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

respond ents with ostentatious consideration. al
walls u sisriol ON pse head. Of the Germans.
Al the came time he snubbed the German cor
re,pondent: who we're working Tor the snlirht.
their cons into the field. While others Of his
rank and house were striving to defeat the
the supply OF British arms put forth for tho
benefit OF the French. he was writing In his
Following S J iSSn the ssI principle. :, o f" my immortal MSs if father:
, ns,s.r t dA,ss TWO 'h lsnS sst jsaass,s an. sad ES S,aa a.
which have 80 much In
Evenings the Crown Prince would lie before
the picture Of his wife and rhapsodiIe over the
Ing ~softness of her heart Moreover, he would
write her. ~ regularly q night came. long lot
Of the troops. and the probabilities OF coming
battles. The substance OF These letters was sent
f%"miiihys in S L,oSdon rr whence a tho rHsfH,Hr,s en m nss
hurried by letter, often even, by telegraph. to
Paris. Nnmsrous excuses have been made
British relatives, who thus helped the French
enemy. They stl come TO the same
was innocently ignorant Of tho harm she was
doing, and that, her Bri,ish relatives wer.
spSsily naive and noIDsrisnesd in the ways OF
muhication between capitals. These excuses
are mentioned for what they are worth. accom-
Princess At this time was a mature woman OF
thirty, who never before nor since was accused
Of e1uberant indiscretion. rashness, or inex-
perienco In the ways Of the world.
HUMILIATION OF FREDERICK WILLIAM.
The position OF the Crown Prince wa. rom
dercd humiliating. almost degrading, by these
Circumstances. He was d,strusted by his own
20 pst sRs Plya rus; sx'h throne ~ n,s future ,s% asyman mn Crown osia
Prince. and prospective German Emperor was
Treated slmost As q traitor In hi, oyn camp;
fno~ I.s:se'' po iS%s.'% %niilt sssH and ~i'G p%Sii,le a.
execution. and he was left to learn Of them as
would any corps commander or mediatincd
Gid William would not allow Bismarot, II the
Chancellor had 30 desired, to speak with the
Grown Prince regarding the more vital ques-
words are Sssd3 his Majesty feared the Crown
Princes indisereet COMMUNICATIONS to the Eng
the French" SO utter was the neglect which
the Crown Prince suffered that nobody took the
scnolass q s S.io n,T Ps .as e1 %hsn 3. Of 4, ,@s psssss
Bismarck with this insulting omission. the
Chancellor gave the excuse that he ant, his
oflciais were too busy and tired to attend 10
such details.
ISTRIoUxs TO SAVE PARIS.
II 10 an old story that feminine intrlgues post
poned for months the bonn bardment OF Paris:
the queen city os lie eontinent week af9er osa"ss
to satisfy the demands OF women In Berlin or
elsewhere; that thousand, Of German lives were
thousands OF french lives might be spared and
the grandeur OF the capital he preserved at the
AHoht VI IA Diooa. lhtst hTt ~ ultttE
reflections that cast = gloom over the whole Ger
man people during the last months of 1870. and
sardins The mystsriou. politics that prevailed
for = time At the impartial headquarters before
Paris, The veil that has hung over the intrigue
probably, as It will be fitted before the Bismarck
memoirs appear. Tn. conclusion Is that tn.
enlisted the rather weak mind and busy hands
OF the Empress Augusta In her cause. aud with
her aid and her husbands knowledge was NOV
Ing heaven and earth to help the French. IL Ia
not necessary to dwell here on the dangers 10
which the delay before Paris exposed the whole
undertaking for which Germany had made the
war. or to enumerate the threats OF European
interference. The whole scheme. its chief
guardedly but unmIstAkably by Frnnkenberg.
His story may be sketched In his own language.
IL shows bcst the responsibility Of the Crown
Princess for the bitterness throughout the DER
man nation. for the discomfort OF the army be-
fore Paris. and for the contempt and suspicion
which onveloped her husband AS with n cloud.
On Sept 10. the German troops completed tho
Investment Of Paris, On Oct. 20 Count Frank
visited yesterday With Wild. barbarous JOY
tho park OF siege artillery, most Of which at
Petit Bicetre and BISvre stand the long rows 81
terrible cannon. which are TO hurl death aud
destruction into Paris.
question passes daily from mouth 20 mouth. but
receives no satisfactory answer. From week TO
ways do not delivsr the MATERIAL: we could begin
Tomorrow 10 shoot say the engineers and ar
"AlreadJ I am apprehen.ire that there will
be no determined bombArdm.ni. and that we
shail lsnve II TO hunger and di,cord to deliver
this would be better a. II would cos, US no men.
i think Just the opposite Is true. The long In
activity. the encampment in front OF an In
vested fortress. and the numerous ~sorties OF tho
French troops demand more sacriices-ana
purposeless sacrifices At that the most en-
ergetic bombardment"
THE ARMY xuRNuRs.
On Nov. II Frnnkenberg wrots.
New Brei-ach has capilulatcd. Almost
without exception the French fortresses have
surrendered soon after the beginning OF n severe
bombardmsnt. What succeeds everywhere else
Is rot even attempted here before Paris"
Il hear TO my resrrt from several quarters
that the King and Crown Prince are adlured
sn,s na, es "a SSm ~ 1se' Pa lsn'niH. o:rrf,psn na.
with good judgment and with accura," knowl-
edge OF Affairs In tue highest quarters give the
positive Assurance: Not q shot will be bred At
On Nov. 22 Frankenberg refers thus to tho
1--WE n.ee . Brilliant sic t% e. said afBsiiU amen-
thai. yesterday. These words show clearly the
a'pl U, tss'q %po., ii our our Situation I%; va si Are : IN
muir: tn: French bave gained new courage.
even confidence; the rest OF the world begins to
question our ability to v~anquish them.
Had We ended matters earlier here around
Parts the whole complication threatened inter-
AVOIDED. Our bad mistake here has been to lie
1 rang! S 81 sso ' Pencil S,iy s wiss G Thi. 'r %i.:.t ".'S Sn.
fortunately. becomes every DAY, more and more
irremediAble and more evident"
-Four days later this entry was made:
To-day Gen. Werder, who. as Adjutant-
General, 10 in the immediate circle Of the King,
said to met There will he no lombard ment;
the King wishes It. but tho others do not. 50
the King and Bismarck want 70 bombard tho
city. and neither can enforce his will. Who.
then, In the devils name. L. doing the deciding
ard the commanding hore Z"
They proposed to-day at headquarters"
wrote Frankenb-rg on Nov. 2s. that we should
rent our siege artillery TO tho French II they
would pay enough to cover tho cost OF trans
portation. They are very anxious to get can
non and We have had plenty of them for six
weeks. yet hnd absolutely no use for them.'
On Nov. 27 Frankenberg wrote thus OF the
perils Of European intervention:
bismarck apparently proposed n conference
regarding the Black Sea question raised by
RussIali In Constantinoplc In order to get rid OF
'Europe's gang OF diplomatic interveneis.' So
much the better for US the interest, OF the no.
bic Inhabitants OF Albion is absorbed by tho
Eastern problem. Then the petty shopkeepers
on the other sido OF the Channel will not he
placing obstacles In tho way OF the great work
OF u~nifying Germany; Let them continue to
send arms to the French II they Will. This
trOublea us very little. for most Of these arms