Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-04
News From Foreign Capitals
md has been the subject of long agi-

tation.
Captain Kraft is not only highly re-
garded in naval circles but is one of
the most skillful of Germany's anna
teur yachtsmen, having often been Sc.
lected to steer yachts for the Emper-
or and members of his family at the
annual yachting festival at Kiel
He accompanied Prince and Princess
Eitel Friedrich as naval aide in their
trip last year to Palestine and Egypt.
Captain Kraft's second in command
and two others of the six officers of
the HohenZzollern are also outside
the nobility.
The German navy has in general
been free from the influence of family
and court connections. The career
opened in it to men from the people
was strikingly illustrated by the
names in the list of promotions pub
lished after the summer maneuvres,
in which the officers appointed to the
high commands, with one or two ex-
ceptions, lacked the noble prefix
"von."
The controversy between the sur
geons at the time of the death of the
Emperor Frederick, father of the
present Emperor, ras just been reop-
ened by the publication of the pri-
vate letters of Ernst Won Bergman,
one of the surgeons who attended at
his Majesty's deathbed.
Although there is little new that is
told in the correspondence, some curl
Gus lights are thrown on the actions
OF the doctors engaged, some of
which seem to have been OccasiOned
by political considerations.
Sir Morell Mackenzie, whose pro-
cedure has. heen the subject of con-
slant attack on all sides, was it is
said. under the wrongful impression
that member of the House of Hohen-
Zollern could not ascend the throne
if h., were suffering from a mortal
disease, and on this account the ia
nous English surgeon is stated to
have denied the fact that his patient
was suffering from cancer. The
same idea was also possessed by Bis
marck, until he was shown conclus-
lively that it wa not according to the
There Is rule in reference to the
reigning family. h.wever, which
makes necessary the holding of post
norton examination to discover the
cause of death. The letters of Ernst
Won Bergman occupy many columns
in the newspapers.
In viz 80 -
the birth of Freder1~.. the Great,
early next year, the disposal at Leip.
zig at the end of November of auto
graph letters of that monarch, togeth-
er with those of some of the most
celebrated characters in European
history, is attracting attention.
The collection is that of Carl Gel
bel, and it is to be offered at the
rooms of the dealer who recently
sold the famous Martin Luther letter
that was purchased by p. Morgan
and presented by him to the Emper-
Or
Among other most important doc
uments are a whole series number
ing many hundreds of letters from
prominent persons connected with the
Thirty Years War, and there are also
signatures and letters from Gather
me de Medicis, who caused the mas
'acre of St. Bartholomew; the Mar
luis de Pompadour. who correspond
I'd with Voltaire; the beautiful Ninon
lie Lenclos; the Countess Cossell, the
riend of August the Strong; and the
Countess Aurora Won Konigsmarck,
another friend of the same monarch
Who changed his religion in return
or the the kingdom of Poland.
The document. however, possessing
he greatest is a letter in Frederick
he Greats own handwriting, writ
en- while he was Crown Prince. and
ent to his father the king on March
g. 1897. It is expected that repre-.
entatives of museums and private
collectors throughout the world will
in the bidding.
Most important additions to the de-
enses of the northwest coast of Ger