Smyrna times., 1872-03-27
Woman Behind the Throne,

Woman Behind the Throne.
The sanguine people who imagine that as
soon as women receive the suffrage and begin
TO mingl freely in the political life of nations
the millennium Is to dawn and the reign of
peace and goodwill to descend upon the earth,
ind little support for their belief in the present
condition OF Europe. In almost every country
of the Continent the influence of queens con,
sort and of princesses of the royal family is
thrown with power and effect against all nros
gress and salutary reform. The life and sonl
OF the cause of the BOurbons of Italv is the
young wife OF King Bomba, without whose
restless zeal and energy the wretcheG corpse she
has gaVanlze would soon return to dust. Her
sister, the Empress Elizabeth of Austria i
the official center Of that bleful cabal of bignts
who have so often succeeded in breaking nm
liberal cabinets, and in checking and counter,
acting schemes Of needed reform. The mother
OF the Emperor, the naughty and self.wilIed
Arch-Duchesss Sophia, fought desperately
against the law OF popular education, and
against the law OF civil marriage; and when
tne popular enthusiasm over their PASSAGE
culml1ated IN the singing of the national hymn
SIouuu H Ine statue OF Joseph III. in the Palace
Court, she vented her fruitless race bv taIo,
graphing to the Emperor in Pest6 that tbo
CITY was in lnsurrection and her life in danger
IL IS asserted that the late change in the Cah;.
net; which Count Beust was sent To England
Sul Oount AndroSsy put at the head of the
;uoverhnenc' was due in great measure to the
Intrgues OF the CamarilIa, who nnvar baS
9een able to endure this Protestant Saxon n
the palace 0@Aon lh
Il Is to be hoped for the peace of the ex;lad
h.usehoId at Chlselhurst that the late Emnaror
ol tne French never charges his lovely w;fa
WIN 1er snare OF responsibility for the war that
iu,ned Iobe sue1 = But the fact is beyond question
nooeul ana Gramont and poor Olivier were
- noSeS vi wax before the ardent and yindic
IL purpose OF this vain and ignorant ladv
thoI,.L n sue nau once resolved upon war. She
fro,n D. :iele |ouid De holiday promenade
Hcn farlS to Berlin, in which her son would
gam the conventional laurels which belong -
PRINCES who picnic with the soldiers and
. |ouiu then insure his quiet installation On the
SIn 5Ilon5' "nen his time came 1t was imnossi.
O.S tlat sne should know anything of either
Selmy or e OF Uerman politics. She had formed
-. .Hs see empress OF Austria one of those roman.
~ Irienusnlps which parvenues form for MOO
sle porn In the purple, like that of Pomna5ou
~ III Narla Theresa and she imagined that
aauce ;r ana Austria were natural allies This
rnlleSsl9h rap ' was confirmed by Metterniah. who
49, aS Wv IeVoted an admirer of Madame Bona
SsI ShoLoou " uream OF contradicting her in ANYTHING
f-nD, only compliments and pretty speeches
evnroSa;o ;o -ldtshals OF France, only flttering
vbn III . US rom the Ministers in Germany.
innuence Was thrown into the scale for war and
oonpietely overbore the timid vacilIa ion of bor
n9rveless husband '''" '"'ii'a Ion oi her
woulo ~ ene loeran Peninsula the influence of
groa. uOmen 10 the palace has always been verv
no go Hhu OFTEN hurtful But it has prohablv
n pen peen greater or more injurious than now.
i y ortugai' the daughter of Victor Emanuel
n .ue raIIylng point of all the reactionarv aIa-
SHnr SGHnCS The ex-King, Dom Ferdinand has
1. implicitly under the control of his NOR
HUI HUI "lIe' the Countess of Edla, formerly Mis-,
evo.ttJ 1Jr oI Boston, and her influence is rarely
soL ',.eu cor his good orth It of the public. The
Tn;t; TItne Tor making him King of Spain and ~
tha hs ors ene TWO Alngdoms after his death under
fa;aJ o Vi the BrlganZls, is said to have
she on account OF this young ladys fear that
ssandees OF CASTLE. The throne of Spo;n has
Teun repeatedly exposed to destruction bv the
wool ,l'suis OF irresponsible Processes. The
raIo,; that came to the kingdom through the
G~JIols G"Joos Oetween Don1 Maria Louisa and
d,ia are equaled by the disorders and scan
al VI Ilat accompanied the union of Christina
Inc Oiu'loz' AS we are not speaking of reign
te. Queens Se we pass over the faults and frail
ss,er,o r1 ~ ISABEL IL. But it is now everywhere
inevni;uuithat itGu mat the powerful influence, hitherto
ConIp.:4caoie' which in direct defiance of the
has @'Iutloll 80 and OF parliamentary traditions
.,rn ~ 'oi;s Kept the present reactionary Min
fro;y1 fc,y at the head of the Government proceeds
the" the o she clever and bgoted lady who keeps
a TiSon Son clence of the King, and who regards
fraeJoenral JIeral as pest to society, and religions
y XXI T,H as an abomination of desolation.-N
:, Coon BEDs.-Consider;na ,ho. obou.