The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
throne
FEELS TREMORS
Anti-Gernan Mania Threat
ems to Touch Royalty
Writer Says. s.:
ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE
Growing Sentiment Against Every
thing Teutonic Washing to Steps
of Buckingham Palace.
ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE
,eci,I C,fIe to me washington Herald.

Special Cacle to The Washington Herald
London, Feb. IA shadow hoVers near
the British throne, 1t Is caused by lit
tie, cloud which only the most discerning
notice. The intense hatred In Britain OF
all things German should cause anxiety
iny the breast Of King George V. ana
there are unmistakable signs that II
does. Will the tiny cloud grow blacker
and more ominous?
To Americans, accustomed to seeing the
descendants of score of races dwelling
together in harmony. II Is difficult to
conceive the heights and depths to
which hate here has come. II has eX-
tended to everything with the slightest
German suggestion. Every man. woman
or child with German blood in his veins
is made to feel it. And in this blood
category fall the royal family!
How the wind is veering was seen
clearly in the case of Prince Louis Of
Battcnberg. forced to resign as first sea
lord because he was part German. part
English. II is doubtful whether any
person in the United Kingdom witnessed
the fall of Prince Louis with more
ciIagrin. than the King. Prince Louis
for forty-six years had served in the
British navy and by merit, not by family
connections. had risen to the highest
rank, in the greatest fleet in the world.
He had. however. been born at Gratz.
Austria. His father was Prince Alexan-
der of Hesse, and Prince Louis was a
naturaiized British subject. But he was
driven out because OF that strain OF
German blood. 49,.
ROyaIty's BIOod German.
Since the act OF Observation-Disclosures up
German as king of England. there
have been eight British monarchs. Of
these six married Germans, one welded
a Danish princess largely. of German
blood; while the last formed. a union
with his cousin It is seen. therefore,
that only an atentuated strain Of the
blood OF the seventeenth century British
royalty flows. lin the veins OF King
George and the present Prince of Wales.
King. George has carefully cultivated
English manners. and Queen Mary is a
British housewife through and through.
But his father, King Edward, was so
used to Germans that persons meeting
him for the first time were sstounded
to find he spoke with a pronounced Ger
man accent. 1t was a matter of course
which was not exploited widely in the
public press. 3 o..
Having accomplished the humiliation
of Prince Louis of Battenburg. that Sec
ton of the public from which King
LeOEt-G may expect - HO" Odg
ing at the heels of Viscount Haldane,
lord high chancellor. His .offense is to
have sought to promote Anglo-German
relations before the war. and to have
spoken highly Of German culture. now
a by-word in Britain. Furthermore, as
cabinet member he was not of the big
navy and big army party. While no one
has said it openly, It is subtly hinted
that his action in this latter respect was
culpsble. Germany's attack found Great
Britain unprepared, argue these sound
logicans. and Haldane was secretary for
war when preparation should have been
made. ...
The London Express now demands the
removal of Lord Haldane from the chan
cellOrship. He allowed himself to be
duped by the Kaiser, il declares in edi-
tOrials and cartoons, and should have no
part in Britain's government at this
critical juncture. The campaign against
him seems to be making progress
AntI-German Cartoons Suppressed.
King George and Queer, Mary are the
ones. who have had the cartoons insult
ing the Kaiser toned down. Especially
did the royal couple not desire to have
these malicious and abusive documents
go to their soldiers in the field Besides
duenChing the cartoonists and lampoon-
lists. the King and Queen were interested
in the royal commission which investi-
gated the widely disseminated stories OF
atrocities committed by German soldiers
on the Belgians, with the remarkable re-
suit that not a single alleged atrocity
was found to be substantiaIed.,
The attack now is upon Princess
Christian. Queen Victoria's daughter. for
she received $4,000 a year. and at the
same time has q son fighting in the Ger
man army.
The wife of the Duke of Connaught.
governor general of Canada. is also COM
ing in for the Socialists wrath. She is
the daughter of the famous Prince Karl
Of Hohenzollern. the RED Prince" one
of the heroes of the Franco-Prussian
war. The Socialists say the COnnaushts
are getting too much OF the peoples
money The duke gets an annual stipend
from the taxes of $4,000 as a son Of
Queen Victoria, n addition to the reve-
nues from a great private fortune be-
queathed to .lim by his mother, and the
salary he receives at present as governor
general.
Princess Beatrice of Battenburg, the
widow of German Prince of Hesse. re-
ceives 5000 annual income from the
state, besides a large private fortune,
and the Socialists would like to ''prune"