Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-25
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FREDERICK William OF HoAenzollern,
elector of Brandenbui.,. was the speak.
or. The fellow" who ha6 no honor
was his son. whose face he had just
slapped In the presence of the king
OF Saxony and his troops. This son Is
famous in history as Frederick the
Great.
In the house of Hohenzollern history
repeats itself. The present heir to
the throne of Prussia and the German
empire, Crown Prince Frederick vii
liam. is having the same kind of ex-
perience with his father that Fred
eric the Great as heir to the throne
had with his, but with this difference:
the Kaiser Wilhelm dares not disci-
pline his son with the stern methods
Elector Frederick William employed
upon his. Times have changed.
The present crown prince thinks for
himself. Fatal mistake, when ones
father is head of the house of Hohen-
zollern! Frederick the Great also
thought for himself He, too, was a
bit maynard; he hated dismal ped
antry, drunken swashbucklers and
coarse buffoonery; the German Ian
guage sounded harsh in his ears
His father. who loved all these things
tried to discipline him with blows
and deprivation of all that he loved.
Frederick determined to fee to France
His dearest friend, Lieutenant Won
Katie. aided and abetted him in his
design Elector Frederick William
discovered 1t, locked the two youths
In a fortress dungeon, threatened to
have his son shot il he refused to abb
dictate his right to the throne, had
him tried by court martial. The Of
ficers OF the court commended the
prince to his fathers mercy, but con-
demned Katie to lifelong imprison-
ment. The angry elector ordered that
Won Katte's head be cut off and that
the crown prince be compelled to wit
ness the execution.
Prince Used Diplomacy.
Prince Frederick almost went out
of his mind after the CHASTITY sight,
but within two weeks he had begun
to beguile his father into believing
that his spirit was conquered
That was how Frederick William,
elector of Brandenburg in 1890, treat
ed his son he considered rebellious.
Kaiser Wilhelm H. in 1912 has not
imprisoned the crown prince, nor cut
of the heads of any OF his friends,
but he has kept him in virtual ex-
lie, doing tedious military duty at
dreary fortresses far away from the
joyous life of Berlin.
The great kaiser Of today is con-
fronted with the same problem as
the petty king of $50 years ago. he
Is powerless to deprive his eldest son
Of the right to succeed to the throne.
The trouble dates from about a
year ago. The exact origin of it is
of mystery. Politicians
tell us that 1t began when the kaiser
angrily rebuked the crown prince for
his actions in the reichstag on the &C.
casion of a fiery lingo anti-British
speech of DR.. Won Heydebrand. 1t will
De remembered that the crown prince,
'itting in the royal gallery, applauded
he most rabid Anglophobia of the
speech. shaping his brother on the
Jack. OF course this was indiscreet.
Gwen the German newspapers, reticent
Ind timorous as they are in comment
ng upon the actions of their royalty,
'hided the young man. Nevertheless
lis outburst was popular, and the re-
,ukes only added to the hold he had
Ipon his future subjects hearts.
Has Thought for Himself.
This incident may have been, prob
bly, was. the actual dividing point.
tut the little rift within the lutte"
tarted many years further back.
hose who are old enough to remem-
Ter and had the opportunity to OBJ
erve say that when the crown priRce
vas still little kiddie in knickerbock.
rs he was not amenable to parental
iscipline. Self-willed, high-spirited,
ot particularly companionable, he
vas In constant condition of quasi
evolt against his fathers attempts to
nold his character into miniature
( his own. He thought for himself.
lie had his own ideas, and he did not
estate to express his dislike for
many of the things his father loveN,
nd his liking for things his father
oathed But he was still too young
Or open breach to be possible.
In his college days at Bonn the
rown prince incurred his royal ia
1er's displeasure more than once. The
aiser kept sharp eye on the youths
ehavior. The imperial eagle soar
d over the roosting places of its
hicken, with an eye especially watch
IL for dangerous prey in the form
girls that might lure the fedgling
70 far away from the parental eyrie
And when he learned of certainl
rominent American singer, he swoop-
4 down to take hand in the chase
erlin still smokers as it whispers
lie story AS gossip goes, the crown
rince was not bit bashful about
his admiration for the
FARMING American singer and was
ailing after her in a way that made
lie services of a press agent unneces-
Try.
Whats this? What's this?" the en-
,ror is said to have cried. Run
NO around making caIf's ewes aft an Z