The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 14, 1906, Page 21

s el Pages 2110 30 l e e e S AN- FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1906. Pages 21 t030 PEACE OF EUROPE THREATENED BY A PERSONAL QUARREL BITTER FEELING BETWEEN KING EDWARD AND THE GERMAN & RLALD 4~ FVONSHIRE | NTERTAINS AOYVAL PAIR s i Duke and His Wife Receive King | and Queen. e { ermine | women made | ¥ | James were not year on account of e of their chil- chickenpox, so placed in being, but it Is now_over and all right it did was | s a very anged, 50 | ept one or afraig of his week. Lord had a very amus- s” was pl ughter. The d Frederick Con yed and play Miss Mary Westenrea Mr. William Westenreg Mrs Richard Westenrea ng to note that the per- piecg were all young, mself h-ing but 16 years-of is did not hold her usual and the party, charming one, was has been Stopping for the : few days at Givops, at Leatherhead, but will shortly be back in London again. s year, ¥s a She predomin- | @ —_— INDIA INPAIRS THE HEALTR 0 LADY CURZON Be Suffering From Insomnia. Special Cable to Cail LONDON, plete wreck India der t cal condition whe in gown oubtedly done tt tty woman shows clothes she is de- s ol an she really n- Lady Curzon Balzac says her e told a is 1 abnormally sen- bound to be trou- has bec e result of in Lord Cu do she take es which 1t o it her t spend hours’ sleen. It is calculated that Lady Curzon re- 10Te press cuttings than half a rowr has made rticle and s Lord Curzon's is quite aw ph which mentiol | name shalle sent to her not only from the United Kingdom and the United Curzon will soon be something of her former rival. Monson, as the Mecca of both ' these ladles will soon be Nice: In the old days at Newport they were regarded as two of the most beautiful girls of the | Leiter who | hour, though it was Mary got the greater share of admiration. Lady Monson, unlike Lady Curzon, has very few social ambitions. She wears her clothes well, has good taste, and is the lucky possessor of a temperament that will never be the caube of a wrin- kle. e tos by Queen Are Shown. P LONDON, Jan. 13.—An interesting photographic exhibiton, is just now drawing large crowds to the gallery in Oxford street. The entire wall is filled with products of Queen Alexan- dra’s skill with the camera, and some of the seascapes, with fine cloud effects, taken in the Highlands, reveal rage ar- tistic perception. In one of them, “A Royal Fishing Party,” a small boat in the middle dis- tance is carrying a distinguished crew. A coatless figure is rowIng, but the dis- tance at which the snapshot is taken preserves his incognito. In another photograph King Edward and Lord Suf- field are caught in the grounds of Buck- ingham Palace. His Majesty is assist- ing Lord Suffield to arrange correctly the ribbon of the Order of the Bath. Some Nile photographs from the cameras of Princess Henry of Batten- berg, Princess Victoria Eugenie and Princes Alexander and Leopold of Bat- tenberg have also special interest. Growing Antagonism Causes Friction Between England and the Kaiser’s Country. LONDON, Jan. 13.—Personal enmity existing between the King of England and the German Emperor has become a serious factor in international affairs. They are ficrce combatants in the arena of the world's politics. The uncle, Ed ward VII, regards the nephew, Wilhelm 11, with anger mingled with scorn, and e younger monarch's resentment against his mother’'s brother is still more intense. Herein s the true cause of the present bitter feeling between Great Britain and the Fatherland. That this feeling should result in hostilities seems incredible, but the writer was told yesterday by a high official in. the English Government that Lord Lans- downe, who until recently was Foreign . Special Cable to The Call | with intense aversion and undoubtedly | sympathized in the innermost depths of his mind with the opposition directed | against her political influence over Ger- | man affairs. King Edward, who was a most affectionate brother, fievcely re- ented the cruel and unchivalrous hos- ility which his sister experienced in ny, and extended his anger t Germany and Germans to the | Germa | aga | present Emperor, perhaps unjustly: | The personal antipathy thus created | and intensified during earlier years by { many trivial causes of a personal na- ture suddenly aussumed formidable Ai- mensions immediately after the death of Queens Victoria and King Edward’s accession. Between the late Queen and the Ger- from any but the very highest circles | of society. i LIPTON FIGURES IN ROW. The Kaiser referred especially to King Edward’s close personal friend- ship with Sir Thomas Lipton and"sald on one occasion, “I cannot understand how my uncle can confer his personal amity on that low-born tea trader and shopkeeper.” When Sir Thomas Lip- | ton attended the Kiel regatta in 1904 on board the steam yacht Erin the Kalser refused to receive him and sent him none of the invitations which were liberally distributed among all the oth- er English visitors of distinction. King Edward, who had previously heard of the Kaiser's critfcism of his