New-York tribune., 1901-07-07

Clovis Charles Victor. Prince Won Hohenlohe
Schillingsflrst Prin>e of Ratibo- and Convey. the
head of the second branch of the prncely line of
HohenIoht -WaIdenburg. was born March 81. 1919.
Already Prince OF Ratibor and Convey in 1916 he
succeeded his brother Philip Ernest in the title OF
Hoh+nlohe-Schi chillinesfurst by virtue of a agree
ment with his elder brother. Duke Victor of Rati-
bor He followed his studies at Heidelberg Got
tinger and Bonn, and began his career In the Prus-
sian Administration; but when he came into posses
sion of his of Schillingsfurst. in Bavaria. he
transferred himself the service OF the Bavarian
Government. There he filled high posts. being at
time Foreign Minister. He followed Baron
Pfordten Prime Minister and began campaign
agains; the we'll known schemes OF Bismarck. who
wanted to lay hands the autonomous liberties
OF the Federal States OF Germany. Prince Hohen-
lohe's opposition to these schemes was especially
shown IN his speeches at the meetings of the
Zollveren. or German Customs Union, OF which he
the vice president. He governed Bavaria with
an apparent spirit of liberalism, which melted
against him the we'll known Jltra-Catholc Bava-
rians, whose opposition finally succeeded in eject
ing him from power.
But Hohenlohe was not at heart a Liberal and
Bavarian patriot; he came to the support of the
Bismarckian regime soon after the Pru,sian sue
ccsses in the OF ls7O-'7 and voted enthusiastic.
cally for the incorporation of Bavaria into the Ger
man Empire. lie chosen e-President of the
first Reichsrath. and sent German Ambassa-
dor to Paris in 1874 There he ransacked the
archives OF the embassy and forwarded TO Berlin
the documents which helped Bismarck In introdIs-
ing the State trial against Count Won Arnim, the
predecessor at Paris of Hohenlohe.
As . reward. Hohenohe. who had been
elected Deputy to the Reichsrath. appointed in
1885 Governor of Alsace Lorraine where he attempt
Ell TO Germanize the population by repressive meas
ures, which were dsapproved by rescript OF the
late Emperor William l. in 1891,
In October. 1894. he appointed Chancellor of
the German Empire and Prussan Prime Minister
In to General SspTs and SGg9
Since the retirement of Bismarck there no
straw Chancellor Won Caprivi his successor Was
nothing but the humble servant of William H.
the young Emperor who declared haushtily that
there was but master In the kingdom AMI
that was himself. who did not suffer any other
the famous axiom of absolutism, "Suprema leY
regis vountas'' (The Kings will is the supreme
mission of the Chancellor. and he resigned. Ills
successor. Prince Hohenohe, expected to
be plant. as he had served In the Court and Cab
met of Bavaria. his native country. which was
considered most monarchical and partisan in It's
lutte submission to the government. But in the
course of the six years he remained the pilot of
disagreement with the young and impetuous Kaiser
Among the notable instances where ne opposed the
and the expulsion OF the Danes from North Schles-
to fo he e, hnpSroT & atWays hGwfSer had an afec-
Ciodwig In private conversation From the time
the chinese affairs assumed threatening aspect in
doned the duties and prerogatives with which the
etrn constitution , clothed The Chancellor expressing
trobns m na and tmpqsiHe interference in the
resigned the Chance llorship, and his resignation
was Mt once accepted.
Marie de Sayn-Withenstein- -BerIebourg by whom
he had two daughters and three sons The bio
second marriage, with Marquise de Paiva. whose
i BEAUTY and and % adXfntnres Wsre famous during the
Prince Won Hoheniohe was 'rr dIminu,ive in s,ze
being scarcely five feet tall