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Alexander Hobenloha.
of “this article.‘ is ”the
.‘WI the farmer Chan- .
all» 1301110de Hotca-
V'Mo. an intimate frxend of the
~ ‘Hdaullern family. Prince Ai-
' er was a! member or" the
Reno. sud ater. previous to
1250’”; fistrict president in Cal-
lar. In Alsace-Lorraine. He
lived, “mad for some years in
~’{ Italy and in France. During the
7 m be was in Switzerland. The
5 m is now over 60 years 014.
_e I: noted‘for his sharp critt-
, _ By Pnrfics
. Auzxnnosn HOHENLOHE.
i “Normxo Learned" might
‘ ‘ v ' well have been the title
_ of “The Memoirs of Crown
‘ Prince Wilhelm." which is the lutest
7 addition to the autobiographies of
’. Gun-Janna Austrian world war
5» ' Detox-l that have been flooding the
.5 what these last few years. Renders
.f ’5 a the book will be thoroughly con-
vinced that Germany’s silent acqui-
escence at the time or the abdication
, I! William H. was the result of the
i W that the Crown Prince would
uncured to the throne.
One need not be an admirer of
-' William II.-——tho author of this article
never was one—to tool that there is
I. lack of good taste in the Prince's
book which may be accounted for
In the (act tint he is the'son 01' his
father. for it is Well known thut the
father also SllOWL'd a lack of this
me quality. During all the years
of his fateful government, from be-
ginning to end. urhi ct orbi, he
showed this sufficiently.
Just as repulsive as the above is
the Prince's continued emphasis of
his democracy. his little anecdotes of
how he talked with "common peo-
DXE." how he associated with his
"brave boys" on the field. It pro-
duces an unpleasant effect, and will
produce a. more UnplLasallt effect on
those who were really at the front
, when he speaks of the way he
4 “pressed forward to the front and
on the avid of buttlo.” although no
' one ever heard of his going further
toward the from thin a safe point
’ behind the firing line. 110 nccd not
he reproachod for this. for in modern
Warfare the lender sits before :1 table
with his maps spread out, lislcuing
to the telrplionc in comfortable
quarters far from the lmttlcliclclf
While the "human mutm'itl" out in
the muddy :|l:'l'tlir!;.' irwnclzvs are
starving and i‘i'm‘zi'lg and lwlng shot
to pieces. Tin; man who really did
risk his bones ,mal in sump Nam-3 (“II
not bring'tln-m lul. k whole—who was
r one of tho harm-s liiinsclfwwvhj
fought against 2.0 nu'n‘ulicimin;
forces with L‘lll.llil'llilC0
which urouswl fixation .unu:._x: tin.-
vnu ’ XLL' an!
enemy—may alt Inns: (l“lll'lll~l that.
when he rmds .‘~‘.l.‘ll a work, it cou-
laln a litilL- morn rebpvct fur the
truth. Ii. ls H"l:'('a‘lj.' }>:'r~lv. bk- that
a reader of mi: ‘ “.\'O.:Di?w1‘l::s~.l
with the put:. :lul. unwrivl mu’l
sentimental lullc with \vlnil l: Mr.
1205mm allows (‘i'wu'n l'rlni'e to
speak of “his Eu; .4 ” 'l‘in- lllllv'a ll’IYC
changed, but 11:» ill: ..2.. docs
not seem to comp": lat-ml. . rick
thr- Grt-llt nziiziit imvc lz'ivlrli' d in
such an uttltuilu. lie was Prub rich
the Grout. .\i..l i\"'ll the famous
Napolvnn, “hum ii‘u- ('z'n‘n'n l'rince
:s supposml tn lmvo :uliizirrd so
'rnuch. spulu- of 11.5 "grngiiai'ds" in a
different tone.
: The sumo llnplv'ls mt imprweslon is
made who-n the IllllllUX' «ll.» :stws his
role before tln- mu. llv‘ umlr‘rcsti-
mates too much the :izcmury of his
readers when he nttcmpal to clear
h
.3". an: of. German imperial policy,‘
; Ind in particular for his opposx-
.. f’ 1, , not to'the Kaiser. - .
.
..-__,‘ W. \q. ,.
