Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-27
KAISER AND SON
ARE TO MAKE UP
New Year to Bring Reconciia-
ton Between German EN-
peror and Crown Prince.

Berlin, Dec. 27.-The approaching
New Year festival. people who are IA
miliar with what is happening at
court say, is apt 20 bring about a re-
Cancellation between the kaiser and
his eldest son, the Crown Prince Will
helm, greatly to the Joy Of the kaiser
in, whose health is rapidly failing
and who has worried over the "es-
arrangement between her husband and
her fayorite son.
II the reconciliation does take place
II will mean neither that the kaiser
has come to look upon the democratic
ideas of his heir in a different Ugh.
nor that the crown prince has become
a convert TO the autocratic convic-
uons Of his father II will simply
mean tha' the crown prince has dis
covered that he was being used as a
convenient tool in the hands of the
aristocratic leaders Of the dying pan-i
Germanistic party to shed glory over
their losing cause and win followers
for II among those who wanted to in
cur favor with the next German ruler.
These men undertook to play upon
the young princes strong patriotic
feeling az a time when he was natur-
ally very impressionable and when he
was suffering under the restrictions
that his imperial father imposed upon
him. Lately IL seems these leaders Of
the feudalstic and pan-Germanistic
parties have been abusing their pow
er, and in their overconfidence limited
that they we're the moving spirits in
Grown princes party" in opposition TO
the kaiser
This led to several long earnest
talks between father and son, during
which the experienced kaiser is said
10 have convinced the prince Of the
incompatibility OF his sympathies with
the people and his alliance with the
champions Of the lost and antiquated
cause Of feudalism and pan-German-
ism.
Even II II be true that a reconcIlia-
ton between the kaiser and crown
prince Is about 70 take place, the New
Year festival of the imperial family
will not be one Of unalloyed joy. The
kaiser as well as the kaiserin are said
" DN NOIIlDu at Tue COhbldAl iONC d.
fairs of Prince Adalbert, the kaiser's
third son, which are said 10 be of an
almost Hapsburgian kind. The hearts
of the kaiser's sons have all been very
susceptible TO the allurements Of femi-
nine charms The crown prince is
said to have had several affairs OF the
heart before he finally fell really in
love with and married the crown prin-
cess. But none OF his liaisons were of
very serious kind and never caused
any real anxiety to his parents.
II is quite different with Prince Adal-
bert, however. for after fiuttering
about like a butterfly from one femi-
nine flower TO another he has now fal-
len head over heels in love with a
popular and beautiful German actress
Fraulein Paula Frieden. and swears
that he is going to marry her, no mat
ter what distractions his parents may
decide TO place in the way. An at
tempt to induce the young lady to give
her admirer the cold shoulder is sale
20 have failed, and the affair looks
rather serious at present. AS a frs
punishment the prince. most likely
will be sent on a long sea voyage. Bur
he declares that any attempt to make
him forget his love will only make
him more determined TO marry her.
Nothing IN the world attracts the
kaiser more than matters Of business
and the management OF business ven
lures. and had be been born into 1
less exalted family than the Hoheh
Eollerns there is little doubt that b,
would have become one Of the world
biggest captains OF industry. In tn
midst Of the rush Of matters OF state
increased tenfold by the Balkan wal
the kaiser has still found time to OF
cupy himself with his hobby, and a
the management OF his big potter.
works at Cadinen and OF his German
farms have not proved enough 70 oC
cupy his mind he has invested s25
600 OF his savings IN two farms Il
German Southwest Africa
His advisers having told him tina
this German colony has every chanc
Of successfully competing with Amel
ica and Australia in the export OF WOO
the kaiser at once decided that Their
could be no better way OF encouragin
the German colonists than by shown
them the way And the purchase G
the farms followed.
The kaiser now has men looking 10
hrst.class wool-producing sheep wit
which TO stock his farms, and the an
mails bought will be sent to Southwe: