The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-29
KING is DETERMINED
TO REMAIN IMPARTIAL

Field Marshal Prince George Of saxony
afterwards KING and other Pruss.an
and foreign royalties were ouartered
under her roof in PrYss!an Poland. she
absolutely declined to hoist either the
German flag or tho royal Saxon stand
ard. but insisted upon flying the nat
ional colors OF Poland from the nag
stan that surnounted the tur.et or
her chateau. Naturally Prince George
and his fellow royal guests complained
OF this breach OF etiquette 10 tho
kaiser. and protested strongly against
IT,
Almost at the same time. her hus-
band, the baron, having been invited
TO attend the opening ot a provincial
exhibition in the neighboring Empire
OF Austria, was so carried away BY
enthusiasm, due to the graciousnesz
with which the Poles present were
treated By Emperor Francis Joseph.
that forgetting all he owed 10 EN-
peror William. he publicly hailed Aus.
Polish hearts" and as "Poland's flu
ture King"
All this eliminated in couple of
rather mysterious visits paid by the
ka.serin to her mother-in-law. EN-
press Frederick. at Fr!edr!chshof.
Malicious gossips ascribed these tripy
20 the fact that the Empress had been
prompted by her jealousy of the bar.
oness TO invoke the intervention OF
the masterful widow OF Emperor
Frederick. But this was foolish For
the Kaiser had never given his wife
any real cause for Jealousy. and in the
second place. the Kaiserin IS not the
kind Of woman to appeal TO any one
else in such matters. The domestic
happiness, ~ fact, OF this imperial cou-
pie has been s!ngularly unclouded, and
he ~r,Nr
wholesome. But the Kaiser!n knew
that her husband had q great respect
for hts mothers cleverness In public
affairs and in political matters and
that In questions OF this kind he was
more likely to lend weight TO the
words OF his mother. even though he
differed so often from her politically.
than to herself That IS why she de-
sired her mother-in-law to call the
attention OF her son to the harm
which the association of the name OF
the baroness with his own. as exercis-
ing an influence over him, was doing
him in political sense both at homo
and abroad
Whatever the cause OF these con-
situations between the two Empresses
may have been, the fact remains that
almost Immediately afterwards. the
Koscielskis received from the grand
master of the court. Count August
Eulenburg. an intimation that their
presence at court was not desired In
highest quarters. until further notice
and that under the circum5 tances they
would do we'll TO remain at their coun-
try seat In fact, they were virtual
iy banished from court, and when hus-
band and wife travelled all tho way to
Berlin, tor the purpose of asking an
explanation OF the Emperor. he de-
clined to receive either the one or the
other. He had apparently come to the
,, conclusion that the game was not
worth the candle. and that in view OF
the fact that his intimacy with the
baroness had never gone beyond
platonic friendship and mild Filtration.
IL was foolish to incur the i'll will OF
his German subjects. and to expose
himself to slanderous stories, con-
cocted by his enemies. on her account
That ended the Polish regime at tho
Court OF Berlin, and an entire reversal
of lTussia's policy towards her Pol
ish province. Polish nationalism has
ever since been frowned upon, and
every effort devoted TO the German
iZing of Prussian Poland, economical
iy and politically the idea being that
the Kasers most easterly province
the one nearest the Russian border
should be occupied by thoroughly loyal
Germans. instead of by disaffected
Poles, bent upon recovering by any
and every means, their national indie
pendence.
Copyright, 1911. by the Brentwood
Company