The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02
Ran OF PRINCE coNsoRr.
He Can Rule Queen in Household At
fairs, but Must Not Interfere in
lsnXs

NONeFnment.
From the New York Press.
The Hague, Feb. 14-Unless evidences
are misleading the new Prince of the
Netherlands, now on his honeymoon with
the young Queen at the palace OF Het
Loo would do we'll to get all the fun pos
siblo out of the next few weeks, for here
after his path will not be strewn with
roses. From talks with a number OF
Dutch folk, high and low, one gathers
that the smallest attempt by the Prince
to Interfere with affairs of state or to
influence his bride in welding the limited
powers accorded to her by the Dutch con-
stitution, would lead to a prompt and Sc
we're snubbing from the government.
Yet any one who gets a good opportunity
to watch Hendricks face would have no
difficulty in reading therein pride, high
spirit and determination. He was indig-
nant at the ignominious position in which
he was placed by the Dutch Parliament
which CURLY refused to give a cent of
salary TO him Prince Consort, and
which made a vice admiral of him in the
Dutch navy, and major general of the
Dutch army with the ironical provision
that no-pay should be attached to those
offices. OF course, he had to give up his
slender salary as a lieutenant in the
Prussian army, and depend wholly on the
bounty of his wife, for his own wealth Is
not great.
The situation might have been intoler-
able to a man of Hendricks Individuality
and self-respect if 1t had not been for
the fact that Queen Wilhelmina, genuine
~, thoroughly and unaffectedly was in
love, doubtless found a way to dover
the bridegroom without having him feel
as If he were tied to the royal apron
strings
Queen Wilhelmna's powerlessness to
obtain any state provision for her con-
scrt, or to save him from the snub inn
piled by the government refusal to put
him on it's salary list, indicates how re-
publican the Dutch government is i'll
everything except form. The Queen never
has worn the crown, because the Dutch
folk didn't approve of the idea Her act
ual working throne is an unpretentious
little affair in the second Chamber of the
Parliament buildings in The Hague. Any
passing tourist may 80 and sit in it if
he likes.
The Queen did what little she could 10
| influence her ministers in behalf of her
Duke, and it is said the ministers would
have been glad enough to accommodate
her, but, after taking soundings among
the people, concluded that it would not
be safe. The Queen selects the cabinet,
and legislation originates with the cabi-
ret, but If the ah-powerful second cham
ber or House of Representatives, defeats
a cabinet bill of any Importance the min
listers have to resign. In consequence the
Queen has to choose ministers to match
the prevailing shade of politics and has
precious little opportunity for personal
favor.
Prince Hendrix looks like a masterful
on Sc I'm n
have "a viii Of her own and she has Rus
sian blood in her veins. Queen Emma had
a hard time of it in managing Wilhel-
nina. If Hendrix succeeds in accommo-
dating himself to his wife's will, and
likewise to the Jealous disposition of the
Dutch, he will achieve almost a mira
Gle. c. B.