friendship EMPEROR S o Ty «,k’%m n of a woman's | India | but also from India, the colonies | seeing | Lady | THAN S WILLAM S ToY ™ e LATE EMPRESS FREDERICK WAS ATIAUTED EDwAR & BRI ADVICE PIRULE THE EMPIRE. . S FORBIGN WILHELM OFFERED fviip et HOW _TO | CALLED EOWARD | ‘A PROFLIGATE.. . | N OFFICE —» N DOWNING STREET. | war with Germany as “the one danger,” and the same informant declared that | Lieutenant General Sir John French, who s British Commander-in-Chief in everything but title, is convinced that a conflict is inevitable. The causes of this remarkable ten- sion between the two foremost mon- archs of the world are even more per- sonal than political. The original cause of the dispute must be sopght ia remarkable difference in tiie characters of the two royal personages. King Ed- ward is a ccol, cynical, experienced and ical men of ths world. Dur- g more than three decades of man- hood, in which he was free and unfet- tered as Prince of Wales, he traveled about the world and mixed with all rts and conditions of men, so that he gained an intimate knowledge of humanity and close acquaintance with the manner in which practical affairs of commerce, diplomdey and other pro- | fessions and occupations are conducted. His vastly varied experience gave him a clear insight into character and sup- plied him with a cool judgment which rarely fails. King Bdward is essential- ly a realist, g The German Emperor, on the other hand, is a visionary idealist. Brought up within the narrow confinés of the | Prussian court, he ascended the throne before he had had time to acquire a practical knowledge of the ways of the world, so that in spite of his keen in- terest in all’ branches of human activ- pity, he has remained an unpractical | theorist. He is quick tempered and | enthusiastic, and has committed many | serious mistakes of polley through his impetuous temperament. In brief, the two monarchs are personally as far re- moved from one another as the two poles. EARLY CAUSES OF QUARREL. A long series of personal bickerings | has fomented and increased the origi- inal mutual antipathy between the two men. King Edward's personal grudge against Germany and Germans was or- iginally due to the fierce and unserupu- lous hostility which his sister, the late Empress Fredefick, experienced in her adopted country. i The late Empress Frederick was an exceptional woman of high ideals and noble principles, and she exercised her influence against the pernicioGs policy of political reaction favored by the Ger- man court. On this account she was violently attacked by Bismarck and many other prominent Germans. ing all the years of her residencé in Germany up to the time of her death abuse and Insults and indignities of all sorts were heaped upon her. The Kaiser, although he never failed in his filial duty to his-mother, never- theless regarded her political views the | | grandson, a particularly warm affection | existed, and the Kalser hastened to | England as sodn as it became evident that Victoria's end was approaching. That the Queen and the heir to" the throne had had many disagraements is well knoewn, and it is declared at { court that during her last hours Queen {Victoria showed so much mors regard [for the Kaiser than she did for her eldest son that the nose of the Prince of Wales was put out of joint badly. KAISER OFFERS ADVICE. This episode would have' left its mark in any event, but Wilhelm 1I promptly made matters worse by offering the new King friendly advice on the way in i which he could best rule over his | world-wide empire. The Kaiser, who is fifteen years younger than King Bd- { ward, considered that the dozen years of experience as a monarch which he had gained when Queen Victoria died gave him a right to instruct and ad- vise his uncle how the British empire should be ruled. King Edward keenly resented his imperial nephew’s patron- age and administered a snub to the Kaiser which left its sting for many years. That incident took place at the | beginning of 1991 and the two' monarchs did not meet again until King Edward visited Kiel in the summer of 1904. Soon after King Edward's accession to the throne it came to his knowledge that the German Emperor had given utterance to all sorts of personal criti- cisms regarding his royal uncle s mode ,of life. The Kaiser, who is frequently carried away by his hot temper to say indiscreet things, designated King Ed- ward in conversations ‘which Were overheard by half a dozen or mare per- sons as an “unredeemable rake,” and a “profligate son who had not abandoned his profiigacy after ascending the throne” The Kalser also referred to the incongruity betweer puritan’ Eng- land and her pleasure-loving meonarch, and remarked that the ruler of the British empire ought above everything to be remarkably careful in regard to his private life and morals. The Kaiser, however, did not con- fine himself to criticisms of King Ed- ward's morals and of his fondness for the fair sex. He also criticl character of several of Kin, chesen personal friends. He ated that King Edward had a remarkable pref- erence for plebeian and democratic