New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-14
WILLIAM OF HOLLAND.
SOME OF HIS pRAIsEwoRTHY DEEDS.

The King of the Netherlands led life maze
Gretched by infirniies but i'll spite OF soitchln4
of the brain, liver complaint and dlahc'es' nc
MANAGED to attain his scycnty-third year Inc
King was in the reign Of the Emperor Napoip"H
III almost a Boulevardicr. He went good deal
into musical and dcmi-monde society herc' an"
taking a patcrnal interest in NJ. &c Benot' 'he
son Of Madame Nalibran. and in Baron knyhc,
the painter used to attend their ar'iSuc Soi''''
KpyfIe WAS much patronized by the Prince OF
Wales he lived extensively. and dld not scu
many pictures. \ Dutch gentlemen h"H'c"
Breen was also the object OF his p'tefIM cure,
and was helped by him to an eAceAl'h' spci"'
position The legitimate SonS ana ne ga 10.
get on so we'll They had double dose. lhhcIl'eu
from the King and his first wife, OF inc ia"
blood of Catharne III of Russia. and OF the
neurosis of her son, the Emperor raul Nlham'
Prince of Orange, resided altogether IN fafS'
living in mean lodging houses. The second SON
Alexander. was a curious creature an albino in
physique eccentric III conduct, ana though Il
yaletudnaran, highly intellectual. Maurice, the
IL rd son. died OF meningitis in early Childhood
Though he was very fond until his mind
utterly broke down, of Queen Emma he made
her feel the misery of being old mans wife
He and she came TO England for the wedding OF
the Duke of Albany. They were given quarters
in the unused and therefore unared BuckIns-
ham Palace He caught there a cold wh'rh
brought on ncphritic inflammation from which
he never recovered,
The King of the Netherlands did not when the
Empire was in its hcyday. come altogether 10
Paris in search of amusement. He wanted 10
sell Luxembourg, which was attached 10y Tue
Congress of Vienna to the Netherlands. Ma
poeon Ill was anxious to he tn" purchaser an"
the bargain was concluded in 1868, but never
~, ~ French
the state of the French Army standing IN the
way of a quarrel with Prussia which had 'heh
Great Britain behind il After tie peace ol
Frankfort Bismarck came down upon NiiIlam
III, and ordered him to place the LnNcA!'ui4
RAILWAYS in the hands Of German company
which had. for its chief tax. 10 bring theh lh'o
the German system. which was GRATED Tor P"I-
poses OF military strategy. The kihg comPne"'
Prince Henry, Governor Of LuAcmnuIG' was
widcwer and to he on better terms with me Court
OF Berlin married daughter Of Prince fFe'cI''N
Charles the victor of Metz. and sister u 'H'
Duchess Of Connaught lie died, soon after the
wedding of measles The will he Was known
to have made leaving his young wife All us
fortune which was enormous. was never io'l'u'
All the money went to the King ana his Two
sisters the Princess Marianne. wife OF Prince
Albert O; Prussia and the Grand Duchess ol
Saxe-Weimar This is why Notwithstanding her
fathers prolicality, the youthful Princess VII
helmina is heress to great private fortune
The King of the Netherlands dctcsted LOUIS
Pbilppe. who enabled Belgium TO throw OH 'he
yoke of the Dutch
One of the different reasons why the King oil
the Netherlands and the Prince OF orange "0'o
So much in Paris during the second LmplIe was
the fact of the eccentric and rlch Duhe u ID
wick having elected 10 reside here. lie was
of thp Netherlands
Prince Napoleon and the Princesse Mathilde lie
hsd no heirs and they were all anxious 10 ne
remembered in his will. which he ultimately
made 10 the almost exclusive advantage OIL 'hc
CITY Of Geneva Through Augusta Of Brunswick'
first Queen Of Wurtemburs, the Jeromlle pIahon
of the Imperial family of France and the O1ahsce
of the last generation were descended III an equal
decree from Frederick, Prince Of Wales, fathef oil
George III Of England. streak OF Madness
showing itself in want of conduct, was Trans
mtted by Augusta 10 most OF her descendants
William III started well rs King, asking lor an
ironortant reduction of the royal civil list and
devotine much Of his private fortune I" Une
drainage Of the Haaraem Lake. lie was
economical Of public money, open-handed III
snendinc his own and firmly sided, as tar AZ 'he
Constitution enabled him, with the peace parry
He supported non-sectarian scheme Oh P"'''o
instruction. After the breaking IN OF Tue sed
through tie Dyke Of Brajel his generosity 10
,ha sufferers was unboundcd. Both he and
Prince Henry went to the inundated district u"
,id tbon At TYel he was informed that he
must not cross the WAL. the danger being great
"Wonld YOU risk crossing if you Thought your
dptv called YOU ?" he asked the man vino s'eered
the boat. sh,rld fare death when
Certainly, for we shou4o I"oe O'''"
duty calls ...a. aoross with these boats il
tow" ,, .,;li.s ,rbo 1yer,
nm roofs of houses and III tTee-tOPs J c NM
go IA OO0 forms 10 clOthe them, ana on SoiH,
b,ck TO Rotterdam met with a. enthusiasts Il i
cention and was acclaimed as William the "oyu
He had already given one OF h ss an asyum 70
military pensioners Of the Army OF the Dutci
Netherlands. In 1874, on the twenty -ijiI III "i
niyersary of his reign the Nauon oileieu nm ~ IN
rift OF 900 900 forms, but he devoted ~ 70 ~
Sa1;d soldiers There no warmer frlend 0
literary men and artists as Renan, N0unoo llSL'
Ievaert, lsrsels and Ten Kate had reason
The only point of policy, on which III; the tn oa isf
agree was TO look for support 10 Imperial Franco
10th implored Napoleon III TO protect the Eei
manic Confederation from Prussia. She was tn
nsrsonal friend of Theirs. Provost Paradol an
Eiliemain and foresaw the disaster OF SEDAN !
letter from The Hague 70 baron A aa,dd' 1ui
IL 1866. the morrow Of Sadowa, she wrote
Your prestige is more diminished In the las
fortnight than in all the other fourteen years
Tho Fmperor's reign. You suffer the weak stare
to be crushed Those WHO stamp them out wi
room make YOU feel their power and lns9lenc
Fan YOU not see the danger OF powerful "e
many and Italy Th cSr are IS;n "Suno 10 a'S VIII
In 1870 the King mObilzed the Dutch Arm
10 coaesce with France. But the measure ha
Bismarck He tlen became philo-GerInan;;,