The Blamarok Dynasty.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 26, 13 April 1889, Page 3

The Blamarok Dynasty.

ErtUfe •rJu£T''Th.Bl.m.n 3 k Dj. mtt, by«a anonymous author, who draw* hU information ay rtwiaa a dao to |^ : <*jsua #»!

'; up tor development ha wai looked upon hj as rather a diirepotahie member of , tha family. Re was mixed up with several '•rawftwith women. After the Fram-o-Prussian «.ir. iii which lie was I wounded iaa cavalry he again j figured in a disgrne-dul scandal, which . sen e< to accentuate his view*asiegircls ' women. Shortly after thi» he l«*.'«n i to develop an aptitude for official duties < and became 11 mister for Foreigu, AfI fairs. His iinportance, however, wn» only derived fr.au the intiuinor of his relation with his father. When the old Kaiser William died it seemed desirable to Prince Bismarck that his srrandsou should proceed forthwith. Bismarck made sundry important bind, ing agreements as to the prinoipnl of his duties. Frederick, on the other hand, was not Bisuiarckian. Ho represented civilisation, culture, and pence and alwive all he represented the hotoI ftd principle of the right* of women. ! and the recognition of faculties regardless of sex, and paid homage to the genius of his wife without stinting the ' measures of his devotion. The Crown Prince and Priucess probably regarded with utmost aversion the coarse brutali - ties of Count Herbert Binmnr.dc, and it is easy to imagiuo the measure of j temptation suggested by the cancer j which waseatirg into t'ie throat of the j invalid at Snn Bemo. His opponents ' suggest that the Chancellor summoned ' j Frederick from Ban Bemo to Berlin in i the depth of winter, hoping that he . | would either refuse—in which case lie j might have proclaimed a Regency—or else that, if tie did take the.journey, he ] might die en, route. Either alternative would have suited the Chancellor, j The influence of the Empress Victoria ' was now paramount, and the Emperor j | frequently showed aversion to Count '■■ I Herbert by refusing to transact bust- j j ness with him, and sending for Itis ' j father.. Hero was the Kaiser, witlt I one foot in the grave, practically con- j { trolled by his English wife, presuming j | upon the dream of overthrowing the i i Bismarck dynasty. Who then could I he surprised if Bismarck wished that j the cancer would make haste. That; such evil existed in Bismarck'* mind was shown by the malignant slanders j poured out by the reptile pres*, which | showed various phases of the Chancellor's thought* |ik" a magic lantern. Bismarck at this time was unable to make up his mind whether the uecus i sity of pr.-pji- iufj hi*, owu position * ! justified the declaring ot a Regency. 1 The only nther incident connected with I Frederick'* reign was the Bntteuhcrg j niarriage, which at the time wasHUit.ii j t • have been forbidden, because of the | danger of offending Russia ; but the j real reason why the-.jnarriaffo wa* ■ forbidden was that Piiuce Wilheltrt | stated as one of the articles of ujrree- | ment by which he bound hitm.-li' to | support Bismarck that the Chancellor '.should, in the event of his sister'si marriage with Bnttauberg. originate j an interdict that it should be a matter iof purely |iersonal endearment. The j last great obstacle to the Chancellor ", was removed after the reign of 90 ("ays ' I when the grave cloned over the coffin . j of The way seemed clear j for the attainment of the liismarckian | dream. There would be no more ; I petticoat influence now in German i politics. Bismarck was left free to establish his dj nasty, and it was now necessary to punish all who were associated with Frederick. First and foremost came tho widowed Empress. Upon her fell the first vengeance of tho offended Chancellor. All tho blows aimed at Sir Morel! Mackenzie ! fell on her who always supported him. The envenomed attacks of the reactionary press never ceased. She whose position ought to havo commanded universal sympathy found herself, im luted, denounced, nod slighted. Seldom was tho doctrine ns vietii more ruthlessly enforced. The new Empe*! ror William showed himself as an npt j pupil of Ids master. 8o little did he , cure for others that he treated the Prince of Wales with such discourtesy : as to render it difficult for them to , again meet, a fact of which the public were made aware when both visited the Emperor of Austria, but they carefully avoided meeting each other in ! their host's capital. Count Herbert. out-Heroding He-od, forced the Prince of Wales to take the extreme atop of breaking off all relations with those' who receive the Count as a friend. -Auckland W**kly jftwi