The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-25
DUTCH WANT AN HEIR
TO HOLLANDS THRONE.


marquis de Fontenoy IN Washington
Post)
It is wise that there should be no de-
lay in the wedding of the young queen
of Holland on account of the death Of
her uncle. the Grand Duke of SAKE
Weimar, widoEer of her fathers sister,
for his death has rendered the early
marriage of the queen more urgent
than before, since the next heir to the
Dutch throne is the new grand duke OF
Sake Weimar, grandson of the late
grand duke. Were the queen
therefore, to die without issue, the
throne of The Netherlands would fall
to prince who is already a reigning
sovereign in Germany and a member OF
of confederation of sOvereigns COM
prised in the German empire. a condi-
( ton of affairs would thus ensue such
as has not prevailed since the eIector
Of Hanover inherited the crown of
I Great Britain as King George /, on the
death of good Queen Ann.
1t is doubtful whether the grand duke
would be willing to surrender his
throne of Sake Weimar for the sake OF
the crown Of Holland. Indeed. there
would be obvious objections thereto,
since the next heir. to the grand ducal
mar, an English field marshal. of Eng
lish birth, and who is morganatirally
married 10 a sister of the Duke of
Richmond. On the other hand, the
Dutch. who have such a dread of seeing
their country become a part and parcel
of the German empire, would be so I'M
willing to have as a ruler a monarch
who was also a German sovereign, and
as such bound up by military and pO-
litical ties with the kaiser. that they
might endeaVOr to prevent by force his
accession to the throne
In that event the emperor would have
the excuse which he seeks of marching
his troops into the Netherlands in order
TO enforce the. rights of the young
Grand Duke of SAKE eimar to the
throne, and if once the German troops
march into Holland it is doubtful
whethcr they would ever march out
again. 1t is the dread of this eventu-
ality which renders the Dutch people
SO extremely anxious that the queen s
marriage should not be delayed, and
that she should become the mother of
a large family Of children, SO as to
avert all possible danger of any Ger
man sovereign ever becoming ruler of
The Netherlands. 1t would be a cruel
disappointment to the Dutch people if
the union should remain without issue,
and would lead to all sorts of compli-
cations.
The young queen received as a
Christmas present from her fiancee a
team Of four magnificent Lithuanian
horses. Needless to say, there has been
no trouble between Wilhelmina and her
betrOthed. 1t is perfectly true that the
Dutch nation has only provided an an
nuity of $50. 600 a year for Prince Henry
in the event Of his, surviving his wife.
But IL must thoroughly be understood
that this is over and above the income
of $500 a year which she has set
tied upon him for life.
Throughout the period of her engage
ment the queen is dressing in nothing
but white, in accordance with the strict
laws of etiquette at the court of The
Netherlands. These regulations, there
fore prohibit any other lady from ap-
pearing at court and in the presence of
the queen attiTed in white as long as
her majesty's engagement lasts. At
the last court reception a large number
Of ladies were refused admission by the
chamberiains on duty owing to their
being dressed in white. and were in
consequence Obliged to fOrego their in
tention of paying their devOirs to the
young queen. Prince Henry, by the by,
has exchanged at The Hague quite
number of visits with President Kru-
ger, who has just been decorated by
the reigning Prince of Monaco with the
grand cross of his order of Charles III.