On one side of the
scale, however, the German Emperor
has thrown the weight of his influence.
On the other side is the moral influence
of practically all the rest of Europe, but
this will scarcely be of any value to
Prince Ferdinand unless he can enlist
the active support of Great Britain,
which, it may be, Lord Vernon, though
reluctant to withhold, will find impossible
to give. It is not to be denied that,
from a disinterested view-point, Prince
Ferdinand seems by far the more worthy
of the two claimants.
"Lord Vernon is suffering with a
very severe attack of influenza, which
has been developing for some days, and
which has, at last, become so serious that
his physicians have commanded a complete
rest for a week or ten days. One
may well conceive Lord Vernon's reluctance
to heed this advice, but he has
very wisely decided to do so. The little
seaside resort of Weet-sur-Mer, on the
Dutch coast, has been selected as the
place for his sojourn, and he will be
taken there to-morrow on H. M. S.
_Dauntless_. Sir John Scaddam, his
physician, and two of his secretaries,
Mr. Arthur Collins and Mr. George
Blake, will accompany him, although
work of any kind has been absolutely
forbidden him for at least a week.
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