The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-01-07
BY Courtesy King Of Holland, and
who now Claims to be Duke or
Brunswick.

The death of the Duke Wilhelm /.
of Brunswick, October Is, 1884, has
led to complications with regard t.
the succession, which are sonIewha
bewilderipg 20 the average render O |
the newspaper. kilograms being re- |
ceived Nv lisseminators Of current in |
formation are ''bIind" without SOM
expIanation, and only seem to ill.,
struct without actually d. ing so. l.
may be well, therefore, to attempt
disertanul. merit which will eHah't
tie wayfarirg nan not to err in hi,
conct pti1 ns IF what the cablegram'
pretend to inform him.
Tire late d. Ike was bachelor pm"
the last Of the drcal family. His
nearest relative is Queen Victoria
cousin, Prince Ernest August. DUKE
of Cumberland. horn September 21s',
1s45. the grandson Of Dnte Ernest
August. of Cumberland, fifth son Of
King George TIT. This prince was
married December 81, 1879, TO Prir
cess Thyra Of Denmark. slste~ of tn
Princess Of Wales. Of tie King ct
| Greece, and Of the Empress of Russia.
The King of Greece, moreover, mar
| Rod a niece of the Gar. Hence thu
| interest manifested by the roya
! families Of Great Britain, Greece and
Russia as 70 who shall become Duke
of brunswick. That of the first
named is paramount Of the thre'
I parties so far mentioned, az the Duke
! Of Cumberland is an English Prince.
! and his succession to the late Duke Of
brunswick would add enormously 70
the wealth of the family. The de-
ceased sovereign was one of tho
wealthipst in the long list of petty
rulers hearing sway in TIE grea'
German Empire. as is indicated by
the fact that he left a personal e tate
valued at millions Of pounds to the
Duke Of Cumberland. But the in.
terest Of the august head Of the Ger
man Empire is still greater than tina
of TIE PARTIES previously named, Fl"
reasons which are easily established
The Constitution of the German
Empire bears date April Is, 1871. By
fits terms all the States of German!
"form an eternal union for the pro
lection of the realm and the care o
the welfare of the German people
The legislative functions of the EN-
pire are vested I'm the Bundesrath am
the Reichstag. Members Of the first
named, sixIy-two in number, are ap
pointed by the individual States fo
each annual session. The Chancelln
i of the Empire, now Prince Bismarck
t rresides over the B indesrath. TIL
;, King of Prussia. by the Constitution
o is Emperor of Germany. He is ais
Q the arbiter of the Brunswick sLcce'
G sion.
In this fact lies the Grub" TIL
Duke of Cumberland, as did the lar
Duke of Brunswick, hates the Kin
of Prussia He would now be Kin
of Hanover had not tlrat KingdoI
= been annexeds by Prussia, af'er he
n triumphant war with Austria,
If 1856, i'm which Hanover took the sic
If which was vanquished. The POLiti
n of Prague says that previously to til
= Duke of Brunswick's death Prussi
10 indirectly informed the Duke If Gun
h berland that she would recognize hi
as the Duke of Brunswick. provide
g he would rpnounce all claims TO til
g II I'LL
% Cumberland rerlied; "My father
son shall be King of Hanover a
Duke of Brunswick or remain IL
K Duke of Cumberland" Hence tt
10 takes in the question of succession
the Ducal Sovereignty now vacam
$ one easily understood TO he of great,
account to it than to any other COur
Prussia can hardly be expected To r
store the independence of Hanove
THE Bundesrath has discussed Il
Brunswick succession and decided
q large majority to advise the En-
l. Duke of Cumberland. NATURAL
70 Hanover favors the aspirant who, |
courtesy, is still called it's King, ar
the report is that eleven Ou' IF Il
70 nineteen districts return deput - wi
: talk about restoring it's Independent
IS of Prussia by the use of foreign cor
V plications, and to thus give the Dull
" of Cumberland what they cIai
ought to be his. This is not like
TO conciliate the Emperor-King, wi
u is said to favor the candidature
Prince Albert of Prussia, his nepheV