Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-09

milcd announcement ot German
defeat
To as In Germany there was at
the time no battle ot the Marne So
cudually was the news of the re
treat ot the German forces brukcu
To the people that today the mas
ses do not realize that the fate oC
the world was settled at the Marnel
As the king idea seems iuscpar-
ably connected with war there is no
country In the world where kings
and princes have been held in such
lrreat account as In the central cm-
Iplres
believe there are only two Chris-
lilan kings In the wnrld-the kipgs
Iot Italy and or Montenegro w no
are not hy blood related to some Ger
man or Austrian royalty
For remember that while We
think Of Germany az ruled by the
hiiser ana white 1t il hsa will that
IS certainly imposed upon the whole
OF that territory which does not eN-
ist politically or even geographically
hut which We call Germauy, there
are houses uf royalty In It almost
aS numerous as our big corporations
There are the three kings " Ia
|Narii, Nurtemburs and SaNnny,
grand dukes ana dukes and princes.
.sU or them taking themselves very
seriously and all Of them residing in
th"lr own domains, jealousy keen
iinH away from the emperor's court
ana Jealously guarding every rem
! nant or rule which the constitution
lot the German empire has be
|uucathed to them.
/ once ! asked one Of these prince
| ltngs what his older brother. the
I IfoiEninR prince, did with his time iu
lh" small provincial town which il
me capital Of tho principally Tho
. brother looked ~ me with real sur
Prise In his eyes and answered. why
he reigus,"
Before the constitution ~ the Ger.
man empire, many of these poverty
stricken little courts were c.nters OF
Kindly Amusement. even Of Intellectual
life
Tho court OF the Grand Duke
CHARLES Augustus. OF SAKE Welmar-
Eisenach AT Welmar, where Goethe
resided and where he was intrusted
Win responsible state duties was re-
nowned I'm Europe at a literary CEN
ter,
Many Of these princellngs, how
ever ridiculous their courts may have
seemed, exercised despotIc poyer
Ioday the Inhabitants OF the two
Mecklenhurg duchies are protected
hN neither constitution nor bin of
rights, The grand dukes power ls
absolute and so can behead at viii
amy one OF his subjects In the mar
het-plnoe or torture him TO denth in
'he dungeons Of the castle and is ro.
sponsible TO God alone. /
Example of Absolute Powcr.
Here is an example from history.
george Louis, duke OF Brunswick |
ilugnenot Eirl called Eleanor |
q uot'renHc They had dauph- |
Ter SOPHIA Dorothea, who mar |
iled the elcctor Of Hanover, who /
married the clector OF Hanover. who |
was also George I OF England. SOPHIA |
Dornthen was supposed 10 have heen |
involved In love affair with a |
swedish count, Philip konigsmarrk |
h"nlgsmarek was murdered by order |
"i george ], and Sophia Dorothcl m. |
'hrcerated In Ahlden, where she died |
~ '-o' konigsmnrck's sister went |
10 SaNony To beg the aid OF the Saxon |
KING Augustus the Strong She failed |
to get news Of her brother, but bo- |
came one or the mistresscs OF Au-
Fuhtus re strong and the nlothor
or IN" celebrated Marshal .Saxe III
say one or the "mistrcsses OF Au-
gnstuS the Strong" because he bonst-
"u mat ne was the father Of 9gs
illegltimate children,
The daughter OF SophIa Doroihsa
was the mother OF Frederick m.
Great and his brothers, and tbere.
tore, an ancestor OF the present Ge,.
man kaiser, ANY one writing n hnnt |
her IN a disparaging manner il sub. |
lect 10 be Imprisoned under tho do
ciSions OF the imperial supreme court |
Tor 'lese majestic or inIuripg tho
person OF the present monarch In |
DARING to slander his ancestors. Ana |
suppose, any one referring 10 An
Ghs'us the Strong may be shut un in
nresden for insulting a predecessor |
OF he present king.
Every year the mobiles OF tho cer.
ThI empires hold convention AT
frankfort, whore the menns are
uiNcgs'ed by which their privileges
InRy be pr,Feryed No neWsnanar
prints an account Of this conycntion
or tho highest caste.
Inc termN peasants aa far ns
! nave seen, are not 50 much under
inc dominion Of feudal tradition as
are the peasants In Austria and
Hungary
The Kiss OF Homage.
] was shooting once with n Hun
Fafhp count who stationed mo I'm 4,
one corner or field 10 await the
porlridges. which driven by the h
heaters were expected 10 fly over b
my head. aud as ! stood waiting tor
! ne heaters 70 take up their posl-
rons two peasant girls walked past
mo. one OF them, to my surprise. T.
caught hold of my hand. which she