New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-12
THRONES GO BEGGING.
1oyAL PRINCES PREFER LIFE
,orr CARE TO ENCoUNTERING
THE TRIALS OF STATE.

eupan choose, and to live only for pleasure.
hU ~ avery whim or caprice, no matter at
Cs"n,., Blu, nowadays the ruler Of nation
10" lied to SO many restraints OF one kind
".,,her. and is controlled to such degree
sn' al OF the people instead OF by his own
IONS. that his palace has become little
han gi,ded prison. and his throne
s.r Of torture
49,. thrones which have thus gone a-beggtng
Us, notable are those Of Bulgaria Ru-
span. Greece. Belgium and Sweden If
'' ,on Bulgaria first 1t is because there Is
',.,v no crown that has been more extensive
Ns.-ted about through the length and breadth
We. than that first worn by Prince Alex
=. n Battenberg. the hero Of Slivinitza
s ,s abdication NJ. Stambuloff who was
. Minister at the time, sent delegates 10
IT, avery court in Europe to ascertain wheth-
49,. was any chance Of an acceptance of the
chrome in case the offer were made. In
the CAPITALS Of the Old World somewhat
,,uous no was returned to the inquiries
~r.,hu,on's emssaries and the only royal
that Seemed in any way disposed to take
r,.,,er under consideration was Prince Wal
cha sailor son of the King of Denmark
s' az all his brothers and sisters either
-. ,h-ones already or are destined TO sue
,hsrsto IN course Of time. he seemed TO feel
=. might do worse than place himself IN
,.. rnon a level with them by providing
-, nth a throne Of his own. One of his sis
the Czarina OF Russia, another is the
~ Wales who Will eventually become
., =, England: the third is the wife of the
49,. =, cumberland who Is de 1ure the sover-
- r,rxa of Brunswick; while Of his brothers
last "a destined to become King Of Den
-. o,d the second occupies the throne or
- Moreover he Is married to a singu!ary
-. o,a clever French Princess, Marie OF
-. ,.bo &c extremely anxious to play po-
u,cal role in Europe and simply detests the
.,c,ol,sn, and inactivity TO which she Is con-
,,.a nv remaining at Copenhagen. AT the
w., minute however, the Prince, finding that MS
.,...nc. at Sofia would inevitably bring him in'o
y-a,.. mot only with his brother George at
,,,sns but also with his brother-in-aw, EN-
-. Alexander. at ST. Petersburg, rejected the
-. 10 manner calculated to inflict no little
-. 90 tho nride Of the Bulgarians. since MS
utter Of refusal pointed out in so many "oiu'
49,, :. nreferred the freedom and the presuge
=, rrnce of the house Of Denmark to the olsau-
~..,.o.s consequent upon his acceptance OF their
.rovn After this It was offered TO and deciineo
,.rn and the Bulgarians were at their WIS e"os
-, erauv Il was suggested to them by Count
r,,..re z,chv who happened to be at Soma at
A.. ,,r,a that his intimate friend. Prince Ferdi-
,,,a q, Cohurg. might possibly be disposed 10
.,o.n, tho vacant throne. Accordingly, deega-
.,or mas hastily dispatched 20 Ebenthal. the
Ir.,-,an country seat Of the prince. to lay at
A.. foot" fsuratively speaking. the Bulgarian
-, which after a considerable show OF re-
tuctance and hesitation. he accepted iuNy I'M
-..ss,rg unon the Bugarians that he did so from
a sense OF duty and at great sacrifice OF COM
tort tastes and money.
while u ,s possible to understand that the
p.,c.s Of the Blood in Europe should show no
A.,terine for a throne of such modern growth.
.d based on foundations so insecure as that OF
eulraria. II becomes difficult TO comprehend 'he
tdnclination manifested over the acceptance OF
m. 70 ancient, illustrous and important as '"a'
=. sna,n Yet one only need glance over the
49,. ~ snanish history from the time or queen
Y..hsna,s deposition until the ASSASSINATION oi
c.r.rs, prin in order to realize to what an ex-
,.nt N. crown once worn by Columbuss patron
Kin, Ferdinand went a-begging. II was ten
A.,.d IN turn 10 Austrian archdukes and TO DOM
Ferdinand. the widowed King Consort OF for-
turaI who had withdrawn from all participation
N thu affairs OF the Government at Lisbon on 'he
death Of his first wife. the Queen Regent maria
dell. Gloria and the accession to the crown OF
his son. the late King Luis. Emperor FRANCIS
Joseph. however, would not hear OF any OF the
archdukes becoming King Of Spain. fearing prop
ably a renewal Of those costly ana troupieso"e
complications caused during the Two previous
centuries by the blood relationship that eHis'eo
between the reigning houses OF Spain ana haPs-
burg And Dom Ferdinand OF Portugal uecnheu
The offer as soon as he learned that It's accept
snce would necessitate his separation from '"e
American danseuse. the Boston-born Elise liens
hr whom he had married morganatica!iy' ana
who now survive. him, figuring In the Alma
mach de- Co.ha" as Countess OF Edia- TnereuPoh
prim rendered the crown to Prince Leopoio Oh
Hohenzollern. and the latter had expressed MS
readiness to accept II whep at the last momeh'
he WAS ordered by Emperor William OF Germany
the head OF his family to decline 1t In deierehce
10 French susceptibilites. 1t was only wheh inc
Paris Cabinet made a demand upon the Ola Ell
peror that he should pledge his word never al
any time TO hermit his cousin Leopold 10 oecoihe
4 candidate for the throne Of Spain mat lie
showed those signs Of resentment that lea 10 '"e
disastrous war OF 1870. Finally, the second son
Of the late King Victor Emmanuel accepted 1t,
but abdicated In disgust after brief reign Vi
two years at Madrid.
The throne Of Greece was offered 10 ana oe'
el!ned by Queen Victoria's second son. Ai''e'
before being finally accepted by the secohu so'
OF the King Of Denmark. who mas occup''N y
for close upon thirty years. and VINO Is now ;ns
eording TO the latest intelligence recelVeu, e oon
y thinking Of abandoning it TO ms eiuesS
being very tired Of the troubles ana a g. oniv
tntaIled unon hin, Inv lis tenure. Nor was IL ohy
IN 1853 that 1t went a-beggng some 'nt' - - VA
si..,shorty after the termination the OF b br
o. Greece from turkish thraldonl-it was zen,
sss and declined by that Prince de ,hs prof IT,
sSa1e-Coburg who subsequently accepteu ,NI prince
Iered throne OF Belgium. On his relusai ,, a.
quo Of Bavaria was with some oiilisu neSarad
euced 10 become King of the Greeks anu hein
Tor several years at Athens before many oe'"e
oeposed and exiled by his turbulent sup1ects;,
Without going back so far as TO the oii' r,uade.
eAperienced by both the Belgians ana tns Inc
IN finding princes willing TO rule over t he'n ~
owedes ended by asking the FIRST Napoieoon 1s