St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-27
THE ENGLISH DUKE.
GERMANS SURPRISED AVID DiSSAT-
ISFiED WITH Hin.
EmPERog WILLIAMS EFFORT
To Get Prince Alfred on the
Throne Vetoed by the Duke OF
Edinburgh-Attitude of Queen
Victoria and Empress Freffer-
ick- Opinions OF the German
Press.

Edinburgh-Attitu of Queen
Victoria and Empress Freffer-
lex Opinions OF the German
Press.
BERLIN. Aug. 2G.-The succession of
the Duke Of Edinburgh to the ruiership
OF the duchieS or SAKE Coburg and
Gotha dominates public interest in Ger
many, and widely divergent runors in
regard 10 the matter are everywhere cir
culated. Putting ali these aside, there is
10 doubt that the succession of an En-
glish duke has surprised and dissatis-
fled the ration, though the fact is qui-
etly accepted by the duchieS concerned.
1t is probable that Emperor William
would have preferred that Prince AL
fred, the only son of the Duke of Edin-
burgh, should have succeeded Duke
Ernst.
lpdeed, it is believed that his majesty
fastened to the ducai castle of Rein
hardsbrunn as soon as possible after the
death OF Duke Ernst, III the hope that
he might induce his uncle, the Duke of
Edinburgh, TO waive his claim to the
succession in favor of Prince Alfred.
His majesty is reported to have
told the duke that under any
circumstances regency would be i'm
possible, and that he must take the
throne himself or abandon all connec-
ti0n with the duchieS. Finding the
duke reSolute in his determination to
forego none of his rights. and also find
lug that his mother. Queen Victoria,
was supporting him in his attitude,
The Emperor
put on the best face possible. and
acquIesced to the dukes succeeding.
He attended the ceremony Of admin
istering the oath of allegiance 10 the
Gerrnan constitution. being unwilling to
again excite criticism from the family
of his mother, the Empress Frederick.
The Empress Frederick. it will be re-
called is the elder sister of the Duke of
Edinburgh. All such danger is now
alayed. The extremist press. Radical
aud Conservative alike, are iildulging
in anglophobia criticism. They harp
upon the ineypediency OF admitting a
relative of powerful foreign house
into the secrets of the federation.
An important exception to this attitude
of the radical papers is Herr Richter'S
FreISinnige Zeitung, which says that
the CoburgerS stand i'll no need of pity be-
cause instead of being succeeded by any
Young officer of the guards Duke Ernest
is succeeded by a man of the world of
mature political experience. 1t adds
that if Duke Alfred introduces English
constitutional ideas III lieu of cabinet
government the people may thank their
good fortune III having him for their
ruler.
The Gotha Tageblatt, moderate pa
per, embOdieS the opinion OF majority
of the people of the duchieS in weicom-
ing the new duke for the reason that he
comes from a country where the rights
and liberties of the people are univer-
sally respected.
Despite the sense Of popular opposi-
ton, however, it is impossible to deny
that there is an uneasy feeling that ev-
erythhg may not pass oil quietly and
smoothly. The changes that will be
made in the ducal ministry are likely to
be the first
Proof of This.
Herr Ketelholdt, who is believed to be
Duke Alfred's confident, Is marked as
the coming prime minister. He has
become increasingly popular within the
past ten years, while Prime Minister
Strenges' popularity has correspond
ingly waned.
Nothing is yet publicly known as to
the disposition OF the late dukes prop
erty. 1t has always been supposed that
he was immensely wealthy. certainly
his estates were extensive enough.
Apart from the palaces, castles and
shooting lodges owned by him i'll Ger
many. he was the proprietor of one of
the finest sporting domains Ia Europe,
situated in the austrian Cyro.
All these properties are entailed and
pass to his successor. Something more
than cOldness existed between the late
duke and Emperor William. The former
regarded the dismissal of Prince Bis
marck from the chancellOrShip as
mistake, if not as a crime. He never
visited the emperor or Berlin after
PRINCE Bismarck went out of office.
Duke Ernst was on good terms with old
Emperor William, while he entertained
The
Warmest Friendship
for Emperor Frederick, who informed
him of everything, and consulted him
on all important matters. The volum-
nous letters that were exchanged by
Emperor Frederick and Duke Ernst,
which letters are now preserved in the
archives of COburg, would make an i'll
teresting volume.
Reports gather credence that Prince
Luitpold will resign the regency of
Bavaria in favor of his son. Owing to
the klug affair there is feeling that
he is losing control of the government
and is being hoodwinked.
| Herr Krupp, the great gunmaker, is
about to open at Essen a unique exhibit
ton of the progress made in the manu-
facture of artillery since 1864 The
most curious exhibit will be gun of
24-centimeter caliber. having range of
twenty kilometers. The weight of the
projectile thrown by this weapon is 215
kilogrammes. while the charge of DOW
der weighs forty-twS kilogrammes.
a cyclone passed over Eastern Silesia
OH Thursday last. One hundred houses
at Neustadt, Kozel and Oberglogau
were unroofed, crops were destroyed
and several persons were killed.
The youngest daughter of Hon. Theo-
dore RunyOn, the American minister to
Germany, has entered the st. Augustan
Elocution institute at Charlottenburg.
Mr.. Jackson. one of the secretaries of
the American legation, has returned to
Berlin, his leave of absence having
expired. His vocation was chiefly spent
at Rayatz and Hamburg.
Ex-Vice President Morton and Mrs.
Morton and Randolph Robinson. of New
York are among the visitors at Ham