Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29
A TRAGIC NOTION.

Equally tragic Is the persistent way
| in which the idea will be instilled into
Hohenzollern junior that he is per-
sonage apart from and superior 10 the
| rest OF mankind. As babe. his nurses
and domestics address him as your
Imperial Highness. and treat him with
devout homage. As he grows older. all
the groWn-up men and women IN his
circle bow and scrape before him as
though he were worthy OF alteration.
His playmates viii bow down before
him. and AZ the same time great states.
men and distinguished generals and ad-
mirals VIII kiss his hand.
The prince cannot possibly avoid be-
Ing spoiled by this process Of adula-
ton. When he goes out riding or driy-
ing or motoring the people In the street
VIII don their hats TO him and II pos
sible pursue him in order 10 get a pass
Ing glimpse Of his face, At the thea
ter hundreds OF opera glasses Will be
pointed az him continuously so that he
win be made 10 feel that he lE the CEN
ter Of much popular interest His
friends VIII natter him IN order 10 Sc
cure profitable posts for themselves or
some other reward iu the shape OF
political power or personal Influence
when he ascends the throne OF his
fathers.
He will be pampercd, petted 1attered. |
fawned on, Worshiped, adorcl from
his earliest childhood iill manhood HUI
man nature is not proof against such |
tests OF character The little Hohen- |
zolern will grow up On the belief that |
he Is a little god, a sort OF earthly rep |
resentative of the Almighty Adapted |
TO practical affairs. this means that he |
viii believe On the divine right OF |
kings TO rule absolutely over their sub
jects according 90 their own personal |
Whims and wishes. ID Is strange that
the present kaiser. with all his astite-
ness. does not perceive that 70 Is al
most suicidal from the monarchical
point Of view 90 train his grandson on
these lines, considering that the IN
fauts reign viii. in the natural course
OF events, take place when the world is
half a century more enlightened than
az present
When the time comes for him 10 /
marry, the greatest tragedy ~ bic iife
win be enacted. he viii not be per-
nitted 90 choose the girl OF his heart,
but he vii be forced 90 wed a woman
Tor reasons az state. His matrimonial
Affairs viii be arranged for him by
statesmen and diplomats on the sam.
precise scientific system as his whole
'arecr. The consou selected for him
nay De ugly. unsympathot'c, iil-na-
ured, ill-iempered. n Verita1.e vixen.
but he must marry hCr as a matter 81
policy. Re viii then 20 through life |
Without the supreme happiness ~ vir-
uous love and without those exquisite
oys Of peaceful home life in the CONF
lanionship % a cJusort chosen solely
Iccord'nF % the dictates 90 the heart
instead he VIII be chained in l0yeless
yedlock 90 n woman whom be dctests. |
.ut With whom be mus, appear In pub
lc with a smile on his lips AMI whom hc |
must designate lis beloved ana gI1-
ious queen, all foT reasons or state.
Personal MlsFoRTUNEs.
Added 20 all these personal mlsfor-
pnes, 10 must be- remembered that The
ask OF governing Germany Win become
more and more difficult year by year. i
he manifold troubles and difficulties Of
be present kaiser Wlu be increased
undredfold by The time his newly born /
randson ascends the throne. sc1iil0n
extending on an SIDES ami the SOCIALIST
ioyement. which aims 40 The overthrow
the monarchy and the establishment
a social-dem0crauc republic, IS grow
~ BY leaps and bounds The Social
~ now command ouc-ihirl of tho
iult male citizens of Germany az ihc
ectlons. and by the time the Imperial
lha is emperor they may possess a
majority OF the electorate. Nhai win
sppen thea That Wil b. q klotiy |
roblem for the new Hoheuzoi'efn to
live In forcisn Affairs TOO. the future / g
Germany does rot appear r1scaie / \
be tendency is ulmistakably in the /
.rection Of a general coalition NJ Eu-
ipean powers against isolated Ger y
amy. Colonial anlirs become more |
ID more tangiel and unsatisfactory >
onih by month. scdiUon al home. 8
,aerful combination OF enemies
broad these arc ne prospects which Z
10 latest Hohenzollcrn mgst face Poor I
ne fellow 10 scion n the Sums is I
ore 10 be piled than his imperial {
ghneSs RUDOLPH ELPHBERG. )