The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-11


I'd by little cloud with only the
most discerning notice,
The intense hatred In Great Britain
Of all things German should cause
anxiety In the breast Of King George
and there are unmiStakable signs
that II does VIII THE tiny cloud grow
blacker and more ominous.
To Americans, accustomed to seeing
the descendants Of score Of races
dwelling together In harmony, It Is
difficult 10 conceive the heights and
depths TO which hate here has come.
IL has extended TO everything with
the slightest German suggestion Every
man, woman or child with German
blood in their veins is made to feel
II. Aud among these are members Of
the royal family.
Case Of Prince Louis.
How the wind IL yeering was seen
clearly In the case Of Prince Louis OF
Battenberg, forced to resign rs First .
Sea Lord because he was part German, |
part English 1t Is doubtful whether
any person In the United Kingdom
witnessed the fall Of Prince Louis
with more chagrin than the king
The story Of Prince Louis Is highly
dIscreditablc 10 the British people,
and many, perhaps even a majority, !
have expressed feeling of shame
over Il.
For forty-siX years he has served IN .
the British navy and by merit, not by !
family connections he has risen to .
the highest rank In the greatest fleet
IN the world
He had, however, been born at .
Gratz, Austria His father was Prince .
Alexander Of Hesse The name He's
se' will inyoluntarlly recall To all .
Americans how close British royalty |
was to Germany In the Revolutionary |
war
He married granddaughter Of
Queen Victoria. Princess Victoria,
daughter Of Louis Nv, grand duke OF
Hesse, and Of Princess Alice, Queen |
NictOrias daughter lie was natural. |
lied British subject
lie had blood relatives on both |
Sides Of the present cOnflict-as has
every European sovereign. His neph |
ew, Prince Maurice Uf Battenhurg, u |
cousin Of King George was killed In |
notion while serving with the British .
army In France
The lnck Of startling successes
against the Germans ut the opening |
Of the war was laid at the door Of
Prince Louis by the Illogical British
public Even his wife came under sus
picion OF the German haters, al |
though both her sons are In the Brit |
ish navy, one lieutenant and the sec
Ond cadet
Long Medlsted TreaChery"
How high the tide Of wrath rose !
against the first sea lord may be |
judged by this quotation from the
London Globe
''The war has revealed such long
mediated treachery In high places
such astounding evidence that the
rulers OF Germany do not recognize
the same code Of national, or even pri- |
Vate, honor, As ourselves, that suspic |
Ion naturally fastens upon everyone
of German origin
We receive, day by day, a constant !
ly growing stream Of correspondence
ficer OF German birth AZ the prOfes |
sional head Of the navy Is assailed.
We would gladly dismiss these letters
from mind, but we cannot They are
too numerous too inslstent, too obyi-
ously the expression Of widespread
feeling"
This even more astounding TRADE
found its way into print
III there had not been German
king upon the British throne in 1778
the United States would be today a
loyal colony and would be pouring in
a million soldiers to fight under the
British flag"
Is II surprising that King George
receives Prince Louis In audience on
the day Of his resignation, this being |
the second interview in a week ap-
points him member Of the privy |
council, and sees that half way Of $40, |
900 II year is conferred ON hlp2"
Hing Understands.
King George undoubtedly under |
stands the situation fully. James II
the last Catholic king Of Great Brit
ain, abdicated the throne December |
II, 1888 and his daughter Mary and |
her husband the Prince OF Orange, !
were proclaimed king, william III and
Queen Mary IL Prince William OF
Orange was " Dutch blood
He was succeeded 10y Mary's sis |
ter, who became Queen Anne Anne
left no surviving child at her death |
In lIll aud the crown passed by the !
famous Act Of Settlement to the great |
grandson of King James |, George
Lewis, elcctor VI Hanover.
Thus, just two centuries before the |
outbreak Of the great war, the throne |
of Great Britain was given into the |
hands Of German He hecame |
George | aud among his titles was
that NJ Duke Of Brunswick Iuneburg !
For his wife he took German prin-
cess Sophie Dorothea, daughter Of
George William, Duke " Brunswick
rnd Ielle. She never came to Eng
land. George / died IN Germany and
ls hurled In Hanover
Their son, George II married an
other German, Wilhelmina Charlotte
Caroline, daughter Of John Frederick
Margrayc of Brandenburg. Anspach
Their second son ascended the
throne " Great Britain as George Ill
after his brothers death, aud again
an English monarch took German
wife. She was Charlotte sophia, !
daughter " Charles Louis Frederick.
ssisning duke N Mecklenburg Strelltz |
Son Like Father
The etorV IL rpnaatnd Iu ta,r,, !