The New York herald., 1922-05-21

AYO other man of his time had
IN SO many impressions which
he declared false to correct,
SO many ideas generally shared by
the world to overcome, so many
things to explain as the former
Crown Prince Frederick William of
Germany. Memoirs may not be the
recognized medium for corrections
and refutations, but in this story OF
his own life these enter so naturally
into the narration that the reader ac-
cepts them as it's most distinctive
characteristic and it's most interest
ing feature. When Frederick Will
lam landed at Wieringen the inhabi-
tants were embittered against the
Government for imposing on the
honest little island "De Kroon
Prins, the bloodthirsty baby killer,
the murderer of Verdun, the liber-
tine" "Those who then regarded ne
with deep rooted distrust, with re-
serve, even repulsion," he writes,
shave long since become friends, who
admit me to their joys and sorrows,
small as we'll as great" The world
may mot be so easily won. But those
persons who begin these memoirs
are very likely to read them through
to the end. They are sympathetically
written: they are often naive and
always human. Each reader in this
country. through his own sense Of
American fairness, will form an in
dividual opinion of the case which
the author makes out for himself.
II.
To the Crown Prince his father
was always the Kaiser, friendly and
in his way loving to us children, but
by the nature of things he had none
too much time to devote to U.S." The
Princess was the only one of the
children who succeeded in childhood
in gaining a snug place in his heart.
If they entered his study. a thing
which never exactly pleased him.
Eve had to hold our hands behind
us lest We might knock something
off one of the tables" All were
taught military subordination and
reverence for the Kaiser from in
fancy. "and this engendered in us a
certain shyness and misgiving."
The Crown Prince expresses the
belief that the first severe blow the
Kaiser received was the failure OF
Prince Won Btilow to give him the
support he expected in his struggle
with the Reichstag in November
1908. This incident, it will be remem-
bered. grew out of the publication
of tho Kaiser's statements regarding
the Improvement of the relations be-
tween England and Germany. These
were in the form of an interview ana
were published in the London Daily
Teleoraph. The manuscript had been
forwarded to the Kaiser and by him
submitted to the Imperial Chancellor
who reported that he could see no
objection to their publication.
For two days the Reichstag ragged
NJ the Kaiser: all the dissatisfaction
with his methods and his rule that
had been accommodating for two dec
sdes burst forth in an unimpeded
stream. The man whom the Kaiser
aenended upon to stand by him and
defend him shrugged his shoulders
and shuffled off with scarce con-
cealed gesture of resignation. Prince
von Riilow's task was difficult but
n;t was perfectly comprehensive that
+he Kaiser-who saw himself sud-
denlv and for the first time face to
face with an almost united opposi-
ton of the people-was wrenched out
of his security and confidence and
felt that he had been deserted ami
abandoned by the Chancellor"
"I was shocked by his appearance,
writes the Crown Prince of his
father. "Only once since have I seen
him thus. 1t was ten years later, on
the fatal date at Spa when Ger.
Groner struck away his last foo.-
hold. and. with shrug, coldiy de-
stroyed his belief in the fidelity of
his army" Referring again to this