The Washington herald., 1913-05-24
SATURDAY. MAY "a. 1873
Guelph- -HohenzoIIern Hatchet Buried at
Last.

Todsy's marriage at Berlin of the
Princess Victoria Luise of Prussia,
only daughter of the German Kaiser,
and Prince Ernst August of Cumber-
land, is being made the occasion of an
extraordinary demonstration of Anglo
German and Russo-Gernan amity.
Prominent among the royalties present
is the King of England and the Gar
of Russia.
Prince Ernst was born November IL,
1887, as the second son of Ernst Au-
gust, Prince of Great Britain and Ire
land, and third Duke of Cumberland
and of his wife, Princess Thyra of
Denmark, fourth daughter of the late
King Christian TX (sister OF Queen
Alexandra OF England and of the
Dowager Empress of Russia. The
young prince, therefore. is first cousin
TO both the Gar and King George
Among the wedding presents which
Kaiser Wilhelm will bestow upon his
son-in-law are patents investing him
with the sovereignty of the Duchy of
Brunswick and the Grand Duchy of
Lueneburg. These great honors are
to mark the Kaiser's desire to have
all "old unkindness" between Prussia
and Hanover forgotten. They have no
other meaning, since Prince Ernst rep
resents the dynasty which reigned in
Hanover until driven out by Prussia
in 1866. Braunschweig-Luene be-
ing the original designation of the fam
lily whence sprung the House of Han
over (Guelphs.)
Guelph and Hohenzollern will be rec
onciled today at the altar in the Dom
kirche," where the Herr Oberhofpredi-
ger ties the knot at the grand nuptial
ceremony, TO witness which sovereigns
great and small have hocked to the
German capital, either in person or by
proxy. To celebrate this historic event
the German Kaiser. as head of the
House of Hohenzollern and King of
Prussia, can afford to make memorable
a union that removes the Brunswick
Hanover question from the catalogue
Of his many troubles.
Hanover, now a province of Prussia.
finds it difficult to forget that once it
was an independent kingdom and the
cradle of the present British dynasty.
1t might be kingdom today but for
the mistake it made in 1866, when it
joined Bavaria, Saxony. Wurtemberg,
and several other minor German states.
who cast their lot with Austria against
Prussia. Result: Annexation by the
Prussians, and the iron hand of Bis
narck. But Hanoverian deputies in
the Reichstag, ever since, have been
chronically in opposition ('Loyalisten''}
constituting a group that very often
has perplexed the German chancellors
One of the six departments (Regier-
ungs Bezirke) into which Hanover is
divided, is Lueneburg. The city of !
that name is medieval of aspect, but |
it has an entirely modern business ca
pability. 1t has but 10000 inhabitants. |
but may be a very agreeable little grand |
ducal capital, provided that the newly
created sovereign does not elect to re-
side at the famous old city of Braun
schweig His father was debarred by
the first Emperor William from sue
ceeding TO the ducal throne because he
would not renounce his claim upon the
kingdom of Hanover. Ever since
Brunswick has been administered by
one of the Hohenzollern princes as re-
gent, to be turned over to the rightful
ruler on just such an occasion as the
present one.
The aged duke, the bridegroom's
father, will now sbdicate in his sons
favor, and the latter, with his Hohen-
zollern bride, will reside in the ancient
Schloss at Braunschweig and found
second Guelph dynasty. -