KAISER'S FIRST SUBJECT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1012, 30 December 1910, Page 8

KAISER'S FIRST SUBJECT.

■ —- ty • : AN OBEDIENT CROWN PRINCE. . HIS ONE REBELLION RECALLED. To sketch*a future monarch is moro than a mere pastime in these days of international complications and hair-trigger diplomacy. And in this connection it is natural to look toward Germany and the Hohenzollern dynasty, for Germany is likely to acquire the.political leadership of Europe in the near future, and it is the country above all others in which tho monarchial principle is most deeply rooted. ' The development of Germany is a fact iwiicu no thinking politician 'cm overlook. (icrniany has a surnlus of a million births every year, and in twenty years its population will amount to eightv 11 >i 111 oils. • This population is clever, inaustrious, sober, and disciplined. Germany combines to a rare extent theoretical science and practical application. She is a dangerous rival even for England and -nienca m the markets of the world. Me (joinmands the best army on tho European Continent, and a navy which, causes •"!'*? i herself a certain uneasiness. She to "O reckoned with in every international combination. * •Monarchial feeling is very strong in Germany, irno. it is pnro- *?- • iiil" , bc , en to ° prodigal of his hivo Uo |" C< i' m " his words ? st if-T 01 their in f *' ?" democratic aud social demono™,. rn°V' '¥ Ol>illion of E '»" mnr» H <■ '° For W ;l ? h" untunes the Sohmzollerns ha%e incessantly endeavoured to pound the t£°- ■ stT , ic - t °' sf dience into "ends of their subjects. Tliev have m-TpmJ 00 ? Prl , la P s ' and G'™ r™™f P T 'I 1D(1l!C(1 i Vol 'y powerful cM traditiVn °and"feeling! a ' Patriar " wirtn, ?"• t hc!r l nsons " i(: may not be ithoufc interest for American readers TnH-% ? " a ' in, the "New York Evening Post') to hear something 5 e - ?el ' son m lty of - the German w™l- P 7 n r nc - 0 ' , The ' Emperor. H llliam II is, known-to evervbodv, and lis character is a.nerfectlv defined one; ho Will scarcely surprise the world by new ambitious and new aims. Hi.- kjh, lu-e----derick illiani, is still featureless, vet a watchful observer will fcb nljle to 'draw some important inferences from what material there is. Besides this, his edii- : cation is a typical one, with all the merits and demerits of the monarchial tradition. '