The Crown Prince: His Wife and Son.
The Princess has a strong character; she- is accredited with having more governing qualities than, with one exception, any other female member r of her own or of the Prussian House. This, in so far as it goes, would be a - happy omen for Germany if the Crown Prince were to succeed to the throne. The Crown Prince, though a soldier, is a lover of peace, and a liberal patron of the arts, jftiie has never pretended to be anything more, much must be allowed for his want of opportunity under tbo all-sufficing rule of bis father, and his father's Minister. He has certgjfily not demonstrated any want 'of political intelligence, for, except during his short provisional Regency, after the attempt at Nobiling he lias never been tried in. civil affairs, He may yet, should his life be spared, prove a political surprise in (be most favorable sense, This chance is strengthened by the known fact that he is greatly influenced by the Princess, and that the Princess, in her attachment to the principles of Constitutional liberty, is the worthy daughter of our own Queen, Her worst enemies can siy no worse of her than she is too well informed, and that universality sometimes tends to make the superabundance of her ideas hostile to their co-ordination, His son, the present Prince vVilliam, is the favorite of the but nothing more positive is known about him as yet than that be loves war, and baß a profound aversion to one country in r .. Europe—that is not Prance, It is not Russia either, anj. riot to exhaust the patience of readers, it may be as well to savikt, according to rumour, it is'thdWmtry in which his mother was bora Everyono will rejoice to think that, supposing his countrymon should be so foolish as to share this ' feeling, it could hardly threaten coni sequences more dangerous lo the ; public peace than the well known | difference between the elephant and i: the whale. In every point ot view, however, the whole world must wish I for the preservation of bis father's life, —Daily News.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2840, 6 March 1888, Page 3
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357The Crown Prince: His Wife and Son. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2840, 6 March 1888, Page 3
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