Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-09

Especial CorrespOrfenceI
~ ERLIN, June 2S-One OF tn
II favoritc legends Of the GroeKs
tells how Chronos. the god OF
time, grew a miraculous weed
which enabled fishes which ate IL to
escape from fshcrmcus nets. or AN
the children ~ men but one today
knows It's secret. He is Ernest August
Wilhelm-A 1olf-George Friedrich, duke
Of Cumberland and Brunswick. ana
pretonder o. the throne of Hanover.
! vulgarly known Co tho sadly irreVcrent
German as The Elusive Duke The
eIusions Of Erucst-Augustus-W ilhem-
Adolf George Friedrich are exclusively
praCtiscd at the expense Of his kns-
man and foe, Kaiser Wilhelm H. from
whose afecuonatc pursuit he u p
away at least twice a year with even
more amazing agility than dll the
Greciau fish.
II Is AN about the foolish kingdom
Of Hanover which Ernest-August-e etc q,
wants, and Kaiser Wilhelm has. II l.
81 one-sided quarrel and Were 81 not for
Erne 81 August ctc.'s obstiuacy speedily
would be- made up Kaiser Wilhelm ia
a good humorcd man. and having got
tho kingdom is placable and prpptla-
tory But Ernest August h. ineNorablg.
II
Ia glance at the grim mouth, the old
Womauly. shrcWlsh face. and the shall
low. uniutcllectual forehead To realize
that this Is a dOur, pragmatic old gen
tcman who r. not To be caught by
kaiserly smiles. Yet Kaiser Wilhelm
persists Time after time he has plant
ed snares To trap the slippery duke. and
utterly failed. The last time the pair
met was AZ the funeral OF christian TX
u Denmark. Kaiser Wilhelm went over
10 the duke with hand out~trstChed.
And the duke squinted his short sight
cd eyes as ~ he dld not see the hand.
and made North Polur bow which
ftoze tho melting Hohcnzpllern into a
lump NJ fee
DUKE ALWAYS FADES AWAY.
Yet tho kalsers ardor increases. and
twice every year Creduluus ucWSpap' rs
affirm that the duke has begun -
thaV. lie viii meet Kaisor Wilhelm
they say. al the Austrian archduk,'s
shooting party. he cannot avoid Kaiser
Wilhelm at the marriage ~ Princess
Louise. thcN VIII have friendly chat,
and b. friends for over after But just
az tho happy moment or the kaiscr's
arrival. the duke fades Inseuslbly away.
His aunt happens 20 die, ho spraiu- his
ankle or ne misses his train. and tho
great ,,ocs sion does without him. And
the mourning kaiser and the news
uAUerE comfort one another WIKI IN"
rosy dclusiou that Ernost-August some
daV will he really caught
The feud between the houses OF H0-
houzollcrn and Guclph IS written 100
history Hanover. formerly "a duchy
became an independent electorate loo
1922. and after the clcct0r q Hanover
became George ! Of England tho two
states had one sovereign. IN 1887 Vic
toria assembled the British throne, ami
under the Sale law which fIrb'd- "a
woman tp reign over Hauovc- hor
kinsman the Duke Of Cumberland h"-
came King Ernest OF Hanover tn.
electorate had been raised tp n king
dom IN 1870 n would De % knc0nw 30
DAY had not Erncst's successor, G.orro
v. Joined Austria and SaNnnv I'm th.lr
war against Prussia In 1885 The H. n
ovcrian army made nght NJ Hohon-
salza. and then surrendered. and the
victorious Prussians annexed tho whole
Kingdom as well a. Hesse- CasScl ana
Frankfurt The deuoSed King George
issued a flaming protest from Vienna.
and later his faithful Hurovorla0 me-
formed a legion 20 fight against Prus-
sia on the side 81 France. In 1875. eN-
King George died leaving a heritage 10
hatred 10 Prussia IN his son Frnest-
AuEust-ctc and this heritage Ernest
August has spent his lifo increasing
At a usurious rate.
MALCONTENT GUELPHS.
The Hanevenans did not love the