I the Public Eye

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1933, Page 18

I the Public Eye

Prince WilhelM. It.is. a far cry to the days when everyone'knew the face of the Crown Prince, of GeVmany ana when.he was the. subject, of .innumerable cartoons every week, usually depicted as following in the path, of Ms formidable father. But this weekthe former Crown Prince, now no longer ayoung and slim man of thirty-six^ut a matire person around fifty, attended a-Nazi demonstration in Berlin and .witnessed -an. extraordinary ware of emotion. The visite of, this one-time. successor' to the Gex-man Tirone, . his strong support in the Fatherland and his experience of politics have.led British journals to,ponder onthe possibility of him becoming, if not the new Kaiser of Germany, at least its President.. One'of the opening acts of Stresemann as Chancellor was to allow tie es-Crown Prince to retan to Gerrflan>: This occurred ia DecemWr, 1923, and Wilhelm vas overjoyed to Regain Ms estate in Silesia. It was stated that.he had entered, the country to reside in seclusion as a priyate citizen and that he would have nothing; to do with politics. Butinl93o there came the rise of the Steel Helmets and the Nazis and the youthful Bepublic,, after its trials of, the past decade,; was mihe mood for change, Or bo it seemed from thedemonstrations rt^L * + 13$«™t? OVie, ??' Crown^Prince to different parts of the *°xcrr?\ \ l. j -v 3 • .Wdhebmhas^been described as a curi£f extreme common sense lS*^w? ess m some + of the things he.says. and does. _. Ascertain want of ttwi'■£ £ He is J^vSw'iv m? T\ rßh/ 3 w S'6 Sm^^''SS^-S* t }t ' vH? 1S 3 * °.'a°, h^ best and has obvious sincerity and; possesses a remarkable X'lf°s*^kinglum^lf popular S^if«SS?ib.'fSl r "?5' be stl<mSSfKii 1 T^SS^^IS *• v <??ia>- H"; SSr/t* £ e +^ T 6pUted to'have.behavedin those fateful years.

He las been vindicated as a commander French evidence. Authoritative ttemolf aye J^ P,vu™lshf ie, h serve to show that did not wish to take Verdun, that hewanted to break off. *he, a«a^ UPOII. * f l* ™?. ov + e. r' rnled T . b?-/al^enh3?u^. **\ af*6r the f^ii a w?.h, lus f3tlier *»■ «ross & sought an asurance from *£° Kaiser that jto would not go, and then arrived in tte morning to'tnd the *ran' landing .• empty. But things, make-for a,rehabitation of the B^Crown Princein *« eyes of his^conntrymen is another matter. The Prince has ■become^ more serious figure, he.M a good family man, fast-w^temng of hair and owning a devoted. wx£e who is in^ no small measure responsible or-the change m-him. He «:acclaimed by. the Steel Helmets who «" *T L S?_9 M■,GSIn^ y -^? 6 of ■ The*att ltu de. of ,tire Nazis toward hm is the important question. A snmmons to the Throne: from both these Actions would.be one of the strongest reasons for taking, him Toaa yvin: tw Tudor-style house, in; which a miniature Court..he, is.a tragic.; figure. ; - Captain; E. A. Eden. . Captain Eobert Anthony Eden, M.G., who this week declared' that the time had come. for. definite , accompUshment ™>th 6 question of disarmament is one of the younger members of the Conservaifcive Party. He is the .surviving son of the late' Sir ' William Eden, seventh baronet, and was born in 1897 Captain Eden: is said to possess a keen desire-to .learn all that he can of the u nis soa th of the Equator. He was educated at Eton, and Oxford,'and took first-class honours.in Oriental languages. 33^ tendency was originaUy towfrd the Diplomatic' Service, • hence his study' of PerW/and Arabic, but his university career.was interrupted by the war. He served with tne King's Eoyal Bifles from ISIS t° 1919, the latter period, of his servi^: being ,as .G.S.O. and then as brigade major. He returned to

