The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-15
EMPRESS FREDERICK.
She is the Power Behind the
Throne at Berlin.
THE PROTECTOR OF PRoTEsTANTs.
An Address from Canada to Emperor William
on the Catholic Question Why Her
bert Bismarck Resigned.

Especial to THE Observation-Disclosures Cable
BERLIN April 13.-It has been reported that on
writing his final letter of resignation, Prince
bismarck exclaimed: well. this is worthy of
the vengeance of an empress" Whether or
not TINS story be authentic, the belief is now
well night universal among the well informed,
that the chancellor's retirement, and also the
temporal dismissal of General Waldersee
and the high appointment given to General Won
Capriva and notably the cardinal and elusive
welcome given to the Prince of Wales at Berlin,
are all due to the Vaccinations of a new
power behind the throne, which is none other
Than the Empress Frederick mother of Will
liam Ii. Before and at the time of the young
Emperors accession, the relations between
INN and his mother were so much strained that
the two were scarcely on speaking terms
since then, by some means, a notable recon
c11atlon has taken place. Not a day now passes
%lthout thelr seeing one another. and the
daughter OF Queen Victoria is far too clever
woman and astute diplomatist not to exercise
a controlling influence over all with whom she
Is thuS Drought into contact. The Emperor is
too headStrong and self-confident to submit to
any control save that of woman who is shrewd
enough to lead him and at the same time make
MN believe he Is leading her. The first move
maze by her in this remarkable game was to
cause him to summon his former tutor Prof
Hlntzpeter, to Berlin to create him priYy coun-
cllior and to prefer his advice before that of
Prince Bismarck, thus giving the latter mortal
otenSe, The professor is earnestly devoted to
the widowed Empress, who years ago person
ally selected him as superintendent OF her eld-
est sons education. Then, at the recent Or
uensleSt, nigh class decorations and distinc
lions were conferred upon all members of En-
press Frederick s household, while at the same
time Count Waldersee and wife were ignored
ana sllghted in conspicuous manner. Count
ana countess WalderSee have long been
especially offensive to the Empress
Frederick, the Countess who was for
merry Miss Lea, of New York. having
during the late years of the old Kaiser's reign,
SCI up sort OF court in opposition to that of
the then Crown Princess. Being aunt by mar
rage OF the present Empress, Augusta Victoria
sne exercised at that time vast influence over her
and her husband the present Emperor This
greatly reused the jealous anger of Empress
Frederick, and during her husbands brief reign.
she saw to 1t that the WalderseeS were practi-
cally eX1led from Berlin. When William III
came TO the throne the Waldersees returned
In triumph, and the count was commonly looked
upon as destined to be Prince Bismarck's sue
cessor. But Empress Frederick has shown her.
sell more than match for them. She
has caused hopeless estrangement between her
son and Count WalderSee, and the latter is now
sent away, on what is euphemistically called
leave OF absence. and is 10 be permanentlv re-
moved from his high position as auartermaSter-
general and chief of staff. Another great stroke
by Empress Frederick was the appointment of
General Won Caprivi to the post of chancellor
and of Baron Marschall to the post of secretary
OF foreign affairs. Both these officers were in
innate and trusted friends of the late Emperor
Frederick. and indeed 1t was Baron Marschall
VINO was largely responsible for the publication
OF that monarchs diary. The baron earnestly
shares the liberal sentiments of the late EN-
peror Frederick, and on that account has al
ways been particularly offensive to Prince Bis
marck
The warm welcome given to the Prince of
Wales by the Emperor is another noticeable cir
cumStance Only few months ago there was
great GOODNESS and even hostility between the
and nrinppSC frpo Cd
With actual d1ScourteSy by Emperor William at
the time of Emperor Frederick's funeral On
The present occasion, however, Emperor Will
lam mas gone to extraordinary lengths in lavish
ing every possible attention of honor upon his
prlhcely uncle. Moreover, when the Prince OF
wales called upon Prince Bismarck, the chan
cellor sent word that illness prevented him from
receiving him, although in less than an hour
later Bismarck was out driving in the park.
evidently in his usual health. Another mani
festation of Empress F'redercck's Influences, is
to be found in the impending reconcliations be-
tween the Duke of Cumberland and the Berlin
court. Like all members of the English royal
family Empress Frederick is warmly attached
TO her HanoVerlan relations and has bitterly re-
sented the manner in which Prince Bismarck
detained the personal fortune of the Dukes
about fifteen million dollars, for the purpose of
using the income derived therefrom as his press
or reptile" fund. The Emperor is now negoti-
atlng with the duke with regard to the reStora-
ton of this fortune in return for which the Han
oyerlan statesman of Windhorst prom
iSeS to give Il sumner IN bic
partizans, the government thereby placing the
latter in possession of parliamentary ma
]or1ty. OF course the project of restoring the
vast fortune known as the reptile fund.- to its
rightful owner is E2ll and wormwood to Prince
Bismarck and source of bitterness to him..
Thus on evcrYhant Empress Frederick and
her friends are els ling all the honors and in
huence OF the German court, while their enc
mics are driven out in disgrace, and Prince
Bismarck in retirement at Friedrichsrue has
the eXasperating modification to see his place.
as the power behind the throne, usurped by her
whom he was wont to term CONTEMPORARY
that English woman"