Th?
himself at the accusation that he
tried to incite the war-when he in-
‘tertered 1n the famous Zahara airsh-
y depicting the incident as a harm-
less matter, contrary‘ to facts. The
aflalr was deeply discussed through-
out Europe because it threw the po-
litical situatitOn in Ger-runny sud-
denly into the limelight and illumi-
nated the overwhelming preponder-
ance of the 'mllitarists and‘ the im-
perial gOv'ea-nment's submission, to
their demands. The impression made
was more lasting because or the in-
terference of the Crown Prince, who
unreserveedly took sides with the
military elements. At the time the
whole mom was recognized. and
probably not unjustly. as an attelnpt
V to bring about immediate war. Peace
had lasted too long for certain mili-
tary groups, and they desired war
for their own advancement. ,
For this reason few will believe the
author-when he tries to justify his
attitude at the time, his famous tele-
grams on the subject and the "wrong
label which all the blind pacifists in
Germany and their evil echoes in
foreign countries” attached to him.
It would have left a. far better im-
pression had he admitted thathe had
acted foolishly at the time. He might
even have excused himself by saying
that he was theufiiine years younger.
Again. there is'the Prince's famous
statement nSout the joy of being
able to ride to a real cavalry attack
at the head of his Hussars. 'l‘hl.
statement he avoids remembering
perhaps for the reason that the ques-
tion would be so obvious why, in
August. 1914, where there was still
use for cavalry, he lct' the oppor—
tunity go by. 7
Perhaps the most interesting part
of the book is that in which he tries
to explain his political views. It is-
interesting in that we-Germuns are
given an opportunity to see what
sort of a man might have ascended
the throne if the world war had not
overturned the monarchy and his
father had passed from this life in
peace. It would seem almost impos-
sible that any German could wish for
this man on the throne after his own
presentation of his views. -
At the lmginning of the book he
speaks of his relations to his father
and the difference between them in
“character, irmpcrnmcnt and m;
iurc.” He mentions his own "freer
attitude toward lire, unimmpcred by
tradition," and of the expression of
opinions and notions of his father
which 500mm] to him "strung:- and
inc:nnipx-l-licnsililp," Aggpmmmg to ex-
pluin this, :~::i_\'s that ho himself.
ll”
“follow 1;: his natural inclination,
this jitl‘llflIlS more undcr the in
ilucnvc of rculity than the Emperor
and ('iill\<.'l‘;’f"il with itsn prejudiced
pcrsons, and, ubuvc all, listened to
thcm.” llt- AGGS that the chief Char-
acteristics of his father were
"l‘mnk, perhaps :13. times all
Clllllinlr, and his
trust."
In \
his
too free
accommodating
“1219 passion-4 11> cmpli isizns
his pru. ..l vinws. which he holds to
M- mow mwlnrn ilmn illosc (If his
fullwr, and lays cspcciul stress on
his 'lrst nvqulsimms during the
yours l:(- spilt “wi‘liing
. and study—
in}; in ”lo" lllzlllFll‘ll,'\‘;_ lt “us then.
lie that ho ire-grin in (‘Ompro-
lint-ml the ‘mpurmnve at tho press in
width "lllf‘ pulse of the twins was
putrimzinx." and. after plowing
(lu‘uiigll tho )Mpt'l‘fi from li’rcnzzcl‘t-
‘Hng to l‘orzcacrts, he found that "tho
prnldirms of the day were consid-
ornhly (liffurtnt from the Emperor's
\‘il‘l'.’s of them.” Involuntnrily the
mpn-sslon is received that the
.uutlmr socks more favorable press
mtg-s,
With original drawings by the author.
By BLANCHE McMANUS.
HE most popular or all French
open air studios are those
which lie under the sunlit
Mediterranean skies. and this for the
reason that the bold, brilliant, some-
times even violent, color work of
most "modems" in art blooms best
in the wonderfully translucent atmos-
phere or this favored coast of blue.
the cote d'azur or the Frcnch. This
:errestrial parmlisc'has a background
of amethyst colored mountains and
pluins of billotvy‘ green olive or-
chards and rose tinted spring ahow~
ers of almond blossoms. Then. too.
it is here. and here alone, that one
can point out of doors all the seasons
round. with varying palettes, to be
sure. but always with palettes bril-
liantly set.
Like points of punctuation these
open air studios dot the curve of the
French Mediterranean shore from
the Spanish frontier to the west to
that of _Italy to the east, 250 odd.
strung out xnlles of motile which, at
”1
comment in the future by his em~
phasis of the importance of news~
papers.
