The sun., 1914-08-16
AUTHOR FORETELLS
GERMANY'S FATE"
Crown Prince Applauds Book
Containing Yelled Threats
Against Emperor. /!
HEIR CAUSES DISCUSSION
Congratulatcs Writer Who Calls
Russia "Frcnch Joint
Stock Company"
HEIR CAUSES DISCUSSION
Special Correspondence 10 Tnr Srv

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BERLIN. Aug 4.-The Crown Prince +,
once more the centre OF an embi,e,sd
controversy between the two main uir,..,
which divide between them German rol.
tics.
The Pan-German writer of la,olv
published book, Der kronpruz. sad
that one Of the Crown Princes charm,
is his modest way OF expresslng admira.
tion TO writers Of talent The Prince this
time chose to telegraph his admiration.
The telesrams were. Of course. pr.yata
but were promptly made public by in.
discreet or interested parties.
one telegram was addressed to ,h,
author OF The German Empires Hour
OF Fate" Lieut.. Frobenius. and tho sec.
ond to DIR. Gustav Bucholz. professor OF
history at Posen Academy, writer uf ths
pamphlet Bismarck and Us"
Neither OF these publications has grea,
merit. literary or political. The G,rra,
| Empire, they explain, is on its last legs.
every one is incompetent and fccbl.
| vicious democracy and timid paclnsn
| have set their seal on the Government
| and unless stern. strong. scientific methods
| are applied Germany will come 10 an end
| The empire. in short. Is always IN a crit.
cal state, and II something heroic and
drastic is not done Immediately It Will %
| too late.
These pamphlets have necessarily ds.
| tinct party political color. They contain
| open attacks on the Government yeiled
attacks on the Emperor. and plenty o,
| rhetoric against Radicals. Pacihsts. and
friends OF parliamentary government,
/ THESE views are. roughly. pan-Gcrman
Views. The Crown Princes ielcsram,
calling them excellent (ausgezelchneu
1
demonstrations II intended for publica.
tion. The publisher. at least in one ID,
the present cases. solves doubt here hy
printing the text of the telegram In "a
advertisement. and on the basis of ,ha
telegram appealing to booksellers to end
In orders for Ihe brochure as fast as SOU
can"
The Princes telegram to Prof Bncho,s
| mas caused the most trouble. tho prpfrs.
sor's pamphlet being the more outspoken.
Its value as serious political ma ter may
be Judged from the fact that the author
starts with the consolation that Even
now his Bismarcksl heritage is not
altogether destroyed" Here. after con.
demnation OF all post Bismarckian I'D.
ministrations, Is a direct attack on the
Chancellor. who wraps himself in hI,
little philosophers mantle" at an hour
when democracy threatens destruction
During the Zabern trouble the Chaucel.
lor gave the Reichstag "a miserable
spectacle" IL democracy In the end los,
the Iabern campaign the Chancellor had
no. or at least only an Indirect. part
In the vic'ory The real victors are Col
Won Reuter- and the War Minister Ger.
man foreign policy has been nothing bu,
irresponsible squandering of the Rs.
MARKHAM heritage Here comes ras.
sage about a foreign Power which ths
Crown Princes critics naturally sez.
hold of: Russia. who will venture To- say
that she lives in sound skin? She !,
To-day nothing better than a French
joint stock company"
Finally. In connection with armaments
II n passage which in view of the deli.
cate relations between the German State,
Is frank This refers to Baron Won
Hertling's declaration about armamom.
expenditure:
Unfortunately the foolish saying Of
the Bavarian Minister-President that W
have enough armsments for the present
was not rebu;ted by our Chancellor In
the way in which Bismarck would Ger.
tainly have rebutted it-if indeed n
Bismarck's time such n little man had
dared to open his mouth. Despite thl.
we know that new military demands will
be mdkle ."