The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-08
THE WARLlKE CROWN PRINCE
NOW QUITE IN HIS E!MENT
Wilhelm, Kaisers Oldest Son, Has Come Into His Own
Decorated by His Father With the Iron Cross for
J Winning a Victory

The Crown Prince OF Germany, the
Kaiser's eldest son, mas apparently
come into his own.
I,or years hi has been a leading ad-
voc.te Of a warlike policy for Ger
many. He a identified himself eA-
tirely with the army. ne has re-
scented anything that bore the fainteAt
resemblence Of a slur upon il, en-
Enthusiastically commended utteran. cs
of a militaristic tendency, and be-
come at times so outspekeniy belfi-
eerent that his imperial father was
compelled to curb his ardor. An in
stance Of this was his "banishmeni"
to Dansic "a few years ago; and it was
authoritativeiy reported that similar
measures were contemplated after the
crown Princes praise OF Lieut.. Col.
Frobenius's recently published PAM
inlet. "Germany's Fatefui Hour in
which that officer spoke of England's
"stealthy plans" against Germany,
Frances thirst for revenge, and
Russia's hatred Of all things Teutonic,
savs the New York Times.
But now this youthful advocate of
nilitarism finds the war which he be-
Geyed imminent actually under way.
And. instead OF "banishment' n re-
nression. he has received from his
father. the Emperor, the much-covet-
ed Iron Cross for a brilliant victory
placed TO his credit against the
French in Lorraine. 1t would GER
tainIy appear that the fire-eater has
come into his own with a vengeance.
What manner of man he is becomes
now a matter Of general interest, and,
TO supply the information, a book
called Der Kronprinz," by DR.. Paul
Iiman. has made its Opportune ap-
pearance in Germany.
Il; seeks to describe the Crown
Prince. TO make clear the reasons for
the various :ctS that have brought
him into the limelight of late years,
and also to make a guess at how he
will solve the problems confronting
his native land when he becomes EN-
peror. DIT. Liman felt sure that war
was coming. but he thought that il
would not come until Kaiser Wilhelm
III. had been gathered to his fathers
Instead of heading armies in Lorraine
as Crown Prince, the German author
assumed that Wilhelm lis eldest sor
would direct them as Emperor in Der
lin.
an Attractive Portrait
Or. Liman paints an attractive por
trait Of the Kaiser's heir. In spite O;
all his vagaries, we learn that he i,
popular throughout Germany, totali,
devoid of side and the keenest sOr
of a sportsman. Moreover, and this il
less known. we hear Of him as a dill
gent reader of books, especially Or
history. and as a warm admirer o
Napoleon. despite the fact that tn
great Corsican humbled Germany t,
the dust in his campaigns In Napo
leon, says DR.. Liman, the Crow
Prince sees not a "~parvenu," but
genuinely great man-and he make
this interesting comment:
Strange indeed is it hat from a ma
who attributes all merit in history t
Princes. who sees in Richelieu an
Oxenstjerna, in Pitt and Canning, i
Room and Bismarck merely "gooC
able counselors who have the honor Q
carrying out the ideas of their ma
ters', a son should have sprung VIII
looks with a clear eye through tn
hlSts OF romanticism and finds alik
IN the lordlns of Schonhausen IBIS
marck) and the lawyers son of Coz
Slca something to be regarded wit
wondering reverence.
Ut. Llman takes up the cudgelS 10y
any IN behalf of the Crown Prince
attitude toward Gerhart Hauptmann
Festspiel," given last real in Brela
DIS d part Of the nationwide celebr:
uoh OF Germany's war for indepe1
u'hce against Napoleon one hundre
yedrs ago. The Kaiser's heir, it wi
oe remembered, protested against TT
pdy because il made Napoleon a her
.e1uled the deeds of the German p;
Illus or 1914, and-worse of all.
me Warilke Princes eyes-cast stu
the German army.
us interference stirred up a frs
800 controversy. Opposition orga1
nant and left sneered at the Prince
assumption of the role Of critic ar
v,,oquently combated what they locke
rpoh as a limitation Of the power
Tree speech.
ru' Dr. Liman takes another vie
IN nS eyes a mediocre play by HauI
cau "n. entirely inappropriate to the O
laLrro'h' was raised to undeserve c
Nay oy the perfectly sincere al
So ''ouc disapproval Of the Kaiser
ohiacduse II was Prince who ma,
tbo'ohS to it," he writes. ''ev
forn n had criticised it themselv
plaSS their criticism, found in I
endless beauties, considered t
In 'he artist impugned and re
angry protest"
AS He Really IS