com- pany, whereas his duty as a monarch required him to limit his circle of friends to a;l-tocratlc and high-born personages. course, meet. A monarch could, of plebeians on friendly terms 0! - the | Secretary, had referred in private to man Emperor, who was, of course, her ;for Sir Thomas Lipton, naturally re- sented the slight on the famous yachts- man, so that the owner of the succes- sive Shamrecks has played quite an important part in the dispute between ! the two monarchs. B One of the most potent causes in in- tensifying and prolonging the personal hostility between King Edward and | Emperor Wilhelm has been the inter- ! communication® of the unfriendly and malicious utterances which the one has made about the other. As often as the German Emperor has made a critical {remark about his uncle Edward it has been made known to the latter | with remarkable precision and rapidity. |1t the Kaiser uttered the remark on Monday King Edward generally had knowledge of the incident on Wednes- { day or Thursday. On the other hand, as often as King Edward responded to his nephew’s criticisms by counter- criticisms his utterances were Hkewise made known in Berlin within a day or_two. There is no doubt that a number of courtiers both in England and Germany have made it their busiess to transmit malicious gossip from Berlin to London and vice versa, apparently for the sole object of fomenting the quarrel between the two monarchs. ~Recently one of the most influential and serious political journals in Germany, the Taeglische RundschaVM, =~ denounced the = Austro- Hungarian Embassador in London, Count Albert Mensdorff, as one of the most attive of those who make mis- chief between Edward and Wilhelm. Lord Lonsdale, who enjoys the close friendship of the Kaiser, has also been mentioned in this connection. A collection of all the remarks which the German Emperor has from time to time made about King Edward would fill a small volume and would also provide very interesting reading. A similar collection of the utterances of King Edward on his nephew would be equally entertaining. SLURS CAST BY EDWARD. Among other things King Edward is declared on good authority to have said, "That self-satisfled young relative of mine had the presumption to give me advice on how to be a successful King. Considering that he, by his ec- centricities and indiscretions, has done more to discredit the monarchical form of government than any other living vereign, his offer was superfluous and misplaced.” . . On another occasion King Edward is reported to have remarked. “That well meaning young fool, William, once tried to interfere in my affairs, but 1 promptly. checked his interfezence.” Another remark of King Edward ran, “The German navy is nothing more | than Willlam’s toy.” These things are known in every well informed news- English K ing and the German Emperor and Some of the People Who Figure in Their Quarrel. l % g & paper office in England and Germany, but no paper many print them. Recently. a . slight improvement _tem- porarily took place in the relations be- tween the two monarchs. When King Edward's nephew. Duke ward of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, was mar- ried to & nlece of the German Empress at Gluecksburg in October, Princ Ar- thur of Connaught was dispatched from London as representative of the Eng- Charies Ed- | friendship which has been formed be- tween England and France is directed { almost entirely against Germany. Eng- | land’s agreement with Japan will un- | doubtedly expel Germany from the Far | Bast and put an end to Germany's far- | reaching ambitions In that direction. Both Edward and Wilhelm are still contesting for the friendship of the | young King of Spain; both are doing | their utmost to marry him to one of | their own female relatives. In this re- spect, as In most others, Edward seems to have outmatched Wilhelm, for Alfonso has definitely decided to marry an Eng- lish Princess in the persen of Ena of Battenberg., King Edward's niece. In Scandinavia, which promises to become | as fruitful a field of diplomatic intrigue {In the North as the Balkans are In the South, Edward and Wilhelm are lke- wise striving to obtain predominant | influence. Here again Edward promises to be the victor, for one of his daugh- ters has become Queen of Norway, and his niece is the future Queen of Sweden. As soon as Russia recovers from the disastrous influences of her domectic troubles Edward and Wilhelm will strive to gain her friendship, and from negotiations which have alteady taken place there are excellent reasons for believing that Nicholas will reject & proffered alliance with Germany in or- der to é¢onclude a friendly working agreement with England. Edward’s anti-German diplomatic campaign has not been confined to neutral powers. On the contrary, Ed- ward has boldly entered on the task of rendering Germany's own two allfes, Austria and Italy, disloyal to her. The unusual marks of attention and cour- tesy which Edward has paid to the Austrian empire were intended to pro- mote the.detachment of Austria from | the Triple Alliance. Edward has pur- sued