The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-27
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FEUD,

Inc caDleRTamS from Europe have
had very much to say recently. about
the healing of the feud between the
house of Hohenzollern and the house
of Guelph by the marriage of Princess
Victoria Luise to the Prince of Cum.
berland Of the House of Hanover
which will no doubt arouse curiosity
about the feud, aud how it affects the
German Empire. Those who are con
versant with the activities from time
to time of the reigping houses of Eu-
rope and of the feuds among them,
will not indulge in any very rosy e1-
pectations of political or public bene.
fits from this marriage, since when af-
fairs of state arc under pressure
personal considerations are very large
ly pushed to one side. Emperor Will
helm did not side with Greece in the
Balkan war, although his sister is the
wife Of the present King of Greece.
as against the Balkan allies on every
point that arose. And so if any affair
of Importance in European politics
should come to the front there is no
certainty of the Guelphs, as repre-
sented in the person Of Prince Ernest
Augustus, siding with the Hohenzol-
lerns in the future any more than his
house has sided with them in the past
The feud between these two houses
is not long one, and it is not COW
cred with any particular sacredness OF
sentiment 1t only dates from the
Prusso- Austrian war of 1866, when the
kingdom Of Hanover, reigned over by
King George, head of the Guelphs, re.
fused to join with Prussia in the war
against Austria. The King Of Hanover
decided to remain neutral in that war,
being miffed by the procedure of Bis
marck in the Schleswig- Holstein war,
in which the Bismarckian policies had
been a deep offense. King George of
Hanover proposed an armistice with
King William Of Prussia, but under
the manipulation of Bismarck the
Prussian troops ignored the armistice,
invaded and occupied Hanover, and
demanded that King George send his
troops to the aid OF Prussia against
Austria. King George refused, and
sent to King William a. declaration of
neutrality, but Bismarck attended to
it that this declaration did not get to
King William. King George then sent
another emissary asking for terms of
peace and the withdrawal of the Prus-
sian troops, but here again Bismarck
headed off that emissary who was not
able to reach the King of Prussia
King George then undertook to re-
cover his throne. Bismarck replied by
Selling II large part of King George s
private fortune, which became what
was known as the Guelph fund, which
Bismarck held, and called the "reptile
fund.- using the income of it in in.
fucncing newspapers; and he made
Hanover Prussian province. But the
Guelphs retained their claim 10 the
throne of Hanover, the Duke Of Cum
berland, Prince Ernest's father, be-
ing the present claimant to that
throne,
After he had ousted Bismarck
Kaiser Wilhelm restored the Guelph
fund to the Duke Of Cumberland, who.
on succeeding to the Duchy Of Bruins.
wick, was recognized by the Bruins
wickians as their ruler, and the Duke
wrote to the Kaiser declaring that
while he was bound by VOW to his
Il Co. %r ho
of Hanover, he gave his full adhesion
TO the German empire as then consti~
tuted with Hanover as province
thereof, and pledged himself to do
nothing to disturb it. The Kaiser was
to accept this as settling the
whole matter, but Won Buclow, who
succeeded Bismarck, insisted on a full
renunciation of all claims to the Han
overian throne, which the Duke was
bound by his oath not to give. But
the Kaiser continued his efforts at
reconciliation. The Duke of Cumber~
land s son George was killed IN an
automobile accident in Prussia last
year, while on his way to the funeral
of his uncle, King Frederick of Den
mark. The Kaiser's sons hastened to
the scene, cared for the body, and their
interest and sympathy deeply touched
the Duke and Duchess Of Cumberland.
Prince Ernest, their only remaining
son, was sent to Potsdam to express
their thanks. Victoria Luise and
Prince Ernest fell in love with each
other on that visit. The Kaiser was
quite willing for this match, and well
coined it as a means Of ending the
feud. The German Federal Council ac-
cepts the Dukes profession Of loyalty
to the empire as already offered, as
sufficient, and thus Prince Ernest
will ascend the throne of Brunswick,
which his father the Duke of Cum-