The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Prince Eitel-Fritz, the second son OF
the German Kaiser, recently has been
chosen as grand master Of the johann
inter Orden, TO which all German noble
men and military officers seek admit
tance as members, and since then 1t
Is reported that the conditions of entry
have become very strict. Heretofore a
candidate could be admitted upon show
ing that he is of noble blood and de-
scent, more than thirty years OF age.
and after paying an entry fee OF 1000
marks But now applicants have to
prove that their families have been en-
nobled at least forty years. Besides.
every one connected with commercial or
trade bodies is barred.
This barring of Persons hits some OF
the Emperor's very friends. some of
them intimate companions and advisers
notably Herr Ballin, of the Hamburg
American Line: Prince Egon zu Fuer-
stenberg. who owns a brewry; also Mr..
Dernburg, the banker, former colon
ial secretary. All of these gentlemen
would have been excluded had they
sought admission since Prince Eitel-
Fritz assumed office. and their sons GER
tainly will be.
A sensation was sprung upon society.
at Stuttgart in particular and Germany
In general. through the divorce by Count
Constantine Won Beroldingen, after more
than thirty years of welded bliss. of his
wife. former Miss Marie Kauppe, Of
New York. He is a captain of Hussars
in a Wurtemberg regiment. a scion Of
one of the oldest aristocratic houses OF
that little German kingdom, and fifty
four years of age.
The countess is near fifty. The pair
We're married at Stuttgart in 1880 and
have one son and two married daugh-
ters. The sensation comes in the shape
of reports that the count, despite his
years, already has married the twenty
year-old daughter of a Heidelberg uni
versity professor. while the countess is
engaged TO marry Prince Won HOhemlohe
a relative of the South German Hohen-
zollerns.
The Counts Won Beroldingen are not un-
known TO Americans. Count Constan-
tines first cousin. Count Alexander Won
Beroldingen Cthe family Is of the most
ancient German nobility. dating back
their ancestry to the days Of the su-
premency of the Wurtenberg Hohen-
stauffen emperors of Germany, one of
whom the famous Friedrich Barbarossa,
the crusader, has slept ever since in
the casematte of his castle and that his
long red beard had grown through the
marble slab of the table. at which he
sits, and reaches all the way down to
the flooring. ani where he awaits the
trumpet call to arms againD, married
Miss Margot Stone in New York in 1873
but before long the pair separated and
only a year ago the countess married
again. this time an American. Samuel
Norris, of Bridgeport. Conn, at Newport.
r. 1. And another of the counts rela-
tives is the widow of the rich brewer,
John Bctz, of Philadelphia.
There are signs Of a reaction against
the entente diplomacy, and II is a
good thing. This sort of treaty was IN
troduced by the late King Edward be-
cause, as I, have already pointed out
he considered counteraction to the
Triple Alliance between Germany. Aus
tria, and Italy essential to the welfare
and peace of the European concert of
nations. There was a god deal in this
condition of affairs to worry the govern
ments of the other powers for the su-
premacy of the Kaiser on the Continent