New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-08
lie KAISER AND HIS PEOPLE
pEsckIBED BY THE nox. ANDREW d. WHITE

DESCRIBED BY THE hOx. ANDREW d. WHITE |
rHr pxArn or rue CROWN PRINCE WOULD NJ A
Nov 10 PaoeRsss-cRRMANr rEAcEAnLKs |
not TERRIBLE i~ FENCE.
ithaca. Jan. I. -Of the many questions which |
are engaging public attention on both sides OF
the water Just now, there is none to which more !
interest and speculation attach than that Of the
present condition Of the Royal Family Of Germany
together with the possible issues and incidents |
involved in . change in the Imperial power
Few men, il any, in the United States are m''e
competent or better fitted to discuss the various
ASPECTS Of the situation in Germany today than
OK I,vS.sidept Andrew d. White. Of Cornell Uni
ve,sity-as a traveller, historian. ana olpo'na''
he has had peculiar privileges and advantages iof
studying the subject, and his views must cohse-
quently have great weight iHf 49,
representative found Mr.. White In his spacious
library a few days ago hard at work on his new
cbaptcrs for THE Warfare Of Science whch
book he is completely revising. lie expressed MS
willingness TO talk on European subjects, ana III
reply 10 question regarding the Royal Family Oh
Germany said
The Emperor is unqucstiOnably man OF great
or intellectual qualities THAI. have been gcneraiiy
attributed to him in America. IL IS Iar SNORT VI
the truth TO SAY that his great successes arc ouo
entirely to the Statesmen and Generals who have
with him is his strong character. This has pecn
shown in many ways, but especially In his &c
lection and retention Of leading advisers III spi'e
Of enormous efforts to change his opinion ana
conduct His power to recognize ana s'""u ~
strong men is really the main foundation Oh ms
birh position and vast success. His uphoiuihs
of Bismarck is a case in point. =
AS TO his present physical ana ihte''ec.u"i
condition can only say that when iast ea" Mn
six years ago his mind was perfectly Clear III"
his EXPRESSION was vigorous lie kept me IN
my farewell audience nearly On hour ana o'S-
cussed various public matters in way that sho"cu
not merely strength, but clcarncss
He is not constitutionalst IN the Ehghs"
sense of the word. lie has never accep'ed Inc
maxim, Tho King governs. but does NOT Fcig'''
He docs however accept certain modlicatlo"
of Prussian al,solutism; but after all MS eSseh-
tjal theory is that of Frederick the Great.
" With the Crown Prince, Frederick william,
r. is different 1t is an open secret that his deai
is constitutional monarchy somewhat III liio
English g nsc that he looks on absolutlsm as
a thing Of the past. Hence thoughtful states-
men on the Continent who are consti'u,iohai'a''
have looked forward to his ascending the thf"hc
rs the beginning OF a new era IN the ocrm""
Empire To them. indeed to everybody VINO
wishes Germany we'll, the prospect "i his car"
death is sad one. No man could he oeoeer
trained for that high position physically ih''i-
ectuallv and morally. lie seems TO have every |
ouolitv needed or even desirable in it. Physically
bc is large robust and active intellectually MS
exceIlert native powers have been trained uhuer
,be hest influences possible in Germany moraiiy' |
There has never been the shadow OF ch"l |
Whispered against him, even by those hioSO III
,crcstcd in Matchmaking the character OF uei-
many and the Court of Berlin. AS TO MS sP'ii'
and tomnor there is in him genuine heartlncss
and kindlincss which propitiates those VINO hdNo
10 do with him. lie keeps his eyes open upo"
the world nc large. In my first oiiiciai Ih'efNie"
with him he started the subject OF the brookNn |
u,doa asking me questions about It's history
ond structure which showed that he had waIche"
;ts construction carefully. He next passeu 10 VIC
character of our Western domain espe0i'iiy
Colorado. referring to some water coior SN.''n.'
:, ,hot raoion which had greatly Interested MN. |
He also touched upon the influence OF Europc""
art in America referring to the picture ny N"..u'
since nrcscnted by Miss Wolfe to the Metropolitan
Museum Of art in New-York City. On "nother
occosion when il became my duty to accompany
linn tbrourh the Fisheries Exposition at beri'
he showed very great interest in the America"
exbibit and a full recognition OF US eupo-
merits II was not difficult to foresee' whaV "''ei-
y-ara hanDened that the grand prize gwen ny
the Emperor would come to our section.
As To his son Prince William, ne seemed 10 me |
in his appearance and in the very httie cohNe,
so,iop I ever had with him young man WIN |
;,u;,;os ~ Good service in him. He had dis
.innn;.hcd himself as an officer in the WORK OIL
a., po,saam garrison and had been comphmeh'eu
by the Emperor on the TACT ,...
As IN Prince bismarck, think that MS ere"'
ness will be more and more acKhowieueeu 90 IN
goes on. He accepts IA certain MIXTURE oi oon'
tionalisn in the German GoVernmeh', ou' iN
n,, more concessions to it, His influence Is a'
chAnlH hp
come to the throne, would doubtless remain as
.,r,,l ne al. uresent IN all that pertains 10 the
-, ,olicv of Germany. AS to her domesoc
So,icr and the mana cIncnt OF parliamentary so'
comment there would quite likely DC some mo'ii'-
cation. :. o.,s 20 mo
chat should the grandson Oh the Einperop ~, i,
Ssio't,.,n soon come 10 the throne ana bisharoh
nr,,~,. Iong enough TO impress deeply upon hin
l,'s ideas of domestic policy, thc progress y,
s,Itutionai ideas III Oermdhy wouAu IL "cc,.nnis
s,iy Delayed On this as well us on otnoI oO 49,.
:, en,s Ia me thai the death OF the CrOWn IrIncc
,vonid be "A cause OF regret To every thinkins n''
who believes N the PROCESS al see no especial
..son Tor fears She is not aggressive, puo
eCwerul as she is when acting uion thg o,vsr
10, nc a n,eee nothing compared 10 her Po"o,
.gainst AGGRESSION. To DC sure. she seenis az 0in
between the upper and neither i. M other
France on the one side ana hussia on ,i Eno,ct
Hut considerable Acquaintance WIN onoJ
affairs during many years PAST iaifiy sUou
knowledge of Russian affairs begun wears ago ns;
MI W. ne;c;al stay Al ST. Petersburg, and resi-
ience in Germany at three different leriods extend
mo over several years. convince me that germany,
a art from her enormous phvsicai strehe,n 10, ..
20 r.nnIa a certain moral strength, compared 10
Which in a hand-to-hand struggle France a nia
Russia are light in weight. All that GERMANY ola
In the Franco-Prussian war would. Inink' vc &c
" compared 10 what she would do II sue
r,cre scbting for existence. 1t would be like the
Great uprising Of the French reope Of 1872 aga,ns.
she efforts of Europe to subdue them oniv yasicr
m,S a stronrer MANY of nv German friends Ia
inert the steady pressure of France and h"s D,t
mon their country as national misfortune: puo
SiJ;trer viii them 1t seems TO me that IT is