The sun., 1910-10-17
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RFHLiN 90 Two ~ the German
Inr-rurs . .uns the CroSn Prince and
Prinr- Ndath-rt sT- app.t 10 star on
to.i-s abroad and both Nill sal M German
t,zst .-hir-
On November ~ the Crown Prince
leave. Wilhslrn.haven for the far fa-t
ah,.,rd N. armnr,.d CRUISER Gneisenau
o.. tour % " stated - hs,ng undertaken
~ th. Jrpwn Prince with the ohl"Ct of
br,a.l.ntng his knoWledg~ - som" II the
problems of tar Eastern politics.
n j. r~t.ort.,l that h- and the Crown
Princr-s. who accompanies her husband
On Iis travels. are not 80 pleased NJ IN"
pr,SI-att l-.fure them a. they arr gen
orally supposed To- N. They regard the
tr'p m fact A. "A sort ~ p~nanc" Tor a
hf. hith"rto too Eayly lived. Il current
gossip may he l-iIeved
same months ago when the haiser was
suffering with a disabled wrist the news
Uarrrs commented upon the apparent
suntitnss- of the crown Prince to take hI
fathers place IA IA" CunduCf ~ The em-
rir,.. AnAIrs The Crown Prince, 80 the
story go.-S. r~aliIed hi- limitations, h't
sought to excuse hlIhSclf by laying the
blame nn the manner Of his uphringin
Hc maintained that he had always been
riridlv excluded from politics that he
had never heen consulted hy his father.
and that in consequence he had heen
forced into an IDLE life IN which sport
played a large part
- Ha.lsA sA.sfalN - TsnnI Iva
h- sons shortcomings and decided TO
atogt ano, her policy Nv rushing him into
t.oliti~al analrs The Crown Prince IN the
past has sought for the opportunity of
making himself useful IN Stat" ahairs
The opport unity having always been de
Med he now ressnts hs,ng sent on a voy-
age which he holds should have been
undertaken FIVE or slN year ago and
which he Intcrprsts a. reproot Tor his
present mode OF life.
according ?, adviCeS received from
PekIn the Chinese G,v-rnment intends
'D he-i Nv upon the Crown Prince \ unique
honor by inviting him - reside ~ the
Forbidden CIV during his say in Pekin.
II h. dssrldeS be The guest of the Chinese
imperial family inst cad of the German
Legation he will live IN n palace 81 the
late tInperur kwRnR Hsp. prettily snu-
at-+ on an island in one of three pictur-
r-uuc lotus Lakes wrhln the red wallet
D.
ana n from the other palaces and - sacred
IN ordinary CirCumEt ances from intrusion
hv foreigners or even the hiRhesi Chinese
digpUarieS
Nhil. the Crown Prince travels eaa
Prince Aihlher goes west his voyage
taxing him - south America he will
cross the Atlantic IN the new Ia.Doo ton
cruiser battleship Won der Tam, either
~ navigating rr chief ordnance pfficer
The N.n dor Tam will sail ~1Tly IN 1911.
and -h" will show h" German nag IN some
of 'hc principal ports = the eastern coast
If south America She may also go round
Cape Horn and visit chile. Bolivia and
Peru
The object - the vessels great cruise
with Prince Adalbert aboard - twofold
II l- Understood that the cruise II intended
not only 20 raise the commercial and
p,ltt ical prpet ige ~ Germany throughout
LAT m America but 10 exhibit On the spot
q =peCimrn ~ the hattle-hips which
German backwards are capable u turning
out The vessel IL tho latest and finest
product of German naval skill ahoai
and she was buil' IN remarkably quick
time. having been laid down IN March,
! p1N and turned over to the navy In May.
1910
Prospective customers. u - pointed
out will l.arn thai her builders, Mesers
Blohm A Noss Of Hamburg. offered -
deliver the Argentine battleships now
in the Cnited States faster than
either their British or their American
rivals. namely within twenty seven 10
thirty months The richer South Ameri-
cen states are regarded IN Berlin a.
highly desirable customers. and nothing
will be spared 20 make the Won der Tam
an aliurfnR sample. She is expected To
return 10 WilhelmshAven in the autumn
II 1911
II ia stated. by the way. that Prince
AdAIhert 10 engaged in a peaceful quarrel
with his father and mother On the sub ject
of matrimOny The Prince wants 10
marry and has chosen for his wife the very
youthful daughter of a Thuring giAn Prince.
who ~ said N respond fAvorAbIy to his
suit But their betrothAl is sub ject 90
the KRiaer's sanction, and his Majesty
is against the match on the grounds that
n ~ undesirable for his son % marry until
he gives up active service In the navy
The Kaiser does not desire Prince Adal-
bert - leave the navy yet The imperial
idaa IL always 10 have oNe Hohenzollem
Prince IN the active list Now that
Prince Henry has retired. Prince AdaIhert
must remain in the service unit u his Young
est brother. Prince Joachifn IN ready
To these objections Prince AdAlbert
replied that he is ~ and five yesrs older
than HE younger brother. Prime. August
Wilhelm, AZ the tinls ~ the latter'a mar
Tiage. Tho Kaiser and Kaiaerin both
on jected also to this marriage a. pre-
mature. hut August Wilhelm had his
way and was married IN October. isos.