The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-01
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| The kaiser in his time has often played
havoc with the exceptions and notions
| Of his subjects some of their standing
grievances against him. indeed is that
| they never know when they go To bed
! al night what I've may say or do before
| they get up In the morning SAYS the
London World. still never. perhaps. has
| he played with them quite such havoc
AS when, few weeks ago, and now, nc
suddenly announced IL To- be his good will
and pleasure that his brother, Prince
Henry, should take up his residence I'm
Berlin and devote himself 10 the study
OF state affairs.
For up to this very day when this an
nouncenent was made. If there were
point ON which all Germans were agreed
II was that their sovereign had firmly
made up his mind that the prince should
neither live I'm Berlin, nor have anything
whatever TO do with politics. lie woum
have no rival in his capital for the discon-
tented To rally around: on this point he
was quite resolved, they always main
tained hs would have no divided aIlegi-
ancc; what cheers the Berliners had to
give should be reserved for him alone
Nor did they speak without reason: until
quite recent DAYS the kaiser took very
good care that his brother should be I'm
Berlin as little As possible No wonder
with conjectures as To why he should thus
late in the day have summoned him there
and have practically installed him I'm
the foreign Office OF all places
one section of the kaiser's subjects in-
sist that the reason why he has ceased
10 object To his brothers presence i'm Ber-
lin Is that he no longer fears him as n
rival i'm the popular favor. now shat a
more formidable rival, the crown prince
has entered the Held as "A competitor for
the place OF first favorite. His ma iesty
has had Wide experience In the sort OF
lntrigues that are carried on around heirs
10 crowns, and he is said to be somewhat
morbidly alive To the fact that i'm future
his son may be used TO harry him. as IN
the past he was used Ia harry his own
father Another section hold that If the
kaiser insists on his brothers being iui-
atiated into the mysteries of statacraft IL
Is because he wishes him TO be fitted 10 {
act as guide ana adviser TO his son when |
he comes 10 the throne But II this be the I
case " Is remarkahle TO say the least of 1
it that he should have waited before talk !
Ing any step I'm the matter until the 1
crown prime was already of age. Then 4
n third section maintain that the kaiser /
has summoned Prince Henry with a view \
to appointing him regent while he himself /
takes holidayr-pays n long visit to
according 90 some or perhaps
retires out OF the world for time To lind
solutions for social problems. ON the
other hand, quite fair number OF news
profess TO know that the prince
owes his Invitations 10 Berlin simply 20
desire on the part OF the kaiser to give
pleasure To his mother. the kaiserin I
Frederick. The kaserin has always re-
'ented the way her favorite SON was
thrust into the background by Prince Bis
mark aud heretofore been kept there
Derslstently, so far az politics are con-
t(rnp1 hn Is
<nown TO hold strongly that n would have
been well for Gcrnany had its ruler had
lis brother by his side during the last
ew years TO play the role of candid
riend
IL is the custom to speak of Prince
1enry as II he were quite young man.
'ut. as matter OF fact he Is already IS
nd has seen even more. perhaps. of life
han his fair share. For ne entered the
avy when he was 40 years old and
tarted on q voyage around tho world
when he was 16 lie was barely II when !
e made his tirst spccch-it was al Shanr
al When he was in Japan his mother /
soud fain have summoned him straight
ONE; FOR his younger brother. Waltcm.r. !
. whom he was devoted. died suddenly.
nj she knew IN what sore grief he would
2. Rut. O. her hlttcr wro tn old Kaiser
Wilhelm turned n deaf ear to her appcN Z
Olding that Hohenzollorns must not be |
oddled. And ccddled Prince Henry cor
linly was not; whether az school or at
-, he fared In every respect as his com
ades. and was hail-fellow- wcll-met with
1em all As boy DO was q general IA
pritc. being by nature ce'-temnered
raighrorward and kindly IN his wavs
10 was then thought 90 be cleverer than
Is elder brother this was the opinion ut
Y llln2peter, who was tutor 20 them
bth-and he Was certainly stronger phys.
ally. handsOmeF and more popular, a.
Is own family he was iGOlizsd the svru. I !
AMY between him Gno both his father
1d his mother DeirR peculiarly close and {
nder He was practically their only
m. for thanks ~ Prince bismarck on Z
- ono hand AND the kuisorin Augusta z
tho other their eldest son VAS sonar ,
81 from hem VA ercsf measure