The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-07

If this should prove to be the case, the mas
sacre will not be wondered at however much
it may be regretted.
The Chinese in the United States have not
been sufficiently well treated for us to retort
upon them as a nation for this horrible occur
renee, and while it is the duty of all the So
called civilized nations to protest against such
outrages, and to adopt measures for the pro-
lection of such of their citizens as reside in
China, it should be remembered that there
are two sides to every question, and that the
Chinese in this country have the same claim
upon us for protection from outrage as our
citizens have upon the Government of China.
PRINCE LEOPOLD OF HOHEN-
ZOLLERN.
YESTERDAY the one grand topic of discussion
throughout Europe was the scheme of General
Prim to place Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern
on the throne of Spain. According to the
American custom of regulating such matters,
if Spain desired to have Prince Leopold for
her king, and the Prince was willing to un-
dertake the task of ruling such turbulent
people, outside nations would have no cause
or right to interfere. But ''the balance of
power" the great bugbear OF modern Europe,
makes the internal affairs of any one nation
the concern of all the surrounding countries,
and the family associations of the
new candidate for the Spanish throne are
such that when he draws out his handkerchief
to blow his nose, all Europe must hold her
breath in anticipation of the effect. Yester-
day we gave sketch of Prince Leopold, de-
failing his relationship to the different royal
families of the Continent, which is about all
that can be given concerning him, as his in
dividual career thus far seems to have been
rather monotonous one, as the individual
careers of unemployed royalty are apt to be.
There are some points, however, on which we
can be more explicit.
The father of Prince Leopold, Prince
Charles Anthony, who was born in the year
1911, is the present head of the House of
Hohenzollern-Si -Sigmaringen, the youngest
branch of the great House of Hohenzollern,
of the eldest of which King William of Prus-
sia is the head. Twenty years ago, the
members of the younger branches of the line
abdicated all their possible claims to the
crown of Prussia in favor of the present
reigning family, at the same time that their
petty sovereignties-the principalities of
Hohenzollern- HI Hechingen and Hohenzollern-
Sigmaringen-were incorporated with the
Prussian kingdom. Since that time, the
younger branches of the family have been
dependents upon the favor of King William.
Prince Charles Anthony has held high
position in the Prussian army, and acted as
ruler of a Prussian province; his second son,
Prince Charles, who was born in 1889, was
in 1866 elected Hospodar of Roumania
through the paramount influence of Count
Won Bismarck, and although he thus got him
self into a trying and difficult position, he
was fairly out of the way; while the two other
sons, Prince Leopold and Prince Frederick,
have for some years been picking up an honest
| livelihood as officers of the Prussian army Yet,
under all circumstances they are both in the
! way, and a permanent disposition of them
similar to that which was made of Prince
Charles, their brother, few years ago,
would be as desirable to King William as to
either of the princes. But, aside from this,
the vacancy on the throne of Spain presents
additional attractions. Bismarck and Napo-
leon are face to face, and although there is
peace between them just now, "the balance
of power" has been SO seriously jeopardized
! by the consolidation of Prussia and the forma-
ton of the North German Confederation
that the Emperor can not be expected to let
slip any opportunity for ianking his unscru-
| pulous opponent. 1t is but natural that Ma
poleon should desire creature of his own on
the throne of Spain, as this would give him
! virtual command of the whole Iberian penin-
sula in case of serious complications. To
defeat the possibility of such solution of
the Spanish question, Bismarck has
naturally forwarded the scheme of Prim
! to install Prince Leopold in the place
vacated by Isabella. The Prince, it is true,
is directly descended from an aunt of the
Emperor, as well as from an adopted daughter
of ''his uncle" Under ordinary circum-
stances this near relationship would render
the candidature of Prince Leopold very
proper thing in the eyes of his kinsman. But
his relationship to the royal family of Prussia,
and the unquestionable fact that King Will
liam and his Prime Minister, Count Won Bis
marck, would exercise more influence at the
Spanish Court, in case Prince Leopold is
placed at its head, than would be accorded to
the autocrat of France, settle at once all the
claims of blood and not only render the can
didature of the Hohenzollern obnoxious to
the present Government of France, but
would cause his selection as ruler of Spain to
be "a check and menace"
The Constitutional, a semi-official organ,
of yesterday, is the authority for the state
ment that the French Government so regards
the possibility of Prince Leopold's accession.
But the tui bulent scene in the Corps Legis-