The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-27
THE HATTl ESBUKG NEWS

OF the Emperor's birthday. 1t is ru.
mored that this anniversary will be
mede the occasion of the announce
ment of the coming marriage of Will
liam's only daughter, Princess Visto-
ria Luise, to the Grand Duke Adolph
Frederick of Mecklenberg-Stre
Emperor William will be fifty-three
on Saturday.
Many American women, new wives
of German mobiles, are here for the
court functions, including Countess
Won Matuschka who was Miss Ella
Walker of Detroit; Countess Won Linn
burg Stirum, who was Miss Mary J..
Newland of Detroit; Countess Peter
H. Won Limburg-Stirum, formerly Ell
len Drayden of New York; Countess
Francken-Sterstorpff, who was Mary
Knowlton of Brooklyn, and Countess
Samuel Won Limberg, who was Miss
Agatha Traubmann of New York.
Many American millionaires are here
in the hope of obtaining invitations
to court.
Frederick H., king of Prussia,
known as Frederick the Great and
odd Fritz" was born 200 years ago
yesterday, January "a. 1912 and was
the son of Frederick William l.. whom
he succeeded in 1740. He immediate
ly began military preparations with
view to taking possession of Silesia.
After several successes, the peace of
Breslau was concluded between Prus-
STA and Austria, conceding to Prussia
upper and lower Silesa as far as Oppa
together with the county of Glatz.
in l744 Frederick entered Bohemia
and took Prague, but soon had to re-
treat. Later victories, however, as
sured to him a second time the pos
session of Silesia.
Other powers grew jealous of Fred
erick's rising power and Russia,
France. Austria and SaXony entered
into a coalition against him. Fred
erick turned toward England for aid
and convention was signed by Prus-
STA and Great Britain. Taking the
initiative against his enemies, Fred
erick entered Saxony, compelling the
Saxon army. to surrender. Thus be-
gun the seven years war, in which
Prussia supported by England, Bruins
wick and Hesse-Cassel, had to oppose
the united forces of Austria, France,
Russia, Saxony and Sweden. Fred
erick met defeat in 1857 and Europe
considered him ruined but he had
| only begun to fight Soon after he
routed the French and drove the Aus
! trians from Silesia. Later he de-
| feated the Russians, but lost in a
battle with he Austrians, although
the latter derived little advantage
| from their victory. In 1853 a treaty
of peace was signed in which Aus
tria for the third time conceded Sile-
| STA to Prussia.
In peace Frederick was greater
| than in war. Himself a philosopher,
he surrounded himself with some of
the greatest men of the time. After
repeated urgings on the part of Fred
erick, Voltaire for a time took up
his residence at the Berlin court,
and it was from the great French
man undoubtedly that odd Fritz
gained many of the ideas which he
2+er put into effect, The relations
Of Voltair and Frederick have been
the subject of endless controversies,
the most familiar to English readers
being the two great essays of Carlyle
and Macaulay.
In 1864 Frederick concluded trea-
ty with Catherine of Russia, as a re-
suit of which he joined in the first
partition of unhappy Poland. This
has often been denounced as a shame
full violation of international law
Frederick died at Sansouci in 1886,