Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-22

"a crown princes party--WhiCi formed
a rival court. Everyone out of favor
and out of office gathered round the
crown prince and eagerly awaited the
sovercign's death. The crown princes
gained further support by posing as
Drogressives; but usually-with the eX-
ception of Kaiser Friedrich this was n
fraud exposed when the throne was
rea ched. Tho ruling sovcrcigns retort-
ed by snubbing their sons and keeping
them out of politics. This fact has.
even occupied historians. Immediately
after the death of Friedrich. Trcitschke
published his study. 1.-TWO kaisers." in
whichfi referring to the late Wilhelm I,
he said:
'kaiser Wilhelm held very rigid prin-
cp!es about restricting the heir He
knew that the first subject OF the cm-
pirc must not be asked for advice other
wise he would want to govern also.
Like all the great monarchs OF his.
tory, like all the Hohcnzollerns With
the exception of Friedrich Wilhelm II,
he kept his son at great distance from
public affairs"
NO CROWN PRINCE PARTY.
Despite the fact guaranteed BY
Treitschkc, tho former Prussian SOW
creigns failed utterly to prevent the
formation OF q Grown Princes party"
Kaiser Wilhelm alone has succeeded,
and succeeded brilliantly. There is no
Crown Princes party today. So little
Is known of the princes real character
and opinions that no class in the enl-
pirc has anything to hope or fear from
his ascension of the throne. What Is
known goes on the whole to justify the
kaiscr's approximations. Friedrich Will
helm Is n man OF more modern spirit
than Wilhelm II, The wool Of parenta!
jealousy Is, therefore. that tho son may
display, If not in politics, then In re-
ligon, art or literature, liking for
those modern tendencies which Kaiser
Wilhelm regards as the work of the
evil one. If the heir We're allowed; 10
show Liberalism in any form he would
Sitin popularity among the masses
which the kaiser cannot boast of. In
the thcater, literature, and art Friedrich
Wilhelm seems secretly to rebel against
his fathers domination. Kaiser Will
helm abhors problem plays, Secession
ist paintings, and modern" furniture.
| He likes Italian music and German
| folk-songs, and considers Richard
| Strauss u crazy noiscmongcr. But tho
crown prince goes to the kammcrspicle
| theater to see the most .'inodern" sex
and problem--plays, which attack
| principles regarded by his father as
sacred. He disliltcsy the classical and
the romantic: ana even caused IL scan
dial by going to sleep during per-
formancc of "Sardannpal." that somnif-
erous ballet constructed by his ia
Their and the Assyriologlst, Delitzsch.
What is worse, in his palace hang two
nudes by the scccsslonist painter, Louis
Corinth. And all this seems to annoy
Kaiser Wilhelm. awakens distrust in
the soundncss of his heirs Judgment.
and helps to explain why he regards
With apprehension the day when Fried
rich Wilhelm will reveal his personality
to the German people.
PRINCES ESSAY.
What accentuates this undoubted lack
of spiritual sympathy between father
and son is tho crown princes impatient
dislike Of the wooden Journalism and
ceremonies of the Prussi;ln soldier and
the Prussian official. Particularly OF
the Prussan official In order to bring
up his heir in this national spirit
Kaiser Wilhelm ordered DR.. Won Fal-
kenhayn to give him series OF lessons
on the internal government of Prussia.
Frederick Wilhelm's easy. somewhat
happy go-lucky nature revolted against
the wooden pcdaEpgnc: and the story
probably untrue but Characterlstic--is
told that !Whcn, Won Etllllcnhayn asked
him to write an essay on the career OF
the average Prussan citizen he indicted
the following irrevercnt passqIil:
First the registrar gives him birth
certificate.
Then the Hnrson baptizes him.
Then the doctor vaccinntcs him.
Then the schoomaster puts spcctacles
on his nose.
Then the state sews him into a uni
form.
Then tho government sivcs him:
II T'lrst--hn Office. II
Second-A title. Isl sS
9hThIrd-A character.
Then his majesty gives hin II dccora-
tlon.yi
Then when he dies, someone scws n
pair OF wings on to his cpaulettcs, and
turns hin, loose as n decent little Prus-
sim angel.
Tho impish spirit which Inspires such
outbreaks ~ strong In merry Friedrich
wilhelm ,bnt 1t docs not please his amos
tolIc pnrcnt, who rcacnts titiur ut tlnsc
| divinitics who arc his bost friends and
allies. So Wilhelm II naturally fears
tho influence of this free. thinking.
somewhat frivolous Young man on his
faithful subjects And this. too, helps
to explain why Friedrich wilhelm Is
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