The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-10

CHANCELLOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
cured of q 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 principally was partly in Wurttem-
berg and partly in Bavaria, there was
general family Encouragement, and he be-
came Prince Of Hohenlohe- Schillingfurst.
He at once entered actively into the move
ment for q 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 student he had been edu-
Gated at Gottingen, Heidelberg and Bonn,
imbibing the so called ''Vaterland," or
T5s.rnan unity, sentiments Of the times,
which resuiecd In the students movement,
and as Prince or Ratibor no had been con-
sIdered Prussian and .lad even entered
the Prussian diplomatic s5fvlu,:: as
new m2p in Bayariap sfaiTs, therefore,,
his position Was one Of extreme difficulty,
and his was at the same time proclaimed
as a traitor in Berlin and denounced In
Bavaria as q 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 south
German confederation. AS a Catholic his
position was equally difficult, as be bitter
ly opposed any extension of the papal pow
er and advocated great liberality in admin
istration. In 1869 matters reached
crisis. The king sustained Prince Won
Hohenlohe 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 at
once entered the imperial parliament and
on March 90, 1871, was elected its first
vice president. He vigorously supported
Bismarck in his controversy with the
pope, which caused him to be savagely
denounced in south Germany. So after q
rather stormy experience there he left par
lament and in 1874 was made German
ambassador TO Paris. His brief career
there was brilliant success, but he soon
resumed his place in the reichstag. He
was reelected in 1877, but ny 1881 the
ultramontane reaction was strong enough
to beat him.
He was in 1885 appointed governor of
Alsace-Lorraine, as successor to General
Manteuffel, and, though this was meant
to be a 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 Germanize IL were
largely successful
In 1916 the prince married Princess Won
Sayn- Witthenstein-B uleburg, and they
have five children, Of whom the oldest is a
captain of cavalry in the Prussian army.
Despite his as years, the prince Is remark
ably vigorous and in full possession Of all
his mental faculties. With Bismarck.
Gladstone and many others he is proof
that this Is indeed an era Of vigorous old
men. With the chancellorship Of the en-
pfre he also takes that Of the kingdom of
Prussia, as was the case with Bismarck
Caprivi 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
Prinoe Hohenlohe owns large and profit
Able estates, and his wife Is immensely
wealthy, the latter having inherited one
II the largest estates In Russia
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