The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-31

| ~ d Ptace OF satety. Tor the mob was
trembling on his legs. disappeared
and the world at large was left to Gull
Its own conclusions from what IL heard
afterwards. here. there and every
whore.
rs 1no 1rs ,sS as ono may Be. the TACT
70 have been spoken in vain. for poor
Senlis's royal master was from that
moment. as he himself expressed it.
him rest"
Moreover, his only son and success
sor. that King George OF Hanover who
aistinguished himself. throughout his
reign as the most gallant and chival
rous OF rulers. was stricken with total
blindness in his earliest infancy, and
lived to lose two thrones. those of
son. the present duke. was born dis
inquired. and owes his features TO plas-
/ nc surgical science alone; and now his
n ntuest great grandson Is being brought
nome, crushed and unrecognizabie, from
the little Prussian town OF Friesach.
Universally popular. and positively
adored by his parents. this charming
H f,,1, George had already suffered his
iuli snare OF the Curse of the Cum
wears ago the scratch OF a rusty nail
resulted in such a serious case of
paIped that his life was DIS
caught rheumatic fever and was a long
time. recovering. When completely
cured ne entered the Austrian army
Where he was serving as captain in
i the Forty-second Regiment OF Infan-
! try
| He was his mothers special darling,
and she will find 1t difficult, indeed
TO Withstand the blow of so great a
loss loss for poor Duchess Thyra's health
deed. at one time her nerves becams
! So troublesome that she was induced
20 spend some time in a famous sana-
.9rirm near Vienna Greatly benefit-
Ideally quiet existonce Is. that mar
| Vicious Schloss Cumberland on the Lake
OF Gmunden, above the chief portals
! of which are engravcn the following
pretty lines:
Hier zieh'n wiz elm. Sehn alb und gu
Dles ringer Haus. HArr, segne Du
ISt dieses Haus Won hcut alb Dein
| una Deinest einst auch unse: sein"
! Freely translated:
! This house wherein we move and live
| AS pilgrims, Lord, Thy blessing give.
| And II within abide Thy powers.
| Truly Thy dwelling will be- ours
For a pilgrims house the titular
| king of Hanover considers 1t. never
&. kingdom. '''3
AZ the time OF the last Duke of
! Brunswick's death he would have in
herited the, latter's title and power
also. But he. was barred from the
| sovereignty OF Brunswick by his dis
dainful refusal to recognize the right
Of Prussia to annex the King dom of
alanover IN 1866. This Of course was
an inherited quarrel. and passed
on to poor Prince George William, who
also refused to bow to Prussian dicta,
or even 10 those of the entire German
Confederation.
The CumbsrIands are a race endowed
strong
oDstlnacies and determinations, ali
good and praiseworthy virtues, which
served to make them happier in their
| arehihlike hopes than had they been
! inclined to bend beneath the harsh
| handling they had received.
The cruelest moment perhaps OF the
! present Duke OF Cumberlands eXis-
ie beiev nnt, rbsn fe Sis days ago has been
, King OF Hanover, died in Paris, where
| he had been dwelling. like So many
! other broken hearted and eXiled sover
clSns.
France wished to honor him as he
! deserved by giving him royal funeral
| but on the other hand a new rennbiic
! Is never eager-they are II so yonnE
and awkward as veto make enemies.
( and Germany's iron teeth were show,
| ing In the near distance. over the from.
| tier fence.
What was to be done?
fortunately Edward VII. OF Eng
land, then Prince Of Wales. arrived on
| the scene, and used his ceIebra ted
| tact SO well that Hanover's rightrui
! King was inferred with all royal hon
ors-not. however. as Hanoyeriun
MAJESTY but as member OF the Eng
| iish royal family, while his son, VINO
should have been his successor on the
ancestral throne, and who walked i'm
/ mcdiately behind tha nowcr-deckod
| hearse as chief mourner, wore a crane
anded uniform OF glittering crimson
namely. that OF the British regiment
OF which he Is honorary colonel.
| tCopyrlght, 1919, by the Brentwood
! Company