Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-06
he 10 not riding he Is shooting, and
when he Is not shooting he is riding
BREACH BETWEEN FATHER AND
SON.

when he Is not shooting he is riding
BREACH BETWEEN FATHER AND
SON.
Combined with his physical powers,
athletic skill and sporting propensltles.
the crown prince possesses a certain
harshness which has characterized
many OF the Hohenzolern men, as well
as O stubbornness which causes him TO
insist on having his own way with un-
surpassed obstlnacy, In these circum.
stances, Il is not surprising that the
kaiser and the crown prince have often
come into sharp collision with one an
other, and that their personal relations
often are extremely cool The crown
prince inhabits HIS own little residence
at Potsdam, and father and son do
not see more OF one another than Is
absolutely necessary.
The breach between the kaiser and
the crown prince was widened BY an
act OF folly committed by the crown
prince on the day on which the opera
ton on the kaiser's throat took place.
A short time previously the kaiser had
strictly forbidden his eldest son to ride
In any steepleshase races, pointing out
that he had not the right to risk his
life in such foolhardy amusements. Be-
fore the operation on the kaiser took
place no one had the slightest knowl-
edge OF what was going TO happen ex-
cept the empress. the crown prince and
the doctors. On such an occasion, when
a surgical error could easily have cost
the emperor his life, and, failing this,
when the result OF the operation was
half-expected TO reveal the presnce of
cancer In the kaiser's throat, the son
might have been expected to remain In
close attendance on his father, eager
AT any rate TO hear the doctors verdict
II not to encourage the patient. The
German crown prince acted otherwise
Scarcely half an hour before the oper-
alton was performed he had his horse
saddled and rode across TO place 20
miles distant, where a club OF cavalry
officers were holding steeplechase
races
TWICE IMPRISONED.
Disregardlns his fathers wishes and
commands, the crown prince rode In
several races. winning prizes and earn
Ing the enthusiastic applause OF the
spectators by his reckless daring In
squirting his horse over the obstacles
at lightning speed on returning home
late at night, he did not trouble to ride
himself to the imperial residence to see
how the operation had turned out, but
contented himself with sending serv-
ant to inquire after the kaisers condi-
tion OF health. This escapade resulted In
the punishment OF the crown prince not
for lack OF fillal feeling which the kais-
er generously overlooked, but for his
open and defiant disobedIence OF the
emperors orders regarding steepe-
chase races. The kaiser IN his capacity
OF cOmmander.in-chief of the army,
sentenced the crown prince, who has
the rank OF lieutenant, to three days
detention In barracks for disobeying
the orders OF his superior officers; an1
the crown prince was accordingly I'M
prsoned In the Potsdam barracks for
70 hours
This affair embttered the crown
prince against his father, and soon az
terward he committed another indIs-
Greet act TO revenge himself on the
Kaiser The sensation OF the theatrical
season In Berlin this winter has been
the production Of Tattoo" a play re-
veallng all the dark sides OF milItarism
In Germany The play Is regarded as
seditious aud dangerous by the Ger
man powers that be. and IN many gar
rison towns the officers have been pro.
hihited from visiting theaIers IN which