New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-28
THE DUTCH REGENCY
KING WILLIAMS HOPELESS CONDITION.
THE LtJxEMBURti QUESTION
rrvo,, -ur pvor1.n c,REEsroNpEST OF THE IKiDoNH
lFkQN IHb ktpuLA1 NoN" Inris April ..

The last male member OF the Hr''' ,,o
Of the House of Nassau has iaiie" INV t-o,,
worse than idiocy The disease oi thc '''' $1,000,
which. with other maladlcs, ne su"''' 1a,d.
him 10 state Of infantine w"'Nh'S' " -, I'm
his brain 10 that extent thai 'ho"s", ;n,oIIsc,
cNtinguishcd The feeble remains - Ar
are onlv shown in pcovishness ana sio"l"'
ATTEMPT was made the other DAY ny
att.rdants directed by doctors to walk n'"'
and d,,,-, his room But the absence oil cur
dination in his movements showed 'i,'' NE,
,,.os rroa in tho blood putting out the lh''',
but that the postcrior cords oil inv 'r With
,,rdorgo,e d.ceneration He Is druHe'"
,,ornbinc which has u sedatve eh'cC vi
,cry. which governs the secreilonS o' INV 49,
,,.hich is the primary cause OF hi' di>e"'V
orl- ,voulJ have the courage TO de>cFlp' no -,
Tho way Of the transgrcssor Is 'I''
poIativclv IN his subjects the hlnS was "
man Rut he WIS in private lie Sui'''' .r'
y harsh ovcrbcaring husband TO MS IL, ,t
and father He was frequently INV 49, ~;
oldest son in his amorous adventures ~"
of Uouand was u great-grandSoh u WV
Catherine II. and inherited her amol""' T.,
mont without her eVennesS oil o'''' ..;,h
. ~. ,i,orturc 70 fall desperately IN love WIN
Molibran. the great singer, when ne was " ~.
man and he had not forgotten h'' WV" A.
f.tbor and mother Obliged him 10 NM en-,
ricco NJ thc latter. Sophie OF Nut'c'h""T -,
,.os - woman Of Il strong mInd' Who" ' 49,,
cultivated highly, ind Of shr'""' n,,
,orone Some of her sayings apou' MN ;..or
hack 70 his ears and he became her Iho'r Wv 10
encmv When death had left him c"'''''''
married ont of patriotism, nihe Years ,-
The Little Orange, rs the DUO" '''', .,o,,ch
orsrrirc Of hi, marriage is dc>cend'" '"'"r.
nn;nooss If Waldcck Pyrmont-from the o'ri. .,a
''",'' l., soeu,s 4 misfortune FOR 'h'
yo,horlonds that she is not boy DIV
'''''' s,cccssful a, monarchS than men, Pe'-
w. o, which bars her from ruling over
'"tN . Iuvcn,burg. is . blessing In as
'', ,Iod- there tn, poor little princess j
- ,:. % ,natr,mouial projects The ''rn"'
,,;,oo aud a fourteen ycar-oid COUSIN VI
,,,o, f,oorce the son Of Prince Noc'' w
,,..'..,o ,ro IN he sent 70 study at Du'cH "''
,onei.. Prince Baldwin OF Belgium Is "'"
len % lie is the eldest son OF Inv YUM
,ran1,re beir prcsurptivc to the Belgian ''''o'''
,,.,,.o,or II * doubtful whether the Du'c" "'"'"
,i,.o .loir future Queen Rcgnnnt 70 DC wiz u.
Ca,hol;c Prince: and it is quit" certain '"'' -"
uai,,io J-rromontanistS would look WIN 9"
..,,,r,. o.e NJ the marriage OF their coming N"N
i., protostout Princess There Wou" Nv
.o;, hicl,erinC ahout the religion Oh Inv P'o'
orsrrirr Of the marriage. do not SuPP'''
.,.o 1or,,cr of both Belgium and the Ne'"'r''"'
,,, o,tcr M by the German Empir W'"''
,,a,o o,,rocncnt possible between irtorin"" D"''n
aI poI,ion clcrcals The Catholic sup'FN y.
