The Washington herald., 1912-07-30

he returns the thaler. utterIng the al
most immortal words that he could
not accept one thaler when the baker
had charged his master three thalers,
But I am depressing. The newly ap-
pointed aid-de-camp of the Kaiser is still
a young man. He was born in 1S67. hence
was but three years OF age when the IA
nous Franco-Prussian war was fought.
read in the Cologne Gazette that It is
quite an extraordinary thing for a ''buer-
gerlichen" "a bourgeOis' to reach so ex-
elusive a position in the closest proxim-
| ity to the person of the monarch But
for once the great German journal is in
error. for Wilhelm II was the very ruler
who has so honored quite a number OF
"buergerliChe. Just as an instance. I
may be permitted to put the Gazette IN
mind Of Mackensen, Grumme. Lauen-
stein, Mueller, &c. Then there were Won
Chelius and Won Dommes. who were born
OF bourgeois parents and ennobled by
the Kaiser. As a matter OF fact, how
ever. whether "buergsrliCh" or not. II
has been a long-standing tradition in
Prussia that those army officers whom
the Kaiser eSteemS worthy to serve IN
the immediate suite OF the war lord.
sooner or later are either enrolled in the
nobility or raised to higher grade Of
the aristoCracy.
one of the most noted yachtsmen in
all Germany is Friedrich August, Grand
Duke Of Oldenburg. He never misses
the regatta At Kiel or the boat races
at wilIiamshaven or Travemuende and
is a very popular figure among the So
of Oldenburg occupies a unique position
among the dynasties of Germany. There
are but few of its members surviving
to-day and it s quite within the range
of possibility that some day ii will ole
out.
Grand Duke Friedrich August has one
daughter from his late wife. who was a
Princess Elizabeth OF Prussia, daugh-
ter of the famous Prince Karl. the
Red Prince gallant cavalry general
and most daring cheftain of the war
against France; the most brilliant SOL
dier among the Hohenzollarns OF that
day, but so brutal In his treatment of
his wife. the late Princess Marie-Anne
81 Anhalt that his uncle. the first VII
helm, had to reprimand him publicly, de-
spite his great success IN the field, lead
ing to the establishment of the new en-
pire.
This daughter in 1906 was married 10
one of the Kaiser's sons, Prince Eitel-
Fritz. The Grand Duke married a sec
ond time. His present wife is the Ouch
ess Elizabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwe
and as a result of this union there were
born two daughters and one SON, the
hereditary. Grand Duke Nicholas. now
fifteen years of age. Then there is the
Grand Duke Friedrich August's brother,
the Duke Georg OF Oldenburg, fifty-sev-
en- years old and bachelor. who served |
n short time with the Dragon Guards at
Berlin. but who is not of a personality |
to make himself felt.
7 remember a good story that made the |
rounds about this dukes capabilities"
He was an officer in the regiment |
(Schwadron) of which Count Alfred |
Dohna. the present German military at
tache at st. Petersburg. was the chief |
One summer when Count Dohna was GO |
Obliged to place the command OF the |
schwadron with the duke, who was then |
(captain). Knowing his |
man and fearing trouble during his alb
sence, he gave the duke strict instruc-
tions, in order to prevent accidents, never |
to drill his men by any other pace than |
n walk But who would Unexpectedly ap-
pear upon the scene one fine morning |
but the commander of the cavalry divi-
sion of the Guard Corps Gen. Count Won |
Alien himself, who ordered the ducal /
rittmeister to exercise the cavalry men |
before him. This the duke emphatically ]