The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-05
People Flock to See the Crown
Prince and His Brother
Eitel.
KEEL CANAL IS IN DISFAvOR
Stunned Even by German Ship
Owners Because of Its Inferior
Management.


social circles, received a passing enlivener
on Thursday, when the new Royal Opera
and Thiergarten, formerly KroIPs Opera
house, was opened with a splendid pro-
duction of Nicolai's "Merry Wives OF
Windsor" The Emperor and his entire
military household, in Respondent uni
forms, were present and occupied the grand
imperial box which faces the stage. The
box was draped with crimson brocaded
silk. with heavy gold ornaments. The
style of decoration was that of the Heron
sheimsee castle OF Louis II in Bavaria.
The auditorium was scented with lilac eau
de cologne. All of the fashionable people
remaining in Berlin were in attendance,
but most of the society people are at the
spas or the seaside. All of the prominent
persons in the American colony were also
present. They were headed by Secretary
J. B. Jackson, charge d'affaires in the alb
sence of ambassador Runyon.
The Swiss tour of the Crown Prince and
his brother. Prince Eitel Frederick, was
extended to several points in the south of
Germany, all of the ancient seats of
the Hohenzollern's being especially visited.
The young princes travelled incognito, but
this was not rigidly observed and the
public focked to see them upon every oc-
casion that afforded a chance. This was
particularly true of the female portion of
the public whose especial object of adora-
ton was young Prince Eitel Frederick,
who is general favorite. He is a merry.
roguish young fellow, and is taller and
broader than his brother, who is some
what prematurely sedate. The women de-
plored that Eitel's beautiful golden locks
had been shorn, which had been done
in accordance with the strict military
training which forms a most important
part of the Prussian system of educating
princes.
The public eagerly read such personal
mention of the princes as was allowed to
appear in the press, even to the descrip-
tons OF their daily meals and drinks.
From these articles it seems that the
favorite dish of the youngsters is mashed
potatoes and pork outlets. Their mother,
the Empress, acts as the guardian of their
stomachs, and has their daily menu sent
to her for inspection. Their breakfast
usually consists of coffee, cold meat and
eggs, and their luncheon of old cold meat,
fruits and white wine diluted with seltzer.
For dinner or supper they are served with
steaks or chops, potatoes and fruits.
DR.. Schweininger has returned from his
excursion to the north. He paid a visit to
Prince Bismarck at Friedrichsruhe and re-
ports that the ez-Chancellor had so well
stood the exertions incident to his birth
day fetes, etc., thanks to good care and his
quiet home life, that he (Schweininger)
does not advise an exchange of his retire
ment in the Sachenwald for the hustle and
discomfort of a visit to Kissengen or
Gastein. Nevertheless, DIR. Schweininger
informed the Prince that he would not
allow him to have any more receptions,
hoping that complete rest will fortify him
against the exactions of the winter.
Among the latest stories of Bismarck
worship is that of the rebuff given to DR..
Hermes, Freissinige member of the Reich
stag, by Chief Ranger Muller, who is in
charge of the royal hunts at Viensig.
Hermes, who is on the record as having
voted against President Won Levetow's
proposals that the Reichstag officially
congratulate Prince Bismarck on his
birthday, wrote to Muller for permission to
shoot wild ducks on the Viensig lands.
Muller, who is an intense admirer of
Prince Bismarck, replied to the applica-
ton IN these words:
"You helped in the Reichstag to with
hold the honor proposed to be shown by
that body to Prince Bismarck. Go and
shoot your ducks with his enemies else
where. You will shoot none here"
The United Press correspondent in
Munich learns that the relations between
the Russian and Bavarian courts are much
warmer and closer than the relations ex-
listing between the Bavarian and Prussian
courts. A Bavarian statesman, in CONVEX
sation with the correspondent yesterday,
said:
Although the Gar and the Kaiser are
personally very good friends, their politi-
cal relations are merely polite. Emperor
Nicholas II is not the man to enforce his
personal wishes against the opposition of
the bureaucrats, who are bound together by
traditions and political relations. The
pro-German influence, which it was hoped
would grow through the Czarina, a Hes
sian Princess, has not yet manifested
itself. and the feeling prevails that by the
time her Majesty is ready to assert herself
she will have become so Russianized by
the influence of the orthodox priesthood
and others that she will not feel inclined
to run counter to the sentiment of the st.
Petersburg court"
In spite of the denunciations of the Vos
sische Zeitung and other journals of the
English boycotting of the Kaiser Wilhelm
canal, the German ship-owners are in
clined to take sides with the English
owners and join in the general dissatisfac
ton, holding that the tariffs are exorbi-
tant. Moreover, the German ship-owners
are grumbling at the management of the
canal, which they declare is not conducted
upon commercial or practical principles,
everything being bound up in red tape.
The Post comes out as champion of the
shippers and in an article on the subject
declares that the inefficiency of the man.
agement is aggravated by the discourtesy
of the pilots and subordinate officials
Many captains, the Post declares, have
avoided the canal after their first ex-
perienee in its passage, preferring the
risks involved in the passage around the
Skaw. The Post contends that the limited
use of the new waterway by shippers
proves the truth of its charges, and appeals
to the Government to remedy the matter
by the application of practical and equit-