The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-20
NOT FOR the WHOLE
GERMAN EMPIRE
Will Grown Prince Of Germany
Wed the Homeiy Princess
Picked for Him.
IL is THE KAlsER's WILL
And Now Germany Waits to See
Whether the Younger Aohcnzollern
Will Prove That He Has a
Will Strong Enough.

New York American: 1t is the
kaiser's will. gravely the
Berlin Volks Zeitung, that Grown
Prince Frederick William. heir to the
throne, shall we'd the Princess Thyra.
daughter of the crown princess of Dem
mark.
But it remains to be seen what the
crown prince Will do.
The Princess Thyra is of royal blood,
but she is three years Frederick Will
iam's senior. The princess is accom-
plished. but she is not beautiful. She
is plain, Stubby, good natured and
freckled. Her best friends eNclaim with
enthusiasm, She is so Intelligent"
An Intelligent bride for the young
ma admiration for exquisite Gladys
Deaconi A plain bride for one who
has worshiped at the shrine of the
lovely singer, Geraldine Farrar! a
good natured, freckled bride for his
royal heir, who has studied the music
to pay court to the loveliest of their
attractions. \ stubby bride for his
Hohenzollern who, to worship at the
shrine of beautiful woman, has suf-
fered exile, imprisonment, disgrace.
Not for the whole German empire
"1AA AtiNsiAS SttS "a S1SNA
prince screamed.
BE silent, sir!" commanded En-
peror William. 1T is my royal will"
Your royal Will shall not bargain
my heart to a woman l DC no. Lowell"
shouted the crown prince in defiance.
After this first violent explosion of
Indignation the heir to the German
crown became calrner. 1t was hopeless,
his advisers told him, to resist the iron
will OF his father. They pointed out to
him that open defiance at this time
woul strengthen the determination of
the emperor and bring about most un-
pleasant complications. To yield, or
at least to seem to yield to the royal
will was the best diplomacy.
"Remember," said one of the young
mans shrewdest counselors, the m
peror is not a we'll man; you owe him
every consideration at this time; he
may not long be spared to you. And"
with clever emphasis, If a great mis-
fortune should overtake our dear en-
, peror you will be free to reconsider
! your b~etrothal."
"It is. as you say" the crown prince
replied, thoughtfuily. /" Ishall visit Co
penhagen, L shall ask for time to con-
slider, but l shall not refuse-but L
shall never marry Thyra."
The crown prince is %.
b"High time-high time say all the
courtiers and diplomats.
~ iiittl "a 81 Will lllC l. iiiCC, II q
would set at rest the strained relations
that exist between Germany and Den
mark after the annexation of Schles-
| wig-Holstein. Even the crown princes
| great uncle, King Edward of England,
is said TO be pleased to give his royal
sanction to the match.
Whatever may be Emperor Williams
faith in his sons more cheerful attitude
toward the woman he has selected for
the future German empress, the great
German public shakes its head. In the
row prince flows h same blood, the
same iron will n determination of all
the Hohenzollerns.
tfons of the amiable Princess Thyra.
Then they steal down to a little shop
on Konigstrasse. where h looks out
upon them complacently from a photo
graph.
"Ach, Himmel. never!!" says one,
shaking his head.
"Nein, nein; never will he CONSENT"
Then, under their breaths, they reel
off a long list of lovely women, singers,
dancers, music hall favorites, burgo-
masters daughters, court ladies-som
adored for their eyes, some for their
ankles-to whom the gallant prince has
paid ardent court.
groups recalling anecdotes of the prince
who is so human. who has a heart sus.
ceptible as the humblest of them. They
all love him for it.
DO you remember one will say
chow he met the parsons niece once
before he came of age?"
Yes, and how he insisted upon hel
taking a seat in his own wagon, mex
to him, and driving her into town, ant
holding her hands,
Just because she was tired"
Just because she was SO beautiful
Eyes like heaven and cheeks like
roses!"
"And do you remember his universit,
days at Bonn, when the kaiser sen
special emissaries to bring him home
And how he arrived, in a hospital car
after a drinking bout. in which he wa:
victorious, with a troupe of dancers a
his heels!"
And how they dragged him out o
Paris just after the affair with Mile
what's her name-began to be serious
They say he wanted to share his thron,
with her!"
"And with that little viennese dan
Ger, and with the Russian court singer
n with Mile. Valerie and Frauleil
Emile and with that little Bulgarian
model and"-
Then came the affair with the beau
tiful American, Miss Deacon. That wa
serious! Ach, our young Prince is
man of taste!"
S was his father before him!"
He a according to family tradition
at the University of Bonn supposed t
be studying ten hours a day. In realit,
he was doing as that great body Q
students known as the Borussa do. 1t
most distinguished members has tn
reputation of having made away wit
ten quart bottles Of champagne at
single dinner. The young Prince trie
to emulate him. AS a result he ar
rived at the Neues Palace in Potsdar
for the holidays in the imperial hospits
car.
The first animated conflict betwee
the Kaiser and his heir TOOK place thel
81 have invited down a number c
my friends to stop with me at my ow
palace" said the Prince. II must go t
meet them"
You are a prisoner" declared tn
Kaiser.
"But 1 am of age protesved the youn
man.
you are my subject" cried tn
Kaiser. And the young Princes guest
a choice collection of rakes and musi
hall favorites, We're met by a lieutenar
of the police, instead of an obsequiou
court-martial.
Gentlemen and ladies'" he said, bow
ing low, the chief of the royal polio
has the honor to inform you that b
all the highest order you cannot re
> main In Potsdam, n must take tt