The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-18
Vision of German Banners
Waving Over the Tower
Of London Is No Idle
Dream.

ally her influence has been spur to her
husbands indiscrctions. Their wild So
cial career in Berlin caused the Kaiser to
send his son to his regiment, the Death $
Head IIussars, at DantZig. The crown
prince showed his disregard of parental
authority by inviting his fellow army
officers to a dinner served in the most
stingy fashion. lie served only the cheap
est German dishes, including mutton
hash. which the Kaiser was accustomed
TO devour in public maneUvers as an ex-
ample to his soldiers. thick pea soup, and
Dutch cheese.
A few months later the chance to do
his father a real injury came. France
and Germany had been OH the verge of
war over Morocco for months. Finally
an agreement was reached. II was an
nounced that the chancellor. DR.. Won
Bethmann-Holweg. would present II in
Reichstag on a certain day. BY driving
half the night in a fast racing car. the
prince reached Berlin. When the Parlia-
ment assembled every eye was drawn
to the royal box, where sat the crown
prince in full uniform aud the crown
princess, arrayed in a huge red hat that
inevitably focused attention.
When the chancellor mentioned the
name OF a secretary OF colonial affairs
who had resigned because he did not like
the Agadir agreement. the crown prince
leaned far out of his box and applauded
noisily. At the words our peaceful pro-
fessions are regarded abroad as a sign
CT weakness" and "Germany's position in
the world can only be safeguarded by
the German sword" from a monarchist
deputy. the prince became even more vo-
ciferous.
Kaiser .'Gcts Back" at Son.
The Kaiser was furious and his anger
lasted many months. The following sum-
mer on the occasion of the army man.
euvers, the crown prince had his regi-
ment drawn up ready for the Emperor.
After a long wait the Emperor finally
sent an aid to review the body. The
Kaiser had found a way to wound the
heart of his military son. The prince
could not restrain himself from showing
his chagrin in public.
A short time later the feud had a comic
twist when the crown prince announced
that he was about to build a boat to race
against his father at KieL The father
forbade the building of the boat-at
which sportsmen marveled. But perhaps
considerations OF sport should give way
to considerations of state. Only the in
tercession OF the Kaiserin, on the plead
ing OF the irresistible Crown Princess &C.
ellie, prevented the stationing of the
prince at Koenigsberg, city far away
from the possibility of Berlin gaities,
even in the day of the motorcar.
An apparent period of truce was fol-
lowed by the two sensational incidents Of
the preface to Germany in Arms" and
the Hauptmann play. The crown prince
frankly tried to make his father appear
less German than the heir to the throne.
Another Sensational Affair.
A still more sensational affair followed,
the attempt of the crown prince to sac
rifice his only sister. the winsome Ouch
ess of Brunswick. on the altar Of his am
billions. To render his own tenure OF
the vast Prussian empire more secure
he would have prevented her from being
wed to a husband whom she truly loved
and who truly loved her, although un-
lern. Openly the prince tried TO force
his father to prevent the marriage un
less the Duke OF Brunswick renounced
ths shadowy yet proud claim OF his
house to the former kingdom of Han
over.
But the willingness to sacrifice a sister
should not have been deemed amazing in
one who would sacrifice his countrymen.
Kaiser Wilhelm upholds the theory of
the divine right Of kings TO justify his
present lordship: his son would use the
doctrine to Justify the grasping all the
lands which the German arms can SUBJ
due.
Pretending to adore his fatherland, the
young prince would enter wars sure to
create widows and orphans by the hun
dred Thousand. And for what? He would
say to give Germany an outlet for her