News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-06-04
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its treasures Of art is handsome
square, Which, in days of old, was the
parade ground, where the Potsdam
Giants were drilled and where the
Crown Prince Frederick, when only
twelve years old, was Obliged to
march and counter march with HIS
Crown Prince Cadets, boys OF his own
age, until in boyish despair he called
his uniform his shroud( Sterbe- kittle.l }
/ We are rejoiced atevery opportunity
| Fritz siezes to steal away from his
| iron-willed father and read his be-
loved French and find consolation in
the music of his dear flute. At last
Fritz grew to be Frederick the Great.
king of PRUSSIA, and at the east end
Of the Linden is his magnificent eques-
trian statue in bronze, one of the
noblest monuments OF the kind in the
world. Thegreat king is represented
in his coronation robes and three
cornered hat and carries his walking
stick in his right hahd-we half sls-
pect that his much priced flute may
be somewhere concealed among the
folds Of his robe of state. He il n
grand and imposing figure and must
look down upon the throng OF pass
ers by, on these Prussians, for whom
he has done so much and on this Ber-
lin, for which he built many stately
memorials of his reign, with feelings
of pride.
We walk slowly by the statue of
"Old Fritz" der alte Fritz" as the
Berliners call il, and are now in the
wide street which is a prolongation
of Inter den Linden and extends TO
the Palace Bridge, which spans an
arm of the Spree. We pass the uni
versity, the royal library and the
royal opera house. We linger on the
bridge to admire the beautiful mar
BILE groups on the parapet, illustrat-
ing the life of warrior. From the
royal palace floats the Hohenzollern
flag, which tells us that the Kaizer
is now in Berlin. The crumbling
messy towers of the old part Of the
palace rise from the dark waters Of
the Spree, and their shadows darken
the tide. II is a bit of medieval
Germany, for these thick walks and
gothic towers have stood since the
fifteenth century when "the Hohen-
zollern spider began to spin the web,
which in our day has extended over
nine-tenths of German-speaking ter
ritory."
" "Whereer the German tongue doth sound,
There must the fatherland be found"
A glorious picturesque pile, where
pointed gables are haunted with
memories.
Memories Of the middle ages,
When the emperors brave and bold
Had their dwelling In thy castle
Time defying, centuries old. "
We turn reluctantly, and retracing
our steps, are again on the Linden.
We see many university students
students from all parts of the world.
We know them by their corps caps of
different colors, and see many whose
faces are SCARED with the marks Of
deep sword-cuts, bearing evidence to
the fact that the barbarous custom
of duelling still exists, practically un-
restrained. Indeed, il is said that
the university authorities consid,r
! the institution of duclling ns "A nee
assa,.s, ,s,aa,ss er i,.e,,iaa fi.ssr ......ti
| ness. "In this ease, suys % writer
| on the subject. +" German youth stand
at a disadvantage with those ofother
nations which possess manliness
without il. "
The red glow has faded from the
west, and in the dark we are seeing
ghosts. There is Napoleon entering
Berlin at the head of his conquering
French. whose war-cry has been "a
Berlinl "A Berlinl" For a mo-
ment we see this picture so distinctly
the man OF destiny leading his
French soldiers i'm the capital of Prus-
sia, but our loyalty to the father
land causes this view TO fade, and
now we imagine the Joy and thanks
giving of the multitudes which line
the Linden and crowd the house-tops,
for through the Brandenburg gate
are filing in endless procession the
victorious Prussians, returning to
the fatherlahd after hard campaigns,
torn banners waving, the people
shouting, for the year is 1871, and
William /, emperor Of Uuited Ger
many, rides i'm front of his army.
We see one more picture, a real
one. A sudden excitement, the peo-
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street, and we Americans rush,
rather wildly l fear, to obtain view,
for someone says: THE Kaiser"
Hats come of, and presently We
see the young emperor. He looks
handsome in his plain Prussian uni
form, touches his hand to his helmet
in a military fashion, and we watch
the royal carriage rs it is driven
rapidly TO the palace, the tall white
plumes of the driver and footman
waving in the distance.
We know that the Kaiser comes
from n clear-sighted, stout-hearted
line of men. "The house of Hohen-
zollern has fostered the hardest
qualities of a strong hardy race, and
forged a sword for it," and in the
enthusiasm of the moment we ex-
perience a strong feeling Of devotion
to the fatherland and to William III,
emperor of Germany.
BERLIN, March 1, 1891.