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

It will be four years on the 18th of
next March since the Berlin press GEN.
sors removed their injunction and al
lowed the newspapers to print tn estart-
ling news that the weak young Emperor
had dismissed the wise old statesman;
that Bismarck was Germany no more,
but only an old gentleman who lived 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 henceforth to be guided past
the dangerous coasts that everywhere
surrounded her by the hand Of youth
whose antics already had caused I'M
easiness even when the strong hand 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
ALL THE WORLD AMAZED.
For fully twenty-four hours after the
fact was made public the world would
not have it SO; there must be some mis-
take; the resignation would be with
drawn; the young Emperor would re-
cede, could not be so mad as to let go
the man who lowered like a great
Colossus over all Europe, who had Gre
tod hnr
geneous mass the very mighty Empire
which the youth himself ruled. Kaiser
Wilhelm II. had shown evidences Of
having within him many eccentric pos
sibilities, but surely he could not have
taken leave of his senses so far as that!
But It was true nevertheless. The
mighty German giant had fallen-toppled
over and put away in the dusty lumber
chambers by an erratic young mans
Wtim, whim born of conceit and
vanity too vast for the understanding
of man. Bismarck was indeed gone;
Germany no longer Numbered her edicts
through the voice Of the mighty Cham
cellor. who never opened his mouth to
speak but all Europe held its breath and
kept silence before him.
AS against Frederick the Good, the
gentle, amiable philosopher, with his
broad ideas of peace on earth and good
Will towards men; with his sentimental
Ism and his dreams of things for the
benefit of mankind-as against this mild
and kindly tempered ruler, the young
and impetuous William, who became the
crown Prince when venerable william
the First died. and Emperor soon after,
when Frederick's sickly reign of few
months was ended by the mortal disease
which had its hold on him when he came
10 the throne, was always prime IA
'orite with the great Chancellor.
HIS TUTORS FATE.
His ideas of absolutism, which after
wards turned and rent Bismarck, Bis
marck himself had carefully instilled
into him, The Kaiser, the one-man
power, the God-glven ruler of men, with
MS authority direct from heaven, was
iord paramount over all, This was the
b'smarckian idea modified by a mild
navor of exception in the matter OF
supreme dictatorship when 1t came to
bismarck himself. 1t was Bismarck
VINO taught the young Emperor con-
Tempt for his father s-the good Freder-
Nks-gent'er and more moderate views
% wen as for his mothers English ten
ue"c'es' The scandal OF the young mon
"''h 5 alla' ed ill-treatment Of his mother
was ore o. the introductory events of his
appearance in the role of sovereign. Be-
tore The breath fairly was out of his
"'"er' his son, the present Emperor
Feauy was speaking of the Empire as
though 1t were his own. Bismarck was
aS strong right arm IN the earliest as
y, 'loh OF his arrogant authority. The
"ancellor had already Allied young WIN
n head with atspiutist ideas; filled
nn with his own demon OF feudal SUI
IsI'lon and intolerance. How ready
pupH he found him he himself, with al
rest OF Germany. only too well know