Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 156, 14 May 1917 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PAJJLADIUM AND SUN-TELEQRAM, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1917

German Grown Prince Popular With People; Due to Democracy

. BY CARL Wk ACKCRMAN I fCoypHght, 1917, The Tribune AeaoclaUon. Registered according to the Copyright Act, Canada, 1917, by The Tribune Aaaoelatlon.) Many Americans ask whether the Crowa Prince ia popular with, the German people, believing that the hatred and mmnidon outside of Germany T is

true In the Fatherland The Crown j Prince 1b not only popular with the people but tata' popularity la duo to hit democracy and to the lore wMch the German people hare for . the Crown Princess, who la considered the most beautiful woman in Germany It may teem surprising to apeak of the Crown Prince as being democratic and atlll I hare teen him In Berlin at times when he has won the sympathy cf many persons ao he rode through the streets or walked down Unter Den Linden with hia small jKms. In January rhortly. . before diplomatic relations were broken I got a glimpse of Hla ImjKrlal and Royal Highness on Unter den Linden. To fully understand what the German people meanwhoa they say that the Crown Prince la democratic one must not forget that It is customary for an officer always to palote in the formal Prussian way when he Is greeted by any one . else. The Crown Prince, who Is a lieutenant general in the army, naturally should follow this custom, but this is what I observed last January. The Crown Prince came from the Cathedral and stepped into his racing type automobile taking the chauffeur's neat. He put in the front seat beside him two of his children. The chauffeur fiat in the back seat The Crown Pjince started the engine and drove the machine up Unter den Linden through Brandenburger ,Thor, to . Bollevue Palace. As he passed, groups of, soldiers and people on the sidewalks and in the streets waved and saluted but the Crown Prince instead of returning the formal salute by touching his cap waved his hand or the hand of one. of his eons to the crowd. , Made a "Hit" With the People. It made a "hit" with the people especially when he smiled as they waved to htm. The Kaiser, of course, would

never do this and the times I have seen Hi Magesty in Berlin he always wore a very serious expression and returned the greetings of the people by the raoet formal military salute, as if a smile or wave of the hand would pain him: ; . Last fall the Crown Prince came to Berlin and walked down one of the busy thoroughfares with his oldest son, also Prince William, who, although only ten years old, is a lieutenant in the army. The Crown , Prince, who could make no progress because the crowds were so thick about him, and because so many people wanted to phake hia hand, was compelled to get into a carriage and return to his palace on Unter den Linden. This mixing with the people has endeared the Kaiser's son to more Germans that the outside world believes. The respect which the soldiers have for the Crown Prince is illustrated by tin Incident which happened to a young Gorman boy who acted as my secretary at one time. He was sent to Serbia during the operations , there, was roramecdsd for bravery as an observer, an-d-recommended to receive the 'iron Cro8sHfore it could be given to him he was sVnt to thd battlefield of Verdun. One day, during the operations, he ,wa3 informed by the captain of the l-ompany that the Crown Prince would deliver the Iron crosses to those who had been recommended for the hpnor. This young chap, who had spent most cf his life in the United States and Mexico, was drilled, about a week in advance by the officers, until he, together with his comrades, could sroosestep and salute as perfectly as a machme might do It or a mechanical toy. Then upon the appointed day, the Crown Prince appeared to distribute the Iron crosses. Did Net Get Crest From Prince. By some mishap the boy's name was left, off the list. The Crown Prince dld'not speak to him as he did to the ether soldiers and officers who were recommended for bravery. Instead, he received his cross a week later, but he never forgot the fact that he did not set the cross from the Crown Prince himself.

', Another thing' which makes the ; Crown Prince popular with the people x i in the tireless activity of his 'wife. ; Crown Princess Cecilia, in behalf of : the wounded and the wives of soldiers : in Berlin. The Crown Princess can be