If. however. one expects to find
the Crown Prince's views freer after
his sharp criticism of the foreign and
X ‘
The forme
>tlc. indeed. from his "study of (the
* T:\
Rainbow of a Painter’s
one time or another, have entered
into the making or a large percent-
age of French paintings.
or all the seven ends or the color
rainbow at which artists Joyously and
confidently hope to locate a fabulous
pot of gold by the divining power or
their brushes Les Martigues. the trip-
let fisher port of .the Gulf of Lyon
is easily first and the most impors‘
taut. the best beloved and the most
colorful. It is Just a little towu of
7,000 people between Marseilles and
the mouths of the Rhone, fisher folk
for the most part who plyiig white
" ' R \ “mm“
. . "
--M
t‘f"
domestic policy of the Imperial Gov-
ernment one will be disappointed. It
will he soon that he gained Very lit-
prcss and the people, for when he
explains what, in his opinion. the
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fife,
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:- Crown Prince of Germany.
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.Government ought to have done be-V
tore and during the war he does not
bring forth any good ideas. 813
. criticism or the foreign policy is
nothing more than every newsmel'
at today knows. He is unable to
winged tartancs, like exaggerated
GONES. through the winding: 0: the
four narrow canals threading lazily
through the centuries old groups 01
stone'walled, tiled root houses torm—
lng enchanting litfl'e 110“. their
facades mirrored in luminous liquid
depths. »
Martigues. the Provencal Venice
the Painters name it, knots the-Ju- .
land Etang do Hem with the keel.
terranean. It is xxx-truth a mature
Venice-canals, stoné'nrched-hrhkes.
quays. boats of gay colors; 15°13
churches and picturesque dwellings.
and once in a. while’somethlnz almost
an approach to a pmatial edifice.
Seen through the gold dust radiance
of the southern sun one would al-
Martlgum is on the
the rainbow. with a
mauVe complement. , - \
It is on the seventhxwame armou-
larlty. too. and I have in times out
seen halt a ihundred‘fia’lfltemrmén”
and women, of V ‘ 1 .
Perhapsrmore. at work at a W
sitting. Paris salon -
Whitman, one man showman m
aradise-f J
scaled down ‘to pocket ham!!!
size, in his garden and imported a
black gondola to breed. motifs oil the
backwaters 0: this “Venue. Prom;
cale" as models. for hh ravishing
pictures. 8.1:th hasralso ‘béenchimed
that mostnot his wonder-tin Atrium
vsncas‘es and? gorgeous '
ranean sunsets were-naintaddvith
.the white sailed 'mmmes‘ a: ‘Mar-
tigues floating by his door. -~
~ There is s-‘Musee Zlem in theme:
turesque old town hall to
artistic hospitality of the _
~contr1buted a picture, proud to have
it shown in the same W‘wh’ere are
exposed the easel iam’pam‘ of the .
seven new». '_
shows, prim
as likely. to‘ have more~ W3] - '
motifs in their catalog numbers than
any others which . '-
cally located.
,. .Thereis a. mum hqgmiggdnt‘on
01 beauty for it
His- house is
with new ul-
ediy chum
“ mander in chic! of the army.
most or us who havmenloyed the“
Menu.»
prove his statement that berm-e the
wax-hens an advocate on the policy
«approaching‘ Englm.
, Especlnlly remarkable is the
cqun Pnn'ces' expression or high
The PT§:c(.'¢ (.15
Ludcniorfl' 5.», h
“Tuition Inf 1?;
in OCtOht‘r, 1
request for ;:~-
it was caizm
regard fox-.711" 926,-th he repeat-
7 means "really an ex-
trn‘ordin » great person—an orig-
inil, 'strong- willed roan." It was.
hoiwever. s‘oteiy' Tlrpltz's rejection or
the English proposals regardlngVan
, agreement with reference to fleet
building that prevented an agree-
" mént being reached with England.
Inlspite of the adoption of Tirpitz’s
notion 'through‘thehblindness of the
Fdrelgn Office and W‘on Buelow'e for-
VelA policy, the author maintains
th t he did not agree with the opin-
loxj of Tirpitz that it .was necessary
to :prepare for a. decisive battle with
England at sea. It°js perhaps nos-1
stifle that he wanm to keep the
favor 'of this ambitious man to aid
him in case he should return to the
throne. V‘on Buelow. too, cam be
”satisfied with his criticism. for the
author expresses his regret that
Van Bur-low was not made Chancel-
lor in the summer of 1917.
