The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-04-08
PRINCES UNDER .0RDERS

ASSRSAASS1Ao
for the matrimonial miseries of her hus
band that eliminated in the tragedy Of
Meyerling, spent much of her time in
foreign travel, searching and finding sur
roundings more congenial than those at
her disposal in the dual empire. Natural
ly, she would have wished to have the
companionship of her little girl. But the
emperor would not hear of 1t. and declined
even to permit the child to accompany it's
mother on a visit to the latters parents
In Belgium. ts d. .sarR
In fact Crown Princess Stephanie was
permitted, to have her little girl by her
side only when in Austria, and even then
her sentiments a mother were con-
stantly subjected to severe strain by
the knowledge that the women appointed
by the emperor to take charge Of the
little archduehess had greater right to
the control of the child than herself and
looked to the emperor instead of to her
self for their instructions and directions.
Indeed, she was made to understand thor
ou&hly that she had no voice whatsoever
In the management of her daughter, and,
while have no desire to pose as a cham
pion OF the festive and thoroughly heart
less coQuette, who rejoices In the nick
name OF step among her English rela-
tives, I am disposed to believe that the
charges which have been brought against
her of having displayed a glazing lack OF
maternal affection in leaving her only
child nearly all the year round to the
care of attendants, while she was enjoy
Ing herself abroad, are unjust, since her
foreign tours were due to the fact that
her position In Austria was rendered in
tolerable not only as widow of the crown
prince but also as mother of little Arch
duchess Elizabeth.
But, as indicated before, the despotisnn
OF the monarchs of the Old World Is by
no means restricted to this question Of
the control and custody Of the junior
members of their esL&ctive families
Every prince and princess Of the latter,
no matter what his or her age or su-
periority in point Of years to the SOW
erdgn may be, is subject to the will of the
head of the house. For instance, no Rus
sian grand duke or grand duchess can
leave the Muscovite empire without pre-
viously asking and obtaining the permits
sion of the car, and in the same way
English princes and princesses have to
crave the sanction of Queen Victoria, the
Austrian >archdukes and archduchesses
that of Emperor Francis Joseph. and the
Prussian princes and princesses that of
the kaiser before they can leave their re-
spective countries for foreign trip.
Thus, with regard to the projected stay
of Empress Frederick in the South OF
France this spring. perhaps as the guest
OF her mother, Queen Victoria, 1t Is GER
tain that she will be obliged to obtain tho
permission of her son. the emperor, be-
fore venturing to set her foot on French
soil. .- s,...
A couple Of years ago every court Of the
Old World was agog in connection with
the objectionable breach not only of ETH
Equettei but likewise of law, committed
by tle young Duchess Helene Of Aosta
| In leaving Italy for her mothers chateau
In France without having previously
sought and obtained the permission Of
King Humbert. Indeed so great was the
irritation displayed by the latter about the
matter that the duchess was persuaded
by her mother to return to Turin without
delay after a stay of only forty-eight
hours. Prince Rupert, heir-presumptiVe
to the throne of Bavaria, was on one
memorable occasion subjected to three
months "stuben arrest" that is to say,
close confinement to his quarters, for
having gone Off to Paris without asking
permission of his grandfather, the regent!
and could cite many other instances Of
| an analogous character. "--. .s=
Nor is it only with regard to foreign
trips that the European rulers insist upon
exercising control over their relatives.
This control extends in almost every con-
ceivable direction. Thus, can recall an
occasion when Princess Louise and the
late duke of Albany, both of them grown
up and married formed part of an ex-
ceedingiy merry house party at Sandring-
ham. They were enjoying themselves to
their hearts content. and some of their
particular friends had beer invited by the
prince and princess Of Wales to meet
them. Suddenly a brief and rather per-
emptory summons to Osborne arrived by
wire from the queen. They both Of them
were sincerely as sorry to leave as the
prince and princess of Wales were to let
them 60. ct they departed at once, with
out dreaming for one moment of disobey-
ing or even delaying compliance with the.
summons of her majesty. The queen,
kind-hearted and devoted mother that she
&c fr,eri r%~ IL.
immediate obedience from her hgrown-up
children in England. and receives it, too
from all the members of her family, save
perhaps from those who are still in the
nursery, and whose bumps of reverence
have not yet had time to develop.
In the memoirs of Bismarck published
by DR.. Busch there is reproduced letter
OF the present kaiser, written prior to
his accession to the throne in the course
of which he asks the great chancellor
whether he approves Of his command
ing his brother, Prince Henry, to make
certain inquiries of the late Prince Alex
ander Of Battenberg William does not
"orderiLg" him to do this-uses. in fact,
the German verb ''befehlen." If. as crown
prince, he already took upon himself the
right Of ordering his brother and his sis
ters to do this and to do that, It may
readily be imagined that he has not be-
come less despotic in his dealings with
them since he has become their emperor
ard king Indeed. 1t is we'll known that
Re first of all ordered his brother Henry
CT to China and then compelled the lat
ter's copsort-that is to say, his own sis-
ter-in-law-to undertake the Same voyage,
leaving behind her her young and delicate
children. who have been sick unto death
since her departure. He has on at least
two occasions subjected both his brother
in-law, Prince Frederick Leopold. and the
latter's wife to arrest for having dis
oheyed hic commands with regard to the
management of their household. has re-
peatedly subjected to disciplinary punish
n ents of the same kind his wife's brother,
Duke Ernest Gunther of Schleswig- Hol-
stein. and not only broke off an inter
course with his sister Sophia, crown
princess of the Hellenes but actually car
ried his animosity toward her so far az
to encourage and even assist the sultan In
,ran saDandoned the Lutheran cnNrch ana
become convert to the Greek rte. to
Wnicn her husband and children belonged.
without having previously asked and OBJ
. lu ms sanction. It must be thor
ougnly understood that his anger was not
due to her conversion. for he had an
proved OF an analogous step on the part
OF the German princess who is now EN-.
press Of Russia But it was because Sha
naa neglected to ask for his permission.
Monarcnical tyranny of this kind even
49, A.enus 70 clothes, and every one remem-
pers now the widowed duchess Of Aosta
was subjected by her brother-in-law. Kina,
auhnDert, to arrest in her palace at Turin
ana to temporary forfeiture Of the nst NJ
Inc royal livery and of other royal pre. /
srogatives. solely because she had am
,peared IN public on her wheel in a pair Of
lblOomers ~ :, go. -
There Is no royal parsonage who is mora
n q CCI ~. 49,