The record-union., 1897-12-28

down to the sea in ships" Then, too,
so fond of endoWing those who go
Prince Henry endeared himself, not
only to his countrymen, but also to peo-
pie throughout the world, by the ten
der and unalloyed devotion which he
displayed under terribly trying and
painful circumstances toward his
stricken parents in 1899, a devotion to
which Emperor Frederick few weeks
before his death bore such touching
tribute when in embracing and bless
ing his sailor son on the occasion of the
young Princes marriage TO Irene of
Hesse, he pressed into his hand slip
of paper-he could not speak-on which
he had written You at least have
never given me a moments sorrow, and
will certainly make as good and true a
husband as you have been loving
son." And when soon after this I'm
ser Fritz" breathed his last, it was
found that he had left the major por-
ton of his fortune either to Henry, or
to his wife, the Empress Frederick, in
trust for their favorite son.
Prince Henry likewise came forward
in addition to her overwhelming grief
for the loss of her husband she was
confronted with the most outrageous
manifestations of animosity on the part
of her eldest son. In fact, there has
not been a thing done by Emperor Will
liam to place himself at disadvantage
in the eyes of the world which has not
had its counterpart in some pleasing
trait on the part Of Prince Henry,
whose smile is as sunny and whose blue
eyes are as honest as were those Of his
father. He is the favorite son of his
mother, as well as the favorite grand
son of Queen Victoria, besides the idol
Of the German nation, which is fully
aware that he has inherited all the lib
eral and broadminded views of his la
mented father, views which the Kaiser
knows full we'll would be put into ex-
ecution were Henry ever to become Re
gent of the Kingdom of Prussia and Of
the German Empire. His political ideas
are in fragrant contradiction with those
of the Kaiser and of the ring of reac-
tionary statesmen, court officials and
Generals by whom his majesty is sur
rounded. They naturally dread the
Princes advent to power, do all they
can to keep alive Williams jealousy
and have doubtless contributed in no
small measure to the Princes dispatch
to China, where he stands a greater
chance of losing his life, either by the
climate or else while fighting, than if
he remained at home.
OTHER POSSIBLE REGENTS.
There are at the present moment only
txrrn oil hap ri nf ha oF II
henzollern who by their relationship are
in measure qualified to undertake the
regency, in case of the death of the EN-
peror and minority of his elder son or
of the insanity of his majesty arising
from the incurable aural malady with
which he is afflicted These are the
Kaiser's cousin and brother in law,
Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia,
who has inherited all his fathers ten
dency to intemperance, and is known at
Berlin as the "Giger Konig," or. King
of the Dudes" and the Kaiser's cous-
in, Prince Albert, now Regent of
Brunswick, who Is renowned as the
dullest, most stupid, biggest. and most
ornamental officer of the entire Prus-
sian Army. The idea Of man of the
character of Prince Frederick Leopold
or Prince Albert becoming Regent
would be sufficient to disrupt the feder-
alton known as the German Empire
the southern sovereign States of Ger
many manifesting the utmost reluc-
tance to swallow the present Emperor
although they gladly accepted the su-
premacy of his two predecessors and
like Prince Henry. But they would
never submit to either Frederick Leo
pold or Albert. and that is why there
is so much more Importance than ap-
pears al first sight in the departure for
the dangerous China seas of Admiral
Prince Henry.-Ex-Attache, in New
York Tribune