The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-02
SHOULD SON-|N-LAW
OF EMPEROR RULE?
Question of Right TO Reign
Over Grand Duchy of
Brunswick Vexes.
CLAIMS CONFLICTING
Germans VIII Certainly Pro-
test if Scheme of Politi-
clans Is Worked Out.
CLAIMS CONFLICTING
BY FREDERICK WERNEF



Special Cable TO The Tribune.
BERLIN, Nov. 1.-The question
whether the kaiser 8 son-in-law, Prince
Ernest August Of Cumberland, should
be permitted to become ruler of the
grand duchy OF Brunswick without hav-
ing formally rclinquished his claims
to the throne Of the old kingdom Of
Hanover, is Mt present the Gordian knot
Of German politics. The reader abroad
mas probably heard only Of the very
strong opposition which has been raised
against this proposition by the nation
allstic press, while nothing OF next to
nothing has been written in foreign,
and certainly not In American papers,
about the parties who sympathize with
the kaiser and see no reason to OBJ
Ject to the proposition.
Back to Tradition.
The party Of Centrum, the strong
est political power in the land, has
ever since the days Of Windthorst had
too friendly feelings toward the
Guelphs not to assent to making the
only son Of the Duke Of Cumberland
ruler of Brunswick even If political
tradition is against placing q Guelph
upon the throne OF an Independent state
within the German bund. Nor do tho
Socialists object to q Guelph on the
throne Of Brunswick.
1t may seem inconsistent that the
Socialists, with their inclination to-
ward republicanism, do not place them
selves In determined opposition to an
German families, but it should be re-
membered that from Socielistic point
Of view Brunswick will be far better
off under liberal Guelph prince than
under an autocratic Prussian ruler, and
the grand duchy is today being ruled
according to the most approved Prus-
sian standards
On the part Of the German Agrarian
party no stones will DO laid In the path
of q Guelph prince returning to the
throne Of Brunswick
i: AS matter Of fact, the demands of
the Guelphs have 30 many sympathiZers
in the Bundesrat that no action to pre-
vent them from being realized Is possi-
bio If the Prussian government takes
the necessary steps to smooth the path
Of the kaiser 3 son-in-law to the throne
Of Brunswick
Protest Is Certain.
This does not mean, however, that
the scheme will be carried out without
violent protest from part Of the Ger
man people. It cannot be denied that
the Bundesrat Will have to go back on
its former resolutions II it sanctions
tho accession Of Prince Ernest August.
", considers the oath Of loyalty he
swore when he became m officer In
the German army q sufficient guarantee
of his good faith, then this means, Of
course, that tho agitators Of tho
Guelph party will get no encourage
mont from Brunswick, but the jing oes
will certainly never lose sight Of the
fact that his oath imposes no obliga-
tions on any sons he may have, =,
man7 AZ any syysssss sts it xaGs Is Gu' against sH ssss ss
Guelph danger will be made during the
coming session Of the reichstag,
Many are the symptoms which point
to q necessity Of revidon Of the Cor
man tariff. Things have changed con-
aiderably since 1909.
The now American tariff VIII surely
make Its influence felt in Germany,
and neither Russia nor Austria Is in
clined to renew the present commercial
trcaties. AT home the constant riso In
The price o1 meat has made us realize
that Germany will either have to open
Its doors wider for the import Of for
eirn meat By lowering the duty on
cattle or give a new impulse to the
breeding Of stock by taking the duty
off fodder and cattle food
Prejudice Is Evident.
The wave Of religious intolerance which
also threatens TO make itself felt n Ger
many has reached its hoight IN Russia
A single glance at tho notorious trial at
RleY Is enough to make one realize that
the powers Of darkness arc threatening
religious freedom; That i should actually
son willing to believe that Jews would
make use Of the blood OF Christians in osl
ebrating their most solemn religious fes-
out out and etiii everybody knows that also
found sharing that belief. Other coun:
tries may feel indignant against official
tTai to be Conducted by officials Of tho
state, but at tho present time Germany
In prohibited from muttering any sentence
The editor of the Turkish military mag
nxine "The National Dofenre," Mahmud
ZAfr, Boy. has interviewed tho Bulgarian
general, snvoff, comma nder-fn chief OF
fne Buisa Ran armies during the war, VINO
declared that the excellent discipline Of
the Bulgarian soldier WIS due to his care
ful military training during the last ten
yeara
The Bulsarans. the general said, had
en- ref,IIiy studied German. Russian and
Fronch army methods and had taken the
best points from each, creating a military
system of training peculiarly suitable to
Bulgarinns,
Proves Diplomacy.
Asked whether 10 considered German
or French guns the best tho general re-
piled with n diplomatic tact which King
Constantine OF Greece has reason TO envy.
"Our qulck-flring guns" he said, were
all Fronch OF the system Schneider Canet,
but we captured some quick-hring Krupp
gums OF older models at Kirk Kilise.
These wo found exceedingly useful to US,
Ibut Of course II would be absurd TO make