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sovereign, but still oyershadowed AZ
such by the great Chancellor. We can.
however, already foresee the moment
coming when he will free himself from
his master and become his own Chan
cellor.
Prince William attracted very con-
siderable curiosity before the death Of
William ]. when 1t became known that
his father was the victim OF an incur
able disease. London and Paris endeav-
ored to discover the views OF the future
heir to the throne. In November. 1857.
Lord Salisbury expressed himself as
follows to the German Ambassador
Count Won Hatxfeldt: His Royal High
ness Prince William Is indeed very
young man. but he has the most ad-
mirable qualities and his lively sympathy
for Russia Is an open secret"
The Queen of England also showed
great anxiety as to the future policy or
her grandson. St. Petersburg was al
ready aware that although the Crown
Prince was the husband OF an English
wife, the Prince was not the son OF his
English mother. In two visits TO the
Russian Court, Prince William had won
the heart of Alexander Ill If st. Pau
was content to allow his enemies 70 say
of him that 'his bodily presence was
weak and his speech contemplate" even
the personal enemies of William III. have
to confess that his strongest side was
his manner of dealing with others and
that both as host and as guest ne
knew how to fascinate with his conver-
sation.
Alexander III. said to his Minister.
NJ. de Giers, after the first visit of the
Prince: Everything that Prince Will
lam said to me has pleased me I'M
mensely. He sees things from the right
point Of view. Is interested in everything
and understands everything. and / am
much pleased with the conversation
which I had with him. The Prince
made use of a very good expression.
we need a triple alliance and bond OF
friendship to stem the flowing tide OF
anarchy"
M. Giers adds: "Prince William has
achieved q great triumph. He has done
in two days what our diplomacy has not
been able to induce the Emperor 70 ac-
cept in six months" The result of the
visit was the renewal Of the Three EN-
peror Alliance.
Crown Prince Jealous of Son.
The second visit of the Prince to the
Cars Court, two years later. in AL
gust 1886, was also great success
For some extraordinary reason the
Crown Prince. Frederick William, was
displeased with the fact that Bismarck
utilized Prince William for diplomatic
missions and thus gave the son, who
was then 27, a political education which
the father had never had. He was, II
fact. jealous of his son and wrote the
following letter to the Imperial Chan
cellor:
"Thc Crown Prince Frederick William
to the Imperial Chancellor Prince Bis
marck. NJ
(Autograph)
"Potsdam, 18th August, 1885.
my dear Prince:
II will inform you in the deepest con
ndence that l have learned from the
newspapers as we'll as from rumor that
my eldest son Is to pay a visit to the
Car at Skiernewice and that people
consider the proposed visit as important
automatically as the recent meeting al
Gastein.
"If. as 1 hope is not the case. there is
cry truth in these rumors ! request you
earnestly to prevent my son being sent
on this mission. as he possesses too lit
tie experience and is still too unripe TO
Judge Of important political questions.
I'm my opinion, such 4 mission can
only have bad results and I could not
see my son undertake II without anx-
iety.
II have just received letter from
Elm describing his plans for the winter,
in which he informs me. to my aston
ishment, that he has already spoken
both to His Majesty and yourself as to
his future activities and that 1t Is in
tended that he shall be employed in the
Foreign Office.
Il very much regret that ] have nc
....<~ Ia IN n
with YOU personally. as i am convinced
that, apart from other misgivings which
I have on this subject, YOU would share
my opinion that it is not advisable thai
a-Prince who stands so close to the
Throne should work SO openly in tht
Foreign Office.
.He might do so In any other Min
istry without occasioning remark.
II can see no objection to officials OF
the Foreign Office informing him on in.
dvldual important points. although
cannot see the necessity of this. as this
only fell to my lot after His Majesty
had become Regent.
.with kindest regards from the
Crown Princess ! remain, always yours
sincerely. /,
"FRrpERIcK wIELIAM, Crown Prince
Frederick's Protests Vain.
The Crown Princes protests were
in vain The Emperor William ]. ruled
that the Prince should carry out his
mission. Prince Bismarck worked out
a set of instructions for the Prince
the contents of which received the
special attention of the Kaiser. The
Prince visited the Czar on the 18th
OF September but at Brest-Litovsk in