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Show wtpM out. Th. aloofness of th. houm of Reus, howavar, oondnuad tinder Henry XXII. It Isolation, In fact, was lntnaifi4 when ha revived the uniform uni-form of the former "Reuse contingent." for the officials of his court, although the unit formerly wearing the uniform bed long since disbanded. Then came the wsr of 1S79 with France, and the unified efforts of the sections of Germany which later constituted con-stituted the empire removed the friction fric-tion between the bouse of Reuse and the Prussians. Under William II. the house of Reuss ranked as the equal In nobility with that of Hohensollern. which Is not true of the Bchojnslch-Carolaths, to which Princess Hermlne's first husband belonged. be-longed. The latter family, however, enjoyed the favor of the ex-kalaer. One of Its members was appointed captain cap-tain of a company In the first foot 'guards, which virtually was th emperor's em-peror's bodyguard, and several Imperial Impe-rial princes served In this company. CLIMAX OF ESTEEM. A climax to th kaiser's steetn for both the Rauss and Bchoenalca-Caro-lath families comes In his engagement to Princess Hermlne, Were the monarchy mon-archy still in existence she would be not only th German empress, but queen' of th Prussia her forebears so disliked. It has been arranged that th princess prin-cess will bring with her to Doom ras-tl ras-tl bar three youngest children. The two eldest sons will attend school at Grels. Religious circle throughout Germany Ger-many are calling attention to th fact that the coming Sunday la th four hundredth anniversary of the appearance appear-ance of Martin Iiuther's bible. Luther first devoted himself to th New Testament, Test-ament, writing th laet ssntenc of It In March, 1(21. After raadlng the prTOf a Wtttl t OTlilTlHI'p?sVirwieey-e I nl tt to th printer and on September 21, 1122, torn $000 copies were laaued , from th pre-, at Wlttnborg. This became famed "September Bible. Luther Lu-ther then tumtd to the Old Testament, completing- th entire Bible In It) 4. ! OflGE III EriD HATRED OF Loraiiic Houm of Reuss for 60 Years Has Been at Odds With Hohenzollerns; Poem Once Put Writer in Jail SERMN. Sept. SI (By A. P.) Faml- He of the German nobility are point-tea; point-tea; out that th staid old heads of th Ider Itn of th house of Reus probably prob-ably would rest uneasily In their graves could they hear the current announcement announce-ment that a member of their house was about to marry Into th Prussian Imperial nobility. It la aot three score years ago that the anceetor of Princess Hermlns were at odds with the Hohensollerns. whos ranks sh I expected to Join shortly, becoming the second wlf of former Kmperor William. It took th war of 1170 and Its results to remove th long standing antipathy born by th princedom of Reuss toward th Pots-dsm Pots-dsm court. Th former theo wss established es-tablished In court st Orles. which Is th princess1 birthplace. It wss a tiny princedom of only tit sqaar kllo-metere. kllo-metere. and 72,000 Inhabitants. Princess Hermlne's father, jTenry XXIL was only U years old when In 1(5 he fell heir to th throne of Reuss. On account of his youth the government wss first exercised by his mother. Karoltn. born Princess of Hess-8omburg. who wss not friendly to Prussia. A poem dedicated to her published In the Kladderdstscb lodged th editor of that publication In jail until Rlemark obtained hla release. ISOLATION INTENSIFIED. Th victory ever Austria In KM dashed to th ground th hope of Pm..'. enmts that aha would be |