The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-10
TAKES JACoBITEs SERIOUSLY.
King Edward Ordered Their Wreaths
Removed from Statue.

tN aShlngtOn POSI-)
1t would seem IS il I\ing Edward
were disposed TO take more seriously
than his mother the pretensiOns of the
Jacobtte, or White Rose
league, which has branches in this
country, notably at Boston, and also
in Philadelphia. For the frst time since
its existence became known TO the
public the Wreaths and nOTal embiems
which it is in the habit OF depCsil ing
at the feet of the statue of the iu-Iated
King Charles 1. Cl the SCth OF Janu-
airy, which is the anniversary of his
death, were cOnfiscated by The police,
acting on orders from the nome de-
partmept, which, in the matter fol-
lowed, it is understood, directions Of
the king.
This is possibly due to the fact that
the king has not forgotten an episode
which occurred at the time of his visit
to Vienna for the purpose of repre-
senting Great Britain at the opening
OF the international exhibition in 1913.
At that time the eS-Duke of MOdena,
who had lost his throne in 1860, when
his dominions We're incorporated in the
kingdom of Italy, was living at Vienna,
and not only as an eX-SOvereign who
had sided with Austria against the
king of Sardinia in 1853, but also as
an archduke of the imperial house of
Hapsburg, was treated with particular
regard and distinction.
On hearing, however, that Emperor
Francis Joseph had invited the then
Prince Of Wales to represent Great
Britain at the opening of the worlds
fair. he Immediately lodged a. strongly
worded protest, declaring that he alone,
as the lawful king Of England, was en-
titled to represent the British empire.
1t was in vain that the Austrian au-
thorities pointed out 20 the duke that
his rights had been annulled by the act
of settlement, which, 200 years ago,
vested the English crown in the Pro-
test2nt house of Hanover
Inasmuch as the court and govern
ment of Austria had always cham
piOned the very principles and doc
trines upon which the old duke based
his pretensions, it found itself in some
thing of a quandary, and was still en-
deavoring to smooth matters with him
when the Prince of Wales happened to
hear of the issue which had been
raised.
The prince at once communicated
with Lord Granville, who was minister
of foreign affairs at the time, with the
result that Sir Andrew Buchanan, who
was then British ambassador at
Vienna, intimated to the Austro- Hun
garian chancellor, Count Andrassy,
that if the pretensiOns of the Duke of
Nodena 10 the English throne were
even permitted to be mentioned to the
Prince of Wales, not only the latter,
but he. Sir Andrew Buchanan, British
ambassador, would leave the Austrian
caDital. Nothing more was heard of
the Duke of Modena's claims, at any
rate at court and I doubt if there are
many people today who are aware that
the doctrines constituting the creed of
the White Rose and Sacobite league
ever formed the subject of a diplomatic
issue between the Austrian and the
English governments,
The old Duke of Modena died a.
couple of years after this affair, and
his rights were thereupon inherited by
his brothers daughter, Archduchess
Marie Theresa of Austria, and of Mo-