The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03

man who refused the honor. Neverthe-
less, practically, as much power was at
tached to the protectorship, though 1T
was without the regal emblem.
The crown of Greece has been refused
more often than any other. Lord Derby,
one of the greatest statesmen of the
Victorian era might have worn it. If
he had chosen, for it was offered to him
thirty-eight years ago upon the eXpul-
sion Of Otto. owing to the friendly feel
ing he exhibited toward Greece. After
some consideration, however. he decided
that his position as a British statesman
prevented his being a monarch, so he
refused the throne and the S250,000 a
year attached to it.
Englishmen seem to have found favor
in Greece at that time, for no sooner had
Lord Derby refused the throne than it
was offered to the Duke of Edinburgh,
the queens second son He would in all
probability, have accepted it, had it not
been for the objections of other
European sovereigns, who considered
that son of Queen Victoria, as king OF
Greece, would make that country an ally
of Great Britain in the event of war,
although the formers military strength
was as insignificant as it is now. The
Duke of Edinburgh was, therefore,
obliged to be content with his British
title; so the throne was then offered to
and accepted by the present king, George
of Denmark, brother of the Princess Of
Wales.
Garibaldi, the great Italian patriot,
might have been king of Sicily had he
not refused the proffered throne. Victor
Emanuel thought that nothing short of
a kingdom would be sufficient reward for
the great services ne mas rendered to
Italy, so he resolved to cut off Sicily and
make it a kingdom under Garibaldi. but
subject to the Italian government. More
over the great soldier was the TOOL Of
the Italian people, and it vas feared
that Victor Emanuel himself would
easily be deposed III his favor if a re-
bellion were organize. GaribalAi, how
ever, dishked honors as he did riches,
and, rejecting the offer, retired into OBJ
security as soon as lie had done what he
considered to be his Iuty.
Another man who might have been
king had he wished was Bismarck. Not
only did Prussia crush Austria in the
great war of 1866 but several minor
states as well, and for his services in
bringing the campaign to a successful is
sue, Bismarck was offered the throne of
one Of those Kingdoms which now came
under Prussian surveillance.
The throne of Austria was refused in
1S4S by the father of the present En-
peror Francis Joseph. He was the Arch
duke Carl and, when Ferdinand l. abdi-
Gated on account of internal strife in the
year mentioned, he absolutely refused
to have anything to do with the mon
archy, though he was the rightful heir.
The crown was then offered to his son
and accepted, but the father remained
archduke for years afterward.
Some years ago Prince Napoleon,
nephew of the great Bonaparte, died IN
exile, after refusing the first offer of the
crown of Roumania when it was con-
verted into a kingdom He was a man
of great ambition, and fully believed that
at a future date he would be offered the
monarchy of France; so he declined the
former in the hope that he would get
better things. BY so doing he lost his
chance of ever becoming a king, and died
few years afterward, an outcast.