THE KAISER AND HIS SON-INLAW.

Northern Advocate, 6 October 1913, Page 5

THE KAISER AND HIS SON-IN-LAW.

OLD FAMILY FEUD RE-OPENED

(By Telegrapn-Presa Assn.-Copyright) BERLIN, Oct. 4.

The old Hohenzollern - Guelph feud has been re-opened with the old bitterness. The wedding speeches of a happy reconciliation were apparently based on a misunderstanding.

The press of all shades insists upon the abandonment of the arrangements to. elevate Prince Ernest to the Brunswick throne.

A grave political crisis is threatened. Count yon Hollweg's position is difficult. Shortly after his bethrothal Prince Ernest of Cumberland, in a letter to Count yon Hollweg, the Imperial Chancellor, stated on his oath as a Prussian officer, that the Prince's acceptance as the Kaiser's son-in-law ought to be an adequate guarantee of his behaviour in connection with the proposed alteration in the status of the Duchy of Brunswick.

Although the letter was conspicuously devoid of reference to renunciation of Hanover, Count yon Hollweg unhesitatingly assured the Kaiser and the Federal Council of its adequacy.

According to the "Frankfurter Nachrichten" a categorical renunciation was demanded before the betrothal. Prince Ernest and the Kaiser's fourth son conferred at Karlsruhe on the subject, and the former declared positively that his love for the Kaiser's house was second only to that he had for honour, and left the room but Prince August brought him back.

The betrothal was announced without a clearing up of the renunciation.

An interview between the Kaiser, the Duke and Count yon Hollweg followed. The Duke tenaciously adhered to his view that the marriage had nothing to do with politics, and that the renunciation was never made either by himself or his son.

A semi-official communique, published in the "Lokal Anzeiger," says that while there is no active intention to dispute the Kaiser's title to Hanover, a formal renunciation and disavowal by the party which fought the cause for half a century would be a humiliation and could not be honourably accepted.

On Friday last a cable from Berlin stated that a sensation had been caused by Prince Ernest of Cumberland, who was recently married to the Kaiser's daughter, refusing to comply with his Majesty's demand to renounce his claim to the throne of Hanover. The Prince declared that "Love only comes after honour." The Duke said his son's marriage had nothing to do with tics.