New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-26
THE COBURG SUCCESSION.

The hint Is renewed that the Duke of Sake
Coburg and Gotha will presently abdlcate his
throne The Duke is the Duke OF Edinburgh,
second son Of Queen Victoria. His only son
died some time ago, and the next hcir-whO Is
heir presumptlve, not heir apparent, as some Ill
Informed paragraphs have it's his younger
brother the Duke Of C0nnaught. There has
been some talk TO the effect that the latter will
r,nounce his rights of succession In favor either
OF his only son. Prince Arthur, a lad of sixteen
or. more probably, Of his nephew, the Duke or
Albany a lad of fifteen The idea seems to be
that the House of Connaught and Strathearn Is
sufficiently dignifed to stand as ii is aud to com
mand the adherence of its sons in preference 10
the little German dukedOm, while the fatherless
Duke OF Albany. being less amply provided FOR,
might we'll accept the latter.
The most interesting feature Of the case Is the
attitude OF influential Germans, perhaps of the
Emperor himself. toward the succession. The
Emperor IS reported recently 10 have said that
neither the Duke OF COnnaught nor his son. nor
yet the Duke of Albany, was educated In Ger
many and that therefore some one else would
be a more acceptable heir TO the Coburg and
Gotha throne; and he suggested rs q better can
didate Prince Gottfrled, the twO-year-old son OF
the present Dukes youngest daughter and the
hereditary Prince Of Hohenlohe- Iangenburg
Color Is given TO this report by recollection OF
the Emperor's interference In the Lippe success
sion contest A few days after this utterance OF
the Emperor the Coburg- Gotha Minister Of State
EXPRESSED agreement with the Diets previous
declaration that the heir ought 10 live In the
dukedom and added the significant remark that
the Duke Of COnDaught, although claiming the
place Of heir presumptlve, had made no move
ment toward taking up his abode there. Other
| influential Germans, both In and out OF the
dukedom, have declared that an English Prince
J on German throne would doubtless remain
English which would be CALLING and anomalous,
and that il Is about time to say that there shall
be no foreigner at the head OF any German
State
AS the Emperor and the local sentiment In the
J duked0m seem TO be In accord. we are not 10 re-
gard this incident as In any way affecting fed
J eral relations. Rather Is IL an indication Of the
growth OF national feeling throughout Ger
| many and Of an inclination 10 sever more com
pletely all political and dynastic ties between
! Germany and Great Britain. IL is not enough
| that the Duke of Connaught is married to Il
daughter Of Prince Frederick Charles of Prus
sla or that the Duke Of Albany Is the son Of 6
| Princess Of Waldeck- Pyrmont. Ii is required
| that a German sovereign shall be German In ed
ucation and residence as well as In blood, ant
especially that in the latter respects he shall no
| be English The Germans admit that many
German princes have been exported 10 fill thu
thrones OF other lands. The throne of Grea
Britain was thus filled, not TO mention the pres
ent cases Of Bulgaria and Rumania and the no
ancient attempt to put Hohenzoern upon tn,
throne Of Spain. But It Is argued. Germans