The Washington herald., 1912-02-17

a thourhtless inclination for war and a
craving for glory. God preserve me
from such criminal Isvity. / repudiate
such imputstions with Indignation"
It IL now nearly a quarter OF CEN
| fury since these words were spoken,
and that they are not just IS true now
as then Il would be very dificult even
for our most rabid Tentonhobes 10 show.
But perhaps the most striking difference
between Frederick II and William II is
that while the former was an inveterate
pagan, the latter has always led the
purest Of lives, and is a pillar Of the
| Christian faith. thus forming a striking
, contrast to his great ancestor" who be-
lieved in no God-belIeved in absolutely
nothing but himself.
ForgettuI Of the real religious feeling
of his great predecessor. the Kaiser, while
witnessing the taking OF the ''Fshneneid'
Swearing inD some new recruits at Pots
dam one day a number Of years ago, ex-
horted them TO read the Lords Prayer
daily, since "only good Christians could
be good soldiers" whereupOn KIaddera-
catsch. the leading comic sheet Of his
| capital published cartoon in which
satan was represented as fetching down
from heaven Leonidas. Alexander. Caesar,
Hannibal. Napoleon. and Frederick, who,
as he had Just been reminded by his very
| Christian successor, was not entitled tc
the audacious author OF the lampoon tc
be laid by the heels and consigned 10 q
fortress for two months!
Frederick the Great was far from being
so thin skinned. One day, while prone
nading through Inter den Linden on the
way TO his Schloss he came across a
number Of Berlinese citizens busy read
ing poster libel on himself. '"TiefeI
| haengen' bring IL down lower, he shout
ed to the frightened assemblaEe, $50 that
all can better see it," Just imagine the
Kaiser saying such a thing in return for
| a personal attack upon himself
| On another occasion Frederick the
Great laid IL down that all of his sub
jects were quite at liberty to say what
they liked, provided ii were left to him
70 do as he liked At the same time
while himself an atheist and a rational.
| ist, he decreed that every man and
woman should be allowed to get to
heaven In his or her own way and man.
ner. (Jeder soil Of seine eigene Facon
selig werden)
Several months have elapsed since the
murder of the premier Of Russia at the
Fieff Opera House in the presence of the
Gar. AS yet. however. there seems &C
be no intention to uproot the. 'Okhrane.'
or political police system Of Russia, un.
der which such crime became possible
In fact, the Okhrana remains as strons
\ as ever.
Public opinion IS taking the form Of ar
almost universal agitation In favor OF the
revision Of the case or LOpuknin, IN,
former head OF the police department ir
the ministry OF the interior, who wal
condemned TO lifelong exile to Siberia or
the charge Of divulging Official secrets
This gentleman now is living at Kras.
noyarsk with his wife and daughters
Miss Russell. the English governess. who
throughout has maintained her unswerv.
ing belief in Lopukhin's innocence, 3,
sharing their fate in the Siberian viii
derness.
The Lopukhin case very probably will
develop into a second Dreyfus incident
Prince MestschersISy. of the Grsshdsnin
as well as the liberal Novoe vremya
are agreed that the assassination oi
Stolypin constitutes q new fact" which
necessitates the reopening Of the Lopuk,
hin case and a complete revelation OF the
| Vaccinations Of the Okhrana.
In fact matters have gone so far In
| st. Petersburg and Moskow Liberal cir.
cles that Begroff. the murderer OF Stoly.
pin openly. is described as the instru.
ment OF Col. Kulabko former head OF
1 the Okhrana as KEN, and Prince Nests
chersky is praising Lopukhin for his
| courage In showing up the evils and dan
gers OF Official ''proyocauon."
FLANEUR.
CCopgriEht. 1872. by Court Gossip syDdizisl