Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-15
THE EMPEROR or GERMANY.

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has n prince succeeded IN the throne |
under such peculiar environment a. |
that which characterized the begin |
ming OF the reign o. the young Em.
per0r Of Germany, William the |
second. Throughout all the ycar Of
his life, he had witnessed the spectacle |
Of a country practically governed by a
minister exercising equal, II not |
greater, powers than any other since |
the days Of lkichelleu. lie had seen
the iron will VI that mastvf-mind over |
riding the, porhaps, Vacillating pur.
poses VI his grandfather, and shaping
The destiniea Of that Germany which
lao had consolidated from series OF
betty and discOTdant States into n
mighty Empire, without let or hin.
drance from the genial old man whom
he hal found King NJ Prussia aud
mRuo Emperor OF an nll.p0wvfiul,
dominating Nation. The niue.
~ days rcigu Of his father,
bowed and suffering with the disease
which wns gnawing at hls vital and
Fastening him 10 the grave, had made
no serious inroad ulun the power Of
the great minister nor changed the
spirit Of arrogance aud defiance OF
monarchloal authority which thc latter
had long displayed toward Emperor
and legislative authority alike. He
had seen, also, Germany arise TO pres.
tlgu aud power which she had never
reached before under the able, n des-
/ polic, will Of this great prime minister,
aud he could not fail 10 realize how
great was the obligation Of the Ger.
| man people towAri him, nor the debt
/ which the House NJ HohenkOllern
owed 10 the man who had thus crowned
! IL with IA power and dominion which
| II could never have attained with.
| out the aid thus rendered. lie had,
/ la fact, been reared In school
/ which practically recognized bismarck
/ IA Indispensable IN the Administfh-
ton OF the government. After, and
without him, "thc dcluge," or such
other political catastrophe a. his dl.ap.
pearAnce from the public stage might
ongender, would have % be met, but
was never 10 be courted or hasioned by
tho exercise OF kingly prerogative. lie
had learned this not only by the Lesson
of events that had transpired during
the period Of his adolescence, tut knew
also, that his grandfather had declared,
In n conversation with Prince Anton
won Hohenzolleru, that lac ''must sup
port Bismarcl, with nil his intolerahle
qualities, because he IL necessary for
tue prestige of the German Empirr."
with all this knowledge Of events and
this recognition Of the great min.
is.ers' power. before him, the spec.
taclc Of the summary dismissal Of that
minister, the quick deprivation Of his
authority and his complete elimination
rs u factor In Observation-Disclosures Of ~
iaiTs,by the young Emperor on ascend.
ing TO power, was an act that 'airly
astoniahcd the world by IT. auunclty,
and was commonly characterized NJ u
piece Of youthful folly, SURE TO be-
nlOned for later ON. All these fore.
bOdings have been rapidly disslpat.d.
The young ruler has daily grown into
larger aud more commanding import.
ance In tho estimation Of the world ut
large; the wheels Of tnis government
have rolled on unintorruptedlya sbcforc;
no serious disturbances have occurred
, In any direction, except the impOtent
rawlings OF tlfe dethf0ned minister, who
, has dogenerated into common scold
ut Natzin and made o. himself sub.
, ject OF pity, II not Of contempt, 10 n
world which once acknowledged him
M the mightiest individual power OF
the century. The Emperor has, mean.
while, Risen steadily In power aud Ia.
divijuality, until he stands today, per.
hhps, as the most conspicuous figure
4 OF his time nnd tho ono most likely 10
: exercise a dominating Influence In
, European Attain that gives PROMISE OF
rare and impoTlan, results 10 all thu
world. We may cavil and preach OF
4 the sin OF ingratituue toward the
i. creator ~ the Empire over which he
A rules; hut the results no far accomplish.
: ed certainly more than justify hii
; action, while, at the same time, they
7 command the respect, II not the adj,
mlratlon, OF mankind. Plainly, Bls,
maTck had grown intolorably arrogant
! In office. He had marked out
a a line OF succession foe himself,
, through the person Of his rude and
: Bullying son, Herhert--whO, by m
. act Of Unparalleled nepotism he had
l made Secretary OF state which, II II
:. had longer been tolerated, would have
:, left the Emperor hardly more than q
:, cipher In puOlic affairs, aud attached
u the house Of Bismnrck perpetually e
= that OF the Hohen10llerns, as vital u
y IT. existence as the heart 10 the life o.
!, man. A young man who could rise M
readily 10 the occasion, who could cuI
the knot that had 80 long hampored tn,
| mus VI MS llAUANAAANN INtfAtff-fuIN
who could bear himself Ms William tli,
n second has done thus far during hi
@ reign, VIZ may woll believe 4
n destined, II his life DO spared
A to occupy commanding plRci
In the history u his time, equal
o perhaps, to that Of the great Frederick
+ from whom he claims his descent. w,
"a may well doubt and crlticlso the wis
/ dom Of many VI his acts aud declafa
!, lions since he came into power, but W,
u cannot loose sight Of the fact that he IL
N daily growing Into more commanding
Is proportions and his reign, n his prom
ises mean anything ut all, will hhnl
an era OF peace and prosperity to tn
Fatherland such "a II has never en-
joyed before. II begins with an at
= tempt at the elevation of the masses D.,
u protection Of women's and children
X labor, And, In spite VI M implied