Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-09
Elusive Duke Who Declines to
Haze Angling to do With Ka,se,

| Guelphs, who from 1887 10 1856 had
pccn d"5potic, prosecuting constitutions
breakers, but when they were gone
their CN-subtects began 10 sigh TOR
tn,w and a Guelph party was Formed
10 plague the Prussiaus. The question
oi Ernest Augusts claim TO Hanover
was further complicated in 1884 by his
becoming also rishtful sovereign OF
brunswick. owing TO the extinction OF
me house OF Brunswick WOlfen buettel.
vi course Germany could not let Err
uest-August ascend this Brunswick
throne as long as he was at open war
WIN Prussia over his claim TO Hanover
me imperial government. therefore.
admitted that he was riRhtful duke of
brunswick but pronounced him per
mauently hindered' from occupying the
throne, and appointed as regent Of
Brunswick. Prince Albert OF Prussia.
VINO made himself hated by the people.
and increased the yiRor OF the malcon-
tent Guelph party The duke has been
given chance Of reigning I'm Bruins
wick. u only he viii ronounce the Han
overiau throne. But when such suc-
gestions are made the grim. old-wom-
AMY mouth contracts. and emits a.,
emphatic. categorical "Never"' And
as the duke is an idle man with no
cares Of government. he has plenty on
time % nourish his master passion,
hate.
He does this mainly AZ his schloss
near Hmundcn I'm Austria, seldom visit
ing Germany and never Berlin. He is
a grand sciEueur In his way. He IL a
royal highness. a member of the British
house ~ lords, British general Chon-
orary) and owner OF pumherless
gartcrs. golden iceces, elephants.
and other scintillatinE orders
Tie Is married 10 a princess Of Den
mark and has I'VE sons and dauEh-
ters, AN Of whom hate the Prussians
as much ms ne does. He is highly pop.
ular al Gmunden. An round indeed,
De is "a very prescntable old man-prus-
porous, respected, ana always I'm per
feet health except when Kaiser VIII
helm draws nigh. when his doctors
order him 10 leave for change Of air.
LUXURY OF HATE.
II is the roible OF Ernest-August to
sacrifice everything 20 hate IL Is the
one luxury ne allows himself. and he
would sooner abandon his Gmunden
chateau and his % decorations than
surrender the hate with which he has
lived happily FOR Nv, and sixty years
50 the kaisers ltt-~'~r ~. v5G,slia-
ton cause him pain. Wilhelm n be
gan In 1922 hy handing back 20 the
duke the Hauoyeri8u royal property
known as tho Guelph funds. which
Prussia seized iu 1868 It's value WAS
So ooo Ooo. Tho duke took the money,
but naturally asa not say thanks to a
man De hated Next came the mar
riage NJ the dukes eldest daughter with
the heir 10 the duchy OF BADEN: and
this brought the claimant again into
touch with Germany. The duke said
people, ls going to rolent and shake
the kaiscrs hand. But the big uobie1
90 Hanover whose hate OF prussi- on
quite as healthy as the dukes advised
tho claimant against reconciliation, ar1
the duke was only too glad to take tho
advice Tho klisor was disappointar
but didn't lose hope
STILL OBDURATE
The ncHt step towards peace-mak
was taken hy the Danish court. VIII
tried tp got up o. match between
PrussIan prince and the dukes prutt
daughter Kaiser Wilhelm was de-
lighted. he rushed hcadlong 10 Copper
hagen eager 10 seize Eruest-August
hand and battle 70 .n propltiatory tears
But the grim old man discovered ne
had business iu Austria, and as the
kaiscr's train steamed into Copenhagen
the dukes train steamed derislNely
ont The daughter married the grand
duke NJ Mechlonburg- SChwerin. There
upon the German crown prince married
the grand dukes sister, Cecilie. Here
40 last reconciliation was I'm the air.
Kaiser Wilhelm sent a friendly tele-
gram 90 Ernest August Ernest August
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