The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-30
KAISER AND son
Have ARGUMENT
German people Are Very Much Inter-
ested in the Controversy
Between tho
Two.
IT IS AN OLD STORY
Crown Prince Against the King Has
Been Traditional Since Fred
erick the Greats
Time.

[By Karl H. Won Wiegand, Berlin
correspondent Of the United Press.l
BERLIN, Nov 29.-Crown Prince
versus kaiser. That is the case in
which the German people as a self
constituted jury, are once more at
tempting to judge. Party newspaper
organs are acting as public prosecu-
! tors and counsel for defense. Meth
er side is over particular as to the
character of the evidence" they
bring in print before the people and
much Of 1t savors of fables.
Once more the crown prince stands
accused of attempting to interfere
with the affairs of state" He took a
stand against his brotheri-n-law
1 Prince Ernst of Cumberland ascend
ing the ducal throne of Brunswick
/ Luneberg, which is about the size Of
an American county, without speci-
fic remuneration of the Cumberland
pretendership to the throne of Han
4 over, which has ceased to exist s. nca
4 1866 when the then king made bad
guess as to the winner" and got on
the wrong side. For this lack Of
good Judgment, his throne was ahol
ished by Bismarck and the presen'
kaiser's grandfather. The duke o.
Cumberland, Prince Ernst's father
and son of the king of Hanover al
the time of the war between Austria
and Prussia when Hanover took the
wrong side, still maintains his right
. to the throne. The duke keeps 6
small court in Gmunden, Austria
The kaiser gave his daughter to the
dukes son and gave the latter ths
throne of little Brunswick. In spite
of that the duke proudly refuses t.
: give UP that imaginary right" Be
cause of that and the failure O
> Prince Ernest to come out frank.
and say that he wouldn't take thu
Hanoverian throne If it were handet
to him on silver platter, German.
is torn with verbal dissensions owe
the question whether the kaise
should let his son-in-law ascend tn
9 Brunswick throne.
er, has taken the attitude that 1t wa
unnecessary to inflict humiliation uI
| on Ernst by compelling him to RI
!. nounce Hanover against the wishe
Il Of his father and that his oath Q
r fealty as Prussian officer and tn
fact that he is the kaiser's son-ir
3 law, is sufficient guarantee agains
). any attempt on his part upon Hohsr
9 zollern possessions. The crown primo
o takes the stand that this and tn
!. fact that Ernst has confined hmse
!, to saying that he will not supper
: or lend himself to any movemer
q toward the restoration of the Han
!. yerian throne or do anything hin
1. SELF to get it, Is not sufficient.
!. The crown prince as future kaise
wrote letter to the imperial chal
!, cellor, DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg,
which he expressed grave doubts
about his sisters husband being pc
mitted to take the throne of Brun
wick without clear and specific
: remuneration of Hanover. The lettt
became public through indiscretion
In some quarters 1t is claimed tn;
:, - the crown prince himself commit {
. that "ind,scretion" because he wan
ed to appeal to the people
The crown prince was hunting
~ south Germany and was promptly ca
II ed to Berlin by the kaiser. The il
" perial papa gave his son two hou
verbal castigation about meddling
government affairs which did not co
Germ him. The crown prince is ;
legged to have taken the attitu,
nh that as future kaiser of Germany
~ concerned him very much. The ia
of that the crown prince did not lunc
IN con with his imperial father, is ia
or en- in many quarters as an indieat;,
ll that the kaiser has not proven
ar skillful after all. And, that he h
m but partially closed the gulf tetwe
q the Guelphs and the Hohenzoller
sc. only thereby to cause breach
the Hohenzollern family itself
Crown pince against king or ka
er, has been traditional in Gernia