The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-08
ASTOUNDING PROSPECT.
Is EMPEROR WILHELM HEIR To
ENGLAND's THRONE.

one.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Berlin. Nov. IL
''Twixt kings and subjects there's this
mighty odds:
Subjects are taught by men, kings by the
gods"
With these words Of mystical wisdom,
borrowed from the great pastoral lyrist.
Herrick, a well-known diplomat at this
court concluded a series Of most aston
ishing political revelation made TO the
Enquirer correspondent.
"The kaiser is to be the next King OF
Great Britain and ireland"
His claims to the British throne in
disputable"
English noblemen and Englishmen or
science and high standing recognize his
right Of succession"
These, and more equally startling, Sc
crets OF state formed the substance of his
eXcellency's disclosures. Your correspon-
dent protested vigorously, as some of your
readers Will do at first, against accept
ing the Information as sober truth, but
as the diplomat proceeded in his expianal
ton he had to bow acquiescence at last.
though satisfied in his mind that the mat
ter VIII never be pressed to the bitter
Gnu , ne btlleL III the reverence lot roy
atty are SIN widespread in this country
as we'll as in more democratic England,
despite the fact that in Germany the So
oialists, and the authorities fighting them,
DO great deal 10 depopulariZe the no.
ton; but whether these sentiments are
strong enough TO float Wilhelm's new am
billion Is more than doubtful. These are
the facts on which our diplomatic friend
bases his startling hypothesis:
A glance at Almanash de GOtha shows
that II months and is days previous to
hn fHfh IF I'D iris ne
Wales Queen Victoria had child by her
husband the Prince consOrt, which was
named Victoria, and received the title of
Princess Royal. There is, in cOurtly par
lance, notable difference between the
term and style of princess Royal" and
that of Royal Princess" the first des-
ignating alike the heiress apparent and
the heiress presumptive of her ancestor,
ne other applying to all female children
OF a king.
Europe. at the present time. boasts of
scores of Royal Princesses. but knows
only one Princess Royal namely lit
Prince Ferdinand of HobenzOllern, heir
to King Carlos.
Victoria. Princess Royal" was actu-
ally looked upon as the future incumbent
of the throne until succeeded in the af-
fections of the British people by a broth
er. who, as the eldest boy, received the til
ties of Prince Royal and of Prince of
Wales a. a matter of course.
The first being, as everybody knows,
obsolete in England. while the other is
\
used on the continent, it came to pass
that Queen YictOria's second born was
generally recognized as heir to the crown
while the elder rights of his sister were,
by common consent, considered vacated
in consequence of the arrival of the prince.
That was possible says the diplomat,
because all the public knows about the
legal title of English royalty Is the statute
of William III, providing that the crown,
in case William and Queen Ann died with
out issue, should settle on the Princess So
phia of Hanover and the heirs of her
body, being Protestant 1t so happened
that Sophia Of Hanover's first born child
this Incident OF birth does not indicate
disposition on the part of William and
Ann TO favor male heirs to the disad-
vantage of females. On the contrary,
the late professor of history, James An
thony Froude, (well known in America
by his lectures on the relations between
evoked the violent protest of Father Tom
Burke)-this undoubted authority discoV-
cred evidence that the statute really pro-
sides the crown should descend upon the
first born Irrespective of sex"
THE historian Froude," continued your
correspondents informant, wrote treat
| left, by his last Will, together with all
the proofs nee led to reinforce his argu-
ments, to the German emperor"
why to him2" was asked "Ife Is only
/ the eldest grandson of Queen Victoria !"
For the very good reason that his
/ mother, the Empress Frederick, Princess
! Royal of Great Britain. has refused to
| avail herself of her rights answered the
/ diplomat, continuing as follows: 1T an
pears that Prof. Froude, before his death
/ submitted the papers to her majesty That
/ happened during the lifetime of Emperor
! William, always a cautious gentleman op-
/ posed the scheme of claiming the crown
! for Victoria on the grounds that his son
! would not figure as Emperor or King
| Consort."
Frederick himself. who inclined to ro-
nance, thought it possible that the Eng
/ fish would accept him as full-hedged mon
/ arch over them. FrOude was of the same
! opinion. While the matter was still unset
| tied the terrible illness came upon Fred
| erick, Emperor William died and three
months later his son followed him into The
| grave
1t is a matter of history that Victoria
! fought against the greatest possible odds
| when she reached for the Imperial German
| dtadem. Having obtained it. she had no
| ambition left to Try for another crown
| that lowered over her head, especially as
the incumbent still had many years before
he. She therefore informed l'roude that
| she would make no use of the advantages
| he offered her, adding that, inaSmuch as
| her trstborn was already provided with
| an empire, Prince Henry OF Prussia hcT.
! second son, would be entitled to the inner
itance, assuming that the claims could be
| substantiated.
by the merest accident" saws your
| correspondent informant. Kaiser VII
helm learned OF this proposition. and, hot.
! headed and impulsiVe as he is. he took at
| once steps to secure Froude's paDers His
marck on the diplomatic mission. but that
| gentleman Informed his father the then
| chancellor, and the latter not only for
! babe his son to take any part in the trans
| action but threate to expose the whole
| scheme unless his majesty promised 10
| abandon it. Thus cOrnered Wilhelm acuili-
esced, but the knowledge OF the defeat
| ranked in the bosom, and soon afterward
| he ordered Bismarck TO give up his port
folios. This is the long sought for explain
alton of the Iron Chancellor's sudden dis
! misSaL"
Assuming all your surmises to be true"
said your correspondent, and assuming
| also that the kaiser secured Froude's pa
| pers after being first baffied BY the on
/ position of the Bismarcks, how is il thar
| this state secret rs revealed and becomes
! public property, so to speak, at the pres
/ ent moment? We have no alarming news
! concerning the health of either of the two
! great ladies most interested in the mat
| ter-Queen Victoria and the Empress
/ Frederick
The diplomat smiled. "A short while
ago" he said. the kaiser and his mother
/ had one of the usual rows, and on that
occasion Wilhelm accused the empress Of
unduly favoring his brother Henry Her
| majesty denied the allegation, and VIII
I helm forthwith told her what he knew
I concerning the succession to the Tgno|Ifgb