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seen at almost any time riding in her big' military automobile to some hospital or soup " kitchen; She and her mother-in-law, the Empress, rival each other m this work, and the people do not forget these activities. If a wounded soldier, a poor widow or a German schoolboy receives a flower, a post card or' picture from either the Empress or the Crown Princess it is preserved in the family Bible as an heirloom. But the Crown Prince is not so popular with his father, As a matter of fact, he is said to be one German who irritates-.hls father more than any one else. During the war they have had man controversies. Some have been so bitter than, many Germans have doubted that they would ever be forgotten. This is in marked contrast to the attitude of the Kaiser toward hiQ second son,. Prince Eltel Prtederich, who. although he Is at the front all the time, stands the highest In the Kaiser's estimation of any member of the royal family. , Crown Prince His Disappointment. The remark has often been made in Berlin that If the Kaiser ever had the

nower he would make Prince Eltel

Friederlch King of Hungary. No one ever Ventures to say what he would

like to do with the Crown Prince, but It is undoubtedly no of the big disappointments of : William II that the Crown Prince must succeed him. , Outside of Germany the Crown Prince is generally criticised for the failure to take "Verdun, but, as a matter of fact, the operations there were under the. direction of .General von Falkenhayn,. who was Chief of the General Staff, and Field Marshal von Haesler, the old Prussian noble who was a friend" of the Crown Prince's grandfather. .. . Von Falkenhayn planned the atttack at Verdun because he believed the decision of the war would fall on the Western ' front, and because he was confident that he could break through and win a great moral victory over the French. The name of the Crown Prince was linked with the operation because von Falkenhayn believed it would be crowned with success, and thus the Crown Prince would obtain the glory which would result from such a big decisive operation. In the midst of operations, because the German. fosses were so great there was tremendous opposition to the further execution of the plans, the Kaiser was compelled to Interfere and stop von Falkenhayn. This angered the Crown Prince, and reports which we received in Berlin stated that the meeting between the Kaiser and his son at Verdun was so hot that when it ended the two men agreed not to meet again, at least during the war. Authority Taken from Prince. The Kaiser recalled his intimate friends who had been working with the Crown Prince, including Field Marshal von Haesler. The Crown Prince was left in command of the operations at Verdun, but all authority was taken away from him, and the General Staff stopped its plans of attack. For several months nothing was heard about the Crown Prince. His name was not. mentioned in the German newspapers, and it was not until the battle of the Somme was several months old that the Kaiser again recognized his first son. Friends of the young prince had been working with his majesty in an attempt to heal the soreness which the battle of Verdun produced, and the Kaiser finally decorated him with the oak leaves to the highest military decoration, the Pour 16 Merlte. , . This decoration when it is first given is nothing but a cross of gold and purple enamel, with the French words "Pour le Merite" printed on three arms of the cross. After an officer has held this decoration for several months and further distinguished himself, then a little gold oak leaf is attached to the top of it, and it is worn about the neck on a black and white ribbon. The conferring of this honor on the Crown Prince was believed to have paved the way , for the reconciliation between father and son, which came last winter. Jealousy Between Father and Son. During the war there has been some Jealousy between the two men. The Crown Prince is exceedingly ambitious

to succeed his . father. The Kaiser

knows this, and because the Crown Prince has such definite ideas of his own about running the country. Willlam II is not anxious to give him a chance, at least during the war.

Just what type of officials will take office when the Kaiser dies and the

Crown Prince succeeds him in ca.se Germany is not made a republic is not

definitely known in Germany. There

is only one official In. office today who is spoken of as "the Crown Prince's man," and that is Secretary of State

ZImmermann. If the Crown Prince re

lies upon such men the world can Judge how successful his administra

tion will he when It remembers that Herr Zimmermann'B capacity as a .Foreign i.MInistfer. was typically illustrated by. his territorial promises to Mexico. . j But Zimmerman is ambitious to be Chancalloxr-aadlt would not ha surprising, if the Kaiser were to die and the Crwn, Prince succeeded him, to bee ZImmermann succeed , von Beth-mann-Hollweg. The exposure of Simmermann's efforts to arouse Mexico will probably do more to damage his career than anything else. When rumors spread in Germany that the Crown Prince had lost the battle of .Verdun the General Staff hastened to explain in a series of articles which all newspapers had to print that the battle was a tactical success, inasmuch as it destroyed this point as an offensive position for the French. Aided by von Steuben. Assintlng the Crown Prince In the operations on this battlefield was General von Steuben, a grandson of the Prussian hero in our Revolutionary war, and the man "whom the Kaiser Kent to this country in the 80's when the von Steuben statue in Washington was unveiled. If the Kaiser were to die the world would probably see the people rally to the support of the Crown Prince, and it might be interesting . to see what changes this young potential ruler might make. With the growth of democracy in Germany, during the war it is probable the Socialists would organize demonstrations against him, but because of the present unbroken power of the General Staff and the army they would not succeed. The Crown Prince will be the 'next Emperor of Germany unless the United States and the Allies can defeat German militarism on the battlefields and discredit German army leadership before the German people themselves.

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