ROYAL FEUD.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1873, 6 October 1913, Page 7

ROYAL FEUD.

KAISER AND SON-IN-LAW. A THRONE W DISPUTE. BRIDEGROOM PUTS HONOUR BEFORE LOVE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright , (Reo, October 5, 5.5 p.m.) - ( Berlin, October 4. Tho long-standing feud between the Kaiser and tho Duko of Cumberland, thought to liavo been onded in May by tho marriago of tho Kaiser's daughter to tho Duke's heir, lias broken out afresh with all tho old bitterness. It was stated at the timo of,tho wedding that tho Duko was abandoning his claim to tho Throne of Hanover, the bone of contention between tho two Houses, and that the Kaiser in return was settling tho succession to tho Grand Duchy of Brunswick in favour of his now son-in-law, Priuco Ernest of Cumberland. Tho Duko of Cumberland and Prince Ernest have now refused the Kaiser' b demand to renounce their claims to tho Throne of Hanover. Prince Ernest declares that lovo comes after honour, and his father savs tho marriago liatl nothing to do with politics. The wedding speeches of happy reconciliation were apparently based' on a misunderstanding. The press, of all shades, insists on the abandonment of the arrangements to elevato Prjnco Ernest of Cumberland to the Brunswick Throne. A grave political crisis is threatened, as the position of the Imporial Chancellor, Herr Von Bethmami-Hollweg, in tlio matter is a difficult ono. Shortly after the betrothal, Prince Ernest in a .letter to tho Chancellor stated that his oath as a Prussian oflicor and his acceptance as tho Kaiser's son-in-lfiw ought to be adequate guarantees of his behaviour in connection with the proposed alteration of tho status of tho Duchy of Brunswick Although the letter is conspicuously devoid of referenco to tho renunciation of. tho Throne of Hanover, Horr von Bethmann Holhyeg unhesitatingly asBurod tlio Kaiser and the Fedoral Council of its adequacy. According to the_ "Frankfurter Nachrichten," a categorical renunciation was demanded before the betrothal. Prince! Ernest and the Kaiser's fourth eon, Prince August, then conferred at Karlsruhe, and tlio formor declarod positively that his love for tho Kaisor s House was second to his honour, and left tho room. Prince August brought' him back, and tho botrotbal was announced without clearing up tho renunciation. An interview between the Kaisor and the Duke of Cumberland, and tho Chancellor followed, wlien the Duko tenaciously adhered to his contention that tho marriago had nothing to do with politics, and that a renunciation was never mado either by himself or his son. A semi-official communique to tho "Lokal Anzeiger" says that while there is no activo intention to dispute tho Kaiser's titlo to the Throne of Hanover, tho formal renunciation and' disavowal by tho party, which fought for the cause for half a century, would bo humiliation, which they could not honourably a'ccept.