THE KAISER AND HIS HEIR

Evening Star, Issue 15074, 4 January 1913, Page 5

THE KAISER AND HIS HEIR

HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF. „i? ,-? OU £? of Hoheuzollcm history repeal itself. The present heir to the throne of Prussia and the German Empire Crown Prince; Frederick William, is Lying the same km d 01 experience with his father that Frederick Ine Great as heir to the throne had with lus but with this difference: that Kaiser Wilhelm dares not discipline his son with the stern methods Elector Frederick YVUliam employed with his. Times have changed. The Prince is self-willed! hi?" spirited, not particularly companionable- 'ha was in a constant condition of quasi-revolb against his tatter's attempts to mould hk character into a miniature of his own In his college days at Bonn the Crown Prince incurred his Royal father's displeasure more he vn'n"' ?<! K . aiser J «Pt * sharp eye on the jouths behaviour. The imperial ea-lo soared over the roosting places of its chicken with an eye specially watchful ft* dangerous ?he"ficd4i" /r? of ffWs , that "™ evrie 'rlsr f " *™7 from Parental ejne The time came to select a wife for tl.e Prince. The Emperor had his own id as about wives. g 0 had his son. The vouuIhZ e te'"h. o^ ,SSeSSed - the « u * ,ities fitted them to be Empress were paraded before ths udoK 11 ?- Wlt l muc , h ad ™* and comment fenr nf m , th ? y s!^ T, ' Cd ' To the «*»»- ment of everybody, the Kaiser especially Frederick W.ll.am picked out the very S 011 whom his father's hopes were set-lprin cess Cede of Mcckleiiburg-Schwerin. But . *hfn E, "^ Mr to supervise the court. ' Thc C™™ Prince felt himself per- : fectly capaWe of managing this for himself The Crown Prince has a keen sense of humor f V 7 -f with orders softer! o hi-" ,l C f Kai f " ,akes a Sreal parage he fa al lfc/rf wlhereas ,ne ; is at heart fond of luxury. The Crown d£"?h IS r S,ncGrci J' sin ™Ws taSL Ono hJ£- Em .P«°J word to Potsdam that ■whW, h j g ° mS t0 'W the "giment of officers Th." r M and dine ™ tb the e d,llner he dow » counted of bean soup, boiled pork, and And he had to pretend that he iked if The Si W ° rry . mUcb aW «*e his heir Th™ri^S. 0611 th ° Em P«ror and sider him - T ' ke *t? y°" n - man > a "d conbattles qU ' te Capabl ° of f, S btin S <«n