The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-14
KAISER MAY YIELD
C.R0WN0F S|,SS|AI.
Kingdom Is Likely to BE Turned
Over to Gerrlany's Crown
Prince.
ri 0 il. c i is APP 2. R R ( 7. I.
Reason Assigned Is Precautions.
Condition Of Wilhelm's
Health.
ny MARQUIS DE cAsTEI,LANE.

l.
Especial Cable to Tho Tim s- DIspatch.]
Paris, August 81 hear from Ber-
lin that tho Kaiser Is on the point
OF yielding to his son the crown o I
Prussia, reserving for himself only
the general direction Of the empire.
This Is indeed startling news, yet
I can hardly doubt the source from
which it comes to me. The reason
assigned is the insecure state Of tho
OF the fact that his physicians do not
consider him in any immediate danger,
they recognize that hegis not strong.
IN fact, William never had the
superb constitution OF his grandfather.
He has been able to support the ply
seal and mental fatigue OF his high
place in the world only by a, ex-
tremely sober regimen. He eats little,
smokes only a few cigarettes or one
cigar day. He drinks no liquors,
rarely drinks wine. Every hour he
can spare he gives up to hygienlo
ex s hunting. sailing or.
riding. but oven these precautions
against the effects OF. overwork are
insufficient to save him from frequent
breakdowns.
OF late he2has begun to show signs
OF wear and tear due to the Strenuous
life hc has been forced to lead for.
many years And now 1t Is said he is.
wiling, almost anxious. that the
prince shall bear henceforth some. at
least, of the burden Of authority
The project has been spoken OF to a
lew of the leading statesmen Of the
realm. It has been favorably. re-
,oefved. especially Outside OF Prussia,
that the empire had to yield too much
to the Prussian state.
Would he One Of Many Kings.
Were the Crown Prince to become
King OF Prussia he would take rank
with the Kings OF Saxony. Bavaria.
aWurtemberg and other states OF tho
empire. There would be less cause
Tor Jealousy, OF Prussian predominance
In the German empire. and, at Is
thought, broader loyalty to the
monarch. who would then be no longer
a local King Of Prussia. but the un-
rammeled head of the empire-the
Kaiser of all Germany. That this
project IS under consideration I can
assure you on excellent authority.
The spectacle Of the United States
nourishinE tho big stick
In favor of Standard Oil has recently
AFFORDED much amusement to European
statesmen. The genesis OF the Incl 4
dent was the discovery OF valuable oil 4
neids in Galicia. With view to Ia
voring the development OF these oil
fields the Austrian government gave
such cheap transportation rates that
French and other European oil reGners
operations In Galicia. The
Standard OIL was on the spot, but In
the form Of an independent company,
registered according to Austrian law.
Well the manipulations OF the foreign
retiners were such that the Austrian
statesmen decided to withdraw the
privileges extended to the invading in
terests
The withdrawal was made SO UNI
french investors, Stephen Pichon.
Of Foreign Affairs, made /
polite remonstrance to the Vienna /
These remonstrances.
however. proved Of no avail, and one
potent reason was found in o cable
gram transmitted from the State De-
partment to the American embassy In
Vienna. the receipt OF which was fol-
lowed by notification to the Austrian
that the Standard Oil In
terests In Galicia must be respected.
Helping the Standard Oil.
The notification was supplemented
with the Information that II Austria
:ook any action against Standard Oil |
t would result in retaliatory meas
Tres. An Austrian diplomat. discuss
ng the incident with me to-day, SAID:
l.We knew. Of course, that the
Oil an Influential trust. but
We never imagined it to be such q
lydra In the form Of a foreign COM
,any It overrldes the decisions OF the
AUSTRIAN government, and in the form
,t an American organization it forces
,nfriendly action against friendly
lation.'
"a lFrenchTdiplomatlst who was pres
mt said: This Is not the first Incl
ent Of the kind. Were not my lips
called by the duty OF guarding state
ecrots I could relate many similar
tories.
Mrs. Hughes Hallett, formerly Miss
Emily Shaumberg, of Philad elphia, has
aken down to pinard al that re-
NAMED Of society In Paris since the
lose Of the season. She has thirty
uests at the Villa Mont Plaisir.T and
as Just given some very charming
ut-of-door entertainments.