The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-08

Ihere are at present no less tnan
forty monarchs wandering about the
world out of regal employment. The
chief aus Is the annexation Of their
Kingdoms by more powerful neighbors.
Thus Sardinia has swallowed eleven OF
its weaker brethren-Genoa, Lom-
hardy, Tuscany, Messina and Carrara,
Modena, Parma, Piombino, Venice, the
Two Sicilies and the .Papal States
and then in trying to swallow Italy got
swallowed itself, and is now merely a
province of the Kingdom of Italy,"
Prussia comes next with regard to Eu-
ropean subjects, having deprived five
rulers Of their kingdoms. But all save
one-Leo. XIII.-of these deposed
monarchs have abdicated their rights
and settled down quietly in other coun-
tries, and having married the younger
daughters of the reigning sovereigns,
procured lucrative sinecures in their
father-in-laws' governments or house.
hold retinues. The Papal States were
taken from the Pope in 1870. and he
has since periodically protested, and
will under NJ consideration publicly
relinquish his claim to the throne Of
the same. His example has been fol-
lowed by the majority Of the other un-
employed monarchs, only in some
cases they are thwarting each other
in their efforts to regain their de-
parted glories. Thus, If the French
nation ever tires of a republic, it will
have to choose between five royal
claimants, each of whose titles is as
valid as the others. The five I'M
crowned rulers are, in this case, Louis
and Philip Bonaparte, lie Due dor
leans, the Empress Eugene, and Don
Carlos, Of Spanish renown. who lays
claim to the Spanish throne under the
title of Don Carlos VII. and to the
French as Charles XII. Philip Bona
parte and Don Carlos are perhaps
the most disquieting royal claimants
in the world. Although Philip. Bona
parte is the youngest brother of Louis
and therefore not the rightful heir, the
greater number of the Bonapartista
have decided to follow him, as he ia
the more capable and energetic man.
He is still in the prime Of life. and ia
at present collecting funds with a view
to a coup d'etat anent the Dreyfus
scandal. Don Carlos. however, is at
present directing all his attention to
Spanish affairs. His cause in Spain
is, in fact, winning adherenta
every hour, and 1t may not be long be-
fore he leaves the great army of the
unemployed. On the other hand
Princess Mary Theresa Ct Bavaria, who
is a Stuart claimant to the English
crown, has practically abdicated hel
right to the same, and is living quietly
with her husband, the Prince Regent
of Bavaria, at Munich. And the same
applies to Queen Caroline Of Sweden
who has found plenty of work to do al
Queen of Saxony. England has only
deposed one sovereign in Europe with
a view to annexing his kingdom
namely, Jean Baptiste Ceschi. Of Malta
though she has swallowed the king
doms of some thirty Indian potentates
Still, as she has always been careful
to look after them financially, they
are not very sore over their deposi.
lions. Russia has swallowed three
countries-Poland, Georgia and Min
grelia-and as she has not followed
England's lead in making them repara'
ton, the rulers are always plotting
against her-always at a distance. Tn
United States have taken Hawaii
thus depriving a queen Of her means
of livelihood. And France has Savoy
and Madagascar in Ter pocket. and
finds them quite sufficient. Two
thrones were taken by foreign mon
archs, as no legal rulers were forth.
coming-the Eastern Empire annexed
to Turkey in 1843. and the Holy Rom
an Empire taken over by Germany II
1860. But as neither is anything but
a very high-sounding title, no on
| envies the possessOrs.