Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-05
HEIRS APPARENT.
Tho Eldest Sons at Menarchs DO No. Nv,
% Ascend the 1hrone

On Ascend the Throne.
From the Ne~ yOrk Tr,hun.
Shoaid the prince, in accordance With nm
own premoniiion and that OF man, ~ M.
fellow counirymcn. die before the queen 4.
VII but share the strange fate which .-.n.
to overtasc nearly all iho claest-born soO. .,
European monarchs. Il is quito rar. ~h,p !.
crown passes from father 90 eldest sou. u.u-
ally Il Is either some younger brother 81 an.
latter or even more distant relative who
succeeds 20 tho throne. There 4. scurc.lra
single royal or imperial house mentioned in
the "Amanaeh de aotha" that has not. within
the memory OF the present generation. fur.
uished examples o. the strange blighl which
appears TO rest upon eldest sons. Barelr tlres
Years have elapsed since the dav wier a.
news was flashed from one end 81 the void
W tue other that the crown prince of kus,,i.
had met with a violent death. The Line a,
.he be,Sians, too, had seen his only sbn, the
young Duke az Brabant. burne 20 an us,iuelv
grave and when King William OF Holland
AFTER nnaicrous false alarms. finally daci,s.d
last spring. TO take his departure for auo,he,
NJ nod' ms corpse was laid in the royal vault al
Deiit beside the tomb % his two sons " ill,.r,
stihee o. Orange, aud Prince Alesand..r
| Snouid The sarcophagus which contains thu
1ooN OF Tue latter. by the way, be opched Nv
". ateh@ologists and antiqusrians Of future
! "ges TO- the purpose OF Investigating ~ con-
| tents IN The same hammer that We are nccu,-
.o'oe1 g explore the sepuichers OF the Egvu-
ua" hroahs. doubts may possibly arise \. 10
. sI iuep'tS OF the occupant OF the tomb For
hieAahdeT was inferred not in mall, btIf An O.
male Htiire, and lie. believe she oplN .a,,1,
| prlnee who has ever been buried in A sn,l,.a
| pettcoat OF orance-colored satin \, -
NINA ~ warped As the body that led b,,ne.
| All lander 60 adopt that peculiar ktoa a -.
ucoats In lieu OF the ordinary a. f-,,,,-,,,. . -.
| seN during the last few yenrs OF h,s l,ta. "a
| before lie expired he extorted a p-ou,s. e..
me- isiher and other relatives that he sh0ald h,
buried In them.
The Prince Of Orange. his elder bro,he, M,
| had Gied few years previously did 80, an.
merit TO the same degree tie faint Of Insanity
| which had been brought into the royal bou..
OF NASSAU by his grandmother, Queen A1n.. a
| dnughter OF the maniac Gar Paul He ~ .
| man OF considerable mental ability ~. 10.
| might have been far happier and nboye al
| more respectable. had Il not been FOR lie -,
aaeai intrigues Of Napoleon Ill. An tie rre-
nniinarles had been negotiated for the Gpr-
| rage OF the prince 80 Princess MARY OF
| Britain NOV Duchess Of Teckl and WiIM
| iett The Hague for IonGon fur the l,urr.y.t a
presenting himself 20 the bride who had beea
selected Tor him and 10 Queen yictori. In
| fortunately, instead of going direct from HI
| land to England, he Travelled via Paris S.,o-
| leon III eagerly awaited himself of TN. or,,or-
tunity 20 Illustrate the ulatrlua niHl proi,r,s a
The Dutch and British Courts being strongly
| opposed 70 the Idea OF permitting Hoi-
-
sphere Of English influence. Accord
Ingly he caused every conceivable trmo-
| tatlon 70 be placed in the wav OF the Young
prince Tor the purpose Of keeping him 81
Paris Meanwhile Princess Mary and her
Industrious relatives were auNioueiv aw.i.i,.s
MIN m LONDON. Days aud even weeks f.~~.d
| without The prince showing the slightest ioten-
| uon OF leaving the banks Of the Selma .rd
Mhen IN addition 10 this unloyeriiEe O.h4visr,
Princess Mary and Queen Victoria received
purposeiy exaggerated and highly colorsd re-
ports OF Prince Williams dissipatiOns at Iari.
