The evening world., 1894-01-27
The Making-Up Puts a New
Ring Into Cheers for the
Young Kaiser.
TORY OF THE FALLING-0UT.
World Shocked by the First News
Of the Iron ChanceIIor's
Dismissal.

1t will be four years on the 18th Of
next March since the Berlin press CEN
sors removed their Injunction and al
owed the newspapers to print tn estart-
ling new tina the weak young Emperor
had dismissed the wise old statesman;
that Bismarck was Germany no more,
but only an old gentleman who live. in
retirement and smoked a pipe and was
interested in the culture Of turnips;
that the German ship of state had
dropped the PILOT that had carried her
safely through so many black storms.
and was h%enceforth to be guided past
the dangerous coasts that everywhere
surrounded her by the hand of a youth
whose antics already had caused un-
e~asiness even when the strong and of
the veteran was at the wheel.
The world would not believe 1t at first,
and no wonder The story that Bis
marck was to resign. or would resign.
had been spread abroad again and again,
but he was always there at his post just
the same. He had. indeed. threatened
to resign before. 1t was the trump
card which he had played more than
once before and which always had
brought the royal views Of questions OF
state in harmony with his own.
ALL THE WORLD AMAZED.
! For fully t~wenty-four hours after the
,ct was made public the world would
have it so; there must be some mis-
-; the resignation would be with
avn; the young Emperor would re-
c.de, could not be 80 mad as to let go
the man who lowered like a great
Colossus over all Europe. who had Gre
1 ated and welded into a great homo
geneous mass the very mighty Empire
l which the youth himself ruled. Kaiser
'ihelm II. had shown evidences of
ing within him many eccentric pos
tiles, but surely he could not have
en- leave OF his senses so far as that!
ut 1t was true nevertheless. The
hty German giant had fallen-toppled
and put way in the dusty lumber
ibers by an erratic young mans
l, a within born of n conceit and
ty too vast for the understanding
ian. Bismarck was indeed gone;
,any no longer Numbered her edicts
Ugh the voice u the mighty Chan
r, who never opened his mouth to
k but all Europe held its breath and
silence before him.
against Frederick the Good, the
.e, amiable philosopher, with his
ideas of peace on earth and good
towards men; with his sentimental
and his dreams of things for the
It of mankind-as against this mild
kindly tempered ruler. the young
mpetuous William, who became the
n Prince when venerable William
irst died, and Emperor soon after.
Frederick's sickly reign of a few
IS was ended by the mortal disease
had its hold on him when he came
throne, was always a prime ia
with the great Chancellor.
HIS TUTORS FATE.
,eas of absolutism. which after
turned and rent Bismarck, Bis
himself had carefully instilled
N. The Kaiser. the one-man
ne God-given ruler of men, with
hority direct from heaven, was
amount over all. This was the
khan idea modified by a mild
Of exception in the matter Of
dictatorship when It came to
tx himself. 1t was Bismarck
aught the young Emperor con-
Tor his father's-the good Freder-
CENTER n more moderate views
I'll as for his mothers English ten
aencies' The scandal of the young mon
Ni'hs ala ed ill-treatment of his mother
vas ore o! the Introductory events of his
appearance in the role of sovereign. Be-
= t"e the breath fairly was out of his
r'"er' MS son, the present Emperor,
.n'eady was speaking OF the Empire as
HI .Sn IL we're his own. Bismarck was
80 S'rohg right arm in the earliest as
cI'"oh or his arrogan authority. The
IL"a"cTllor had already filled young Will
wi ; mead with absolutist ideas; filled
=" win his own demon of feudal SUI
sHsulon and intolerance. How ready
pupl ne found him he himself. with all
rest OF Germany. only too well knows
Via s"lS present day. The ideas of Par
I"ehtary government to which the
Cue Frederick had leaned. and the
va"'al broad tolerance of his views
abhorrent to Bismarck, and he had
t"nculty in making them equally in
Emperor. pupil "e iu'u'e
THE KING WILLS 1T.
INV, idea OF blind ,subservience 70 the
Wig was faithfully expresssd IN