KAISER AND CROWN PRNOE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 1514, 9 November 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)

KAISER AND CROWN PRNOE.

NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS. ■•Si — : ■ PAINFUL FAMILY BREACH & SoMETHTN-a of a traditional family sc&ndaf ; has now arisen in the German Imperil House. For a considerable time (jjjj|p Crown Prince has been estranged from the M! Kaiser, and of late hie Imperial Majesty'#. ' resentment at his eon's behaviour hw fa..-' i come so marked that the scandal is a com- ~ ? mon topic of conversation. The pppttfj^' notion of thfe Emperor as a military marti.': " net wearing his heart in a cuirass of jfc&M is quite erroneous. He is the most devoted " ' of fathers and there can be no doubt that the. breach which has arisen between hjEi l and the Crown Prince causes him bittaf f disappointment. The estrangement is novrij ; said to be so complete that his Majesty ' declined to attend the festivities in honour "' of the Crown Princess's birthday at Pots-' 1 ' 1 dam. According to the Wiesbaden Tageblatt, the Kaiser left Wilhehnshaven. „ ostensibly for the purpose of being pre, . I sent at his daughter-in-law's birthday - celebration, but instead of leaving thpS railway station at Potsdam for the garble Palace, he proceeded to Rominten. Tha".'. 1 , same newspaper adds" Those who know' i the strained relations between the BmperoifV and the Crown Prince are not surprised W as they scarcely ever speak to each other*t nor do they correspond. Whenever th« ; Crown Prince desires to commuoica'tft"' ;-t----with his father he does so through 'oni'il of the officials of the Court." ApbHwjifsf proof of the estrangement was affords the recent army manoeuvres, when '% * Emperor did not review the Crowns'! Prince's regiment. The Crown awaited the inspection, at the head of faj,«' A troops, but at the last moment the Em-? I peror sent an aide-de-camp to porforift -it'' The Crown Prince was deeply oflemW'' f and openly complained of the slight tariff upon him by his father's action, J». _ w .>.] declared in Court circles that the ha* never forgiven the Crown Prince {« the latter's demonstration in the - stag last November, when, during tl«? " : - crisis concerning Morocco he made Jfcj.V emphatic demonstration of sympathy with f'i the warlike party. His Majesty disapproves of many of his son's compaa-'' § ions and his disinclination for duties which i help to fit him for his position as the {-: next ruler of the German Empire. estrangement of the Emperor and hi# has created a deep impression at Court. Several of. the Emperor's friends made ineffectual attempts to bring al»itf3i I a reconciliation. 4 '"WmJ . .am