Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15

thing Prussian and to the entire imperial
system created in 1871. imperial Ger
many was to him a fraud, an assumr-
tion, a POPULATION; he resented most tie
lessening of absolute sovereignty
brought about by the formation OF the
German empire with the King of Prussia
at its head. Wherever he saw chance
to irritate the king and the government
of Prussia he seized upon it with avidity.
And his favorite saying WAS, In my
country Prussia has nothing 10 say. The
official gazette of GreiZ filled it's columns,
by princely command with violent dia-
tribes against Berlin. the royal family
and the Prussian ministers of state. and
more than once the imperial chancellor
had to demonstrate. more or less severe
ly, against this conduct Berlin court cir
cleS, which were sometimes greatly
amused by the pranks of his impotent
rage. nicknamed him Henry the Naugh-
ty," harmless adjective when compared
with the fierceness of his aatred against
the system of which he and his country
formed part and parcel. 1t is said that
his contempt of everything Prussian was
inherited from his mother, Carolina, whose
spite against Berlin sprang from very
remarkable source. In 1866 when Prus-
STA waged war against Austria, Princess
Carolina, who was then acting as her
minor sons tutor, sent out her tremendous
military .'forces'-some 100 men-to aid
Austria. In spite of this support Austria
was defeated, and the victor, Bismarck.
imposed upon the principaity of Reuss-
GreiZ an indemnity of 100000 thalers, half
of it to be paid by the prince. The
dowager survived the blow to her pride
in her troops defeat but she never got
over the vile depreciation of the Prus-
sian statesman who made har shell out
So, 900.
Henry XIV Is Another.
Her grandson. Henry XIV. who has
been. theoretically. Prince of Reuss-Grciz
ti,a of h.a
mentally deranged, is debarred from ac-
tive government. He is a robust. staI-
wart fellow of thirty. He became de-
mented through heredity probably. Being
unable to rule, he was not allowed
TO succeed his father, and his tutor
was installed as regent in 1902 The
fourte zenith is an old gentleman of very
suave demeanor. Immensely popular with
his people for his plain, unpretentious
ways lie and an old, dilapidated UNI
brella which he has been sporting for The
last thirty years. are inseparable com
panions. The breakdown Of his mind and
his departure from Gera, following his
scandalous love affair. were universally
regretted by his people. The temporary
regency of Henry XNNIi will undoubtcd-
~ be transformed into lasting one. as
there il no hope of his fathers recovery.
In virtue of IN old compact. the soVer-
eighty over one OF the lines falls TO the
prince of the other line as soon as one
branch is extinct IN the present case
Henry XXVII will definitely become ruler
over both houses as soon as the insane
twenty fourth, who is unmarried will
close his eyes. But the latter is very Wig
orous and may easily survive the twenty
seventh whose son and heir is-a lunatic.
Just what will become of the Reusses then
is a question. And that is why Germans
are talking SO much of their queer little
Copyright, 1908, Curtis Brown)