New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-07
Welded 10 THE STATE.

The RELIEF - this dark trait Is that she saved
not FOR hersel: solely. bu, 70 the nation. Her
strongest passion was q service . tie state
FINLAND daily grew in riches while It's BATTLES
were fought IN other lands II the state - %
Utica, morals az they were then. Il d!l MT seem
a crime as Il now does. that good ally, such az
William the Silent. should BE lef, . struggle
without, money against cruel odds LIZA ''iA
was al least according 70 the rules - ihT''t
doing right by her own. But there came I'm"
when her negle-, nearly brought her own run
She had beer lalyirg for years with marriage
NEGOTIATIONS in which tire French Princes nsurea
sometimes as suitors, sometimes as those WHO
VIZ. sued for TIE Duke O: Antou. afterwaTi
Henry III. long served a ruppet IN This d.
ploracy. the rea players r. the game be,ns
Catha-ire IL Medic. and Elizabeth. The object
u The former = keep the peace IN France
which was constantly threatened by the duarreis
- her eldest son. the King with his brother. Her
p-Nc,. was the same afteT7rard. when the Duke 81
Antou became King and the Duke q Alencon
was next IN succession Eliza be,h's plans were
more complicated She desired 20 see the Prot
es,an, party strong IN France. ~ az east 70 see
the kingdom 80 much divided as - Dc incapable
~ threatening her She needed rs help IN the
Netherlands and she mus, be alert az all times 70
preyen, a French coalition with Spain. As long
as the Duke o. Antou was the suitcr. she could
e. silly break Of .he marriage negotiations a. ar
moment When the pulpit In England was not
ringing With 6erunciations. the .r7ars were busy
with Artou IN France. But Il different
matter when the Duke o. Alencon espired 20
Elizaeeth's han4. He was IN earnest, and his
eager courtship ended only with his death Al
asst she sent him =, Flanders with the hope that
T. he could no, g., a foothold in England. he
could be prince among the Flerngs A. usual
her promises were lavish her gifts meegre The
young Duke was hopeless. His Frenchu@n were
hated and Il Mas az This tunctur- that a IA nat.c
shot and wounded William the Silent. The mar
RAG negotiations with Anj3u had been inter
ru7,ed BY the rnassacrs % ST Bartholomew and
Elizabeth had been sorely frightened then. But
now when William OF Orarge lay IN hourly dan
ger Il death she Eel, clearly that her turn must,
come next II ismayed her beyond measure .
nnd tina, one man had stood between her ard The
war she dreaded There is 10, much proof that
her rernorse led 70 better trea,men, u the Dutch
leader On her part But. al least. her conscience
had a good shaking up. The Duke Il Alenc3n
died sincerely incurred BY the strange Queen.
who al the age % a,iy en;rsnced him 4 mere
boy.
Nj Hume thinks that there was much beside.
politics In the las; g6,zt courtship ot Elizabeth
Il may well have suited her thoroughly English
temper 70 make he- Ne drama a tragicomedy.
In very truth" concluded TIE author. the
farce Of marriage by this time had Teen PLAYED
on; 10 the bitter end. Elizabeth was now ftty
years Of ag.. and there were TO prices left IN
Europe marriage with whom would have given
her any advantage. From the far-on Ivan the
Terrible. who had been dismissed with a gibe.
20 the youngest Of the Valois. With whom she
had played ,or years. every narrag eable prince
in Chris;eniom had. IN his turn. been sugges; ID
as sutton Tor Elzateth's hand The long
tugge she had carried on had resulted with 81
much advantage 20 her country that she was in
any case strong enough now 10 discard the pre-
tence. But IL much 10 expect
an elderly woman OF Eizabeth's temperament
who for ;he whole Of her adult lifetime bad fed
her colossal vanity with the tradition Of her
irresistible beauty. who had gained great ends
and derived the keenest enjoyment from the