The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-01
HEIRS OF The HOUSE OF STUART.
How the Question OF Right 20 the Eng
lish Throne IL Com plfcHted.

How the Question OF Right 70 the Eng
lish Throne Is Com piicatea.
There Ia a historical biunder which ever
and anon comes up and which, though Of
no practical Significance, yet cannot bs
without an imaginative influence on AneNs
SaxonS 10 respects the question. Who IL
the representative Of the StuArtsg The
statement is often made that IL IL the king
OF Italy. but this Is a mistake. It's LATEST
appearance is 10 a very interesting article
on Queen Margaret, which says that bus
for the law excluding Roman Catholic
lines, King Humbert and Queen Margaret
would now be king and queen Of England.
IL is worth noting that even the eminent
historian, Mr.. Freeman. has casually fallen
into the same error in an incidental sllu-
sion, knowing that by female sueoession
the Stuart representation had passed into
the house OF Savoy. and not having CHANGED
to note that by female succession Il bad
passed out Of the house Of Savoy.
Wien by death Of Henry Stuart, Csrtif-
nal York. in 1907. the house Of Stuart, and
with il all the heirs Of James II, became
extinct. then a. his elder sister, Mary, had
no grandchildren the Stuart representa-
ton devolyed on King Victor Emmanuel
Of Sardinia, ~ the heir 81 James younger
sister. Henrietta, duchess OF orleaaA Vic
tor Emmanuel's heir for the throne Of Sar
DINA. A. he had no sons. was his brother
Charles Felix, but for the Stuart rxprsscn-
tation, which OF course followed the Eng
lish rule, il was his eldest daughter. Mary
Beatrice. Her heir WA Der eldest son.
Francis '. the last duke Of ModenA. whom
Disraeli. in 'Endymion," represents a.
actually receiving the homsas Of some
English idiots a. their true sovereign
At his death without issue. IN 1875 the
Stuart claims fnow Of course surely ideAl)
passed 70 his next brothers (Ferdinaadal
only child. the Arcbdnchess Maria Theresa,
wife Of Prince Lewis Of Bavaria, who n
thus the representative Of the SsuArts. the
Tudors and the PlsntagenetA The eidsS.
Of this lsdy's four or 1--WE sons bear. the
sign Of his famous descent IN hia name Of
prince Rupert" Thus the ideal claims
of the ancient English royalty. having
passed from the house Of Savoy into the
Modenese branch Of the house of Haps-
burg Lorraine, will. IN the merit geperx;ioa,
be settled In the house IL Wittaisbach and
ascend the throne Of Bavaria, Supporting
that monarchy 20 Be then IN eristeoes.
On the death Of Charles Felix m Issi. tAs
SardiBian crown pAs-sd 70 the branch e
Savoy -CarignAno. which pArtsd from ths
elder line a generation befors Hsnristts
Stuart Was born King Humbert. there
fore, and his cousin and wife. Queen Mar
Raret are not only not the representatives
Of the Stuarts, bat, - pointed out In Cham
bers' Encyclopedia. they are nos dssozn<<
ants Of the Stuarts
Queen Victoria IL guilty u anRulss
ahSurSiity IN one Of Der looks when abe
proudly calls hers<ii. with true royal and
fefainine Toryisra, 'tbs representative 81
the Stuarfs" Her houRe Ma ekos@n f0r
the very reason that its elsSatios signal
lied the rational rsjectspn II tie BsuzrtA.
The art Of settlement shows thai sbs II ne
oply not the representative q ChsrlsS l,
but il not even The representative ~ kia
sistsF EliZabeth Until al the postsr1sy -
ElizAbsth's po1ss shall % eEttaof. hur fks
act passes over tie scns aud over the sk11ss
daughter, the Abk-7Es q Na164eAon. and
fxes 90 the yogDgs~s dzagbtes. sophsa, -
being Protestant. The Hre&sot dynAsty.
therefore. rsi1rEs bT no sntigusGsd nEhs q
decent. bot by . time ses ef nAtioeAl dec
tion- Fiefaria Il aos TIE Representatives q
Ire StnArts. bat. vhlsh h an Infinitely
digrty. sbs II. ~ tree ct u Ia
tiOosi enc5cs. tie regrasrztAL1Ts - Tie
ia ztY ~ mighty Eagizna
maj rsrnAvk tai tee pse-ens rsDrsseo-
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