Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-11-07
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sidewalk. The curved side Ia bord-
cred by marble bench. with high
back. handsomely carved. In The
center is 4 statue OF heroic size fac
Ing the roadway. representing In the
characteristic attitude and the cos
tune OF his time one OF the reigning
members Of the Hohenzollern house.
beginning with the Margrave AL
brecht the Bear, who ruled from
1874 to ITO and was famous as
fighter. An old song goes:
Heinrich the Lion and Albrecht the
Bear,
And Friedrich the Bold with his red
hair
the world.
Upon pedestals set In the back OF
tho bench are the busts of two OF
the most conspicious statesmen or
soldiers in the reign of each OF the
kings-his aids and advisors. With
Albfecht the Bear are Bishop Wigger
Of Brandenburg and Bishop Otto OF
Banberg.
There are thirty-two OF these groups,
extending on both sides OF Die
5lexeaAilee for three-quarters Of
milc--rcpresepting all the marGrayes.
kings and kaisers down TO the time
OF William the Great, the grandfath-
or OF the present emperor. who has
bismarck and Won Moltke TO support
him There is only one omission,
aud that. strange enough, is the EN-
efors own father, Frederick the
| Good--"Our Fritz" as the people
used to call him. lie does not ap-
pear in this assembly, nor ls there
any appropriate statue or monument
TO him In all Germany. The kaiser
never mentions his father In his
speeches. He always refers 10 his
grandfather. William the Great as
his Ideal, his model and his insplra
tion. II Is true that the Emperor
Frederick was mover crowned. His
reign was limited to 100 days. and all
that time he was desperately Ill with
cancer. When he came to the throne
| he knew that his life was measured
| by weeks and perhaps by days. and
his assumption OF power was but II
mockery. illustrating the impotence
ofmen against the mighty forces of
nature. but he was a good father.
splendid soldier. II pure and honest
atatasman--"the wise kaiser" the
people call him--~and his son could
not Gnd better example to emulate.
II was this Indifference to his
fathers merit and neglect OF his
memory that permanently alienated
William II, and his mother the late
Empress Frederick, They were
never reconciled, not even In death.
She never entered the palace al Pots
dam aftor her husbands death. and
had no share whatever In the tri-
| umphs OF her son. One who knew
her well quoted the other day strik-
ing remark she made about him.
u do not understand him." she
said, "and do not blame other pco
pie for not understanding him. He is
neither German nor an Englishman
He is moro like an American"
The newspapers announce that the
kaiser has ordered a monument to be
erected 10 the memory OF his mother
In the most conscious place In Ber
lin, at the end II the famous street
unterw den Linden. II is to stand
lust outside the Bradenburg Gate
lie has hlmslf made the design
which includes fountains and flowers
and figure of his mother In bronze
The cost will be $4,000
The Bradenburg gate is II sort oi
Are de Triompho which has stiod for
TWO centuries at the entrance OF the
Thicrgarten. Upon the top Is a
chariot OF Victory In bronze. Ma
poleon carried II of to Paris in 1907
nut the Germans afterward brought
II back In 1874. The gate has iive
portals-four Of them being open to
the public. Before the NTH is always
A military guard. and no one is al
lowed TO pass through It except the
emperor and brides. and the latter
must be caid In their wedding gar
ments. II liz one of the orthodox
pleasures for German bride imme.
diatcly after her marriage to drive
through the Brandenburg Gate,
At one end of Die Sieges-Allee is a
wide open space which remains unoc.
cupicd, and IL Is the general impress
sion that William has reserved that
for his own statue. where he can
look down the avenue he has created
and review his entire ancestry nj IA
single glance Al the other end he
has planned group to include those
historical figures who have been most
conspicuous In the building of the
empire. II IL altogether grand
idcn worthy of n great king and u
great nation,
The emperors mother lies beside
her beloved husband IN u little Old
fashioned chapel at Potsdum, a
strange place for IA tomb but she Sc
lectcd II herself II IL called Erie.
| densk1schc church of Peace
and was built 10y Frederick William
IIV In 1850 for some unaccountable
reason. II has an ugly bell tower.
a square structure OF brick 1870 feet
high. that resembles an observatory
| with big windows and stairways
that lead To the top. There is
quadrangle inclosed by cloisters
like a monastery. and a portal sur