El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-03
EXERTS AN
INFLUENCE
ON KAISER
Crown Princess Gets Him to
Replace Old "Mummies"
with More Dashing Men.
PROPHECIES WE'LL
FOR COURT GAYETY
BY STEVEN BURNETT.

" ERLIN, GERMANY, Jan. 3.-Cpown
n princess Cecilie is one of the most
active women in society, ana II
mas not surprised anyone that sue He19
wasted no time in exerting her old IN
tIuence over her imperial fatherlnlaW
from the moment she returned from
her exile IN DanZig. The result OF ner
influence became known on New rear $
day, when number of the Oldest OF
1lclaIs of the kaiser's court, whom the
crown princess with her usual lack OF
reverence has always designated as a
lot of mummies" were placed on the
retired list to give way for younger
and more up to date men, who, II IS
hoped, viii insist less on ceremony
than their predecessors. The crown
princess, who IS a passionate lover OF
the tango, even hopes that she shall De
able to persuade them to Join forces
with her in her efforts to induce the
kaiser to raise his ban against South
American dances.
Master of Ceremonies seRetires."
chief among the court officials who
nave been permitted" to retire is the
chief master of ceremonies and mar
shall of court, count August zu Eulen-
burg, who is rs years old, and who, I
am told, consented to retire only on
condition that he be made minister OF.
the royal house, a. mere sinecure, where
the old man will be quite harmless.
me man CHOSEN to fill the important
office of count Zu Eulenburg is Fret
herr Hugo Won Reischach, former court
marshal to empress Friedrich and
brOtherinlaW of the duke of RatibOr,
by no means a young man, but in thor
ough sympathy with the younger ele-
ment at court
number of colonies of the various
regiments of the guard have been given
minor offices at court and this fact
prophecies well for future entertain
nlents at which the crown princess will
now permanently take the place of the
gOod
AS for the crown prince, who is now
attached to the general staff of the
army, his new duties are far more
commander, and certainly far less to
his liking, but the kaiser has insisted
that he must remain at least a year
with the general staff and his su-
perlors nave ORDERS 70 keep ms nose
continually against the grindstOne, so
Berlin society will see very little Of
him.
The kaiseTs decision TO remove the
crown prince from Danzig to Berlin
has both surprised and pleased mill
tary and political opinion, and is really
the act of an emperor rather than that
of a father.
Prince Apologies to Chancellor.
On several occasions the crown
prince has revealed himself in strong
opposition either to the prevailing po-
ltical opinion at the time or to well
known views of his father. For some
time he was reputed to be almost en-
tirely influenced by the Pan-German-
lists. The letter expressing his formal
of his fathers and the
chanceuOr's attitude on the question
of his brOtherinlaW' succession to the
sequestrated throne of Brunswick is
the most notable instance.
The crown princes view was that
the assurances which the kaiser and
readily accepted from prince
Ernest August, that the Guelph and
campaign in Hanover
should receive no support from his
family, were really insufficient. The
etter involved a hurried journey across
Germany, a long but lunchless inter
view with the kaiser. and an apologize
etter to the chancellor.