| they lost no time in breaking II the match.
| 80 strong. however. was the hold which tie
| pleasures and ghyeties of bouieyard lite hsa
| obtained upon the prince that tie received The
| news OF the rupture Of his engagement with
| feelings OF relief rather than vi grief aud hav-
ing no further scrCpses TO restrain him, ti,res
| himself headlong into the Wild Nhirl IL '-la We
| Parisienne- Indeed, the remainder Is his
| existence may be said TO have been sueut IA tie
| French metropolis, where he continued hutl
| the day OF his death 10 REGAIN a soa-ce of much
profit and also OF much anxiety to the French
police.
The present Emperor OF Russia is onlS IN.
| second con OF the late car. The elder sen Of
| the latter died seven and-twenty years ago 40
| Nice from tie results, it saia of a bloc in
nicted In rough horse play by one Of his yOuneer
| brothers. Had Nicolas Alexandrowitch sur
vived his father and succeeded 20 the throne
| instead OF Alexander III the present condition
OF Russia would be far happier, for Nicolas
was the reverse OF Alexander in every parlicu-
lar. He was as broad and liberal IN all his IDEAS
ar his Younger brother is bigoted and arrow
minded. lie was progressive and enlishteaed.
whereas the present emperor is reacuonAry,
dull and unwilling either to learn himself OF
permit others to learn. The premature death
Of the Czarowitz Nicolas was regarded not snly
| as national calamity, but also an intsFna-
| tional one quarter of a century ago, and the
events which have occurred since then have
| tended rather TO strengthen than 20 weakon in
| any way this impression.
| The only son OF Napoleon III met with a
| violent death in South Africa; the eldest soa az
| the reigning Grand Duke OF Baden ID reported
TO be suffering from consuml tioa and the
| crown prince OF Italy Is 30 fral Of rhyslaus
| and so delicate IN health that it is his cousin
the handsome and dashing young Duke az
Aosta, who is popularity regarded AZ destlbed
| TO succcc humbert rs king OF Italy. An eldest
| son of the king, who met with violent death
during his fathers lifetime. was the late Duke
| OF Orleans. elder brother Of the Duke of Au-
| male and father of the Count of Paris No
| member of the 'Alaison de France" ever en-
loved 10 70 great a degree the affections of the
| French people. and when he was killed by be-
| ing thrown from his carriage be WAS mourned
| by the entire nation IL he believed that mad
| he survived his father, King Louis Phililpe,
the Orleans dynasty would never have been
| overthrow Gad that the Comte de Paris in-
| stead OF being in exile, might now be reigning
over France a constitutional monarch.
| Proofs OF the rarity Of the descent OF . crown
| from father To eldest son are 70 be found in
| almost every monarchical country in Europs.
1 Thus the Emperor Of Austria inherited bis
\ throne, not from his father but from his unole.
and az his death il viii pass to his younger
| brother. The new King OF Wrrtemberg sas
| not the son, but the cousin of his predecessor,
| and on his demise his sovereignty will descend
| to another cousin kirg Oscar Of Sweden aud
Norway succeeded not TO his father but 10 hs
elder brother, King Charles, while King Chris
tian Of Denmark inherited his crown from .
cousin. The crazy King Of Bavaria has fsl-
| lowed not bis father, but his elder brother tbs
friend and patron of Wagner, and inasmUch
as the reigning King OF saxony has no leglti-
mate children his throne will az his death pass
on 60 his younger brother. The reignlng
| Grand Duke OF Hesse has succeeded. not 70 hn
father, but to his uncle, while the crowns both
| of Belgium and Roumania will on the domlse
of the present occupants descend not TO soss.
but TO nephewE
The present German emperor may be sid
| TO have succeeded 20 his grandfather, rather
| than TO his father For during The major part
OF the ninety days reign Of Emperor Freterisk
l-Unser Fritz-ne debarred by the t&r-
ribie malady which destroyed him from exer-
cising his sovereignty. The late King Of Ports-
gal may sdd was not the son. but the younger
brother, Of the monarch who relgned before
him; and the reigning Sultan Of Turkey In
berits bis imperial dignity, not from his faths<.