The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-30

statesmen.
In order to avoid any unpleasant
ness from the English press, which,
angered by the Boer war and the part
ly unjustified attacks of certain Ger
man newspapers, had been answering
in like tone, the Queen had commits
stoned the author of 1.-The Life of the
Prince Consort," Sir Theodore Martin.
to inform the English press of Her
Majesty's desire that friendly recep-
ton be accorded to her imperial
grandson. And that is what indeed
came to pass. The visit ran its course
harmoniously and caused satisfaction
on all sides. ! held important confer
ences with various leading men.
Not once in the entire visit was the
Kruger dispatch mentioned. On the
other hand, my royal grandmother did
not conceal from her grandson how
unwelcome the whole Boer war was to
her; she made no secret of her disap-
proval and aversion for Mr.. Chamber
lain and all that he represented and
thanked me again for my prompt and
sharp refusal of the Russo-French pro-
posal to interfere and for my imme-
date announcement of this proposal.
One could easily see how much the
Queen loved her splendid army and
how deeply she had been grieyed by
4 the heavy reyerses suffered by it at
the outset of the war, which had
caused by no means negligible losses.
Referring to these, the aged Field
/ Marshal Duke of Cambridge coined
the fine phrase: 1.-THE British noble
man and officer have shown that they
can die bravely as gentlemen"
On my departure, the Queen bade
me farewell with cordial and CRATE
full greetings to her "much-cherished
cousin" the Imperial Chancellor,
whose ability and experience, she
hoped, would continue to maintain
good relations between our two coun-
tries.
My report entirely satisfied Prince
! Hohenlohe as to the success of my
journey; at the same time, however,
was the object of the most violent at
tacks from a certain section of the
press and from many excited friends
of the Beers The German lacks the
very thing with which the English
people has been inoculated, and to
which it has been trained by long
political selfdiscipline: when fight
is on, even though it be merely upon
the field of diplomacy, the English
man unquestioningly follows the flag.
in accordance with the proverba You
can't change the jockey while run
ming"
In the Autumn of 1900 Prince Ho-
henlohe retired from the Chancellor
ship, since the work had become too
arduous for a man of his advanced
age. Moreover, the constant quarrels
and disputes of the political parties
with each other We're disagreeable to
n NJ cyslIy1 NET Ia ~,
with him to make speeches before
them in the Reichstag Equally dis
agreeable to him was the press part
! of which had taken the bit between
its teeth and imagined that it could
conserve the Bismarckian tradition
by quoting sayings by Bismarck, and
lad greatly jeopardiZed relations with
England, especially during the Boer
war.
chancelIor's Retirement
. The hope, aroused by the choice of
: Prince HohenIohe as Chancellor and
: his assumption of the office, that
' Prince Bismarck would place less OBJ
} stacles in his path, had been only
t partly fulfilled The atmosphere had
| been much relieved and Prince Bis
! marck brought to a much milder frame
: of mind by my reconciliation with him,
ulCA udu I0CGlN6u outward express
| sion in his solemn entry into Berlin
{ and his staying at the old Hohenzol-
2 Tern palace. but his adherents and
r those rallying around him for the sake
: of opposition were not to be dis
/ suaded from their activities. More
] over, the political representatives of
/ the people succeeded, while l was on
t my way to Friedrichsruh to celebrate
/ Bismarck's eightieth birthday, in re-
4 fusing to pay homage to the old I'M
r perial Chancellor, a thing which nat
i urally deeply hurt the sensitive Prince
e Hohenlohe and filled him with indig-
nation
He, like myself, was deeply moved
\ by the death of his great predecessor.
/ and we, together with the German
f people, sincerely mourned Prince Bis
marck as one of the greatest of the
sons of Prussia and Germany, in spite
o of the fact that he had not always
A made our task easy. | insisted upon
:, hurrying back from my trip to Nor
q way in order to pay honor to him who,
4 as a faithful servant of his old master,
;, had helped the German nation to
unity, and under whom ], when I was
4 Prince, had had the proud privilege
. of working.
> 1t is said that one of the reasons
# why Prince Hohenlohe retired from
4 his post was the advice of his son
+ Alexander, who was much at his
fathers house; he was known in So
ciety as the Crown Prince" and was
: essentially different from his lovable
y father
Prince Hohenlohe could look back
upon series of successes during his
A. term as Chancellor; the overcoming
3 of the disputes concerning the "Citi-
8 zens' Book of Laws" the reform of the
. military punishment procedure, the
Il naval law, the appointment of Walder-
> see to the command in China at the
time of the Boxer war, Tsingtao, and
the Yangtse treaty.
e, He babe me farewell on the 18th OF
IS October, 1900. Both of us were greatly
e. moved, for not only was the ChanceL
p lor and faithful co-worker parting from
20 his Emperor, but also the uncle from
le his nephew, who looked up with CRATE
e full esteem to the old man At the
e age Of rs years-an age when others
of have long since retired to rest and
Ii contemplation-he had not hesitated
or to obey the summons of the Emperor
Il fO Guhiapt hirnsaIf n av1u move