Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16
Frederick Williams

Frederick Williams of Europe. anent
-, the recent inter
StipuidtloH. vention of the
Crown Prince Frederick William in the
matter of the duchy of Brunswick. The
crown prince objected in "A communities
ton to the imperial chancellor that his
therin-law. Ernest-Augustus, should
not be permitted to become Duke OF
Brunswick unless by an explicit renunc'a-
ton of the throne of Hanover
The incident is full of political sig
niticance, and il would have had even
the day of the unexpected divulgation of
the crown princes letter October Isl
there were other incidents that distracted
attention-the centennial fetes of the bat
tie of Leipzig and the new aeronautic
catastrophe in the explosion of Zeppelin
LIZ. the greatest Of the German aerial
fleet. resulting i'll the deaths of the
twenty-eight persons composing the
equipage-incidents of international inn
portance in their consequences.
The divulgation of the Intervention of
the crown prince was due to the following
note contained in the Leipziger Neueste
Nachrichten, which. reproduced in the
Berlin press, created stir in diplomatic
and court circles and first Of all in the
mind of the emperor himself The note
said:
We learn that the crown prince recent
~ addressed letter to the imperial cham
cellor. in which he protested against the
accession to the throne of the duchy of
Brunswick of ErnestAugustus. unless il
was accompanied by an explicit renuncia-
ton of he throne of Hanover for the
duke and his descendants.
The latest phase of the Brunswick
situation is follows: The federal
council. 1T appears,
Federal Council has accepted unani-
mously Pru $ | a 8
0e4uieSeS' proposition. which
affirms that Prince Ernest-Augustus
may succeed to the duchy of Bruins
wick and that such succession is in ac-
cord with the treaties of alliance ex-
listing between the confederated states.
In the opening session of the council
Minister Hartwig. representing the
government of Brunswick -Lunebourg
announced that the duke of Cumber-
land had renowned his right to the
throne of Brunswick and the document
of such remuneration had been deposited
with the bureau of the council.
The essentials of the reasons given
are AS follows:
BY the marriage of Prince Ernest
Angus us with her royal highneSs the
Princess Nictoria-Lou:sa of Prussia in
innate family bonds have been created
between the royal house of Prussia and
the ducal house of Brunswick Lune-
bcure
Ljrrh
wi h the assent of his father has re-
quested post in the Prussian army
and taken an oath OF fidelity and obed-
fence to his majesty the emperor and
king.
His royal highness considers himself
bound thus, as he has cause to be known
by letter to the chancellor by the oath
ana py the promise not to take part in
any enterprise tending to modify the
actual territory of the kingdom of Prus-
STA his royal highness Ernest-Augus-
tus considers himself as bound forever by
the oath. since it includes engagements
which necessarily bind all princes of the
confederation
This ironciad document thus cuts off
any latent desire of Pr nee Ernest-Augus-
tus to reign over Hanover At the same
time 1t shuts off any further intervention
OF the crown prince who appears to be
pursued by the desire of interference
Even in Germany there is certain mys-
NEEDING in matters which directly be-
long to the chancellor and indirectly to
the emperor.
The alleged motive ascribed TO the
action of the kronprinZ is that when he
snail become emperor he must occupy
himself with this question of Brunswick
Hanover. and he prefers TO take 1t UP by
anticipation. Just what the emperor
thinks of the matter has not transpired,
but beyond some expressions as to the
nf SatI a
is diScreetly silent
This dynastic problem. which has been
a source of much serious consideration
III Germany. l dare say ap-
UynaStlC pears complex to the gen.
rL1 erai reader. and its origin
may be recalIed-its gem
eral lines with advantage.
The former kingdom of Germany en-
braced old Brunswick Luneburs and the
princpalities of Hildesheim. East Fries
land. GottinSen and Osnabruck The
early history of Hanover is the history
of Brunswick In 1879 Ernest-Augustus
secured the elective dignity for his house
from the Emperor Leopold | and became
eector of Hanover. He married Eliza
rick V the granddaughter OF James OF
England, thus connecting the Iianoverian
house with that Of ENGLAND and Scotland.
In I'LL, on the death of Queen Anne.
George Louis of Hanover assembled the
throne Of England az George l. being
the nearest Protestant heir through his
mother. the Electress Sophia.
In 1901 Prussia, having refused To rec
ognize the neutrality of Hanover. threw
troops into the electorate, but evacuated
ii the following year in accordance with
the treaty between France and England.
In 1907 Napoleon ceded Hanover to Prus-
STA. In 1910 a portion of Hanover was
united with France and divided into the
departments of pouches of the Elba
and pouches of the Weser and the
Seine" Hanover was ceded to George
Ill, King of England. November {. 1918.
and subsequently, was raised by the con-
gress OF Vienna to the rank OF kingdom.
William " assembled the throne of Han
over in 1890 The death of William "
in 1887 placed Hanover under the next
heir, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumber-
land son of George III. IN the war OF
1866 Hanover threw in her lot with Aus
tra Prussian troops occupied Hanover.
and June IS the Hanoeerian army capitu-
lated.
By the peace OF Prague, Hanover was
incorpora ted with Prussia Both George
Y. who died in 1878, and his son Ernest
Augustus Duke OF Cumberland, refused
TO acknowledge the act OF annexation
and went into exile. On this account
their private estates III Hanover were
sequestered By Prussia and the proceeds
accredited to the Guelph fund. The
Hanoverian deputies maintained con-
stant protest in the reiehstag against tine
annexa ton but finally in lS!2 Ernest
Augustus renowned ali intention OF
Intriguing against Prussia and then The