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


using the fund for various purposes OF
corruption. so that the fund was given
the name of the reptile fund"
In 1905. after the death OF the prince
regent. Albert Of Prussia. the Duke OF
CufsSerland wrote the emperor pr0posing
to renounce the ducai crown OF Bruns-
wick in favor OF his younger son. Erneser
Augustus. who Also would abandon bib
refused. The marriage of Ernest
Augustus with the daughter OF the En-
peror of Germany. May -. 1913. has
solved the problem and thus on the ID
Brunswick soiemnly entered the city Of
Brunswick and acceded to the throne.
The German press. apropos OF the incl.
dent of the crown princes Intervention.
mentions IL with vari.
Crown Prince Gus degrees Of appre-
Pan-Germanic. anu "
most part Is moro
sympathetic than otherwise to the crown
prince. who Is taken to be thus more pan.
Germanic and more patriotic than the gov.
eminent The Gazette dc Voss ia an ex-
ception: IT declares that the incident Is
not nattering for the reigninG dynasty.
IT declares besides. that the idea OF the
crown prince In opposing the emperor 10
not new. but that II is rather q character
istic OF the Hohenzoliern mind
The Gazette recalls that Ming Frederick
! when crown prince WAS on very bad
terms with his rather. the &. and eiector.
and fina.iy when he succseoed to the
throne destroyed the paIernal testament.
Also the son or Frederick William I
w.en crown prince attacked hts father Q
government. HE detested display. Knocked
at art and science TO such q point ~ to
appoint his court jester president OF the
Academy OF Sciences. His stern action
In his treatment Of his son, who later
.ecame Frederick the Great. 10 we'll
known. He caused him to be arrested
as a deserter and would have excluded
him from succession to the throne.
Frederick. the son. when he succeeded TO
the throne. recalled the savants who had
been banished by his father. HIS success
sor. the great william" FASTENED to re-
vert to the system Of intoierances prac-
ticed by Frederick William l.
After the death Of Frederick. his son.
Frederick William IL. caused his fathers
mistress to be arrested. He condemned
his ministers and repealed his religious
edicts. In the last year of his reign VIII
liam II In turn WAS Obliged IN struggle
against the opposition OF his son. The
latter. !. frederick William III. was also In
conflict with the crown nr'nce his broth
err. the future emperor. William I.
sword at the feet Of the king with these
words: None may serve any LONGER
with honor under your command VII
liam | had political differences v!sa his
son. In 1854. for fact the crown prince
openly expressed his Interpretation ~
the minister concerning certain rules re-
gard.ng the press. And finally " IL well
known that the present emperor. W!'fan
ii. when crown prince. was the Omen Al
versary of his fathers policy. And the
series continued. for Crown Prince Fred
erick is now In turn the open adversary
of his fathers policy.
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During the Franco-German conflict over
Morocco the German chancellor was
speaking I'm the reichstag
Dramatic on the subject In the
midst OF his argument the
Entlance. door of the imperial lodge
opened and the crown prince entered. at
tired in black ornamented With white
braid. the lusubrious uniform Of the
Death Hussars." The crown prince sst
i'm the front row of the loge. ana
while Herr Won Bethman- Hollweg spoke
in measured tones OF the pending Franco
German and Angio-German reiAdo0o
Prince Frederick assumed a defiant attl.
tude toward the speaker. all the while
nervously twisting his sword knot ans
making gestures of manifest disapproba-
ton.
4 few moments later TIE minister was
followed by Herr Won Heydebrandt. HIS
speech was long. long arraignment OF
the government, in which he spoke OF
humiliation and other things. when the
prince applauded with ostentAton. the
deputies were both amused ana aston.
ished 1t was AZ II they were looking II
a plav the theater.
The conflict between father and son.
the emperor and the crown prince. APP
peared irremediable. That evening at
court dinner where the crown prince was
conspicuously absent the emperor treated
his minister with unusual marks OF SYM
pathy and esteem.
The press commented freely upon the
incident but the matter passed without
result, for the chancellor remained ut his
post The EorwaertZ SOCIALIST Was al
most the only journal to place itself on
constitutional grounds The prince hsd
the right as a member OF the royal family
to express his opinion to his rather II
the father consented to hear him. Blt
how could the crown prince undertake
to ask explanations OF the chancellor
unless the chancellor consented TO explain
the reasons for lis policy
In the former intervention IL appears
that the emperor and the crown prince
had tempestuous Inter
Emperor's view; in the actual case there
is no evidence that the CHI
OouiSe. pcror has paid any attention
whatever to II. but doubtless gave ms
chancellor free rein 10 treat II as ne
might think best For fact the crown
nrjnc,e has written another letter 10 the
chancellor in which ne IL said TO express
profound regret that an indiScrction had
been committed which had caused the
reserves he had expressed TO the
chancellor TO he published The crown
prince added that the explanation which
had been furnished him by the chancellor
had contributed to enl!ghten him and to
see things IN different light. lie al
firmed that he was not In opposition on
the Brunswick question with the govern
ment point OF view.
The Courier de la Bourse writes: 1T Is
evident that In that affair there - a new
characteristic victory as in the case OF
the Intervention in the reichstag in No
vember, 1911" The present incident Is
closed and the lesson administered TO the
crown prince will doubtless prevent the
recurrence of desire for Intervention.
The centennial fetes in commcmoration
of the battle of Leipzig we're celebrated
in that city October Is with unusual dis
play. The speech at the banquet b. King
Observation-Disclosures Of Saxony is note
worthy because. of its pacific note. To
day he said the peoples who fought =
hundred years ago under the walls OF
Leipzig no longer march III SERTED ranks
over narrow battlefieids. but are rivals
now only on the broad fields OF pacific
development