The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-15
.GERMAkY'S ROYAL
FAMILY SAID TO
Be RECONC|LED
Kaiser and Crown Prince to
Lay Aside Diff, rences at
Christmas Time
PRINCE ADALBERT
FALLS IN LOVE
Younger Son, After Wearing
His E.eart on His Sleeve,
Now Declares He Will
Wed Actr, SIS

BERLIN. Dec. 1.-THE approach
Ing Christmas festival. people VINO are
familiar with what is happening at
court say, Is apt to bring ABOUT a
reconciliation between the kaiser and
his oldest son, the crown prince,
greatly to the Joy OF the kaiserin.
whose health La rapidly failing and
who has worried consider able over
the arrangement between her beloved
and admired husband and her fas tie
son.
II the reconciliation does take place
1t Will mean neither that the kaiser
has come to look upon the democratic
Ideas OF his heir In a different light
nor that the crown prince has be-
come convert to the autocratic con-
vtct.ons OF his father. 1t will simply
mean that the crown prince mas dis
covered that he Was being used as a
convenient tool in the hands OF the
aristocratic leaders of the dying pan
Germanistic party. to shed glory over
their losing cause and win new fol-
lowers for 1t among those who wanted
to incur favor with the next German
ruler.
Playing On Prince.
These men undertook to play upon
the young princes strong patriotic
feeling at a time when he was nat
urally very impressionabie and when
he was suffering under the restric-
Ions that his imperial father imposed
upon him. Lately 1t seems these
leaders OF the feudalist.c and pan
Germanistic parties have been abusing
their power and In their over
confidence limited that they were the
moving spirit In a crown princes
party" in opposition to the kaiser.
lad "a nrf
alks between father and son during
which the experienced kaiser is said
10 have convinced the prince OF the
tneoFnr assbssass CT his syynpathies with
the people and his alliance with the
champions of the lost and an'iquated
suse Of feudaiism and Pan-Ger-
manism.
Prince AdaIbert In Love.
Even II 1t he true that a recon
7iliaticn between kaiser and crown
prince is about to take place, the
Christmas festival Of the imperial TAM
lily viii not be one OF unalloyed Joy.
The kaiser as well as the kaiserin
are said to be worried at the constant
love affairs of Prince Adalbsrt, which
are said to be of an almost Haps-
burglar kind. The hearts of the
kaiser's sons have all been very sus-
reptible tn the allurements OF femi-
nine charms The crown prince is
ID to have had several affairs OF the
heart before he finally fell really in
love with and married the crown
rincess But none of his liasons were
II very serious kind and never
caused any real anxiety to his parents
II liz quite different with Prince
adalbert. however. for after futtering
about like a butterfly from one fen.-
nine flower to another. he has now
fallen head over heels In love with
popular and beautiful German actress
Fraulein Paula Frieden. and Swears
that he Is going to marry her NJ
matter what distractions his parents
may decide TO place In the way, ami
es an attempt to induce the young
lady TO give her admirer the cold
shoulder is said to have IA led tn,
efYair looks rather serious at presen,
ss first punishment the prince will
most likely be sent on a long sea
voyage But he declares that any Mt
teropt 70 make him forget his love
will only make him more determined
to marry her