The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-08

CHANCELLOR Observation-Disclosures
ton testified that she had been instantly
cured of a deadly disease by the bishop,
but the pope refused to give his sanction
to the miracle.
The present chancellor's first title was
that of Prince of Ratibor and Korvei, but
in 1916, owing to the fact that the Hohen-
lobe principality was partly in Wurttem-
berg and partly in Bavaria, there was q
general family Encouragement, and he be-
came Prince of Hohenlohe-S chillingfurst.
He at once entered actively into the move
ment for a closer union among the Ger
man states, but it soon appeared that
Prussia's plan was one of entire ABSORB
ton, and he then became a very radical
Bavarian. As a student he had been edu-
Gated at Gottingen, Heidelberg and Bonn,
imbibing the so called "Vaterland, /" or
German unity, sentiments of the times,
which resulted in the students movement,
and as Prince of Ratibor he had been con-
sidered q Prussian and had even entered
the Prussian diplomatic service. As a
new man in Bavarian affairs, therefore,
his position was one of extreme difficulty,
and he was at the same time proclaimed
as a traitor in Berlin and denounced in
Bavaria as a servile friend of Prussia.
Nevertheless he gained ground rapidly
and in 1867 became minister of foreign
affairs and chamberlain to the king.
Forced by extremists on both sides, he in
troduced the Prussian military system
Into Bavaria and favored a customs union
for all Germany, but advocated a south
German confederation. AS a Catholic his
position was equally difficult, as he bitter
~ opposed any extension of the papal pow
er and advocated great liberality in admin
istration. In 1869 matters reached a
crisis. The king sustained Prince Won
Hohenlehe and dissolved the parliament,
but the elections resulted In a triumph for
the ultramontanes, and the minister had
to resign.
The sudden declaration of war by France
blew all these minor divisions to the
winds, and Bavaria promptly placed her
whole military force at the disposal OF
Germany. King Louis followed this by
his once much discussed letter to the king
of Saxony urging the consolidation of
| Germany, and Prince Hohenlohe was con-
spicuous in bringing this about. He OF
once entered the imperial parliament and
on March 90, 1871, was elected it's first
vice president. He vigorously supported
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pope, which caused him to be savagely
denounced in south Germany. So after a
rather stormy experience there he left par
lament and in 1874 was made German
ambassador to Paris. His brief career
there was a brilliant success, but he soon
resumed his place in the reichstag. Ho
was reelected in 1877, but by 1881 the
ultramontane reaction was strong enough
to beat him.
He was in 1886 appointed governor of
Alsace-L Lorraine, as successor to General
Manteufel, and, though this was meant
to be q change from military to civil au-
thority, he went far beyond his predeces-
sor in vigorous measures to Germanize the
province. He enforced the passport sys-
| tenn, designed to minimize social relations
between France and her lost province, so
mercilessly that in 1891 the emperor inter
! fered with a modifying order. Strangely
enough, he became rather popular in the
| province, which was due to his able and
| honest administration Of its internal af-
| fairs, and his efforts to Garmanize it were
! largely successful.
In 1916 the prince married Princess ven
| Sayn-Witthenstein Buleburg, and they
have five children, of whom the Oldest is a
| captain of cavalry In the Prussian army.
Despite his rs years, the prince is remark
| ably vigorous and in full possession OF all
| his mental faculties. With Bismarck,
Gladstone and many others he is a proof
| that his is indeed an era Of vigorous old
men. With the CHARACTERISTIC Of the m
pire he also takes that of the kingdom OF
Prussia, as was the case with Bismarck.
| Capriyi declined to hold both, and as the
latter very naturally went into the hands
of a rival and political opponent this had
no little share In making trouble for Ca
priv.
Prince Hohenlehe owns large and profit
able estates, n his wife is immensely
wealthy, the latter having inherited one
Of the largest estatss in Rqssis.