Germany, and indeed Europe, have been greatly disturbed by alarming
reports as to the condition of the Crown Prince. The symptoms of disease in his throat have reappeared in no dangerous a form, that Sir Morell Mackenzie was summoned from England to San Remo, and called in the greatest specialists from Berlin and Vienna to assist him. The result of their examination is not yet officially made known, but it is understood that they appre- hend cancer, and will shortly decide that the dangerous opera- tion, excision from the outside, must be attempted. This operation has recently been successful in a few cases, and the general health of the Prince leaves every reason for hope. Still, he is fifty-six years of age, and the tendency to such a growth must mark some latent unsoundnees of constitution. The alarm, therefore, felt in Germany is most reasonable, and, as we have shown elsewhere, may justifiably be shared by all Europe. The Prince is heir to the command of the greatest Army in the world, and be is a man of judgment; while, if he dies, that immense position falls to a man of twenty-eight, who is an unknown quantity, but who is reported to believe in war.
