The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-26
KAISER JEALOUS
OF CROWN PRINCE
Recent IndiSposition Brings Out
Family Trait of the House
of HohenZollern.
FREDERICK WELL LIKED
BERLIN TO PUT TAX ON ALL
KINDS OF AMUSEMENT.
FREDERICK WELL LIKED
RY STEVEN BrRNETT.

RcrIin. June 25.-If The boil on the
kaiser's wrist did nothing else, II GER
tainly gave the Berliners an oppor-
tunity to learn little more OF the
character OF the crown prince, whom
the kaiser. Intentionally or not, always
manages 20 keep pretty well out Of
the umelighI
Crown Prince Frederick has always
been known 90 be simple and UMPIRE
tcntious in his life and ways. more
fond OF sport perhaps than Of work,
as was his father at the same age. and
the kindly disposition towards him
was decpened by his marriage to a
princess. clever. good-looking. and as
simple and unprctcntious as her hus-
band. But the scene at the palace
after the review Of the troops when
the crown prince gOt of his horse In
tho Plat before the palace 10 avoid
inconvenioncing the crowd with his
horse, quietly pushed aside the police
men who obsequiOusly tried 70 force a
way for him. and then five minutes
afterwards appeared smiling and bow
ing with his cOnsort and children on n
balcony OF the royal apartments caused
a storm Of cheers 90 break loose. the
sincerity and hcartincss Of which left
no room Tor doubt as 20 the popular
affection. Whether tho Outburst
IDENTIFY did his son and daughter-in-
law IS not easy 20 say.
For the last three or four rcigns
HO sollern monarchs have invaria-
bly, made &c plain in times Of personal
disability that they meant to let slip
from their hands just as little Of the
ruling power as they possibly could.
and regarded not without Jealousy any
symptoms 81 popular liking. In the
recent case the monarch let practical
~ none OF the power go, for he trans
acted state business and received his
ministers ia his working cabinet at
Potsdam exactly as before. the only
difference probably being that he did
not walk up and down the room inn
patiently, as usual. brandishing the
huge blue pencil over the report he
was about TO annotatc IN the margin
Tho Crippled Arm.
Another aspect Of the incident OF
the boil was that Il reminded the pub
lie as much OF the kaiscr's left as OF
his right hand The malf0rmation OF
the inonarch's left arm and hand Is a,
al times delicate topic and. tactfully
enough. Germans very rarely allude "a
-. The kaiser. too. am told. ignores
II as much as possible. though ne is
known always TO have keenly felt is
Inconvenience. Il IS a shortening II
the arm from the time of birth. and
r. accompanied by comparative power
lessness or the left hand But the
natural defect has been largely tri-
umphed over Strength Il stiIl DOS
Eesses and appliances turn It into al
most as useful 2 member as the right
hand. a special set OF forks in a
leather case IL always placed beside
the kaiser's plate az meals. each fork
having one OF its prOngs supplied with
an edge for cutting purposes Sim
larry when the kaiser Is on horseback
he Is supplied with n wooden holder
Tor the reins I'm case he should require
60 take them I'm the left hand But. or
The whole, the disability is hardly no.
ticcablc.
The diet Of Baden has once NOR,
rejected the governments proposal fo1