The Washington herald., 1915-01-31


ter reigning queen over
the northwestern part of his dominions?
The English, who have been wishing
eternal toothache upon the Kaiser during
the day and eternal neuralgia for him by
night ever since the war began, are hop
ing against hope that this awful trick Of
fate can be brought about.
1t cannot be denied that the stage is
nicely set and the actors are all ready
for such tragedy. The only question is
does Fate think we'll enough of England
to write and direct the play?
The Kaiser, as everybody knows, has
six sons and only one daughter. She is
the Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia,
and of all his family, she is the closest to
the Kaiser's heart. Just a year ago last
May the princess was married to Prince
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick,
and the only son of the English Duke of
Cumberland.
Thus was brought to an end the his
toric quarrel between the House Of
Hohenzollern and the Guelphs, and thus
was the stage partly set for the tragedy
the English are praying Fate to bring
about.
The English, strange to say. have a
more or less legitimate claim to the
northwesternmost province of Germany,
that is, Hanover. For back in 1892
Hanover became connected with the
Brunswick family when Ernest Augustus
became elector' of Hanover. He married
the granddaughter of James l. and the
niece of Charles l. of England In 1898
he was succeeded by. his son George
Louis, who became GeorgesI of England
in 1714. The connection with England
continued through four reigns, and in
1914 the congress of Vienna raised Han
over to the rank of a kingdom, George
~. and William ". thus being kings Of
Great Britain and of Hanover.
On the accession of Queen Victoria,
however, the Hanoverian crown passed to
the nearest male heir. Ernest Augustus,
Duke Of Cumberland, and at his death
in 1851 to to his son, George V. In 1865
Hanover sided with Austria in the Aus
tro-Prussian war. The capital was oc-
cupie1 by Prussian troops; the king lost
his throne, his estates we're seuuestered
and Hanover was annexed to the Prus-
sian dominions.
BY all the rights of heredity, then. the
present Duke Of Brunswick is the rightful
heir to the throne of Hanover 1t is the
English prayer that Fate will be kind
enough to her to let her prevail over her
hated enemy, Germany. And if she does
prevail it is the dream of a certain
party in England to have Hanover re-
constituted a kingdom independent of
Germany. This would rlace the Duke
of Brunswick upon the throne "a king.
and at his side place his wife the Kai-
ser's only daughter. as queen. And in
this way it would come about that father q
and daughter would reign as enemies
over parts of what was OaCe the Kaiser's
united Kingdom. If by any chaTce events
so shaped themselves. ~ -ther great
question remaining is. would the Kai-
serS daughter really consent t. reign
over part OF hcr fathers lands?
l. seems that the Kaiser's daughter
soon after her rarria"p began to realize
tlcrr we're other families in the world
bosiG"s the IIrnCnzgIIern Her great love
f,r + r husband as the cause Of it, In
EIlnE hh gs She ceased to be a Hohen-
z, H. ~ md acted merely as her hus-
l.. nG'S y fe. Her husbands interests be-
cane he's and his views were the ones
she adCIted. Instead Of the Kaiser
having \ faithful ally in the camp of the
Guei hs he had in his daughter a faith
full chan, piDn OF the Cuel9hs and a spir-
tied champion of the cause OF the claim
ants to the royal throne of Hanover.
Having been always accustomed to
speak with far more freedom to her i'm
per'GI father than was ever allowed her
brolEers, who are never permitted to
forget that the Kaiser besides being
their father is the sovereign and supe-