Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-21

an enormous popular lottery. But reop,
 s1e popularity was not spon,aneon,ly
 forthcoming and the scheme was visely eosHuoned- Whether the emperor is as
 Nese soout other matters as he has been wise in the matter of the royal palsce \. |. | question all the statesmen. soldieTs s,S diplomats of Europe are asking of one sn- other and of themselves. And no one furnishes a satisfsctory answer. To be neye them all the emperor must be every
 sort Of thing: A tyrant, crank, 6 mo. nomani.c, victim of disease, a religions fsnatic, cruel, base, sensual, passionate. vindictive-in fact everything; a bright.
 vigorous, energetic, high strung, superbly
 equipped, disciplined and educated young
 man could not possibly be- Even those
 who are nearest and closest to him, and
 who have the best opportunity of observ-
 Ing and studying, shake their stupid heads
 ominously and mYsteriously. That is the
 elderly men. The young men are to a man
 his most devoted admirers, upholders and
 S;rvttors- What is the truthl To the
 level headed, sensible party. who is neith-
 CT warrior, statesman nor diplomat, there
 seems no difficulty in discovering it. It is
 the duty of & gentleman, as it is the
 strength of critic, to observe and judge
 an individual from his point of view. All
 these old fogies are criticising and judging
 from their own particular and individual
 points of view.
 The emperor is in the position of any
 other young man who, after 6 prolonged
 and most severe fraternal, maternal. edu- caEonal and military discipline and educs- tion, suddenly and unexpectedly comes into his property and finds himself his
 own sovereign master. The property in
 question consists in an imperial crown, as
 superb as any one turued out from the factory of history; the supreme command
 of an army, in numbers, material, disci- pline and organization so far ahead of all
 the other hosts of Europe that comparison
 there cannot be; the leadership of forty
 millions of people who know that for the
 nonce military despotism is necessity,
 and who willingly bear its burdens; and
 the absolute arbitrage of European peace and warl Is there auy young man whose head would not at times be slightly turned by the giddy positionl Moreover he is the son of the Princess Royal of England, by
 all odds the ablest sovereign lady of this generation. From her he has inherited self-eonfdence and self-assursnce. He trusts his own judgment implicitly. He believes that he has been properly and full ly equipped. He believes il to be his duty, as he knows it to be his pleasure, to have his own way, to be obeyed absolutely and tacitly. He is married 10 a thorouRiy German wife, who obeys and fears him as all German wives are expected to obey and fear their hege lords, and who gives him all possible family support in preserving his own opinions of himself. Just now he is having to the full his imperial fling. He is enjoying every second of his imperi- al existence. After & year or two of 1t he will settle down 10 business Not till then can any final opinion be formed. There is another element which must be considered ss factor. He has unfortu- nstely, or fortunately, just as you choose to look at it, the gift of gab. This he must have inherited from his uncle, the | Prince of Wales As with all persons | who are similarly blessed or inflicted, l nothing makes him happier than to be on 1 his feet firing of speeches. He won't pre- | pare his speeches nor have them prepared | for him. He trusts 10 the inspiration of l the moment and to his own ready wit. Is there any wonder that occasionally his i'm | perial nibs is bit ''freshT' He is hand | some. His face is strong and filled with a | resolute, yet gentle, self reliance. The re- | semblsnce in feature and in form of face | T growing. He is even showing a pacific | tendency to embonpoint. He will not provoke quarrels, but woe betide his ad- | versary when the fight has Iommencedl
 Bismarck made the mistake of endeav- bring to thwart him in little matters that were of no serious import; and now he makes the greater mistake of posing As & martyr. He seems to expect that some grand uprising of the people will restore l. ~,~, ..Hl s.. Al him with every detail. Through force of 1 habit he would even have arranged the 1 new emperor's household, and hasn't yet I recovered from his surprise at being rele- | gated to private life. In England he might appeal to the people and by vic i torious msjorities force himself back to | power. But there is no constitutional ] government in Prussia Perhaps Bis msrck now wishes he had not framed SO | autocratic a system.
 Just now there Is & new and a very different incident to attract attention. | Forkenbach is dead, the first Burgomas- extreme liberalist, always showed staunch | and admirable loyalty; ever putting coun- I try first and foremost. Though by birth l and in early years a Romanist, he did | not die in the odor of ssnctity and his i church has refused him burial The | archbishop of Breslau comes out with A l statement that Romish burial was refused l on political grounds. because Forkenbach l served on government committees during | the Culturkampf. In other words he is l punished for his loyalty to his country 1 at time when the Roman Catholic l church was disloyal. And people are i, waiting to see what the emperor will do |, about it, and are undoubtedly thinking | it would be highly advisable for his Epis- | copal excellency to pack his bag and get l out of the country at once.
 Those who come to Berlin to visit the museums will not find many changes. The excavations at Pergamon progress slowly; for funds are lacking To sup port the school at Athens is about all the government can do in these times of constantly changing and increasing arm aments.
 But. heavens and earthl who can think or write about the beautiful with the precipitation pouring from the end of his nose, while every hair is gargoyleI The unexhausted modicum of vitality must be used in packing and getting out of the fiery furnace before cineration be complete. Hamburg is reported cool or cooling. So: "Kellner, noch cine Halbe; und die Rechmung, bitte; and lassen Sic mir cine Iwschke holen fur len Sehrten Bahnhof Geschwind!" PKRIAsDKR