The Washington herald., 1912-03-25
THE KAISER'S TITLES.

Inc cuufneratlng OF Ail tne uleS anu
disnitary Offices held by the Kaiser occu-
pies full page in the latest edition Of
the oficisl staats-Anzeiger. and in agate
print at that. But It seems that at last
Emperor William Is tiring Of having all
kinds Of honors piled upon his already
overburdened shoulders. for. after being
made a doctor Of law 1uris utriusque.
they call ~ .'honoris causa" by the uni
versities OF Pennsylvania. oxford, and
Berlin. two more seats OF learning-Prag
and Klausenburg-during the past year
have added his name TO the membership
of their faculties. He is a doctor OF al
most everything but theology, and II
what CLEAN Is true, he has given hints
that he has enough OF these "honors"
and diplomas to spare.
It is related at Kranzler's that when
the learned professors sent word 10 the
house chamberlain OF the Emperor that.
as usual. they also intended to send
delegation 10 Berlin 20 apprise their new
colleague" Of his election to their midst,
incidentally hoping for the good things
that such a reception at the "schloss"
usually provides for those fortunates
honored to appear there. they received
an Official ''hint'' to send the diploma by
lesson for other universities who might
contemplate similar honors for the sover-
eign.
The Staats-Anzeiger also tells that the
crown prince has been made an honorary
doctor, swelling the princely lists. be-
cause while at Calcutta, on his last
years trip to India, &C., the college
there elected him a doctor OF law. dare
say Friedrich Wilhelm In the only COM
MI 81 of
diers who in civil life is entitled to be
addressed as doctor" But he has been
rector of the ancient University OF
koenigsberg for several years past. an
honor which automatically falls upon
each Prussian heir to the throne, owing
to the fact that in the ancient and his
toric city OF Koenigsberg all Prussian
kings have been crowned ever since. In
17Ol, the last Elector (Kurfuerso placed
the kingiy crown upon his head In the
schlosskirehe OF that place.
For the first time since the Hohen-
zollerns have become kings, the official
Anzeiger reports that there are two
members of the dynastic house who fol-
low civil occupations. which is rather
remarkable, since Prussia has been made
the great power she is to-day solely by
the success OF her arms and her princely
leaders on the field OF battle. These two
are the Prince August Wilhelm, who is
listed not only as a doctor Of cameralia.
but as a ''referendar'' Cthe first step.
after graduating from a law school. in
the civil service. in a mans career to-
ward a judgship or as a lawyer,
while his cousin, another Friedrich VIII
helm. son of the brave Prince Friedrich
Karl. OF Franco-Prussian war fame. has
become ''landrath," meaning president
Of the county of Frankenstein in ST.
lesia. after his marriage to the daughter
Of the Duke OF Ratibor. which made him
one of the wealthiest landed proprietors
In that rich province.
The first named prince is a son of the
emperor, his 'civif' son, as the Berlinese
popular wit has christened him. 1t Is
recorded that some years ago. when
there had been a revolt in one OF the
Southwest African German colonies, the
youthful prince besought his father, on
his bended knees. to send him Ito the
'front.'. so that he may also show OF
what mettle he was made. but that the
Kaiser-I cannot vouch for the truth of
the statement-had replied: The bones
Of one OF my boys are far too good for
that black trash out there"
Emperor Wilhelm has decided to pay
his respects in person TO his venerable
fellow-ruler. the Emperor Franz Josef Of
Austria, at the castle OF Schoenbrunn.
near Vienna, where the aged monarch
prefers to reside in the midst of won
derfuIly beautiful park OF flowers. shun-
ming the gloomy ''Hofburg'' ever since
his beloved wife. the Empress Elizabeth.
had been torn from his side by the deed
nf at haa - Al
out any one. be he high or low OF sta
tion, for so many trials than are the
portion Of this lone old man on a throne.
First, he saw his only son and heir sink
into an early graye-some say by his
own hand, others by the shot of the
brother Of a young baroness, whose honor
he avenged.
The tragedy of Meyerlingk II is called
to this day. Then Franz Josef lost his
wife. who also died an unnatural death.
and ever since a nephew. with whom he
is at loggerhesds in politics and domestic
relations. owing TO the latter's morgan
attic marriage, the wife leaving no stone
unturned to see her offspring legitima-
tized, Is counting the hours until the day
shall arrive that is to seat him upon
the dual throne. Verify, poor Franz
Josef's lot is not an enviable one. What
a cherries old age his is!
Kaiser Wilhelm Is to proceed from
Vienna to Venice. where he will board
his yacht Hohenzollern for conveyance
to Corfu. During his and his Empress
stay on the IsIand-at the lovely villa
OF AchiIlelon-he will go for cruise in
the Mediterranean. but is expected back
In Germany by the end Of April or the
beginning Of May.
The villa OF Achilleton, situated on a
wooded eminence on the north shore OF
Corfu, was built for the late Empress
Elizabeth for a summer residence. but
after her untimely death Emperor Franz
josef could not be persuaded to go there
or even to retain possession OF 1t. The
Kaiser bought It and ever since has
spent several weeks there with his fam
lily every spring. One can imagine how
magnificent the season must be on the
shores OF the Levant at this time and
in April.
It appears to me that the Italian press
is trying TO make a mountain out a
molehill when commenting adversely
upon the Kaiser's plan TO let his yacht
take him from Venice to Pola, because
Pola is Austria's chief naval stronghold
and arsenal on the Adriatic." The Ital-
ian papers profess to see in this act a
slight put upon their nation by their
"Dreibund" ally. but seem to forget that
the very country against which they
harrangue-Austria-is also an ally in
the same alliance.
1 am more than surprised to read in
the Osservatore Romano that this stop
at Palo presages Ill for Italy, because
eff ever there should be war between