The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-14
81 East goth ST., New York.

".EmpeIor Frederick wished for hi. own and
bis, wlfe's, SAFE. as well as for certain
q, least ! :sSr, '.i@s.s" %ass ihs:s 'Sisss
to give to a British Princess the EMPRESS title;
the other to link Germany TO the batten6erger's
policy. Tho success Of the one purpose aud the
failure. ~ the other were the only lasting re-
Mackenzie returned to England he was kniehted
~ reeogn,tion or TIE sEili WITH which he hnd
thus by fraud served the British Court.
STILL ACTIVE IN LONDON.
II was and Il ono OF the trlumphs Of British
energy and prejudice that, after mertSring
aided bv a bitterly national press. has been able
TO spread through, the English.-peaking world
Gee; Of course the direct effort To this end
ceased several years ago. yet Its effects are APP
German history , SSSa' pas. '. current. W"Serever
English 10 spoken, In the first place Frederick
f Plrlino es t rspt' Psa..I. a" s. .h had n9 and ' t3e rP PSsai be-.
loved Emperor OF the three that have sat on the
German 'h,one. pns isc's Are that; under the
Prince had Loot hi. popularity before the sos,
and tia. as Emperor he was regarded only
contempt in Germany. When thu, man Is a
prince aud his submission IA given 10 n foreign
princess, this contempt is In no wise abated;
rather, II Is Increased.
AN uSLovED EMPEROR.
The only friends ,hs, Emperor Frederick had
in Germany were tho Manchester free traders.
known as the t%,retsinn; or at present the Riehter
Ksa!c"i., { hanats! Of ]g2litI.ai nssaI lSi,
-. i; about as powerful a THAT o.
tho se6sr1 ,Godslni ,siiisue in .hi. eoun,ry.
Frederick III. was about the only person In
found to their liking, Far from being %uniyer-
sally mourned ~ the lost leader OF, n new Ger
man liberalism. Frederick Ill. died nnloved. by
l his DeODls. DltIet for his auUerlnEs, but dis
trusted for his political tendencles., He IL called
Fr.asr,C. the suffer- sy ID: modem :, der n German ian
German patriot can say for him.
why rHE ENGLISH AssAiLED WILLIAM II.
Another consequence OF the Anglo. German
intrigue and tragedy which closed. with Fred
erick Ill: . death. Is tho hostility OF the British
p~res,and people TO the present German Empernr.
liam was depleted In London as a human mon
ster without love for father and mother. with
adiHonition.. and with atroeious oaiiousne.. to
tho demands OF mercy and justice. IL Is not
n ne. nrsslpt se E,n 10 ms.e m ans !a af sI, d isni1s sb oi
many OF his virtues come to him by the good
right OF heredity, A superficial study OF Hoh-n-
zollern history will convince anybody that he Ia
f%alsehood heapod upon him BY he British pres.
careful Judgment OF his acts or estimate OF his
eharaeter. 1t is rather the Briton's revenge for
Prince William regarded hi. mothers baneful
Influence over his father. IL was not u beauti-
| lui FpcClHClo " Htn TINS AOuUk ma tNTHtu from
tho deathDed OF his father and left his mother
alone with the ruin she had wrought: u was
Prince fGi Usss evsT u p". 81 wa" a wy" "ra' Of ' rem zone ,roMs
to his father or OF reproaeh to his mother
ansrs Z, has pro nsse or s sssn i n% sasH' Sa. that stAi L.
looked with bitter regret on the allen
policy and political perversion of his father there
has been moro than sufficient evidence to show.
Yet throughout the machlnations OF the Grown
Princess and, Mackenzie, throughout the grow
the rendine OF the veil that had concealed the
conspiracy, to on,hrone the dying and despair
sometimes suilen. often cold, yet always adher.
Ing strictly to the letter of hllal respect.
WILLIAM II. NOT A POLITICAL DISCIPLE or
EMPEROR FREDERICK
Williams great crime In British eyes WINS that
he did not use this critical moment. TO PROSTATE
himself before the political Idols Of hts father,
beside his English mother to defend her Eng
lIsh policy against the mnrmprings Of the Ger
offence which placed him beyond the pale OF
humane responsibility. As soon as THIS con-
that campaign Of falsehood and SANDER which
still endurss. The Crown Prince William was
S Srassf IL I'm IN sss ssa .a,SsF; Of "S death %as rSS s fnr "sd
his back ON his weeping mother: he consOrtcd
ostens"tiously with those hostile to the En-.
press. and proclaimed openly his opposition to
the policy or the ninety mine days.
A Frw SPECIMEN FALsEHooDs.
These bald ~ brications were hurried out In
swift, succession from London during the clos
Ing weekn of irederick's martyrdoin:t they were
manufactured in hot haste, sent out and for
s ms1s Or y ys.. ' aS,d impF' XnsT tho they Eyrd %Hdf pr Tsrs
became William H., the old lies were dropped.
but new ones took their place. The Emperor
he was suffering from an incurabls disease OF
the ear which strained his nerves to the point
ppii. q. no longer responsible for his acts;
he did not even pay his wtfe's dressmak ing
bills; II affairs won't on IA they had been going
on in Beriin there would he a revolution; even
the Empress was In despair; she had become n
uIIS M S Ss ms,1 of 10. Em sns G%g'' sr rot ''f ssp
havior; sho was seeking tho consolation ~ re
ligion In her misery, and was In danger OF sue
cumbinR TO religious mania. II Is not ncces-
sary TO mention more OF the ridiculous storie,
peddled out so industriously from London under
Berlin date lines since William II. began his
criminal course Of reversing his fathers PRO
English policy. They are too familiar to the
American reader.
FLEET STREE AND THE PRESENT EMPEROR.
Tho ingenuity with which these fa!sehoods
were ~bolster-d and painted with tho color OF
truth Ia, however. worthy Of passing mention.
r ruSo ,nts5SlS"w When VIZ ,h The ,e "aInS % Ssart o of SIT :;
was not lame nting his imperial Muster doings
or the official In the Foreign orice " was not
peror's expense, the young war lord himself
was brought forward % condemn himself In the
discovered upbosoming himself to an Anony-
nous English pedestrian under a tree In 4
London dsiiIes hesitate to spread Tar and wide
the amazing things the anonymous EnEllshmnn
hen and there learned from the rSSssse. OF tho
two ago, the semi-ofhcial German newspapers
were Kept busy denying the preposterons false:
this practice recently. and allow the lmagiua-
tive minds OF Fleet street to ramble to suit their
This newspaper campaign, with It's serio:
comic eccontricities. may seem a p%itlable and
Frederick Ills ruin and end. but 1t serves one
purposes, Il ilips5rstes the deviopsness. persist.
snes; ana mu,tt'Hpn nsaoy. ana S,n iiinn,ion ""pio'eu