 cannot associate
with YOU"
The prince has frequently been
charged with cruelty toward his invalid
father, but as these charges have al
ways been made by persons who are
autagOnistic to him and his interests
they must be taken with grain of salt.
1t is known that in the last few years
he has discontinued his nightly revels
and attended strictly to his duties in the
finance department..
Whatever his faults may be, it cannot
be gainsaid that Prince Wilhelm is
man of wonderful nerve and intelll-
gence. While his military qualities, if
afforded the opportunity, are certain to
make him one of the greatest generals
Germany has ever known. All he asks
is to be soldier-nothing more and
nothing less.