The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-04

mating girl. Our author was asked TO
| dine with the royal pair, by whom
ne was received with great cordially.
During the meal the conversation re-
manned quite trivial, touching only on
current topics. but after dinner in the
Kings study II was quite different. for
the sovereign began at once to speak
about Berlin and the Emperor. For
obvious reasons, our author says,
It 10 impossible to reproduce even a
1.-THE Of the momentous interview Of
which he was instructed to take a ver-
bal reply back &c Berlin. Such. 1t
seemed, had been the desire of Will
lam H.. and, AZ Carol I. rather acidly
remarked. a wise desire too.
81 cannot very we'll advise him in
the present circumstances" u
author quotes the King as saying.
"'He has always declared himself the
champion Of peace in Europe; he has
advocated 1t constantly. and all at
on'ce you find him seized with a fran
tic desire to disturb hat peace, all be-
cause he Is afraid OF a young man
whom II would be easy for him to re-
duce ( utter powerlessness II he
really desired II. You may not UNDER
stand II. but I will explain. OF course
1t Is no secret TO you that the relations
OF the Emperor with the Crown Prince
are anything but cordial. The heir to
the throne is developing most danger
Gus designs against his father: he has
succeeded In making himself enor-
mously popular and of rallying around
I htp, a nA~aiAoroh lo vartx, n,,tta cono-
Bile under certain provocations Of 60
ing SO far as c%onspiring against their
sovereign. whom they accuse Of
cowardice in regard to Russia 1t is
those people who have completely Ia
spired the Emperor with the fear that
he may At q given moment be over
thrown and replaced by his son in
whom the military party in Prussia
sees its uture avenger and hero. Your
Emperor feels this opposition to him
more than he cares to say. II he were
sensible he would not pay attention
to a campaign which is bound to die
a natural death IL left to itself. but he
refuses to believe hat half the at
tacks made against his person in the
French and Russian press are in
spired. and in some cases paid for. by
the partisans Of his own son in Ber-
lin. sss
He is essentially Of a Jealous ma
ture. On the other hand, the son
loathes the father who can order him
about. put him under arrest when he
pleases and who alone does not see
in him the Crown Prince but merely
a naughty child to be punished for the
slightest fault against the discipline
which he has established in his house
hold. Jealousy of n another has al
ways been n Of the dominant fea-
lures Of the character of the Hohen-
zollerns.
Think about the present moment
in the light OF what ! have said. Go
back to Berlin said the King, after a
pause. tell your Emperor that the only
advice his old relative can give to him
is to TAXI a soothing mixture and 10
go to bed over IL. Night is sometimes
the best Of advisers and he had better
not try to dwell upon his sons mis-
deeds. The boys ambitions are GER
tainly not worse than those in which
he himself INDUCED during his fathers
short reign
II never saw King Carol after that
day"
All through this book there are ref
erences to ONE who were powers
behind the throne. the Christian wife
OF Abdul Hamid and the morganatic
wife CT Franz Ferdinand OF Bohemia
among others. Franz Ferdinand, al
though a strong character, was en-
tirely under the influence of the
Duchess Of Hohenberg, his morganatic
consort. II was she who noticed tina,
her husbands relations with the En-
peror William had lost something OF
their old cordially. She applied her.
self to r~eestablish them and to make
friends on her own with the
German monarch. feeling sure that his
protection would help her yer tae
diniculties she knew would be in her
path on the day when her consort be
came Emperor. William IL. on hi
part was glad to find an ally in ths
wife Of Franz Ferdinand and he e
invited the couple TO visit Potsdam
where he treated the Duchess as due
to receive like honor to hat whicf
would have been hers had she been o,
the blood royal.
Nevertheless, when the Balkan com
plications arose, the personal rela.
tons OF the Emperor with his friens
again underwent a change. william
IL. could not win Owe Franz Feydi
nand or the Duchess Of HohenhcrG t,
a warlike policy. Indeed. the Duchess
distinctly told the Emperor;
THAT the time had not arrived whei
the Archduke could think of saddcn
ing the few years, or perhaps ever
the few months. which his uncle ha,
left to live by precipitating the horrors
Of a European war. William II. he
came very angry, and without a wor,
left the Duchess.
The last day Of the Emperor VIII
Jams stay In that old Bohemian cast,
was by no means pleasant. Consid
cradle restraint had taken the plac,
Of the easy, familiar intercourse which
had marked the beginning of the visit
A few hours before he said good n,
the Emperor tried to ascertain tn,
Archduke's intentions: but Fran;