Evening star., 1914-10-25

| and their majesties, when such a state
| of affairs came about. were not long in
submission to the will of the kaiser
| must have been. nor in disclosing their
personal dislike of him
Before Prince Lichnowsky left Lon
don King George notified him that he
and the queen desired to give up every
order bestowed on them by the Ger
| man emperor and they also returned
the insignia of each to the kaiser
Later. at a specially convened chapter
! of the Garter. the kaiser was expelled
from the order. the warrant of eXpul-
sion being signed by King George. This
! is the first time for several hundred
years that any foreign monarch has
been expelled from the Garter order
and it is difficult to conceive of any
greater indignity that one monarch
could offer another than did King
George when he expelled the kaiser
from the most ancient and honorabl
of all British orders.
At King Georges instance the name
of the kaiser was removed from the
| list of members of the Marlborough
Club and the Royal Yacht Squadron
and the large bust of the German en-
peror which has hitherto stood in the
chief state reception saloon at Buck
ingham Palace. has been removed and
placed in one of the cellars.
Except in one instance King Georges
personal dislike of the kaiser has not.
of course, Influenced the course of the
war or the events that led to it. That
exception was when King George sent
his telegram to the czar on the Satur-
day night before the declaration of
war by Germany on Belgium. Had
King George sent his message to the
| kaiser there is just the off chance that
Dh tod in pl n p
the diplomatic negotiations and that
possibly war might have been averted.
The chance was extremely remote: 1t
| is indeed reported in the royal en-
tourage that King George himself was
desirous of communicating with the
kaiser instead Of the cZar, but was
| overruled by Queen Mary. whom one
suspects is chiefly responsible for the
outbreak of anti-kaiser fever preva
| lent at the English court at present
Mr. Asquith was, Of course. consulted
Before the wire was sent, but in the
then state of affairs the prime minister
probably did not regard 1t as a pro-
| ceeding which could seriously influence
events one way or the other and left it
| to the king to decide as to whether
this final appeal for peace should be
sent to the Emperor of Germany or the
| czar. and the influence at court resulted
| in it being sent to the car.
On the outbreak of war Lord Ions
dale, specially intimate friend of the
kaiser, desired to communicate with
him if possible. The only way open to
Lord Lonsdale to do SO was to send his
| letter by the departing German ambas-
sador, Prince Lichnowsky, but he could
! only do this with the consent either of
l hn ion nr
| Lord Lonsdale went to the king and
| informed him of the precise nature of
| the communication he wished to make
| to the kaiser and asked his majesty if
he (the king) would give his note to
the ambassador to take to the kaiser.
| King George, however, refused to do
| this, and moreover requested him not
to submit his request to the foreign
granted it, Lord Lonsdale was. of
course, bound to respect the kings ex-
pressed wish. But although he did so,
Lord Lonsdale. according to a report in
| the royal encourage, had some high
| words with the king over the matter.
with the result that the sporting earl
| will proba bly, not be received at court
| again.
| 1t is not anti-German fever that is
| prevalent at the English court, but
| simply an outbreak of personal antag
| onism to the kaiser. Before Prince
| Christians son, Prince Albert, went to
\
he was received by the King and given
| an assurance that when the war was
! over he would be received again in this
| country, but he was frankly told that
| never again would the sovereign of it
! willingly receive the kaiser, and that
| the prince might convey that message
| to the emperor if he pleased. in the
| future it appears to be quite certain
| that minor German royalties resident
| in England will have to sever all their
| connections with the German court, for
the English court will make it intoler-
able for any who remain on friendly
| terms with the kaiser.
| With one notable exception King
| Georges relatives in England are ap-
| parently in sympathy with the anti
| kaiser outbreak at the English court,
| proba bly, because the German emperor
| treated them habitually with even less
| ceremony than he did the English mon
arch.
| The exception is the Princess Henry
of Battenberg and her family. Princess
| Henry has never had a great personal
! regard for the German emperor en-
press, but she is highly indignant at
what she deems to be the gratuitous
| insults that have been offered to the
! emperor by the English monarch. Prin-
| cess Henry is we'll off and quite inde-
pendent of the favor of the English
reigning house, except that without it
she could not very we'll continue to re-
side in England. That the situation at
the English court may ultimately re-
| suit in the princess leaving England is
quite possible.
| Queen Mary does not like her and the
princess certainly has not much liking
| for her majesty, who was one of the
| bitterest opponents of the marriage
| between the Princess Ena, the daugh-
ter of the Princess Henry. and the
King of Spain. Queen Mary. who was
Princess of Wales at the time of the
| marriage, objected because it involved
| the Princess Ena changing her reli-
| gion. and she used all her influence to