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Candidates for 1t Who Have Hitherto
Had no Success.

The Hague Correspondence of the Lon
don Express.
Following your instructions, your cor
respondent came up to The Hague to see
what truth there might be in the recent
story which had obtained such wide Gre
dence regarding the betrothal of Hol-
lands young sovereign. The result is
that he found the story to be one of at
least twenty that have been published
since the Queen assembled the throne in
1898, with no more foundation than any of
its predecessors.
The three candidates accredited by those
''in the know" here, and by public opn-
ion generally throughout Holland, as suit
ors for the Queens hand are all grand
sons of Dutch Processes.
A short time ago the supposed favored
candidate was Prince Bernard of Sake
Weimar, whose grandmother was the sis
ter of William III and his sole heir. Had
the old King not married again, no doubt
the Prince would have been called TO the
throne of Holland, renouncing his rights
in SaxeWeimar to his brother.
The second candidate, and for a long
time very popular one, whose name has
been put forward frequently, is Prince
w lllldm Oh w elu, whose SIunQlnOtnST on
his fathers side is a Prince of Nassau
Orange, and whose mother, a cousin of
William III, is also a Dutch Princess.
| William of Weld is said TO be the favored
candidate of the Queen-Mother, but is
rather too German for the Dutch people,
| who look TO the prince consort ITO Hol-
| landiZe" himself.
Then come, in the third rank, the sons of
Prince Albert of Prussia the regent of
| prttn toll yhNp Vic
Henry is mentioned. His grandmother
was Princess Marianne of Holland, the
! late Kings aunt, who was divorced from
| her royal husband in 1S49. married her
valet and ended by leaving her fortune
of so, 100000 marks TO her son, Prince AL
bert.
To all this speculative rumor, however,
Queen Wilhelmina merely shrugs her
shoulders. She is a determined young
lady, with a will of her own, and has
! long since made up her mind that she and
she alone is the one to decide upon the
| choice of a prince consort for her quaint
little country. In fact, she has been
heard to say that those who think they
may be able TO dictate to her in this re-
| spect never made greater error
Whoever may win her hand and heart
for. according to her principles the heart
must go with the INSTRUMENTATION
are bound to erise
The Dutch protocol is already asking
Itself will the husband of the Queen be
authorized to call himself King? Will
! he he invested with the prerogatives of
a prince consort. or will he retain the rank
he held before his marriage?
| If the future husband obtains only the
| tile Of Queens husband" Dutch law
would not consider him member of the
royal family, nor would he enjoy either
the rights or privileges of a royal high
ness" In such a case he would be mere
ly one of the Queens subjects and as
such could be summoned before the courts
of the kingdom for any crime or misde-
meanor not excepting lese majestic.
In the mean time Wilhemina is very
| happy little woman, quite satisfied with
her present state, end by no means wish
ing to hasten on to further responsible
ties. A political marriage she holds in
adherence, and 1t need not be surprising
II when she finally gives her heart, she
chooses some one as yet unmenuoned or
| undreamed of.