The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-25

Frederick the Great, but with his sue
cessor and the late King as we'll as the
present Most Gracious Civilian IL and his
future Majesty t'rederlck Wiliiam): The
most curious eXcmp!e Is that OF Prince
Charles, VINO is anything but d good hus-
band, ard yet depends upon his wife, m
deed, he is thoroughly AFRAID of her, and
is guided by her wishes. But it is some
what different with these two tthe klng
and the Crown Prince. They want TO
be rIa'sed. They like to have 1t said i'll
the F.LS,ish and French press that they
are conslGerate and generous. Ihey and
THAI the Germans praise them enough as
IL is.
IN England ne complained, they do
not tolerate any foreign influence. on
know how PalmorSton ana the others &C
cused, opposed and prosecuted the Prlnce
Consort tor his alleged or real influence
over the Queen. We, however, are eX-
pecled TO submit TO that sort OF thing
and regard ii as matter of course. We
are an inferior race, ordained to serve
them. So the Queen thinks. too. and her
daughter is exactly of the same opinion.
They ale working in partnership.
And again, after the Crown Princess
had become Empress, for brief period.
he complained that 'at home with her
daughters she only speaks English, the
language OF the chosen people, and the
Processes write English letters to their
father. Busch supplements this state
nent with an aneCdOte of Princess Vic
toria. one of the Empress daughters.
She had a difference with her brother on
one occasion regarding some household
arrangement.
After ali. that is much better managed
at home she cried.
AT home! What do you mean queried
William.
Why. at home in England" retorted
Princess Victoria.
1t was this young lady's projected mar
rage with Prince Alexander OF Batten-
berg which threatened at one time to be-
come an International question of the
The present German Empress IS an
other FEMININE member OF the imperial
family OF Prussia fer whom Bismarck
had a shrewd contempt. his is now he
describes her wouio-be final attituGe
during the last sickness OF Emperor
Frederick William. her father-in-Iaw:
The Grand Duchess wants 10 play the
loving daughter before people, and so sne
accompanies him when ne, IKE every one
who works a great deal, would prefer 10
drive out alone, and at the same time she
argues with MIN, even when the wind is
in their faces, so that he catches cold If
he answers her. As he sits at work Au-
asks in CareSslng voice, DO l disturb
you" When he, always gallant in the
treatment Of ladies, and particularly of
prinCeSses, replies No. She comes in and
pours cut all sorts of magnificent gossip
to him, and scarcely has at last gUne
away tnan she comes back again, knock
ing at the door with her i am again dis
turbing you, anu so she wastes MS time
chatting Now that he is iIi-yCu know
what his complaint is-she IS real en-
barraSsment ana plague to nm. She SITS
there with him, ana when he wants TO De
left alone he does not venture to tell her,
so that in the end he gets quite red from
pain and restraint, and she notices II.
That is not love, however, but pure play
acting, conventional care and affection.
There is nothing natural about her;
everything is artificial, inWardly as We1
as outvaTGlY.
Imagine what delight the perusal of
this passage VIII carry into the i4eart of
her Imperial hIghuesS, as like wise into
the heart OF her imperial and imperious
spouse.
brutality of which he was guilty after the
death of Frederick William. l wrote to
Bucher,'' he says "a few lines expressing
the satisfaction l felt that we were re-
place will now be taken by a disciple and
admirer of the chief" He also quotes
from Bismarck an exquisite example
Of Frederick Williams incapacity. We
had at one time secret treaty with the
st. Petersburg people which now no
longer exists. Under ii we We're to re-
main neutral in case of war breaking out
between England and Russia On nay
mentioning the. treaty TO the Crown
has been informed and agreed to it.
No wonder Busch records that mere
was great laughter al the table when this
tale was told, in which the ladies also
Joined.
OF the present Emperor William, when
he was only the eldest son of the Crown
T Isra E.sInarck spoke very ,hope1uuy, IL
1852, contrasting INN favorably with his
lndolent. coHtOrt-seekinS father g de is
energetic and determined. not at all dis
posed to put up with parliamentary CO.
regents. a regular Suardsmani Philo-
pater and Antpater at POlsdami He is
not at all pleased a his father taking up
With professors. witt Mommsen, NirchoW
and Porckenbeck. Perhaps he may one
day develop into the rCcher de bronze Of
which We stand in need"
Mythmongers will be pleased to find the
origin of famous chestnut traced to the
present German Emperor as a child Dr.
Busch had asked whether governesses
and other persons intrUsted with the eGu-
cation of princes were at liberty to chas-
tise them when they We're naughty or
whether they had to tell their parents.
who decided as TO their punishment. Bis
narck answered the nrst part of he ques-
tion in the affirmative, and went on to
say that the goVerress of the Emperor
William II said as she was administering
physical chastisement to him on one oc-
casiCn
believe me, Royal Highness, that it
hurts me as much as it does you to do
this"
''Ahr' exclaimed the little Prince. "and
does it hurt in the same placer"
Is it authoral vanity-the desire that
his book shall remain in history as the one
true record of the inner thoughts and
feelings of Bismarck-which prompts him
to discredit the forthcoming memoirs of
the Prince Chancellor in advance OF their
publication?
In March. 1891. Bismarck himself told
Busch that the memoirs would probably
come to nothing. 81 have no documents,
he said, and even if I remember the
main points-quite clearly-one cannot.
after all, carry in his head every detail
Of what has happened in the course of
thirty years. Then as to the publication
have constantly represented the
monarch!cal principle and held il
aloft like a banner. Now, / have
and frequently these three eva exalted gentle.
men did not make altogether very good