Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-14

single instance has he violated the con-
stitution, which his grandfather did upon
the advice of Bismarck.
William ii is charged with rejecting good
advice. Whose advice, and what advice
has he rejected? Do his ministers, the
only advisers he can have, tell the news
papers their business? 1t would be good
thing If they did, as would then know
whether not the advice was good.
He is said to want his own way. Now.
was there ever man Who wanted his own
way more than Bismarck All men in
power Salisbury and others, want their
own way, more or less. / believe we have
several bosses of our own. There have
been fewer changes in the German govern
ment since Williams accession than have
taken place in any other govern ment, even
in our own. To charge that the German
government today is not nearly great
as 1t was few years ago Is grossly incor-
rect. The Star. as every one else. knows
that commercially and politically Ger
many is greater today than it has ever
been. Commercially she ranks second TO
England and is gaining on her even i'm her
own colonies, as has been admitted by
English statesmen in the house of COM
mons. Diplomatically, Germany has never
been so powerful she is now, evil
denced by the settlement of the war be-
tween Greece and Turkey.
For the first time in hundred years
England has ceased to be the dominant
power in Europe. William ii has brought
this about and every newspaper in Eng
ldHu KNOWS II, hence Iney vent tTelr Spleen
upon him at every opportunity just to
show, by way of illustration, the innate
sense of fairness of the Anglo-Saxon."
1t is charged that William has made
no new friends, and old ones have all but
been alienated. Most continental news
papers, even the better of the French
journals, admit that the feeling between
France and Germany is better today than
it has been since 1870, through the special
efforts of William. l am speaking of the
better element in France. The German
emperor has strengthened the triple alli-
ance, as has again been proved recently,
and has established entire cordially be-
tween Germany and Russia, which mad
been lost through Bismarck by robbng that
country of the fruit of its victory over
Turkey at the congress of Berlin and
through other shady transactions.
Now, to the charge of being an up
holder of the belief in the divine right of
kings. This causes the most acrimonious
criticism, and one would think that he was
the author of the theory, when. in fact.
1t has been accepted, IL not believed. for
ages in all monarchic countries. He has
been reared in that belief, his father and
grandfather before him, and the most con-
spicuous champion of it has always been
Prince Bismarck. but he alone is held
spoI sible ignoring the existence of its
older opponents. What harm is there i'm
1t after all, eS long as he bows to the law
of the land?
These are the facts: Prince Bismarck.
like some other great statesmen in Eu-
rope, is sore over being shelved. Bismarck's
conduct Of late. even his friends admit has
been far from patriotic. He is scoding
friends and foes alike. While he is ac-
knowledged the greatest living German,
the creator of the present empire, and has
been honored as such by no man more
than by Emperor William, before and since
his retirement, his Gay is gone by He be-
longs to another generation, though he
fails to see it. A X
Miss Haggerty, New York's first woman
lawyer to face jury, did so in defense of
her father, charged with tort in $4,000
damages. and won her case.
EX-Mayor Owen Hart of Oakland Nd,
iS dead