The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-27

nfxh nnspse con6run1fbn q What Ii
here s<Afed ~ 20 Friute Bismarek's
vacilIatSpn and ind<cSxiuu-
Another s1b5ecf On which Prince
Eisusrek cozsld not rnalie up his rairsd
was whether OF not the necessity Of
preserving bis own position testified
his declaring arexeTacy The difhrulty
IN bis path w2s she danger thai Sir
Mcre51 Mackenzie xoxild not certify
the inrap4csty 81 his psisens. and also
che probability. which de<pened into .
certainty after the bssrTibss accident 20
the canGia, that the esafgrur wo1ld die
tao secn 60 make is srcs'h while 80 run
the risk and 20 incur thsi friction Of the
REGENCY. 50. after nsEBth dEbItztson.
|o<css{onSng no small addition TO the
suspense IN the palace, Prince EIs-
marck ultimately deg.Sd<d 20 wait for
death. which did nes sssFy. but made
haste.
The end came ut last 10 the suffer
inrs ai the Emperor F-tderick. After
reign Of 90 days the great obstacle
60 long and 30 keenilf dreaded by
the chancellor 70 the realization OF bis
project was removed. Death secured
him the victory. and wien the grave
closed over the coffin Of Frederick Ill
the way seemed clear fi,r the attain
rnent OF the Bismarckian dream No
more talk now OF prince frankly
constitutional. No more petticoat in
fsuence IN German poIitscs-save Of
Legitimate kind. The masculine Teu-
ton was henceforSh to have an excIus-
i've masculine ruler. The fates and
death had fought against the milder
influences Of the LlberiL reign. The
brief experiment ceased almost before
IL had been sell begun and Prince
Bismarck was left free 20 establish his
dynasty In peace.
"Magnanfmity IL not ii Bismzrckian
virtue. He had triunphed. but that
was not enough TO console him for the
anxieties Of the lats reign. it was
necessary TO punish those who had in
any way been associated with the
sovereign who dared tp believe that
Germany might continue TO exist even
II Bismarck Was no longer reiehsksn-
xier. First and foremost came the UNI
happy lady who Ind shared for 30
years the sorrows and joys OF the dead
and who had dared alter all these
years 10 remain English at heart
Cpola her, therefore. widowed and for
iorn, fell the FIRST VENGEANCE OF TIE
offended chancellor. AL the blows
aimed tat Sir Moreii Mackenzie fell
upon the widowed empress, who had
supported the authority of the Eng
Iish doctor. and who knew that her
husband had trusted him, and been
grateful to bis skill ard attendance to
the very last. The enyeitofned attacks
OF the rractionary press never ceased.
She, whose position ought to have
commanded universal sympathy found
herself isolated, denounced and
sighted Seldom has the doctrine of
rg eiefis been more iuthlessly en-
forced.
THE new emperor. William H.,
headstrong and energetic, man, reared
under the magic of the Bismarckian
triumph, showed himself no inapt pu-
pill of his master. In his youth,
while still living under the parental
roof. he was a docile and affectionate
boy. IL was not until.he went TO study
at Bonn, when rs years old, that the
estraugement began which has yield
ed such bitter fruit. The officers OF
the garrison at Ronn fiaitered the lad,
filed his foolish young head with
dreams OF playing the rule of second
Frederick the Great, and incuicated a
spirit OF safeguarding ambition the
end OF which has not vet been seen.
When his parents endeauored to check
/. The working of this moral poison his
comrades encouraged him to defy their
warnings. He drew his allowance
from his grandfather. not from his
father. and the approval of Bismarck
was more to him than the love and
esteem of his mother. The result was
that before he left Bonn he began to
regard himself as periionage in the
state. He had his friends, his party,
and--in the army-his set, whose pro-
motion he pushed, and who, in turn,
were devoted to his interest.
THE Emperor Frederick never, in
the days when he was Crown Prince.
made an attempt 10 push his own
personal ambitions, either in the army
or in the state. He was no self-seeker.
A double measure OF this evil spirit
seemed 10 have descended upon his
son. Eager for his OWE personal adj
vancement. gradging tile recognition
OF others services, the young prince,
an apt pupil of a cynical master, found
no difficulty, moral or sentimental, in
treating his mother In a fashion
after Herbert Bisznarci.'s own heart.
So little did he care for the feelings of
others, that he treated the Prince OF
Wales with such disecurtesy as to
render ii difficult for hi, Royal High
ness again to meet his nephew-a fact
OF which the pnbli. was made
aware when the Prince and
the kaiser both visited the emperor of
Austria. but carefully avoided meeting
each other in the capital of their host.
Count Herbert, out He,.oding Herod
in the brusque brutality of his man
ner, forced the prince 10 take the ex-
treme step OF breaking oil all relations
with these who received the count as
a friend. The boycott is said to be
complete.