The .Crown Prince's Attitude tow-
an! Ludendorff is strange. At first
hedofends him against the criticism
thit he "tool: more part in the prob-
lems of domestic and foreign policies
than he had a right to take as com-7
He
was forced to do so," says. the au-
thor. "Otherwise nothing would
.ihave been accomplished in the way
. of solving the imminent problems."
‘Later he criticizes Ludcndorfi' indi-
rectly in his complaint that the man-
ner of censoring the'German press
prevented the spreading of truth.
among the German people. “’ho
Iother than the commander in chief
was responsible for the censorship?
Again, the Prince admits that he
kept “dissuasivc” papers from the
men at the front. In the same man-
ner of criticism he’ (511$ how unex-
‘pected was Bulgaria's collapse for
the chief command and accuses it a:
not having comprehended the situa-
tion. He also‘speaks of l. dcndox-ff’s
underestimation of the ability of me
army to keep on fighting.
maltrc, and for this contribution we
have each received in return a g =i=1
embossed certificate ’of ‘ munitipztl
thanks.
. liartigues' abounds in a. sp.cio:;s
local art color. The ramhhng ell
Hotel Chain-is. fashioned Loni an.
ancient convent. whose one
chapel is now the stable? “‘3“-“--
try carts and mules and do
automobiles on OCL‘flSlOll are
in disused shrines, has :2.
our favorite gathcring place
garden. half flowers and lrali
tables. was brought it»? ‘
butcher's old whit-:- nag that s. :‘x': l
Humidor for the moms; in his 121-; ‘
Luxembourg pic: l; rc. "C..- i n
Chumps dc Bulaillc‘.“
. This same garden courtyard
been the battlefield of every ‘
artistic ammunition fired :1
tables as we used to dim;
great grapevine pergqla.
evenings we foregntlwrni in
kitchen, the only warm 13,.
chimneylcss house. when;
provcncnl causcrics L15 "
(.‘lmbas. in white cay-
sided over the great '
: place. in which still ‘
.work‘ spit, and flax
dishes of the “midi"‘(fiLIa‘ '«11’ - ‘ :.-
and provenml boas mots . > Z. ‘.
toned with his own hand :.;-_ .. .:-.:\.
» hucd saflrony houfllcbaisst.
After Ziem came Gallic. "
master of Mediterranean s. .
grounds. His was the dozniam
personality of Mastigues canals and
dust-White ptov'encal roadways. I
never knew any painter to work out
of dogrs m ell studio comforts as
does éalliardinl. He always sat in a
real chair on a rugngith his faithful
old bovine G‘ouhhed on a lowly stool
beside him ‘holdinlg his black lined
white unifirella’ over him and his
work, clinging; . frantically to his easel
when the {‘mjstml,” that tn‘gid, er-
ratic north wind of the Rhone valley.
swept down like a. wolf an the arms —
. tic told. . ' _
”3°. P933953 etched the Provenc
Venice 'on the" American conscious-
“years 'ago‘anaf'made those de-
um’ i‘pxctunes' or “Play In Prov-
ence” and “An Ambassador to Prov-
‘ ence" written by his fellow towns-
mnn. of'Phfia‘ dolphin. Thomas Jan-
vier. ’1‘hose‘ "were' the days" when
ways ' , on.
l?- :15
i'l.
‘ both should.
long as The
tamed. ;
ently ' de .
Government
cause the fr-gn . ,
for more than 1w 7: ' it;
It was Luduzdorn‘. ?"
tries to forget it f
Edndoy Pictorial of I. 3
and 1-1 shows when i‘ V '
whole blame
from '
Ix“ . 3
behind” and ‘ "
people who di'l
moral stamina. .2
Prince’s word: ‘
that the figf
had given w... ’ ..
Ladendori’f. the .7.
"lost his norm;
Reunion: in :E.‘
the former Cr
83011 of lilac"
stantlatod.
that he is dr _
stitution and tn}
tening to (h: vs; V, ‘_ ._. "
Edward VII. V ‘ .
have learned -‘
the Edit-c: :z- '
ulatcd thorn a;
not W‘ve
nu
self as u :1:
No,
clever er
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“Knuth '3‘.
crow n :13
muus
men,
coiffvs,
aprons over '1‘
linually 3122:.
green pout-11v
air fountains.
forgetting the
drinkeys. tasclled
owners :2me lxsifi
Spain by the nu:um..:::
Purple Pyrenees.
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