The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-20

White Rose League is TO change the or
der OF Succession OF the English Crown.
q rather formidable Sob, Il must be adj.
mitted They claim that Queen Victorla
is nothing but a usurper. and that the
lawful sovereign OF Great Britain by
right OF legitimate descent Is the Arch
duchess Marie Theresa. wife OF that
Prince Louis OF Bavaria who. as eldest
Of the old Prince Regent is destined In
course OF time to ascend the throne OF
| Bavaria
THE JUNIOR BRANCH OF THE
STUARTS.
/ The Archduchess in question Is descend.
I'd in direct line from the daughter OF
Charles /, who married Philippe. Duke
OF Orleans. The last male representative
OF this line was the ex-Duke OF Modcua,
who died In Sl5. and the Archduchess
Marie Theresa is the only child OF his
younger brther Ferdinand. The senior
line OF the Stuarts came TO an end with
the death OF Henry. Cardinal York. and
grandson OF King James H. The White
Rose League insists that, In default OF
the senior branch the junior branch OF
the Stuarts represented by the Archduch-
ess comes next in lire OF succession,
Queen Victoria, as far as ancestry is
concerned. being descended from a more
remote offshoot OF the Stuart family
While this is perfectly correct as FAR
as mere ancestry is concerned. It must
not be forgotten that the revolution In
the seventeenth century and the so-called
Act OF Settlement changed the order OF |
succession and vested the latter In the
Hanoverian branch OF the House OF Stu
art, OF which Queen Victoria is the chief /
How little Importance the Archduchess |
Marie Theresa attaches to the pretentions
put forward In her behalf by the White |
Rose League Is shown by the fact that |
her eldest son. Prince Rupert. has been
delegated to represent the reignlng house
Of Bavaria at the Jubilee ceremonies in
London, and to convey to Queen Victoria
on that occasion the homage and respect
OF his parents, Of his grandfather. the
regent. and. indeed. Of the entire Kingdom
OF Bavaria.
While there is no doubt that from
strictly legal point Of view the members
of the White Rose League in Great Brit
ain are technically guilty Of treason in
banding themselves together gor the pur-
poseof endeavoring to transfer the crown
Of Queen Victoria to a foreign royal per-
sonage who does not want H. yet on the
other hand the league is so powerless TO
that the Government has come
10 the conclusion that any attention ac-
corded to these mllk-and-water consplra-
tors would merely give them the ad- n
for which they yearn. and &
that the best policy Is to leave them sew Il
erely alone, to be extlnguished eventually p
by sheer ridlcule
A QJ----. COLLECTION OF CRANKs.
In the league there are a few titled
cranks and a few aristocrats with
md hle consists Of people Of the middle
and lower middle classes. possessed oil
jocial aspirations but no sort OF So
,lal standing; in a word, the kind Of per-
IONS one would describe as genteel In con-
TO gentle. Hitherto the pub
&c manifestations have taken the shape
Y dcpositing floral emblems at the foot e
4 the statue Of King Charles /, In ira II
agar Square, and at the tomb Of Mary, Z
queen Of Scots in Westminster Abbey, on o
he anniversaries Of the days on which Il
hese respective monarchs lost their heads. o
they have likewise stamped their letters j
With a postage stamp Of their own, bearing o
he head, not Of Queen Victoria, but Of S
lrchduchess Marie Theresa, who is des-
rlbed on the stamp as queen Marie ".
}. G. Mag. Brit ct Hib. Regina" OF NJ
curse the English postoffice does not c
the stamp, 80 the White Rose a
eague is obliged TO get over this difficulty
y putting It's own stamp in the right
and corner Of the envelope, head up #
ard, and pasting a regular stamp, bear d
lg the efigy Of Lady Victoria" With y
er head downward. h'
The head Of the association IS a gentle q
ian who styles himself Marquis Of Kuv- et
my, a title which, It is scarcely neces- az
lry to add, is to be found in no nobility a
nnual, either English or foreign. One re
T the most prominent members IL the of
.arl Of Ashburham. a nobleman whose to
hose principal claim TO distinction is al
ls intimacy with the disreputable Don v
arlos, and the exceedingly peculiar cir II
Imstances Of his marriage. He Is
IAN about hfty-three years Of age, who
as spent the major portion Of his life ca
broad, has few or no friends in England no
renowned even on the Continent FOR
Is eccentricities, and after being on one
,casion appointed lord-in-waitlng 10 the II.
ueen had his appointment cancelled by &C
er Majesty a week later. rh
Hundreds Of thousands have been in. th
iced to try Chamberlain's Cough Rem be
ly by reading what It has done for do
hers, and having tested its merits for Ito