New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08
INEVITABLE ROYALTY.
GILDED SLAVERY of MEMBERS Or III"
SOVEREIGN HOUSES OF EUROPE.


a neeting pang of envy toward those VINO are
s,,,,o,i,aly described as born on the steps OF
tbo tbronc There seems at first sight Soh'e-
thing delghtftI in being addressed as your
Naiostv" as "Your Royal or Imperial hlsh-
ness in feeling yourself superior in rank ID
nearly everybody around you. and in being III
= position to command almost universal dele'-
once and .subserviency. Besides these there
annear TO be many other advantages ana at'rac-
tive privileges possessed by members or reiBh-
ing houses which have neither time nor space
to cnumerate here Unfortunately they are
nearly all on the surface. and OF character
that can ONLY be described az superficial where-
nc the drawbacks and disadvantages 10
which princesses and in particular princes are
subjected by reason of their birth. though ho'
patent at first are of far more deep ana seri-
ous uature-so much so that we ma princes
and princessos Of the blood bewailing their pur-
ole and lamenting that they have not been DOTH
as simple bourgeois, or even as mere peasants
If we are to believe them the attributes OF theh
rank constitute nothing more nor less 'ha'
bonds as calling az those of any long-tcrm
prisoner They are bonds that restrict the ac-
tivity Of mind and Of body, OF speech ana oi
deed in every direction, which smut them Oh
from all sorts OF congenial occupations ana Assoc
Citations ana which deprive them oi every am
hilton and healthy object in life. The late Duke
If Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was wont to describe his
lot as nothing more nor less than downright
slavery II am deprived" he would excialm'
..of nearly. every pleasure and satisfaction en-
ioved bv ordinary mortals when | visit an
exhibition or a show | should like to be able u
stop and to inspect when see any
thing that interests me. and to Dc
able to pass by when | don't But, beng
"A prince I am forced to do just the reverse. /
should like to be able to sit down here ut was
in the public square at Coburg that this CONVEX
sation took place. just like any one else and To
watch the people pass. But no; they won't
let me. They think it necessary To surround m"
with kind Of Gordon the moment ] SIT doWh'
so as to keep everybody from approaching TOO
close 10 one of the 9nointed Of the LORD NO
matter how strict my ncognito when travel
I always manage to fall into the hands of some
fnctionary or official who recognizes me ana
who considers it To- be his bounden duty to
poster me with his attentions to constitute him.
self as my keeper or bear leader. and TO pre-
vent mo from following my own inclinations
All this etiquette and intricate official machinery
by which We are hemmed in are absolutely
maddering to any sensible man. such as you or
sentiment Of pleasure Of individuality and OF
personal freedom"
The Duke was very far from being alone in
this belief Indeed. the only two royal person
ages that have ever known 10 derive any real
enjoyment from all the pomp and ceremony Of
their surroundings are the present Emperor Of
Germany and his grandfather old Kaiser Will
helm who was not precisely renowned for his
Of intellect His son. Emperor Fred
crick on the other hand never so happy
as when he could drop his imperial rank and
travel about unrecOgniZed. unknown and seeing
life from the level Of an ordinary citizen in
stead OF from the altitude Of a prince Of the
blood And 1t was just this love Of simplicity.
this apparent distaste for and disbelief in all
the fuss and feathers OF royalty. that contrib
uted much to endeir him 10 his own people
and to the world at large. His one aim seemed
to be- To- meet his fellow creatures not as prince
to subject. but as man To man. with the addi-
ton that he endeavored by his conduct and
department to prove himself the better man Of
the two And he generally succeeded. why is
1t that the Car and Caarina are never 40 happy
and ,onteutel Is during their annual stay at
II is because there they are
free from the trammels of Of
ncadom and etiquette. and they are at liberty
to follow out their own nclinations. no matter
whether they lead tho car Of all the Russians
to place himself IN the shafts Of a carriage
and drag his imperial relatives around the court
yard. t. indulge in boxing match with one Of
his brothers -in-law, or to play any other kind
Of boyish prank. His father-in-law, King
on the other hand makes periodical
stays at Hamburg. where nobody knows him
and where he is able To do exactly as he peases
without any dstastcful attentions on the part
Of the local authorities. He spends his days
strolling about in the streets along the docks
sitting in front of cafes and peepng in at all
the theatres and beer gardens of the place.
where he occupies the most modest and lowest |
priced Of seats
King Leopold of Belgium every now and |
again goes off. either to London or Paris for |
he sake of obtaining relief from the official
rammels that hamper him in his own domin- |
ions. where he feels himself obliged to remain
pcrpetually zen parade" that is to say on his |
good behavior. The Empress Of Austras pro-
bounced hatred for court ceremonial and for all |
he attributes with which, by reason of her rank.
she Is surrounded at home. leads her to avoid |
Vienna, and in fact the entire Austrian Empire |
broad. especially in places where she can move
bout one of the crowd. with no knowledge
# her identity on the part OF those about her
The late King Louis Of Bavaria was never so
Happy as when he could get away from Munich
md conceal himself under some ordinary name
II cheap boarding house the shores of the
AXE of Iucerne. or that of Geneva while his two
ousns. Princes Rupert and Charles have both
llready followed his example. The younger OF
he two was so eager TO escape from the re-
traint 10 which he subjected as being n
prince Of the blood that he actually ran away
rom home year ago with the intention OF
making his way to Hamburg. and there ship
ing before the mast az common sailor. and
{ was only due To the fact that he started off
With too little money in his pocket and became
tranded before he crossed the frontier that his
roject proved failure.
Archduke John of Austria as Is well known
Preferred TO surrender his imperial rank his
cneralshp in the army and all the prerogatives
f his BIRTH and to go to the skipper of a