Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-20
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) ward as the historian CT his own reign
while still on the throne, with the pos
sfble exception of the late duke of
!. Saxe-CCburg. whose books, however,
which appeared short time before his
death, were devoted more to his per
lsonal intercourse and relations with
his brother, the prince consort of Great
Britain, with Napoleon III ard win
Eold Emperor William, than to the his
tory Of the tiny country over which
he had been called upon TO rule. II
the history OF King Charles there Is
far mere about his country and his peo-
pie, since he assembled the throne, than
about himself, and it is this that ZEN
ders it particularly Interesting
Napoleon III, it may be remembered,
declared war against Germany because
IOf the candidature of the brother CT
King Charles TO the throne of Spain
Yet King Charles and his people were
the only nation in Europe who, after
the fall Of Napoleon, displayed solpro-
n0unced a sympathy fer the exiled
French monarch who had been their
friend that President THEIRS, in the
name of the French republic, actually
/ Threatened at one moment to break of
all diplomatic relations with Rouma-
MA.
One of the most interesting pages in
/ the book. and which is scarcely cal
cula ted ID give much pleasure &c the
court OF Russia, is letter written 10
King Charles by Prince Alexander oil
Bulgaria, in which the latter says:
I am passing through the same
stage as yourself. Devoted with my
whole Eeart to Emperor Alexander
(his uncle), l am anxious to do moth
ing that can be called anti-Russian.
Yet 1 am daily confronted with the
painful alternative Of having 70 decide
either u assent TO Russian demands
that are terribly injurious 10 the We
fare of Bulgaria, or to be accused in
Russia CT ingrati,ude. My situation is
truly terrible. l reject everything that
! know to be wrong, ard therefore
have to write daily 10 the car in order
to obtain a hearing before the calun-
MES of the Russian officials here have
time TO reach him.
This letter goes far toward lifting
the veil of mystery which still envelopes
the extraordinary circumstances in
connection with the Russian abduction
of Prince Alexander and his subsequent
abdication OF the Bulgarian Chrome.
King Charles book reads almost like
a romance when it is remem bered thai
il 1866 Austria was 50 eager to prevent
a HohenzOilern from ascending The
throne of Roumania that, knowing il
to be impossible for him to reach Buch- !
Arrest except by travelling over Austrian. f!
territory. an order was issued for his |
arrest. To escape this King Charles |
Travelled from one end of Austria Hun I
gary to the other aTrayed in The liv- /
cry of 4 fo0tman. and only char sefi his I
clothes after setting foO- on RoUH,a- |
MAN territory. FrCm being considered 1
as a foe, he IS now come 10 e regarded !
by Austria as one Of her mf=st import /
ant allies, and by Emperor Francis |
Joseph as a very intimate friend
Another link with the pas has been
broken by the death, At M advanced t
old age, of Lady Shelley, daughter-in-
law of the famous poet, and he friend
and feIlcw traveller 10 whom the nov
eist Stevenson dedicated his master
piece. The Master OF Ballantraa-" The
dedication il may be remembered,
runs as follows: TO Sir Percy and
Lady Shelley as fellow ssafarers and
sea lovers from the shores of sub
tropical island, near upon lO,1a0 miles
from Bosc0mIe, Chine, and Manor.
scents of which rise before ne aS L
write, along with the faces and voices
Of my dear friends" Sir Percy Shell
ey died about ten years ago al the age
Of so. and his mother may Oe said 10
have been almost as gifted as his fat1-
IT. the poet For she was that Mary
W Cilstonecraft, 10 wk3m we are in
ie5ted for that extraordinary book eE-
tied --F'rankensteir-' Sir Percy and
-ady Shelley. X is 10 be regretted, had
10 children. and the oarJneccy Is now
leld by Sir PeTcy's cousin, Sir Charles
Shelley. formerly colonel in command
# the Scots Guards His wife IS
laughter of the earl of C0urtown, and
lie has a son named JCln, wlO Is now
bout 80 years of age
So extremely rare Is the removal by
he sovereign OF the name Of the holder
# any English order Of knigh1hcod
rom the roster OF the latter that when
yer any such step is taken II always
reates a great sensation In fact,
at only recall two single instances
turing the last quarter OF a century,
amely. The deprival of Colonel Valen-
ine Baker Of the Tenth Hussars CT ]
,f< cro~s Of the Order Of t-le Bath. after
IS conviction and sentence to I years
Imprisonment for insulting Miss ;
dickinson IN railroad carriage when
runk. and a Captain Grey, who, hay
ng been decorated with the Order Il | J
t. Michael and St. George, on the very
ay of The TTansvaal raid, afterward |
ad the nomination canccied for hav-
ag taken a leading part in the enter
rise.
Formerly bankruptcy VIZ considered ,
$ entailing deprival Of any English +,
rider. But this rule has long since ,
cen abandoned. and neither Lord Au- 7
ustus Lotus was deprived Ct his ]
s-ar.t Grass Of the BIsh. nor the duke I
f buckingham and ChandOs of his :
r5er Ct the Garter when over;aken by I