The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-15

isted during the first part OF the ninety-nins
been transferred to po,sdam that quioiness SUR
rounded the dying Emperor.
contrary to tho Expectations ,vi,,i sn1Sg II rc'
sembled In a much more PRONOUNCED manner
his father than his Grandlather. On the found;
Ing or the German mpiro Bi bismarck expressed
his fear" that the HohenZollcrh court, with
the change from the royal crown to the imperini
brilliant court. This " fear" attributable large
ly TO the TACT that bismarck felt concern for his
ascension OF William H. The young Emperor
at once showed his view Of what the iinperial
court should be by tranfderrnng ms Ier n resi-
The German court hanged character In
stantly. The young Emperor Ia o! n b%uoyant
and active temperainont. and places no restraint
all thing he Is soldier and politician, lie Is
frequently found at the head of his regiments;
and no labOred R>sidnOusly for his political
ideas. either over the coffee and cigars following
some parliamentary dinner or at some so, ial
gathering improvised on II moments notice at
the residence of the ono or the other OF his Min
listers, especially NJ MiqueFS, The Emperor Is II
game by the dozen. lie is much intercsted In
art, aud when he prepares for his summer trips
he, Invariably tells his marine painter. Karl
SaltzmRnn, to take along brush and palette for
him. Emperor VIII am is also something OF n
poet, and It 10 known that lac has occupied him
an opera. He is also familiar with architecture,
and makes frequent and telling corrections in
the plans OF his architects.
Least is known as to tho Emperor's literary
inrlinations. Through Jules Siuon, it mas be-
come PUBLIC that ne Emperpr does not Ike
aud romances, OF his personal friend. Philip 2u
EulenbusS. The author9 q the At the time much
poraru Reutsp. declared that 1t could be proven
by the aid OF court reports that William III. had
tion lie sheer exaggerntiou IT. is hardly necessary
to mention. The German Emperor is, at any
has has, in this d Sseeena o. appeare3 Simsei ifI boil a% as
author and lecturer. He receives clippings from
',. the , principal ,Ss on, German pnn.n and, and f ss Ign news ne
entirety is the Norddeutsche .Ailgeme,tc HeLtunp.
M humani a Sc dltenum putat!" 1t follows.
as u matter OF course. that a ruler with so
many anu diverse interests tries to exchange
opinions with q nninhsr OF persons: Bnt II Is
lonRed to the Emperor's intimate circle of
acquaintance.
Prince Bismarck had been the Emreror's
teacher and subsequently, his friend and Chan
cellor. At BiEmarcks faii the sonRratton be-
roundings OF the Emperor set In. There never
did exist any nartic1!ar personal relations be-
tween EMPEROR William and the man whom
the Emperor Tor n time called his " Intellectual
Chancellor" Count Leo Won Caprivl. This con-
nection between Prince HohenlOho and William
IL. is on n basis OF pure business, ana Miguel Is
the only one of his Ministers who has stood in
anyw closer relation to the youthful bat
quaintance Of this brilliantly equipped pro,eus
during u festival at Frankfort. and the Emperor
that political parties were SO much old lumber.
MIGUEL became Prussian. Minister of Finance.
and for a long time held the attention OF the
Emperor. But the heretofore sagaciuus MIGUEL
too high. higher than oLe springinG
from the Gommonalty should dare to aim in
Prussia. Perhaps uninteutonaliy he caused
too much Goss p about himself, and now lie, too.
belongs 10 those whom the epigrammatists
for the visit Of Herr vo Lusanas
The transition from tho Bi,marckian era of
n MiIs,a ni II; TO- the MY ST, or" Is i hs1'g : by ~ the he
Prince William ID. Hinzpeter was phlluiogist.
democrat. and rhilanthroptst He was u di--
Ant Altl nNln he nNH mi n lady tNhn
has known him long aud intimately assures
tnat he WAS q model for all that he preached"
that he owes much to Hinzpeter and thai Him.
peier's teacLings.have been q not iGcInseuurn-
ment. Those who have followed the political
OF the German Emperor know how
n hi ,6s is, acted .tt ,s chief a. adviser s.iSn to Ss W Wilt n, II.
ton and to bring tho higher education ia Ger
many into tracks more Gcrhami%ing and mod
that Bismarck male him the object for
his attacks. not stopping even at direct insinu-
atoms against Rin2peter's French VIE for
the part che was said 10 have taken in politics.
the, pedagogue was not a man of means.
lam Stoecker to u political friend. in which the
advises his irresponsible fellow Iartt-
a ssai aG 'i bi.lnare K W Without .As w yIInHS Ehn iS ?
suspecting It's source" it transpires that
some one had tried TO use Hinzpeter a. a tool
eral years he disappeared from public lite and
still existed a bond Of intimacy between the
Emperor and his former teacher. When baron
gram from tho EN- peror. in which William II.
William had predicted public discussion re-
vealed that the recipient OF the i'm perial mes
sage WAS none other than HinZpeter.
At the last official dinner given ty Bismarck
to his fail the Emperor gathered abnnt
him q group from which the Chancellor neld
R!ooi. You try to convince him. said the
host. responding TO an inquiry by one OF the
ertr unknown phenomenon. " tor | ain not able
any longer" In reality It was not h smarckian
the discussion OF this group in which
the great Iron Nagnate Won Stumm occupied 80
Baron Won stumm., nicknamed King stumm"
on account of the aristocratlcs system introduced
by him in his factories and on his estates. had
then not yet arlseli. But times have changed.
Emperor William has shelvsd his social plans.
TO tho contamination of which he took the in.
hy his DEGREES of Feb. +. 1890; decrees
that led 10 the great labor conference. and to
Bismarck's fall. The uncomproiu!sing oppo-
NilIon OF the Socialists toward the monarchy.
their %sorties against the personality OF the En-
psror. and their violent attacks on " Emperor
EN- poror to change about. and IL was consider
able more I. an = pun when the enthusiastically
inclined Pastor .Na9mann wrote: Die Reggie
rung ist stumm." The Government is silent.)
When Stumm some time ago committed the
indiscretion Of saying publicly that he wouid 20
peror moro trenchant against tho socialistic
Democracy, many, who thought they knew
lIo CnhrACttT OF tue Etl reTOr prenlCleu tndL
the star OF the favorite was on the wane. But
tho knowing ones were mistaken. Emperor
William has since then given Stumm numerous
proofs of his unchanged good traces, and there
10 reason to believe that Stumm 8 political
views are shared by the Emperor.
The EInperor's schOolmate even, the ADeri-
can. Poultney BlRelow. has survived an iDdis-
erection. During The first few years Of the En-
peror's reign Bigelow WAS u constant guest at
the Potsdam and Berlin courts. As n set-off to
the William" article the American wrote
about Bismarck IN tho contemporary
Rtrtem. BiGelow also published In New York
and London a book about Emperor William II.
The book 10 superior to his treatise on Bismarck.
which does not stand comparison with the
aforesaid William " article. an article due un-
YneNtionably TO The trained pen OF Macmillan
Harden. But Bigelow's description of his i'm
periRl schoolmate~ contains formati and OBJ
OF interest.
The EmrerOr," writes Pou'tnsy BiEclow.
" has control over his people for three reasons:
He has courage, he ~ honest. and he ~ through
ard through German. Nearly all unfavo-nbie
criticism Of hun IN foreign papers IL caused by
his honesty. for he has frequently and openly
laid things that Older and more reserved people
would have twisted differently. Following some
Impulse or tho moment he now an then com
m,ts IA blunder, but these errors have never re-
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