,linr ,conold mr., quarrclSomc, ana uh"eFN'""'
nothinp Of the live and let live pr'hciPF.
rr.n pororcv is proclaimed. both in Tn" neither
lords and in Luvcmburg. where the pHN' VI ,
.a, s Regent. King William. when h' i'" '''''
~. constitution WAS breaking M. appointed
l,.,u,;, of Rccency in which every party ann
,,hi..iar crced profpsSed in his Stat" j. r'pr'-
..ad Thore is oven Catholic councillor ih'
o..,, o,,.or Will br chiefly social. ~ Inc Sr'''
c,,o ~ the King's late brother, Prince Henry
: settled on her. she will he very wealthy T''
Ill, l,,c rho use Of the superb jewels Of Anna ia
lawn, her qrandmothcr-n-aw. ana oi several par
,ccs durirc the minority Of h"r dan@h''r ~ ~,
Kim, lad many natural sons. ana a'N'"N"
tbc,,, all They are for the most par. INV"
.,,,,loroorI,. men. of literary and artistic tastes
rho daual tcr> are also legion. They r''N''' """'
.or,o dovrics and made advantageous m'ich'S'
r,,o D,,,o Of Nassau Is one of the rlch"St
n.i..oos ir Germany. Hi, wealth had three
.o,,noos LANDED estates the fculal right before
H., ro,oIrtion ncnctratcd into Rhcnlsh Germany
. hirs ont fine male population oi his Stare rs
.oldicrs and gambling tablcs Previous TO tn' .
,n,o,ion If th, new German Empire, the 'Hp'N
iI al +hc EXPENSES OF road-malSing street
iL,irc hrid rc-building. etc. In 8G6 the D"kr
g Nassau sided with Austrla and Hanover "H'lhs'
ur,.sia All his estates wcir scqu' StIat'd' bu'
,,o NANCY was in safety lie made up hs quar-
ROT with Nh, German Emperor on the occasion %
,ho Wedding Of his daughter, the Princess lll"a
of Nossau and his Naiestys grandson. the lier"l-
;,,r,. Prince of Baden On his way 10 Italy, the
rrcscn, German Emperor had call when staying
with Nh, Grand Ducal family of Baden IN th'I
cont in the isle Of Nainau in Lake Constance
from thc Duke The visit WIS cordially received
ard returned III, same day, and a friendly cor
rcspondence has since gone on. Bnt there may
soon We cause for quarrelling The Duke has
nroud. intractable temper. and the Emperor
,ronts 10 reduce him rs h's'HI
[uy,mburc 70 state Of vassal'g'
friend who occupies one Of the greatest posi-
ZION, in that country, tells me that thcr" are ~
ready strained relations Al Berlin thry WAN
,Ic Dul,c 10 take rank a German Prln'e'
which he i prevented from doing by the treaty o!
ro.,ralitv # So. agreed - hy the great Powers
\ short time ago the Emperor had a talk On '"''
subject. SAYS my friend, with me Dthh' Duke 81
Baden who repeated II to the Duke Wv " i'''''"
desire. It. was pointed out that neutrality d''S
no, protect Luxembourg the fortreNNe' OF whioh
,,.r. razrd in pursuance with the treaty in gu
tion, from France. which >"c> IN the DucAy her
hest road into Germany. Luxembourg Is already
IN The Customs Union, or IollNer"ln Why not
bring il into the Coniedcr'llon, when coHW Dr.
done by the Duke denonacng tn" treaty OF n"n-
traltvo This treaty arose, may mere MENTION
out of the situation created twenty-five years ago
by the King Of the Netherlands having secretly
sold Luxembourg = Napoleon III. Bismarck, he
fore Sadowa, would not have minded tbs sale
Knt after Sadowa he minded it greatly and there
,,,. near heinz "A quarrel between Fiance and
prussia thout IT, Lord Derby devised tho treaty
~ rcnrrth,y which Wa sort OF sA Knot settle