Word: eitel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sued for Divorce. By Prince Eitel Friederich, 51, second son of Kaiser Wilhelm II; Princess Sophie Charlotte, 47, daughter of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. He alleged that "her continual efforts to secure employment in the motion picture industry have become a source of humiliation to the House of Hohenzollern." She promptly filed a counter suit accusing him of degeneracy. It was recalled that she married him in 1906, virtually at the command of the Kaiser, who wished to bring the vast wealth of the Oldenburgs within the Hohenzollern family. Should the divorce be granted she is expected to marry...
Prince Protests. To the rabble that thus voted, former Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, second son of Wilhelm der Zweite, issued a manifesto expressing his "surprise" and stigmatizing their "ingratitude": "Though the Princely Houses are willing to compromise with the State, they must be accorded the rights of first-class citizens. . . . Let it be remembered that of the 42 princes who?saw front line service during the War, 14 were killed...
Much excitement was aroused when the Socialists introduced into the debate statistics allegedly showing that three sons of the former Kaiser are drawing annual pensions as follows from the Republic: Eitel Friedrich, 10,000 gold marks ($2,380); Oscar, 7,500 ($1,785); Adalbert, 5,000 ($1,190). The Kaiser's brother, Prince Henry of Prussia (see HOLLAND), is said to receive 17,000 a year ($4,046) as a retired Admiral...
...first time since the War, ex-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm strutted about Potsdam in uniform. He, his eldest son and his brother Eitel, attended the centenary of the founding of the non-commissioned officers' school, after which a war memorial was unveiled and the troops paraded once again before a scion of the House of Hohenzollern. Monarchist flags were everywhere...
Monarchists. The Monarchist Parties (principally the Nationalists and German People's Party) made no nominations. Some names suggested: ex- Emperor Wilhelm II, ex-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince Eitel Friedrich, Chancellor Luther (who, although loudly boomed, was expected to step down in favor of Herr Jarres), Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, General-feldmarschal von Hindenburg, ex-Minister of the Interior Jarres. The last named seemed the likliest candidate as, although a Monarchist at heart, he belongs to the German People's Party and is known to favor the continuance of a Republic for the present. As a matter...