Evening journal., 1913-05-30

Behind the German Emperor's ex-
traOrdinary friendly manifestations
toward the House Of Guelph on the
occasion Of his daughters marriage to-
the heir of the senior branch of that
House, whom he created an independ-
ent sovereign, by imperial decree. is
seen in some quarters the desire Of
Germany to secure from England
Cking George is Hanovarian
Guelph privileges i'm. Africa for
which the Kaiser is ready to concede
to Britain the control or the Persian
Gulf section Of the Bagdad Railway.
which means so much in bringing
England nearer to India. Germany
Is to be given free hand in making
new delineations Of territory in the
Congo and East Africa.
Berlin is fully aware OF the value
of the Bagdad Railway, the conces-
sion for the building of which by a
German syndicate was the highest
mark OF the Sultan's favor on one
hand and iemarkable achievement
of the kaiser's astuteness and dip
lomacy on the other. Germany would
surrender control of the smallest sec
ton of that vitality important line of
communication with the keenest re-
gret
1t is true that the maintenance Of
English supremacy in India would
prevent an inundation and subjuga-
tion of that empire by Asiatic races
and might result even in the destruc-
tion Of the prestige and influence Of
the white race the world over. From
this point of view it would be Eng
land which, though a great gamer
by the agreement, would be render
ing a service to Germany and all Of
Western Europe mt when all is
considered, ! cannot get myself to be-
lieve that the l[aiser would be guilty
OF so fragrant q breach OF hospitality
and friendship toward his other kins-
man, the Gar. who also was an in
vited and enthusiastically welcomed
guest at the wedding Of the Kaiser's
daughter, the recipient or ;ar more
marks of respect and greater ova-
tions than George, King Of England
and Emperor of India. Russia also
is straining every point to live up to
Peter the Greats prophetic words
that Russia was destined to open the
gate to India. And why should Ger
many NEEDLE. having no AK OF her
own to grind?
Why not take the Kaiser's act for
that which no doubt it was meant to
convey, namely: A ventilator TO let off
some of the exuberance OF his joy at
seeing his pet child, his only daugh-
ter, happily married to the man Of her
choice. the scion of an ancient dynas-
tic house? This. to my mind, is all
that this creating Prince Ernst
August sovereign ruler of German
principality amounts TOTO which he
was the rightful heir, anyway.
It is not the province Of Flaneur tc
be the chronicler of the wedding OF
such magnitude in its proportions and
so highly significant. inasmuch as ths
daily papers have printed columns o
interesting details about It. But whai
has not been told is how very inde
pendent the bridesmaids of Princess
Luise have proved themselves to be
OF the same type, in fact, as the brid'
herself who declined to be a pawn il
European diplomatic affairs. Each o
them in her time has had occasion &
do the same, and Of this / am gOinl
to speak.
The incident which established tn
Independence OF the Russian Crane
Duchess Olga occurred when th'
Kaiser and tho Gar in 1912 met II
Finnish waters. II was then that tn
two emperors planned 10 marry Olgl
10 Prince Adelbert Of Prussia. tn
kaiser's third. son, who then was q
years Of age. and accompanied hil
! imperial father on the latter's yacht
the Hohenzollern. having been takeI
away from home because of his in
terest displayed i'm a well-known mu
sic hall actress.
To have accomplished the marriage
of the grand duchess and the prince
would have been a great diplomatil
stroke. as It would have tended &
unite two vast empires, Russia AM
Germany. No doubt the prince woul'
have had to obey his stern father. bu
! the daughter of the Car declined q