Oxford and took his degree in 1922. In the same year he contested the Spennymoor Division of Durham as a Conservative candidate, but failed; but he was successful for "Warwick and Leamington, and was previously Parliamentary Private Secretary: to the Under-Secre-tary of State for Home Affairs. He has been to Persia, Mesopotamia, and Palestine; travelled by the Damascus to Bagdad desert motor service, owned by the New Zealander, Mr. Norman Nairn, and toured with the Imperial Press delegation. In 1923 Captain Eden married the daughter of Sir.Gervase Beckett. Sir Gervase is a director of the "Yorkshire Post," and is well known in banking circles. Captain Eden has been 3 regular contributor to the "Yorkshire Post," • being responsible for the "Political Notes" from London. Ignace Paderewski. The famous pianist, Ignace Paderewski, who is reported as likely: to be a' candidate for the office of Prime Minister of Poland, has held political rank in that country before. Tgnace Paderewski was born, in Podolia, a province of Eussian Poland, in 1860. He studied music at Warsaw, Berlin, and Vienna, in which last-named city he was a pupil of that famous teacher, the l^te Theodor Leschitizky. He made his first public appearance in Vienna in 1887, in Paris two years later, and in London in 1890, and in all - three cities his brilliant playing created a furore that went to the wildest extra vaganoes of adulation. In 1891 he toured America under the management of Mr. Hugo Gorlitz (who is not unknown in Wellington), and there again the tour was a triumphant one. His name became synonymous with the highest pitch of perfection in pianoforte playing; he was hailed as the successor to Eubinstein,1 and all society -was at '■ his feet. In. 1899 he married the Baroness de Bosen, and after 1900, having massed a considerable fortune (most of which he invested in Poland) he appeared but seldom in public, devoting himself more closely .'to compositions for the pianoforte. He has composed much. His dainty "Minuet" is perhaps the best known " of his works in New Zealand, but it is only one of many-ex-ceedingly graceful works for the pianoforte. His opera,' "Manru," was performed in • Dresden in. 1901. One of the most extraordinary developments of poet-war politics was his elevation to the post of Premier of Poland. For a quarter of 3 century he had bean known to the , world as one. of the foremost virtuosi of the pianoforte, and probably the most striking' figure in the world on the concert platform, but, few who knew'the tall, spare man with • the delicate aquiline features,: spacious forehead, and aureole of fair hair, were aware that behind the surface and the show there beat the heart-of one of the staunchest Polish patriots1 among the many who have-suffered in the' struggle for-freedom made'by that country. The timet- always ■ finds the man, and Paderewski went through the United States as a flame, not'as a'pianist but as a patriot, placing tEe true position of > Poland i in. the big war before the hesitating millions' of America, and pleading with wonderful'force and magnetism the cause of the Allies as opposed to that of the Germanic Powers. Having lost a fortune himself j lie set to work \to ■ raise money for his wretched countrymen, and at length returned to fire his people with the picture of a free and independent Poland at last. President Zamora. President Zamora, who las recently celebrated the first anniversary of Ms installation;as President.of Spain,;iis a man of ■ strong Meals. Fervent, tempes-. tnous, and strong, he emerged'from pri> son to be Prime Minister and'wentifrom that post to be head of his : country. President: Zamora was ■ always; a bitter

enemy of General Berenguer, the leadiag member of the ill-fated Aznar Ministry, and held that Priino de. Rivera, the erstwhile dictator made a fatal mistake when he believed that he could hold Alfonso in check. But whatever de Rivera's opinions, Zamora declared in the dying days of the monarchy, Berenguer made no attempt to hold the King in check. Zamora is an Andalusian and talks with the lisp and slur of thatoace, never with Castilian clearness, and he is as kindly as only an Andalusian can be. During the three and a half months which he spent in prison just before the revolution he was ,as courteous to. the prisoners as he was to the greatest grandee. . An Alderman .of Madrid he helped a provisional government of Aldermen, for the municipal elections flung him up to confront, the monarchy like the embodiment of a nation's wrath. There were no weapons in the hands that • knocked at the gates of the Ministry of the Interior to demand admission ; for the government of the ■Republic. A single monarchist voUey would have wiped out Zamora and the members of his Government, although the consequences of such a volley do not bear1 thinking about. The coup was made and Zamora was instaUed. His family has always been devoted to the Church and to Spanish Liberalism. It has never been wealthy, as wealth is counted in Spain, but was of the highest standing. It was represented' in the Constitutional Parliament of 1812 as well as in the Parliament which drew up the Constitution in 1876. It felt the displeasure of the King over a century-ago and was then ready to take the stand that culminated in on© of its members being President of the nation. Senor Zamora was born in 1877, and at the time a plague of lawyers descended upon . Spain. Apart from Ms prestige gained from-political standing and the exceptional appeal of his oratory he is remarkable for the unusual brilliance of his career and the grounding in the history of law which, made him a distinguished contributor to the law journals. He began his training at the University of Granada and finished it at the University of Madrid. Twenty^seven years ago ia continued the family tradition by entering politics and was elected'by 'two villages simnltaneously. He represented the -village of La Carolina in Parliament until it was closed by the dictatorship of 1923 In 1918 he,was Minister of Public Works and finally Minister of War.