Arizona republican., 1898-08-17
GOSSIP or EUROPE.

which is furnishing plenty of material for gossip and discussion during the dead season in Germany, writes Mar ouise De Fontenoy in the Washington Post. The emperor has taken the trouble to inform the federal princes of the empire, and the public in gen. eral, that he does not dream of con- testing the verdict of the tribunal pre- sided over by the king of SaxOny, which, denying the claims of Prince Adolph of Schaumberg (who is the brother-in-law of the kaiser), decreed that Count Ernest of Lippe was en- titled to the regency of the principal lity of Lippe, as we'll as to the success sion to the throne ca the demise of the present lunatic ruler.
 But Wilhelm calls attention to the fact that the decision of the king of Saxony's tribunal of arbitration re- lates merely to the rights of Count Err nest Lippe to the regency and to the succession, and that it does not take into consideration or determine in any way the status of the children of Count Ernest.
 It may be remembered that the ob- jection originally made to the present regent was in consequence of one of his ancestresses having been a lady who was merely of noble birth, and lwho did not belong to any Of the sov- ereign or mediatized houses of Europe That point was settled in a favorable sense to the regent by the arbitrators The objection now raised by the en- peror and by his brother-in-law, Prince 1 Adolph is against the rights of the regents sons to the succession of the throne of Lippe on the ground that their maternal grandmother was a wo- man of American birth, and not even of nobiliary origin.
 l I have made some inquiries, and find that the mother of the regents consort was the daughter of a New York German-American merchant of the name of Halbach- -Boh1en. that is to say of a full-fedged American citi- zen, and that she married on this side of the Atlantic Count Leopold Wart- ensleben. In fact, the wife of the re- gent of Lippe seems to have been born in the United States before her par ents return to Germany.
 It is for this reason that the sons Of the regent are regarded at Berlin as barred from the succession. and 1t is on this account, too, that the em- Deror has given orders to the com mander of the Prussian troops station cd in the principality that while they may give the salute to the regent him. self, they must not accord this form of military courtesy either to the re- gents wife or sons, who can only be regarded as morganatic.
 Of course. this reopens the entire question. though it is difficult to see in what way it can possibly concern EmDeror William, whose Interference ] in the matter can only be viewed in the light of piece of presumption 1n- deed. he has already preiudiced his po- sition in connection herewith by re- ceiviDg at the court of Berlin. with all royal honors, both Prince Frederick of Saxe-Meiningen and his wife, who happens to be a daughter Of the regent of Lippe
 Now. if the sons of the latter are morganatic, it is evident that the daughters must labor under the same ' disadvantage, and could not share the royal honors, prerogatives, or titles of any prince of the blood whom they might marry. Yet the kaiser has rec ognized the regents eldest daughter as full-fedged princess Frederick of SaXe-Meiningen, entitled to share her husbands royal honors, and likewise 10 share his throne when he succeeds thereto.
 Prince Frederick. by the by. is the third son of the now reigning duke of Saxe-Meiningen. The latter's eldest son, Prince Bernard is married to the kaiser's eldest sister Charlotte, and has no son, but only a daughter, Princess Feodore, now about to marry Prince Reuss.
 The second son. Prince Ernest. abandoned his rights of succession to his fathers throne in order to marry a very charming ard lovely girl of He brew parentage, a daughter of the well known Bavarian author, Dr. William Jensen
 Some time ago the legislature of the duchy of Saxe-M Me ningin, with the ob- iiect of averting a-v difficulties and dis putes in connecf'0n with the success sion to the duca' throne, passed a law Ivesting the succession in the children of Prince Frederick. Emperor Will liam did not dream of interfering or raising any objections. although his ties of relationship with the reigning family Of Saxe- Meiningen are close. He has absolutely no ties of this kind with the reigning house of Lippe, and under the circumstances it is d1nicult to understand his status l.. eIe affair.
 Let me add that this is not the only piece of Prussian encroachment upon the rights and prerogatives of the mi nor states of the confederation known as the German empire that has recent ly taken place. Some time ago the grand duke of Hesse started wearing an undress uniform of white duck ldur1ng the hot summer weeks, and au- thOrized the military officers of his court, and likewise Of the several reg iments forming the Hessiar contingent I of the Gefnaan army, to do likewise. Suddenly message was received from the emperor by the Prussian general in command of the Hessian contingent conveying peremptory orders against