New-York tribune., 1906-11-09
daughter. Princess Elizabeth. from M.ran on
January 2s, 1901:

daughter Princess Elizabeth. from Meran on
January 2s, 1901:
And so our good Queen Victoria has now also
gone from Us. I mourn for her from all my heart
to me- ana 2teT she had 6at t of her o
1TienSs as is ineyitable in old age she always re-
youth. and only last year begged our Kaiser to
Do o9i atb09h had hoped &
Would have caed 1pon ReT beeTe tSst The
South African war CAUSED her more grief and sors
hat the baTbsro9.y selfish pocS Of the 'I hgsS
statesmen, sta 70 TnicH she was Gompelied t9 SUB
in kindly and afrsctionats memory CIV '''-
In 1880 Prince Hohenlohs was invited to the
banquet given at Potsdam by the old Emperor
IN honor Of the engagement OF Prince William.
the present Emperor. The entry in the diary Is
as follows:
wsTe al ssseTbed She looked " very VT fresh and
Thsn the Emperor presented the yarois diEnttartes
to her The The CTown Prince TS and Cr9En PRINCESS
ward Emperor Frederick), however. complained
other princes and princesses Of the house Of Prussia
had received the announcement Of the engage
the health Of the young couple Afterward had
g chat with the bride, whom l had not seen since
When I drove back the station with AlbedyIl.
Pe pefeo5 to s al aS
got into the same railroad carriage at the station
hem to Bern The prince spoe st EGs Of a t u
m bs S S ann ana 2 Gf fe IN an eds OF corn Then
Berlin" ''S'''
Prince Hohenohe writes in the following man
ner about his last interview with Emperor Fred
erick. The entry is dated Berlin March o.
1883:
On reaching CharIottenbgrs was conducted to
EruDraSS sDaCtaily-
only thin, rather yellow and the eyes some
expression of pain in the gaze. The Empress ex-
cgsed her presence qn tHe ground OF the Hscesl5y
first thing spoke OF was the death of the old
many and sympathy abroad Then the converse
ton turned on 10 the thousands Of remedies which
and the Empress mentioned that she had received
such quantities Of holy water from Iourdes 'that
had given It I'll to the c2nysnts. ] Wien the En-
that was owing to hard york that hard work
good for the Emperor to which he nodded IN
pleased manner Then the Empress complained
there was snow the ground To this replied
that the rooms were airy and friendly and that
F-np~ror jotted down his writing pad
PTessi09 In9dz o hs Wien the Emperor
got up as the audience ended The Empress asked
which | agreed As I was taking my leave and
exp5esShs hssaF Py he laid his hand on nv shoulder
and smiled SO sadly that could scarcely restrain
---S~tT~ Indeed there IS rnartvr1Orl that can
80 ccCCG1rnarsd with this slow death Everybody who
srnroaChes him is struck with admiration by his
geous and quiet resignation to that inevitable
fate of which he IS ehCreF aware, suppose
shall never him again
or the present Emperor. Prince Hohenohe
writes soon after his accession. namely. on Au-
gust 3, 1883, Berlin. as follows:
F,np.ror william makes the Impression Of
-1s1-sr ard conscientious fmhued q
o. dItv When 1 sneak with him am always
minded OF Prince Albert, his grandfather. The
~oica is so similar and there IS the same earnest
1sss NIoreovar he has a keen sense OF hurnor and
OF ridcuIe and finds pleasure IN comical things
II he develops Ike MS grandfather the Prince
Consort1 we can be we'll satisfied
Prince Hohenlohe writes follows OF an in
rerview with the Empress Frederick at the New
palace at Potsdam. shortly after the death OF
her husband
fo,,r1 her very crushed and worn and soon
acotred the conviction that all her cheeriness dur
ing the previous twelve months had been artificial
she sobbed so much that she could not speak Then
- baraD 10 talk OF the last days Emperor Fred
artcS animated when she smoke o the
yrickadnAss and meanness Of certain personages
heirtIa the memory OF her husba nd and TO convey
the impression that he had been incapable reign
ing and had accomplished nothing She added that
IJsrhert Bismarck had had the imDudence to de-
that an emperor who could not discuss matters
ought not 10 be allowed 10 reign The Prince
OF Wales had told her afterward that II he had not
baen iubued with the necessity Of maintaining
friendly relations between England and Germany
he would have kicked Herbert Bismarck out as