The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-07
UNPROTECTED RULERS.
|nlnces mt the Mercy of Any POpu-
lar Uprising.
From the New York Tribune.

lar Uprising.
From the New York Tribune.
Although an official denial has been
hade of the story printed by the Ger
an Socialist organ Vorwarts, to the
feet that the Kaiser is about to con-
ere the Island of Pichelswerder, in the
h avel river into a fortified retreat for
nlself and his family in times of po-
A teal disquiat, vet it is quite true that
4he crown is taking steps to acquire
koIe possession of the island ia ques-
on, with the object of erecting. an I'M
/ erial residence thereon, and or con-
erting it into country seat Tor the
1vereign. Nor can it be denied that
ne fact of it's being surrounded oy
iRater, together with the proximity OF
he great military camp of DoerberltzI
ne training ground of that division OF
Yards which is the corps d'elite OF the
erman army, endows it with a degree
Ii security which no other of the hals-
Irs residences can be said to enjoy, -
OF course, there may be objections
1 Germany to the suggestion. that a
ller of the Hohenzollern dynasty
lould ever need any safeguard against
| is lieges. But repeatedly IN ADDRESS
/ Q his troops, especially when ADMIN
tering the oath of military 5allegi-
| nee to young recruits for the army,
William has laid stress upon the fact
at he depended upon their loyalty
Il defend the throne not only from dam
srs that threatened it from beyond
e empires borders, but also from
| thin, and that he looked upon them
defend their sovereign from his enc
llies, not only foreign, but likewise
carer home-indeed, among their fell
| countrymen. 1t is idle. therefore.
L. insist that the Kaiser is blind to the,
menace of popular disturbances To-
Iented by specialists and directed by
| larchists. His own utterances to his
/ ,diers show that he is alive, if not to
| e probability. at any rate to the pos
| oility, of troubles of this character.
| I'd no one would dream, therefore. of
| aiming him for taking steps to protect
| wife and children and himself from
e danger of any coup de main by the
| arliD mob. --. M
The Old sehIoss.
| The latter has always shown itself
| lruly and disloyal. The foundations
the old schloss, at Berlin may be
| id to have been cemented with the
1 God shed in the repeated onslaughts
the populace, bent on preventing It's
| ection, upon the Workmen engaged IN
construction, and as recently as in
| IS several days of sanguinary con-
| ct between the troops and the MOP
suited. in the latter winning the mas
kry, making a virtual prisoner OF king
I rederick William w in his palace, and
I,rcing him not only to consent TO the
ost humiliating concessions, but like
| Use to stand bareheaded in the rain
| the principal balcony while the.
kidies of all those insurgents who had
,en killed by his soldiers were berne'
procession past his residence. This
| ing of Prussia was the granduncle Oh
e present Kaiser, and the prother,
l zen known as Prince of Prussia,
| HON he was compelled by the popu-
| &c to deprive of his military com
| and and to Danish from the kingdom,
as the grandfather of the actual oc-
lnant of the German throne. Those
lere the days when the subterranean
Issage was made, extending from the
nera to the "Zeughaus," where very
| rong detachment of troops is always
| duty, so as to enable the occupants
| the royal box to get away from the
| eater without being observed IN tne
| Sc of an emergency; and the peflod
nv no means so remote but that the
f9iser is anxious, in the event OF any
| nflict between the mob and the au-
/ critics. to avoid embarrassing the -ac-
Ion of the latter by permitting eltner
lis family or himself to fall into the
lands of the populace.
Underground Passages. a, !, II
lWhile in nearly every capital of Eu-
ne the state theateTs @haYeebeens pros
led with secret underground pass
ges to admit of the escape of. the
gning family in the event of danger
km popular j. disturbances--these at
4 ris having played a notable role IN
reigns of King Louis Philippe and
| Napoleon Hit is a curious fact
! At few. if any, safeguards have been
/ opted to protect the metropolitan
| aces of the sovereign from attack
4 case of an instruction. It is true
mt three centuries have elapsed since
zen Mary-Bloody Mary-waS be-
legged in the Tower of London by the
| tizens of London, but the royal-and
perial palace of the Tuierles was
| cked by Partisan mobs no less than
IT times within the space of nun
| I'd years before being finally reduced
ashes by the petroleuses of the com
me rebellion of 1871, while only three
onths ago the konak, or palace, at
| lgrade was invaded at night by
ride of mutinous officers, who muir
| ed King Alexander and Queen ORA
| Both had been warned that their
I es were in danger, and that a coup
main at night was contemplated
on the palace. But, the latter being
lit so that it's windows opened on
very street, there was no means
defending it against any attack,
4 the only obstacle which the. con-
rators found in their path was
ellined door shutting off access to
r. private apartments.