Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
FEUD Of ROYALTY
SETTLED BY CUPID
Marriage of Kaiser's Daughter
and Duke of Cumberland
Reunites Families.
HONEYMOON IN CHATEAU
OWNED BY THE EMPEROR
Germany Solicits Bids for Construct
ing Embassy Building in
Washington.

Washington,
BERLIN, June 4. 1915.
Princess Victoria Louise and the young
Duke of Cumberland who were married
In Berlin in May, are spending their
honeymoon at Hubertl4s-stock. favoritr
hunting lodge of Emperor William. the
brides father.
This chateau in the forest is most beau
tifully situated. and its history is not
without, interest. Its beauty has appealed
to previous royal bridal couples, several
other members of the reigning family
having spent their honeymoons there. the
latest being the crown prince and his
bride. The lodge is near Lake Werbellen,
thirty miles north of the capital. 1t owes
its existence to King Frederick William
", the elder brother of the first German
emperor King Frederick. while huntlh3
one day, dismounted to rest at spot In
the woods the beauty of which entranceo
him. He decided at once to bulld a mousse
amid such romantic and pleasing sur
roundings. He announced his decision.
and thrusting his hunting suck-the yer
mans call it stock-into the ground dl
his feet. named the lodge Hubertus-stock
in honor of ST. Hubertus, the patron saint
of hunters.
The original lodge is small, but very
comfortable Emperor William added TO II
from time to time in order 10 nave roolil
for the entertainment or ms nuntlhs
guests The Otter walls of the chateau
&C ornamented with stag antlers. and in
side other trophies of the chase are much
in evidence.
Families Estranged Since 1865.
The houses of Hohenzollern and Han
over-Brunswick now united in the mar
rage of these young people. have been
estranged ever since 1866, when Prussia
dethroned the then King of Hanover
Nevertheless the blood ties between
them are remarkably numerous VIC
toria Louise and Ernst August, her nus
band, are connected through so many
ramifications of kinship that the most
expert genealogist would be baftied to
answer the question how they are re-
lated They are descendants of two
sisters. daughters of a Grand Duke OF
great great-grandmother was the famous
queen Louise. wife of Frederick Will
liam III, who died of broken heart
during the French occupation of Prus.
STA; the other was queen to August
Of the bridegroom. This great-grand-
father was the son of George Ill OF Eng
land; and Victoria Louise Is also de-
seconded from that sovereign. her grand
mother, the Empress Frederick. having
been a daughter of Queen Victoria OF
England, who was herself great-grand-
daughter of George III.
While the duke and his bride are not
actually blood relatives, their family
connection is manifest through series
of intermarriages covering two centuries
Plans Embassy Building.
Designs for the new German embassy
to be built at Washington have been So
licited from architects of German ma
tionality, and four prizes amounting to
So, go are offered. The prize jury con-
sists of six prominent architects; the
minister of foreign affairs, Herr Won
Jagow. and the German ambassador at
Washington, Count BernstorIf.
This open competition for the Washing
ton embassy Is direct result of the
criticism of the new building for the
German embassy at st. Petersburg, the
without competition to Prof. Peter
Behrens, one of Germany's most prom
inent architects. His efforts to achieve
a structure of massive and monumental
simplicity. as demanded by Emperor
William, were not altogether happy,
though with a freer hand he doubtless
would have been more successful. St
Petersburg speaks of the German build
ing as a cross between a cold storage
warehouse and a prison. entirely out or
harmony with the other buildings facing
st. Isaak's square, around which are the
best edifices of the Russian capital.
Wins Over American Competitor.
A German electrical firm competing
with American concerns in the same
business has just carried off three-mil-
lion-dollar contract for an electrical
plant in Chile, to be constructed with
American capital. This contract covers
only the first Installations, and the Ger
man concern will be on the ground for
further extensions which are expected
ultimately to amount to several million
dollars more.
The plant is that of an American ex-
ploitation company which foresees
great development of the west coast OF
South America after the opening of the
Panama canal and is preparing to work
copper deposits in northern Chile: The
first contract covers the construction of
main electrical station on the coast
and a secondary station. 125 miles dis
tant, to which the power is to be trans
United on a high-tension circuit.
Peace and War as Topics.
While the German Peace Society was
in session at Mannheim May % and King
George and Queen Mary. as guests .at
the marriage of Princess Victoria Lou
Use, were demonstrating the friendship
Of the British and German royal houses
the German Navy League was devoting
it's annual meeting at Bremen to fur
thering its propaganda for a greater
navy.
week ago the Military League was
agitating for further increases in the
army. and now those interested in a
greater German navy are making them
selves heard. They declare previous in
creases to be Inadequate and demand
two extra battleship cruisers, to be laid
down in 1914 and 1915. They say also
that as soon as the third battle squad
ron is fully formed and organized, two
years hence. 1t will be necessary to take
up the question of strengthening the re-
serve fleet organization The league will
devote ITS efforts to seeing that the re-
serve ssIuadrons are manned, like the
British with one-half of the sailor and
three fourths of the technical personnel,
so that they could go to sea in few
days. and not weeks, after a declaration
of war.
Eyes on America.
American conditions did not escape no.
tice, and the league demanded of the ad
miralty two new small cruisers, to be
stationed permanently on the east and