Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-12

WC10 % IIiiCk ABOUT MIN, ana because
30 many people wanted to shake hi
hand, was compelled to get into a car.
riage and return to his palace on Untel
den Linden.
This mixing with the people has en-.
deared the kaiser's son to more Ger
mans than the outside world believes
The respect which the soldiers have
for the crown prince is illustrated b,
an incident which happened to a young
German boy who acted as my secre-
tary at one time. He was sent tc
Serbia during the operations there
was commended for bravery as an OBJ
server, and recommended to receive the
Iron Cross. Before it could be given
to him he was sent to the battlefield
of Verdun. One day, during the op-
erations. he was informed by the cap
tain of the company that the crown
prince would deliver the Iron cross to
those who had been recommended for
the honor. This young chap, who had
spent most if his life In the United
States and Mexico, was drilled about q
week In advance with his comrades
could goosestep and salute as perfect
ly as a machine might do 1t or q me-
chanical toy. Then, upon the appoint
ed day, the crown prince appeared to
distribute the Iron crosses.
DID NOT GET CROSS FROM PRINCE
By some mishap the boys name was
left off the list. The crown prince did
not speak to him as he did to the 9TH
er soldiers and officers who were re-
commended for bravery. Instead, he
received his cross a week later, but he
never forgot the fact that he did not
get the cross from the crown prince
himself
Another thing which makes the
crown prince popular with the people
is the tireless activity Of, his wife.
Crown Princess Cecilia, in behalf Of
the wounded and the wives Of soldiers
in Berlin. The crown princess can be
seen at almost any time riding In her
big military automobile to some hos
pital or soup kitchen. She and her
the empress, rival each
other in this work, and. the people do
not forget these activities. If a wound
ed soldier. a poor widow or a German
schoolboy receives flower. a post card
or picture from either the empress or
the crown princess it is preserved in
the family bible as an heirloom.
But the crown prince is not SO popu-
lar with his father. AS q matter of
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his father more than any one
else. During the war they have had
many controversies. Some have been
so bitter that many Germans have
doubted that they would ever be for
gotten. This is in marked contrast to
the attitude of the kaiser toward his
second son, Prince Eitel Friedrich,
who. although he is at the front all the
time. stands the highest in the kais-
er's estimation Of any member of the
royal family.
PRINCE HIS DISAPPOINTMENT.
The remark has often been made In
Berlin that If the kaiser ever had the
power he would make Prince Eitel
Friedrich king OF Hungary. No one
ever ventures to say what he would
like to do with the crown prince, but
It is undoubtedly one of the big dis
of William II that the
crown prince must succeed him.
Outside Of Germany the crown
prince is generally criticised for the
allure to take verdun, but, as a mat
Ter of fact, the operations there were
inder the direction of General won
whoswas chief of the gen
eral staff and Field Marshal Won Haes-
er, the old Prussian noble who was q
friend OF the crown princes grandfath-
er.
Won Falkenhayn planned the attack
1T Verdun because he believed the de-
'ision of the war would fall on the
western front, and because he was con-
,ident that he could break through and
win a great moral victory over the
french. The name of the crown prince
vas linked with the operation because
ION Falkenhayn believed 1t would be
with success, and thus the
'rown prince would obtain the glory
which would result from such a big de-
,isive operation.
In the midst of operations, because
he German losses were so great there
vas tremendous opposition to the fur
her execution of the plans, the kaiser
vas compelled to interfere and stop
'on Falkenhayn. This angered the
'rown prince, and reports which we re-
eived in Berlin stated that the meet
ng between the kaiser and his son AT
yerdun was so hat that when it ended
he two men agreed not to meet again,
It least during the war.
PRINCE LOSES AUTHORITY.
The kaiser recalled his intimate
riends who had been working with the
rown prince, including Field Marshal
ON Haesler. The crown prince was
eft in command of the operations at
1erdun. but all authority was taken
way from him, and the general staff
topped its plans of attack.
For several months nothing was
eard about the crown prince. Hts
anne was not mentioned in the Ger
nan newspapers, and 1t was not until |
he battle of the Somme was several
months old that the kaiser again re-
ognized his first son. Friends of the
Dung prince had been working with
is majesty In an attempt to heal the
oreness which the battle of Verdun
reduced, and the kaiser finally decor
ted him with the oak leaves to the
ighest military decoration, the Pour