this aim by other diplomatic methods and has met with such suec- cess that Germany can now place lit- tle or no reliance on the support of Austria and ITtaly. WOULD ISOLATE GERMANY. Edward's aim is to isolate Germany. England’s present understanding with France is to be developed into a league which will include Spain and Italy. On the other hand, England will endeavor to conclude an agreement with Russia and attain predominant influence in Stockholm, Christiania and Copenhagen. It is expected that Austria will then join the strenger party, leaving Germany in absolute isolation and surrounded by kostile neighbors. In that case the Kaiser will have no friends in Europe except the Sultan of Turkey, whom he | bas courted so assiduously during the | 1ast @ecade. | Even here England is determined to invade Wilhelm's preserves. The King lish sovereign. He was the bearer of | ¢ England will cruise In the Mediter- a friendly message from Edward %0} 356an in the spring and will extend William, and also of a present from |yis voyage to Constantinople in order King Edward to the German Emperor |, pay'a state visit to the Sultan Abdul in the shape of a handsome walking |gamiq King Bdward intendsthat the stick. The Kaiser responded (g this OVGFiorb: bysNending. sevebdl cases: of | & o comi betuese: Getmany 2ad Tur. birthday presents to King Edward on November 9, when he was 64 years of age. This passing exchange of courtesies, however, has had no lasting effect. A week or two later a report was eircu- lated that King Edward intended to visit Berlin in Febfuary in order to congratulate the Kalser on his silver wedding. King Edward'’s private secre- tary, Lord Knollgs, contradicted this report with such emphasis and in lan- guage almost demonstrative in its hos- tility to the German Emperor that the old feud was again revived in all its former dimensions. Almost exactlv at the same time that this slight on the German Emperor, the English late Prime Minister, Mr. Bal- four, in a public speech indicated the German Emperor as a modern Napolepn whom it might be necessary for Eng- land to crush, and Lord Lansdowne, the English Foreign Minister, designated 4he Kaiser as an astute potentate whose ambitions = must ~bhe thwarted. The Kaiser attributed both these speeches to the influence of King Edward and S0 the strife between royal uncle and imperial nephew is more bitter than ever. Reeently, it is true, Count Metternich. the German: Embassador in London, made a speech at an English club which was intended to create a better feeling | between England and Germany, but as this rhetorical effort consisted mainly of an accusation of mischief-making against the: English press. the hoped- for result was not achleved. POLITICS PLAYS PART. The enmity between Ed¥ard and ‘Wilhelm has not ‘been confined to the ‘personal realm, but has extended into politics. Edward and Wilhelm are en- gaged in a game of diplomatic chess in which the ome Is forever trying to checkmate the other. e whole trend of English foreign policy since the ac- cession of King Edwa-d, whose in- fluence over this department of the Government is well known, has been anti-German in character. . The close Lord Knollys launched into pablicity key shali be replaced by a still closer triendship between England and Tur- key, and tbat he himself shall assume the position of confidential friend and patron of the Sultan In place of Wil- helm. England will reap many politi- cal advantages thereby and Germany's loss will be correspondingly large. The results of the political rivalry be- tween the two monarchs hitherto ob- | served have demonstrated that Wilhelm is no match for Edward. The King is a better politician and a more astute dipiomat than the Emperor. Edward has won all along the line and Wilhelm has been defeated everywhere. So. far as can be judged this is to continue in the future. | . In these ecircumstances it is no won- | der that Wilhelm feels very sora about his royal uncle’s activity and that there {Is no prospect whatever of the feud between the two monarchs being ter- minated during their respective life- | times. —_—————— ined for Smeesing. BERLIN, Jan. 13.—One“of the most remarkable trials ever held in Germany | was that of Herr Pima in Saxony for sneezing, blowing his nose and cough- Ing too loudly in the streets at night. Policeman Lamm swore that the pris- oner coughed very noisily at midnight when most peofle were already asleep. ‘When asked to cough less violently he sneezed and used his handkerchief in a way unusual in polite society when progmenading the street. court imposed a fine of 3 marks, sol@hnly warning the defendant to de- sist from his evil courses. ————————— Apes Supply Cure For Men. PARIS, Jan. 13— Professors Meteh- nikeff and Roux, heads of the Institute Pasteur, declare that experiments in the inogulation of anthropoid apes and sub- sequent cure show a way which time is certain to perfect, to the destruction of the most terrible disease human be- ines ean acquire or inherit. The result would be one great step toward humanity perfectly healthy, physioady, mentally and morally