The Washington herald., 1913-06-11
Court Gossip of Interesting
Events on Two Continents

work OF number of Prussian generals
known to be his friends. has made a
splash at Paris. This might have been
expected when he asked his fathers.
the Emperor's. leave to dedicate IL to
HIM There is nothing offensive to the
| French people in the preface. Stin, IL
| might have been better. under present
international circumstances. to have
kept his views for the intimacy of pri-
vate conversations. His status as future
German Emperor will call attention
everywhere to the salient passages They
are free from military fanaticism that
so often appears in the Memoirs of
Prince Frederick Charles of which a
translation by French officer has Just
come out, by permission of the French
war minister. The only instance Of mil
itary enthusiasm in the Crown Princes
preface is when in speaking of a charge
at the review of the cavalry OF the
Prussian Guard. he excIaims: Than
which there Is no sight on earth so
splendid and inspiring
But it wants something to make what
follows satisfactory. That something
whispered by a comrade in the Princes
ear. Is 'the enemy. and the deadly rush.
sword in hand. against him Said the
comrade: IF We had him before u.s. our
onrush would not be in vain,'' and, in
repeating the words, the Prince exclaims:
He spoke as a good cavalry man
'Dulce est pro patria MORT" Ut Is
sweet to die for ones fatherIand-)
This proves that. in some respects, at
least. We are not further advanced than
the barbarians- The Crown Prince, l am
told by one who had many opportunities
Of seeing him in private and In public.
is, without being a man of wide views.
Of kindly sympathies. a musician. over
flowing with the joys of life, well-mean-
ing and kindly. Still he sympathizes
with the furia OF carnage. that thrust
ing the sword into the enemy, for which
Frederick Charles pinned and which the
Crown Princes "Comrade in the Guards
quoted to express full delight to the cav
airy charge.
The crown prince not long ago brought
out a book. evidently the mirror Of his
mind and the emotional side OF his being.
He Is at once. as are most Germans.
matter of fact. with a tendency toward
poetry of a diffused kind. toward the
'Gemuethlichkeit,' as was the case Of his
august ancestress, Queen Victoria though
on a superior plane. His style has merit.
being fluent He is easy. unaffected as
was she. but imbued with a rather good
tempered philosophy TO which she was
stranger. II leads him TO take the
world as he finds II and to endure as a
great fact Of the age a universal craving
among individuals and nations for-uches
and what II can buy.
People do not mind he says. ''ths
means by which wealth has been won.
They have lost respect for birth and
transferred the sentiment to the pos
session of a pile" This brings on a
can. Not that the prince wants any one
to live like the anchorite who fed on
Iocusts and wild honey and to reneunce
comfort or even modern luxury, much as
value simple living" While admitting
that diplomacy can soften International
Jars and sometimes solve conflicts of in
terest. he believes that disputes IN the
world. as il now Is, must arise which
the sword alone can settle.
Is he quite sure? Whenever did tho
sword. save in resisting invasion or mis-
government. ever settle anything for
long? Cressy, Poitiers, Pavia. Blenhiem.
Jena, are now mere names. Waterloo was
only decisive in clearing of a man OF
military genius already played out IN
health, mental energy. and fortune. Its
great and quite unforeseen consequences
were a transfer of power to a few at the
time unheard of. the Earrings. Labouchere.
the Rothschild and to the COburg family.
The Coburgs were only known to Europe
owing to the military trouncings one OF
their members, serving as a colleague of
the Duke of Brunswick, met with from
the early generals OF the French re-
public. FLANEUR