The Washington herald., 1914-10-30
ATTACKS FORCE
SEALORD OUT
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Resigns from British Ad-
miralty Under Fire.
VICTIM OF INNUEND0
Bom.a German. His Nationality Led
to Yelled Charges of Treason Fol-
lowing Declaration of War.
VICTIM OF INNUENDO
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Special Cabls 10 The Washington HerIh.
London, Oct. 2.-The court circular to-
night announces that Prince Louis OF Bat
tenberg has resigned from the admiralty.
Thus ends the campaign OF innuendo and
more or less open villihcation that has
been directed against the first sea lord Of
the British navy from the very beginning
Of the war.
Prince Louis crime was that he was
born a German. The fact that he had
served forty-six years IN the British navy
and had risen from the rank Of cadet to
chief commander by hard work. loyalty
and sheerability counted but little in his
favor when war broke out with Germany
against the damning fact that his father
was q Prussian oficer.
Shortly after the war started stories
that the first sea lord has been arrested
as a German spy were put in circulation.
They even gained so much credit that II
became necessary 10 make a formal de-
nial. That these rumors were extremely
painful, not only to the chief Of the ad-
miralty. but also to the royal family, goes
without saying. for Prince Louis was
married to a granddaughter Of Queen
Victoria and always has been persona
grata at the English court.
Prints Violent Attack.
The rumors concerning the alleged dis
loyalty Of the actual. directing head Of
the British navy took definite shape
shortly after the sinking Of the three
English cruisers by the German sub
marine Us, Disguised reference to them
began to appear in the English news
papers. Only nine days ago the Globe,
one Of the oldest and most conservative
OF London's evening papers. said:
This war has revealed such long
a fraarharrr IN hfOh U1anae aTIrh
astounding evidence that the rules Of
Germany do not recognize the same code
OF national or even private honor as our
selves, that suspicion naturally fastens
upon every one of German origin.
We receive day by day a constantly
growing stream of correspondence in
which the wisdom Of having an officer
of German birth as the professional
head of the navy is assailed. We would
gladly dismiss these letters from mind.
but We cannot They are too numerous,
too insistent. too obviously the express
sion OF a widespread feeling"
About this time the rumOr that Prince
Louis. Of Battenberg had been arrested
on the charge Of high treason and was
confined in the Tower OF London be-
came so insistent that semi-ofticial denial
was circulated for publication in the Eng
lish press.
Prince Louis was born in Austria. His
father was Prince Alexander. OF Hesse.
At the age Of fourteen Prince Louis be-
came naturalized as an Englishman and
Joined the British navy. His advance
has been attributed largely to his tech
nical skill and knowledge. He is a
scientist and inventor, having to his
credit such inventions as a cone signaling
apparatus which can flash lights so they
can be read at q distance Of twelve miles.
The Battenberg family is victim to
that tragic conjunction Of events which
often occurs in royal houses when rival
Kingdoms are at war. Prince Louis is
an uncle OF Prince Maurice. OF Batten-
berg, whose death. from wounds re-
ceived while fighting for England, was
announced only yesterday. Prince Maui
rice, however. was English born, so
there was never any question of his
loyaltN