The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-23
ROYAL ANGER VENTED.
THE KAISER SAID TO DE JEALOUS
OF 4 PRINCE.
williams Punishment of His Brother
Caused by "A COuntess-LOve of
Henry for "A Bankers Beautiful

kotze scandal and years have gone since
the dOings of young Prince William, now
emperor, We're the talk of the night loung-
ers round the royal play house. Things
move so swiftly in Berlin nowadays that
the scandals were almost forgotten. Even
the 1.-the, large-eyed young actress, whose
strongest claim to celebrity was her In
timacy with a future emperor. had trod-
den the boards recently without exciting
word of comment as to her past. and the
small portion Of love and intrigue which
usually falls to the lot Of this Hohenzol-
lern court was supposed 10 have been ex-
hausted. The supposition was one of those
decisions which spring up only in the
minds Of those unaccustomed to the ways
of Hohenzollern gallantry and uniform
ed OF the intrigues and iealousies of Ho-
henzollern princes. 1t may exist even
now among those who read only the ready
made homilies on the homely virtues or
the reigning family, but it certainly does
not exist anywhere else. The ofhclal de-
NAL that there was any serious trouble
between the emperor and his brother. Adj
miral Prince Henry of Prussia, and the
semi-ofiicial statements that the prince
would go south next year only for rest,
and not for temporary exile. have OPP
ened the hundreds and thousands of eyes
which ever peer anxiously from the small
er palaces of the capital toward the ola
castle and the less pretentious imperial
residence in KEEL
The emperor's brother Henry is a more
entertaining man. more popular manl
and a handsomer man than his sovereign
kinsman and thereby hangs an untold
tale of rivalry i'm love, friendship and gal-
lantry which would MI fascinating vol
umes OF court chronicles. AS BOYS younE
men, ana eventually as grown leaders of
the nations destinies the two sons of
Emperor Frederick have rubbed elbows
with increasing friction which eV-
en- en-. me, tne elevation OF William to
entirely. Although immeasurably above
his brother In power and splendor the
emperor, who Is especially proud OF his
khoWiedge OF naval anairs, chafed occa-
sionally under the constant appeals or
ms admirals to the superior judgment or
Inhce Henry on questions concerning
the marine. lie could not forget the pet
/ " defeats inflicted on him by his brother
IN contests Tor the favor OF women In ana
outside the court. For man of the EN-
peIor DrOad mind ana strong sense of
justice TINS may have been Inconsistency
mean, but everybody who knows the EN-
Peror al all admits that he rarely forgives
a person VINO has surpassed him In any
thing. The princes who no longer appear
at court and the officers who no longer
roe e, al me heads Of army corps can bear
testimony to the existence of this imperial
prejudice. II was while Influenced bv these
disquetlng memories of the past and these
dlstasteIul lacts Of the present that the
kot2e scandal broke over the Berlin court
The scandal Is so old that only this new
point, revealed this week, need be men
tioned-the anonymous letters circuIa tea
IN the court circle accused Prince Henry
of intimacy with a countess whose favor
the emperor was said to have sought bur
never 70 nave secured. Whether the EN-
peror mad been in love with this beautifuf
woman or not he had the reputation of
having been so, of having sought in vain
for responsive affection and az hat,ins-
Deen outstrpped in the whole affair by
his younger brother. Every man can
judge for himself the effect which such
F Spp, re- Wi" WI,a I nave upon person Of
was banlshed from court; Prince Henry
was leIt pretty much to his own devices
in klel, without any Overwhelming ni,,,,
Der OF invitations to visit the Berlin cotrf.
and during a Mt OF imperial lrnDafience
and wounded pride, the Rotze Inquiry was
s9ueIcled ana me whole disagreeable af-
This was the condition OF the Hohen-
8ollern FAMILY relations when the series
or events which has eliminated IN tbe
present estrangement began in Kiei Tia
prince and admiral of the fleet has been
wont, ever since his arrival in KEEL 10
give receptions during the season al his
castle. At some of these receptions oniy
the naval and military officers Of he
district, with their families. were pres
ent At others the most conspicuous bnsi
ness men and noblemen of the CITY were
among the guests One of tho rniSad
receptions given late in last winter was
ATTENDED by rich baker Of about GO
years, and his bride a girl Of 10 u1hose
titled father had been saved from ia nir
ruptcy through the marriage Prince
Henry and the young bride beca me- in
fatuated with each otner. They met sew
eraI times during the spring. When The
prince was called to Berlin to give adj
went to see friends in Potsdam Tbe
prince met her in the capital. They wee
known IN the places which they freauep.
Cd as treiherr and Freifrau Won Doebei-
WITT, once they We're rash enough 10 90
TO the royal playhouse, the prince If
course, in civilian garb and the woman
recognized behind their box curtains by
a lady OF the empress encourage A sharn
reproof from the emperor followed lie
admiral OF the fleet to his Kiel castle aud
for a few weeks the bride was left alone
to tine society of her aged husband Tata
IN m AugB9sI however, the banker was call
holders OF Greek bonds-those fatefnl
Greek bonds that seemed destined "a
disturb everything from the night rest
OF hebrew spectators to the peace OF
The banker went away for a. week
Ihree times in that week a distinguished
gentleman in black frock coat and high
nat sent up TO the young wife the card OF
Freiherr Won DoebelWitz, and was admit
Yea Dy the bankers old servant to pass
the evening with the mistress Of the
mouse. On the fourth evening the distin-
guished gentleman met in the corridor
the brother Of the bankers wife. That
brother Is lieutenant in the Prussian
army He had come from his regiment
in Koenigsberg to see his sister Form
eFly he was stationed in Potsdam and
every summer Tor years he had seen
Prince Henry and Prince William almost
daily. He recognized the Freiherr Won
Doebelwitz as the prince, saluted most
respectfully, despite his immediate sus.
picion of the truth, and then placed him
self at his highness orders. The prince
wished merely to speak with the banker
authorities and the city. The banker
was out? He was sorry; he hoped he
mad Inconvenience nobody by the in.
formality of his call. When the banker
returned he should be kind enough to cali
at the castle. The prince went home
and the lieutenant went back to his sis
Ter, accused her and got her confession
She refused. at his dictation, to continue