The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-07-01
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KINGS READYTO QUIT
European Monarchs Who Are Will
ing to Abdicate.
some No Longer In Toush with The ,
Subjects aud others Threat
sasd With Adverse
BsHtsIatuFes.

no time since the eventual years of
/ ts4s-ip, when the whole of Europe may
| be said 20 have been in open insurree-
ton against the medievally autocrat-
ic tendencies Of its rulers. have there
been SO many reigning sovereigns who
are declared 60 be on the point of aban-
doning their thrones,
! In 1sls the monarchs were mostly
| princes born in the previous century
and reared within the influence OF its
traditions, utterly incapable, therefore,
| of comprehending such new-fangled no
tions ms popular government and ma
tioual constitutions,
Sooner than lend their names 10 any
| such subycrsive ideas, which they re-
/ gardcd MS synonymous with sanguin-
airy revolution of the character that
brought Louis XVI. and Marie An
toinette to the scaffold. they preferred
TO abdcatc; and IL was during these
| two eventtul years that the thrones of
| Austria. SARDINIA, bavaria, France and
Holland were vacated by their occu-
pants,
II to-day. half century later, their
IL that they. too. have become firmly
convinced that popular Legislation ia In
compatible with good government
that IL, as viewed from the throne.
OF the EoyereiguA reported 90 be on
the eve Of Abdication we have. In the
first riace, King George Of the Hellenes.
who declares himself sick and tired of
| his uncomfortable throne, and does not
hesitate 20 declare that, the very at
mosphere of Greece having ceased 10 be
eonRenial 20 him. he Ii anxious 20 sur
render ms soon aa possible his scspter
TO his son Constantine.
lie IL no longer In touch with his sub
jccta. has no friends at Athena save via
! itors from abroad. and IL constantly
forced by the somewhat dinreputabla
policy of the cabinets that succeed one
another with such rapidity In hla do
minions TO place himself In an awkward
and embarrassing position with regard
tn those foreign courts Co which he IL
bound by ties Of close relationship.
King Oscar Is likewise talking Of rs-
signing his crown W his eldest son. In
hia case there Ia not one, but two parlia-
menta with which 10 contend, aud an
that II Stockholm IL always In direct
| oppositiun tu that nj Christian he can
noe content The one without offending
tho other, the result being that Norway
and Sweden are now. according 90 his
own assertions, on the point Of civil
war.
Ha declares that he has done his bswt.
like King George of Greece, 20 I've up
10 tho terms Of thu constitution by vir-
tue Of which he holds his soepter, but
thai IL 10 absolutely impossible 10 do 30
any longer, and that II In a question
with him either Of violating the corona
tlon oath or Of stepping down and MAX
ing way for HIS Aon.
Then, too. there IL King Christian Of
Denmark. who, nj the age Of ~, hnda
himself face to face with . national leg
stature, IN which the uitra-radieaia and
socialists, hostile Co the throne. poasess
an overwhelming majority, outnum-
DerinR the moderate liberals and the
.nfinItesimnl conservative party COM
bined by three To one.
Broken by age and infrmity, shaken
by the illness Of his stFong.minded wife.
who has been his chief moral support
throughout his reign, and deprived,
too, OF the powerful backing Of his SON
n.law. the late Emperor Alexandria Of
! Russia. he feels himself no longer
sapable Of coping with The situation.
md announces that he IL about 10 make
way for his son.
To these three kings must be adde's
he name Of King Humbert Of Italy.
who Ia forced 20 submit Ia prime min
atsr personally Abhorrent both 10 him
self and 10 the queen, and 10 lend his
1arne 10 a policy OF which he disap-
groves ut heart. but which Aecords with
The views 81 the legislature.
II IL no secret that the whole Of his
private fortune IL already invested
sbroad, in anticipation Of his abandon
nent 81 the Italian throne, and that
ne finds more intoIerabIe than ever q
situation which compela him 20 sur
-ound himself with people uneongenial
10 him aud % his conaort, and 10 re-
main in position toward the church
which IN not only Numerically opposed
% The sincere religious feelings Of the
queen and of himself, but likewise
pIacen The rviRnhng house Of Italy in =
sery awkward and embarrassing posi-
ton with regard TO all the other courts
~ the old world.
Had IL not been for Queen Marie
Amelie 81 Portugal. strongminded
woman like her mother, the countess Of
Paris. King Carlos would have long
since reiinquished his throne 70 his son.
with bis younger brother aa regent.
while King Charles Of RouInania and
the prince regent Of Bavaria are each
credited with being on the eve Of max
ing way for the next Of kin.
Finally. there II Prince Ferdinand Of
Bulgaria. who has been strongly urged
by his Russophils friends 70 abdieate.
they undertaking TO have him reelected
under Muscovite protection. hut he
has thus far refralned from yielding 20
thsir solicitations. realizing that there
u many slip between The cup and the
Up. and that, n he were once yOiuntaF-
~ a. surrender his crown. many things
might interfere % prevens hls recovar-
d A. A. N -.