The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
ROYAL SCION COMING
KaiSer'S Fourth Son to Study
Our Institutions.
PREPARES FOR CIVIL CAREER
Prince Augustus william to Visit
United states, Travelling IncOgnitO
I'm Order to Come Into Contact With
Actual COnditiOns-Has No Liking
for Military Life-kaiser Consents.


Correspondence Of The Washington Herald
Berlin, Dec. 2g.-Prince Augustus VII
liam Of Prussia. who is to pay a visit to
America next year. is the Kaiser's fourth
son, and will celebrate his twentieth
birthday in January He is a tall, we'll
built, handsome young man: has already
served as an officer in the First Regiment
OF Guards. and is new a student at the
University Of Bonn, where all the royal
youths of Germany receive their higher
education.
The prince. from his earliest childhood.
has been subjected 10 a rigorous system
Of training The Kaiser has Spartan
ideas about the relations OF parents 70
children, and imposes his sovereign viii
On his sons without restraint. They have
all been compelled TO undergo the most
severe form Of Prussian military disCi-
pine from their infancy upward. Begin
ming on their sixth birthday, they have
been obliged TO work and 70 play-if play
il can be called-according 10 a hard and
fast system laid down for them by peda-
Eogic experts.
Prince Augustus William underwent all
this. but yet he has grown up 10 be
something different from his own brothers.
Il has been a tradition from time inn
memorial that the princes Of the house
Of HohenzoIlern shall embrace a military
career, and live and die as officers Of the
Prussian army. All the other I'VE sons
Of the Kaiser are. or will be, professional
fighters. but Augustus William has mani
tested a strong desire to break loose from
this custom and TO devote himself TO the
civil service This inclination I'm itself
marks him out as a prince of some
originality and strength OF character.
The Kaiser. VINO is by no means bound
down 10 ancient traditions, and is
imbued in some respects with a spirit Of
mOdernity. is willing 10 acCede 10 Au-
gusJus Williams desires and TO allow
him 20 be the FIRST Prussian prince to
remain a civilian. His military career
WILL therefore terminate with another
six or twelve months service in his reg:-
meHt of guards and thereafter he viii
devote himself % the pursuits Of an
official Of the civil service.
VIII Make "A Systematic study.
The final stages Of mis- training viii thus
DE different from those Of most Prussian
princes. He himself has expressed the
desire 10 widen his experiences and to
gain an insight into the most modern and
enterprising country Of the world by pay
ing a visit to the United States Of
America. The Kaiser, who entertains
keen admiration for all things American.
barring, OF course. the republican form Of
government, readily acceded 20 his sons
suggestion and drew up the plans FOR a
I systematic tour Of study through the
/ country of unlimited possibilities.
Prince Augustus William Will visit
/ America not with any pomp and cere-
mony, but purely as a private tourist who
( desires TO study the manners and Gus
I toms of the country He viii investigate
American systems Of government, Of judi
/ cial administration, of civil admins ira
| ton. &c. He viii inspect and study, as
I far as possible, the great commercial en-
/ terprises in different parts OF the United
/ States. He viii investigate the trusts
and viii devote attention 10 the labor
problem as seen in America.
/ The Kaiser, who fully recognizes that
/ times are changing, and that the old
! order of things cannot be maintained, de-
/ sires that his son shall return from
/ America with some Of the American spirit
/ OF progress and enterprise which he ear
/ then introduce into his sphere Of activity
\ in the civil administration at home
/ Prince Augustus Williams visit tC
! America fOreshadOws a serious attempt
/ TO Introduce some Of the American spirit
Loo rf1
/ forthcoming journey is a very significant
/ sign Of the times-showing that the
countries of the Old World are looking
TO America for new ideas of government
and new inspiration for conducting tht
I affairs Of national administration. It /.
/ highly creditable 10 The young prince thai
. he originated this idea and equally cred
. table TO the Kaiser that he should have
/ consented TO its realization and should
/ have taken 1t up with all his wonderful
! enthusiasm.
Travel as Plain Citizen.
But Prince Augustus williams visit Il
America will not be devoted exclusively
10 such serious occupations as the stud,
Of American administrative methods H,
desires TO make the acquaintance Of tn,
American people and 10 gain a knowl
edge Of all their peculiarities and pre-
dominant characteristics. After he ha!
concluded his more serious studies. h
will assume a plebeian name and trave
in disguise through the great centers Of
population. He viii travel as a plaiI
Herr So-and-So, and his identity will b,
carefully concealed from all those will
whom he comes into contact. He viii
be the guest Of cultured Americans anC