The Washington herald., 1911-10-02

At least half q dozen of the rulers
OF principalities of the German feder-
alton visited the German capital during
the past month the so-called "Maneu-
yer Monat," to pay their respects to
the Kaiser, but for the nonce the at
tention of the Berlinese did not CEN
ter upon these shining lights Of mon
archial grandeur, but upon a visitor not
often seen there, the Ottoman crown
prince, Yussuf Izzeddin Effendi 1
read in the German press that the
future ruler OF Turkey is a tall, state
ly, broad-shouldered figure, but have
to disagree with this description, which
no doubt was dictated by a desire to
please the Kaiser's honored guest. In
reality. Yussuf Izzedin Effendi is be-
low the middle height, very slim, and
anything but broad shouldered," at
which I am not surprised, seeing that
his dearly beloved" cousin, Abdul
Hamid. the deposed Sultan, kept the
poor fellow in durance for the best
part of his life.
The future ruler at the sublime
porte is so short of stature, in fact.
that Emperor Wilhelm, himself no tall
figure, easily put his arm across Yus-
suf's shoulders as he greeted him upon
his arrival at the railroad station in
Berlin. The man is exceedingly mild
hammered and courteous. far more SO
than the generality of Turks of noble
extraction, whose courtesy is proverb-
ial. Prince Yussf is more. His man
ner Is of that shrinking kind which
one is apt to acquire in a prison, and
though he was behind gilt bars, they
were bars nevertheless. keeping him
in seclusion many years, and none the
less firmly. When Abdul Hamid was
dethroned poor Yussuf was given his
liberty, and he looks for all the world
like released prisoner whose shiftS
eyes suddenly have to face a world
that has become a stranger to him in
his enforced seclusion.
In the world of politics the elaborate
welcome prepared for the heir to the
Ottoman throne, the gala fetes given in
his honor at the German court, have not
failed to create big stir. 1t goes with
out saying that the visit Of Prince Yussuf
at this time was carefully planned and
prearranged affair. take 1t that II was
the desire of the Kaiser to give a public
expression of his sympathies with the
new regime in Turkey and the Difficult
ties the Young Turks have to face at
Nilt SilOI tS VI lic DOSpOEuS L lie Der
lin cabinet is we'll aware of the attempt
on the part of Great Britain, whose
commercial policy 1t is to discredit
Germany and her designs everywhere, to
throw obstacles in the way of the
Kaiser's open frietdship for the Young
Turks and their efforts at reform. It
Is known also in the Wilhelms- -Strausse,
that for a while the new rulers on the
Golden Horn looked with suspicion upon
the German Ambassador, Baron Mar
schal Won Biberstein. whom the rivals
and foes of Germany accused of standing
by Abdul Hamid even after he had been
driven from the Yildiz Kiosk in disgrace.
The phlegmatic but wide-awake South
German diplomat, however, quickly man.
aged to disabuse the new Turkish cabinet
and succeeded not only in laying bare the
intrigues against him and his country, but
In cementing the friendship between the
Young Turks and the Kaiser more firmly.
The sublime porte has become convinced
that Germany never will favor a policy
of expansion on the part of any of the
Balkan princlpalities at the cost of
Turkey.
And right after the Turkish prince had
left Berlin the heir to the dual throne
Of Austria-H Hungary arrived. to witness
the naval revue at Kiel. in response to
an invitation which he had accepted last
spring. Archduke Franz Ferdinand is an
honorary admiral in the German navy
and came as such. yet his visit gave
rise to renewed speculation as to the
future OF the Dreibund (Triple AllianceJ,
because it is no secret that Franz Ferdi-
nand has no Lore for Italy. and it is safe
to say that the consequences were not at
all undervalued at London, Paris, or st.
Petersburg.
1t will be interesting to learn in con-
junction with all this that at the very
time when Archduke Franz Ferdinand
witnessed the eTolutions of the German