The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-13
THE STORY OF MODERN EUROPE
Jy HI3RBIcaT CtNTON,

TREDEltlCk WILLIAM of Pru-.
r STA, having become incapacitatcd
i by mental disease was succeeded
first as regent and In 1861 ~
King by his brother William. who tooN
the tile william l. The late King had
been looked upon as dreamer lie
was certainly not the monarch to rule
Prussia IN the years which were t.
come. The uow King was Of different
stun Bred In the army H." was the
beau ideal ~ the soldier. II was in
military terms that he Thought and he
had almost as clear a vision Of his ma.
tons future as Bismarck himself
II has already been told how prusslan
autoCracN had for the time succumbci
20 the revolutionary movement in 1S4S
This was it's fate also in most Of the
German states. Then the Frankfort
Diet was revived. and the attempt was
made to furnish constitution
Like IN" French the Germans were
90 unused TO parIamonts that they
lost Themselves IN the intricacics q
legislative procedure. No two seemed
20 think 100 rar same terms and the
confusion was HOPELESS An the petty
jealousy ~ states arose 70 trouble IN.
Diet. ard opinions were as thick as
olackbirdS. bur common basis ~
agreement did NOT appear RN agreA-
ment AN Austrian rrchdukp vas ap.
pointed imperial vicar. with power 10
select his own ministers
Bur when 10 cam" 90 Terminating
basic laws the republicans and cousu-
tntiondliStF fell .u.. Then. too. the
Danish question arose Denmark
claimed as part Of IL realm the ducly
Of Schlrsw,g and "A portion II Uolstein
The latter WIS q member of the Ger
man confederation. The German party
IN those du,h.rS had risen agaIns, the
Danes in lNlS huj had 1c defeated
Later the HruSSIaus drove the victors
out OF Schleswr. uut this and the
Danish blockade " pruss'an ports On
the Battle had caused bad feeling on
both sides
Meanv hic the question OF he puns'l
tuition had not been settled and seemed
as far III as ever r." revolutionary
party WIS ..lI us!stcui. fhr arlstocrat~
OF Prussia ana rls-w here We're more
alarmed than ever. ana the King, on
whom % demand had been made go
reCogni2" 'hy Austrian rrl mtiuu.sts
instead oailed ont tho troops in Berlin.
Late qul'' was restored. and tho Diet
agreed upon certain basic laws Il
excluded This meant the domination
of Prussia, ana the THE emperor was
offerrd to Trrdruck William lie Pee
FUSED '. not wishing to accept q crown
from the mob. ana strife over thr
constitution began among the States
In several There We're upriSings v-9ich
the pruss.an soldiers SOUGHT to que
At last II was accepted by SaXonv and
Hanovcr. II curbed democracy and cX-
tended the rulers powers.
After a parliament had met and ac-
cepted tho constitution. Saxunv. Han
over, Bavaria and Wurttemherg with
drew and asked Austria to reconsider
q revival Of The confederation. This n
fact was done There was then grave
trouble in IIosse-C asscl and soon after
the Danish war recommended. This
matter was compromised IN few
months. however The break ny out "
the Cr!meln war divided tNe Germans
those IN tn" south siding with Austria.
while Prussia showed clearly the Rus
elan influence.
Now .f VS. that the old King was
Obliged - step aside ana William Of
Prussia took his place. Here j. where
this chapter properly begins
In the new monarch there was moth
Ing OF the dreamy character OF his
brother. He had early adopted strong
views on ah-o,utism. ana he ahhorrrd