THE PRINCESS ROYAL AND BISMARCK

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1749, 25 January 1888, Page 4

THE PRINCESS ROYAL AND BISMARCK

According to M. Biowitz, "The German Grown Prince is neither soldier nor statesmat). He repeatedly expressed his great abhorence lot war, wMch he was oompelled to witness; Battles wore won under his name, but everyone knew who was the real victor, and the Crown Prince does not like his uame to be mant'^ned «s the victor. His protracted iadiapo) oi and the greit anguhh result ing therefrom, his peastrristtc turn of mind, hh fir el ence aM make him sn unfit

• - nuoent m Bißmsrok's hands. Atone ttrr , w'ien his present illness had a very threatening aspect, people at the Berlin Court speculated qul'e loudly on the possibility of his never ascending Ms f uher's tbrone. But his wife U watching over him, Tae Crown Princess Victoria is determined to tit one day on the throne at tha side of her husband, She posseesea the tenacity of the Oobnrga and the domineering pauiun of ihe Hanovers. She Inherited her mother's will and energy, and thereby exorcises great in* flaenoe oret her husband. The Crown Ptlneaia ha* yet many revenges to take, for her heart has often bled from the treatment she had to endura at the side of the Kmpress Augusts, of whom nobody likes even to speak m order not to be compelled to disguise the deep antipathy felt for V 6r. Princess Viototlft hates Bismarck. She otnnot forgive him the opinion expressed about her ohildren, bis coarseness, and his preseverance m trying to ignore her. The Crown Prinoeiß aoes not mean to retire to aquiet corner at Pott dam or at Windsor, and she does not mean to die before she is 'something,' Tnls • something ' la to be come ' Empress ' to become ' Majesty.' Litely, when the Grown Prince grew much worse, it was the Crown Prlucess. who with rare energy, insisted on having an English Physician called m. It is she who Inspires him with courage and energy to overcome his illness. Prince Bismarck dreads the 1 pride and spite of this woman. He fears tiat as ' Majesty ' she will open the way ito principles different from those on whloh he founded the Empire She means real constitutional principles for Germany ; she alms at stopping the personal autocratic government ; she desires that the voice of the nation should be heard— in short, she wishes everything which Bismarck believes to be the ruin of Germany. Bismarck is convinced that if Princess Viotoria were to be Empress even for one year only, irreparable damage would be done to Germany. This is the reason why Bismarck wishes nothing more fervently than that the life of the Emperor should be spared as long m possible. "