The New York herald., 1921-03-13

lam IL had maintained n sometimes
lively exchange Of letters with me.
In these note of i'll humor on his part was
first perceptible after | had warned him
with urgent arguments, but in perfectly
respectful manner, against two proposals,
one of which was connected with the name
Of Stocker
(Stocker was the court and cathedral
chaplain.)
On November IS, 1887. meeting was
held at the house of the Quartermaster-Gen-
eral, Count Waldersee at which were pres
ent the Prince and Princess Wilhelm, Court
Chaplain Stocker, Deputies and other well
known persons in order to discuss the mat
Ter of obtaining funds for the Berlin City
Mission.
After hunt dinner. which took place
after this in Letzlingen the Prince handed
round newspaper containing an article
dealing with the tendencies of the meeting.
During the conversation which sprang up
among his companions in respect of this ar
Stocker was TO be regarded not as a preach
or but as a politician and that as such he
was so acrid that one could not recommend
Prince Wilhelm to allow himself to be iden-
tilted with him.
The clamor in the press increased: well
disposed people called on my son and com
plained bitterly in the interests of the
Prince that he had meddled with an affair
from which he would now be unable TO eX-
tricate himself.
had not found occasion to intervene in
the matter until the Prince wrote me the
following letter
PoTspAAl. December 81 1887.
/ have found to my regret that your
IIighness is not in sympathy with a task
which I have undertaken in the interest
Of the poorer classes of our people. |
have found that the news of this step
which has been published by the Social
Democratic newspapers. and. unhappily'
Reproduced by many other journals, may
have afforded an occasion for miSrepre-
senting my intentions.
which have so long existed between your
IIighness and myself / have daily hoped
that your Highness would make inquiry
of me direct For this reason | have
hitherto been silent-but now ! regard
81 MS NV duty. in order to avoid further
misunderstanding or misconception, TO
inform your Highness plainly of the
actual state Of affairs.
Tho great and afrectionate respect and
the heartfelt attachment which cherish
for your Highness for you would
Iet my limbs be hewn piecemeal one
after the other rather than undertake
ANYTHING which would be disagreeable
Ia Won or cause You difficulties should,
think. he sufficient guaranty that /
have engaged in this work in no party
spirit.
While concluding my letter herewith
I wish your Highness a happy New
Year. and may it he granted to You to
lead the nation onward in your accus-
toned wise care whether in peace or In
war.
should the latter come 70 pass, nope
YOU will not forget that here are ready
the hand and the sword Of a man who
Great was his ancestor and fought alone
against three times as many as we have
against us now and who has not In vain
worked hard at his ten years of military
trainingl In sincerest friendship.
WILHELM. Prince of Prussia
4 few weeks earlier he had Informed m
of another purpose in the following letter
PoTspAM. % November. 1887
The Marble Palace.
| take the liberty Of sending your
Iighness herewith document which L
have written with a view TO the not
impossible eventuaity Of the early or
unexpected decease Of the Kaiser ana
my father 1t is q brief proclamation
TO my future colleagues, the Princes of
the German Empire.
The standpoint from which ] have
written II is briefly the following:
The imperial dignity Is still new. ana
the change in Il is the first to occur
Bv this change the power passes from
powerful Prince who had played
prominent part in the history Of the
creation and foundation Of the Empire
to a young and comparatively unknown
ruler
The Princes are almost all of my
fathers generation, and humanity speak
ing they cannot be blamed II they find