KEPT AT HOME.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11478, 28 August 1915, Page 7

KEPT AT HOME.

STORIES OF THE CROWN TRINCE HI3 COL.KEL IN CHIEFThe Crown Prince of Germany has always been more or less of an enfantterrible, and his escapades are many and various. They include anything from a mild flirtation to a violent denunciation of democracy and things unGeroian. His failings were not usually al.owed to leak out, but they have often enough been suspected, and now comes some autuenti-c «earchl.ghta on the Koy&j hopeful's character. . These are contained in an intere.-t.ng series of articles dealing, with the German lin penal Court, which At. Paul Louiliervier contributes to the " ,Nouvelle Ka*. ue." of Paris. As a student at the University of Bonn the Crown Prince showed himself a man who won d' not tolerate any signs of democracy. Although supposed to share the lue of the other students, he refused to assoc.ate with them or renogn se the statutes that govern university life. He even went so far as to go to Berlin to complain to his father. It was at, this time that occurred hit* engagement to 31 s.s Gladys Deasou. the rich and beautiful American, to whom he swore eternal fidelity, and whom he forgot at the orders of the Kaiser. His faith in the fact th.se ihe Hobenaollenis rule Germany because ot [ be.i)£ chosen f°r the task by tha Al-. j mighty is. even creator than that of j his father, and M. Hervier tolif* nit ! amusing story t: f the. Crown. Pnnee';; | blasphemous attitude in this respect-. [ It appears that the future ruler of G-er- | many—.'f the Allies permit him to act I as such—was spa tiding several week;- in j SwitEerland, where he met a charming, ! young lady, to whom, a*i is his habit. I he at once began to pay very marked 1 attention. One overling the Crown ; Prince's companion drew his attention (to a star of jwirticular beauty. " What' j is its .rumor"' she asked. '"I do not i happen to know its nam?," he replied, f "hut it looks b'inutifu. enough to be j a decoration bestowed by my father on. I the Buler of the Universe/' j _ The numerous flirtat oris of th«> | t.'rown Prince have .c&u-oj many nn- , pleasant incidents, nnd b's courting 03' ! a famous prima donna still serves as n ! subject of gossip in Ber! : n. Finally, ths i Kaiser decided that his heir must mar. j ry, ;fud the choice of becoming the wife of the Imperial bon-vivnrt fell uptm Duchess Cecilia of -Week.enburg- ! Schwei-jn, * ; ! She risked. th.e Kaiser to appoint her j colonel a'i the htisxir regiment in which j the Grown Prince was the elref 01 n | squadron. No .Mxmer did she obtain | her appointment than she began to j u=e her newly-acquired powers. Wheiij ever the Crown Prince wanted, to leave | the palace to join bis friends at a revel- ' rv bo was confronted hy the colonel, i wlh> siijimgly hut firmly informed him th;u he must k-»ep bis rooms, having shown himse f disrespectful to h ; s .cii- ; prior. Usually he protested, but, be-i mg the chief of Germany's military party ho could ill afFord to set nn example of insubordnation by disregard-' ■ ing his wife's orders. j I " Weekly Record." '