Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-12-22
REUSS, ELDER BRANCH.

REUSS, ELDER BRANCH.
Strong Minded Mite of Government De-
fies the German Emperor.
The principality of Reuss, elder
branch, is curiosity of government
within the German empire. The
land is about twice the size of Staten
Island, and the capital is considera-
bly, smaller than Newburg. The to-
tai population of the country is g.
900. The annual budget is about
$500, 900.
The queer thing about Reuss, elder
branch, is not it's size, however, but
the astounding amount of conceit
and effrontery bounded by its mar
row borders.
The princes of Reuss never have
been reconciled entirely 20 the new
empire. They are afraid their own
Importance may be ignored. AS
they own most of the soil in their
tiny country, what they say is &C
cepted as law by their people.
Therefore they have been able to
raise considerable dust in German
politics.
EARLY in the present emperor's|
reign the Prince of Reuss began to
think of treating the imperial house
a little better and went to Berlin to
attend one of the emperor's dinner
parties. The court marshal or some
body else had forgotten, however,
to put him in his proper place at ta-
BILE.
The prince, during a painful pause,
found his name too far down the ta-
bic by several covers. He at once
stalked out of the palace in anger,
left Berlin the same night and has
not been back since
There was a project to erect in the
land Of Reuss, elder branch, a statue
to the old emperor, but the mighty
Prince of Reuss wouldn't allow it.
AS he owned the soil, he was the
boss, and the statue was not erected.
Recently university man in
search of job went to the prince
with his application, for the prince,
having but 10 men in his parliament
and but 200 in his official establish
ment, conducts the whole concern
himself. He spoke of the "reigning
house in Berlin The prince at once
admonished him in wrath.
Here, you will remember, there
is but one reigning house. In my
own land I am the one and only
ruler. Whoever in this land of
mine cheers for the emperor or the
empire is in my eyes a traitor to his
sovereign and his country''-mean-
ing by "his country of course,
Reuss, elder branch.
The Prince of Reuss, elder branch,
has forbidden the one chamber Of
commerce in his land to speak Of
Berlin as the imperial capital. The
Prince of Reuss, elder branch, has
forbidden the two editors in his do
main to Gall his representative in
the bundesrath a federal envoy;
they must speak of this gentleman
as the princely envoy of the SOW
ereign of the land namely, Reuss,
elder branch.
The Prince of Reuss, elder branch,
supplies his 200 offceholders with
lead pencils of monarchical design,
intended to keep ever in their minds
a consciousness Of their obligations
to him. The three sides of each pen
Gil are adorned with the tricolor Of
Reuss, elder branch, with one color
to side, and on the top, where the
users eye must ever rest on it, is
"Henry XXI of Reuss, elder
branch"
Lest the reader might mistake
these statements for jokes, it may
be well to mention that these facts
are published in the Koelnische lei
tung, which deplores them in all
seriousness as evidence of the states
rights sentiment permeating several
little lands in tho empire.
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