Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-15
THE SWEDISH ROMANCE.
The Talk I'm Stock holm over Prince
OscarsS BetrOShalS

stockholm letter In Scandinavia, the Swedish
weekly published in Worcester, Mass, February
10, says: The chief interest hire at this time is
In Prince Oscars betrothal with Ebba Munck.
Like q tnunderbolt from q clear sky came this In
teiligence. II was, however, a public secret, as
one Is won't 10 say, to not few, since couple OF
years back, that Prince Oscar and Ebba Munck
had become attached TO each other, and that the
prince INTENDED to resign his rights OF precedence
In order TO enter into an alliance with bis hearts
CHOICE IL Is 1t is SAID two years since the prince
told his parents Of his desire The confession is
siia 70 nave excited astonishment. The king. who
IA tne urst instance regarded 1t as downright
attack upon monarchy, answered, as II seems.
with decided no, and the queen did likewise.
me prince, who Is not likely to turn back from a
resolve, even IL the whole word set itself against
IL, answered. at ne same time deprecatngly and
aecaedly: Her or no onep These are literally his
WORDS; frOken Munck entreated his trustful wait
Ing. through patience and perseverance they would
WIN the Victory. so time went on The parents,
VINO AT nrst thought that the attachment was
meeting fancy, were compelled t. acknowledge
tnat there was something else In gu stion. The
nearts fundamental law nad been opened. whose
clauses stand above both the forms OF government
and the order or succession. There is something
mat me King has In a nigh degree--a kind and
sensitive disposition. He could not, without sad
ness see these two, resolved 10 posess each other
or 10 go through life alone The queen, who Is
more oemocraticaiiy inclined than one supposes
gaze oent0krdt,sche PTnzessin, as she was called
IN her youth IN Nassau), was the first TO yield.
sac had also during the interval learned to know
E rN Munek as che lovelest OF beings woman
whose ue-act was TO relieve sickness and need Sne
also soon became the soul In the queens sick
home: Her enthusiastic and dreamy, but yet
SOUND plety, which she has In common with Prince
Oscar, drew ner stin more closely 70 the queen.
And so the day came, not long since, when
snn kings and queens consent was given. II
Things mere went on comparatively calmly, 1t was
otherwise. so IL Is declared, as far as tue crown
prince and princess were concerned. My tnformer,
with the crown prince there have been stormy
scenes he said The expression Is not suitable;
yet strong opposition was to be expected from
be con,ervative-rninded, ana the crown princess!
How would the proud hohenzollern blood like to
count relationship with simple swedish noble
man, not TO speak OF the monarchical succesSOn7
Tue great ancestor, Frederick the Great, and
above all the grandfather, the emperor OF Ger
OF eyes during the family council in the royal
palacel Prince Carl, the blue prince il said,
when The matter was settled, TO have exclaimed
"'Well yes, that was good then! Now shall go
and 90 the same thing The question is whether
the name OF the red prince for his marked liberal
views. he was Obliged, from mis- standpoint, 10
approve the step his brother had taken In ali re-
the higher circles? TWO parties have already
been form ed one considers that the step cODduces
TO tne fall OF royalty; the other greets what has
occurred with sympathy, and perhaps certain
hopes! Right remarkable Is an utterance OF one
VINO has taken an especially prominent place at
the kings council table: 1t Is timely and well
The ground-iaw assumes does It not, that such
marriages can occur; therefore 1t prescribes GER
tain conditions for the same. II II had not so as
suIned 1t would have prohibited. know Prince
Oscar as splendid man, nrIn OF character, who,
above all, means 10 clear his own way
Another well-known politician OF burgher origin,
put VINO Is closely allied with The court, SAID: 1t
is an arm extended to repuDhcansm; 1t Is fall
forwardl The crown prince viii never be popular;
but through this step Prince Oscar will become the
most popular man That his ever existed IN the
land would almost be willing to predict that
Within hfteen or twenty years sweden Will be de-
clared republic, and as president Will be elected
Prince oscar Bernadutte, or karlSkrOnar
at Is said that the prince Is to change his name
TO Prince Bernadotte. Others again say that he
Is going to be called Count Bernadotte. He loses
the tilie OF royal highnesS, however eagerly peo-
pie In certain quarters try 10 deny It,"