The sun., 1918-11-10

very Apollo. as his father appeared ,hsn
on the throne OF the royal Hohenzollerns,
AT III he was sent 10 the university
bonn' TO live among the students for
Two years. Among these older "men"
ne round himself moro at home. He nut
on no airs, liked to differ with people.
'eii IN heartily with the beer Jug humor
anu roasting OF his class. Again he was
noted as satisfactory" At 90 he re-
au,neu 70 Berlin. taking up his soldieriy
ouues with relish. now in the Hussars
now with the artillery. and passing his
pare time recalling novels and enjoy
ing himseif. and making a few friends-
among them the Waldersees
Inc gossip as to Williams light loves
az tnis period was what might have been
expected He was kept too busy 10
Dc eiaporately loose lived: he would
needs DO saint to escape the lines
baited with beauty that danrle around
the heirs TO lofty thrones, and ST. An
tnony never lived in Berlin. What ia
very certain Is that on a journey
westward In 1880 he halted overnight
AZ Schloss Prinkenau, the romantic
ally placed castle OF the Duke Of
Ausustenburg Of Schleswig- Holstein,
ana the next day. according to a court
,eeend' came upon beauty In a garden
power who. wonderful to relate. was the
daughter Of the house, the Princess An.
.uste Victoria. And so they were mar
ried the following February 81 before
All tne royalties with fine pomp and cir
cumstance. "
Crown Prince Born May Q, 1882,
The Crown Prince OF Germany. OF
whose warlike prediction and dubious
success as an army commander on
the west front in France we have heard
much since the began, was born
May 6. 1882. They named him porten-
tousiy Frederick william Victor Au-
suste Ernest of Hohenzollern. Joy was
all over the imperial family once more.
emperor William and Queen Victoria
became thereby great grandparents. Sons
followed IN regular clockwork success
sion, Eitel-Friedrich, Adalbert. Auguste
Wiihelm, Oscar, Joachim. One daugh-
ter the Princess Victoria Louisa, born
1889, completes the family OF seven.
Long before the period OF family ad &.
oitions had come to close the young
pair had to cross the courtyards and take
| on the imperial crown. The relations of
the whole family were amiable enough
until 1887. when the aged Emperor Will
lam began to fail and the fatal illness
OF the throat began to develop in the
Crown Prince Frederick. Bismarck again
was In the thick Of 1t He plainly
dreaded. for his own sake perhaps. for
the sake of the State, he said, the COM
ing of Frederick to the throne. II Fred
| erick should die before the failing EN-
peror all would be we'll. II not? He
| put his trust in the story of cancer which
the doctors told under their breaths. To
decide was TO act with Bismarck and he
| actually brought the matter plumply be-
| fore Frederick Would he consent not
20 reign II his malady proved to be of
an incurable kind? Broad minded Fred
erick would and did in writing. Con-
| sternakion on his wife's part followed.
| Here he was the dupe OF a ruthless
| schemer; should they submit without a
struggle? Then began that gray, hid
| eous juggling with disease and death
which covered the sunnnoning of a
Scotch doctor. Mackenzie, who managed
\ to assert thar the patients malady was
| benign and then came the journey to
| Italy. all Europe as wsll as those in
the cast OF the tragedy watching.
waiting and wondering whether death
| In Berlin would win the race over
death under italian skies at San Reno.
Well, the old Emperor died on March .,
1883. Frederick and the new Empress
| arrived March II in Berlin and for
ninety days they relgned in a CHASTITY
mockery OF state. when Frederick, too,
passed away.
Surrounded Palace with Troops.
william H. at % was on the throne,
June 5. 1883.
William had been in the opposite camr
to his mother during the ninety dayi
reign. She, In her grief. her worry, her at
tempt to gather up the loose ends of her
life as a Princess and now an Empress
could scarcely fail to denounce his atti'
tude as unnatural. No sooner. however
had the breath left the body OF hi:
father than at Williams order thu
palace was surrounded by his troops
He had been Major-General for tive
years; now he commanded the whole
army. No one was 70 pass in or out