New-York tribune., 1906-11-26
GUELPH BRUNSWrcv
Vaied Themes from an Old G.,
To1Cn.
Prunswtck NJ.

Regency question is upperTnost here sine.
been raised In an aggressive form bv ~. aH
tional Assembly OF the duchy IN an ult,-,,s.
to the Duke OF Cumberland and IN HI. sum
respondence with the German En,psro- -. =. ss'
Chancellor. He has an abstract bu.
right TO the lost Guelph kingdom OF u..Ssy
which can be restored only by a camns,-N
voIving the humiliation Of Prussia ana -
versaI OF Sadowa and the war over the s,.,.'
and he also has an undfsputed claim IN N.
cession 70 the Duehy Of Brunswick-raas,-~
He has offered TO renounce for hirnssl, a.. !.
eldest their rights to the ducny al ,,.. -
succession can pass TO the youngest so,, -,
this proposal has been rejected by ths ch.-.".
Tor and the German Emperor for ths ohv.,-.
reason that Brunswick may become q haI.,.-
station toward the re-establishment o, the Kin,
dom Of Hanover. He is now making a .,.
appeal to foreign courts for moral supno-. :,
has been visiting the Emperor Francis yo..,s
he has been appealing to the sympathi.s a. =,
Danish court. and prince OF Great pr.,,,.
and Ireland and so styled by the German W.
peror In the correspondence. he Is taking 49,.
tive measures to have his case accurately 49,.
and fully understood IN England symna,s.
the heir TO the lost throne and estate, a, -.
Guelphs will command at courts whera n. -,
his wife are closely related to reigning ramrI.,'
but these overtures are deeply resented a,rs.s.
both in Berlin and Brunswick. and will probabv
hasten the election OF another ruler by n.
General Assembly OF the duchy. Ths duks,
rights are so indisputable that he canno. \.
properly described as a pretender to the Br,,,-
wick title: but the classes and masses ara Alb.
coldly Indifferent to his claims and fortunes n.
stands for a tradition which has passed ayav
and they are engrossed with the realities =,
German progress
The stranger Is not interested In these shadow,
Of the old Guelph order-tnese dynastic iutrigus
in foreign courts. His eyes caught and tas
oinated by the antique architecture. Br7Insxtct
is the Nuremberg of North Germany In ths
old town. encircled with gardens and p-ons
nades where once were the defences and ruoat,
there are scores OF medieval houses in brick ~
timber. with narrow gables. high peaked tiled
roofs and Renaissance facades with Italian mo.
tives OF ornamentation. These impart unors
distinctive character to Il than either the high
lowered Ronanesque churches, half TRANSFORMED
into Gothic. or the modern architecture. excep-
tionally good as 1t is These picturesque guild
halls and merchants houses did not lose their
essential German qualities even when tricked
out with Italian richness OF style. The panel
ling may have found it's way into museums as
examples OF oIdtirne craftsmanship and the an
tique furniture may have been emptted ou. a.
the halls and drawing rooms into curiosity shop.
but the gables and roof lines as uncorl-
pronisingly native as the language O: Luthers
Bible. There Is the same tumble Of styles that
makes Nuremberg picturesque and delightful In
the marketplace are the wings OF tho Gothic
Rathhaus. with open arcades. delicate stons
tracery and richly carved beams; the Ransis-
sance Gewandhaus. with It's nine tiers OF sculp.-
ure and ornament. and the RomanesQue basiica
OF ST Martins. in various stages OF transition.
In the rambling streets running out OF the Sud-
klint. the Kohlmarkt. and the Burg Platz thers
are pure Gothic structures like the Alta Waags
and timber Renaissance mansions with the
gables tilted at the ends so as 10 leave the long
side free for artistic embellishments with raised
balconies. overlapping stories. carved balustrades
and cornices. projecting windows and orna-
mental shells, fans. schemes OF foliage and bur-
lesque relief. Happy is the traveller with eye
for variety of form and fantastic ornament who
is free to stroll among these brick guildhalls and
timber houses. and to mark the contrasting ef-
fects OF the medieval churches! II Is a mas
querads of many styles without regularity OF
design or symmetry Of treatment and with all
the ornamental motives borrowed from Italy
there is always the characteristics German
structure.
The new architecture blends so happily with
the old brick and timber houses that ons Is
reminded OF Munich as well as OF Nuremberg
There the Romanesque theatre. the early
Gothic townhouse. the Renaissance palace with
a quadriga above the portal and with the DucaI
Museum. the Technical High School and mary
other modern Italian structures TO match IL
The old motives are repeated in the new arcni-
lecture with fine variety. and one does not seem
to pass from one age to another in going from
one quarter OF the town TO another Brunswcs.
with all It's modern additions and outlying SUD
urbs. is a homogeneous city with a unity anu
dignity OF its own. like Munich. It's architects
under the Regency. instead OF lahoring Win
heavy hands. like those OF Berlin and Hanover
have been inspired by "reminiscences Of Ger
man. Gothic and italian Renaissance in the Old
quarter and have displayed nghtness Of toucn
in ornamenting the new structures designed oy
them. II there are fewer fountains than N
Nuremberg. and not so many museums ara
Renaissance facades as in Munich. there are
spacious promenades and parks Ornamented VITA
good statuary. add there is an air Of stateiy
elegance and artistic refinement which tustihes
the conclusion that Germany with its highly Or
ganized system of education has become mor'
cultured as we'll as a richer nation. One does
not have the same impression IN other to"n''
where mob of mediocrities has apparently
taken possession of the art and architecture anu
driven out the Genius OF Decoration. In BruhS
wick the new artists. like the old craftsmen "n'
worked on the vaultins OF the Romapesau'
churches or among the gables or the tnaoe.
houses. have understood something OF the PoeN'
of their trade.
Here. at least one is prepared TO accept VII
out unnecessary resistance the German 0oaS'
that the Fatheraud has the best system OF teen
nical education I'm the world. Evidence OF NV
oush training in handicrafts and the art OF ~
sis, 45lIs +ba .,.a az a,-err turn: and when nv