Arizona republican., 1902-03-16
GOSSIP OF FOREIGN CAPITALS

GOSSIP OF FOREIGN CAPITALS
 Inasmuch as the statement which l made some time ago to the effect that the young. divorced Grand Duchess of Hesse had been cashiered-that is to say. deprived of her colonelcy in the German army has been called into question. I take occasion to reiterate the story here and to add that, according to an army order lately issued. the regiment of which she was colonel. namely the One Hundred and Seventeenth infaa- try of the line, has been directed to re- move her monogram from the shoulder Estraps of officers and men and to sub stitUte in it's stead that of the late Grand Duchess Alice. the present grand dukes mother. As have point ed out before in these letters the treat ment tn which th" divorced grand duchess has been subjected in th,. mai tHr becomes the more difficult to under stand when the fact is taken into con- lsitieratoin that she remains q full flelSed princess of Great Britain and Ireland. her father. who died as sovel.- eiSn duke of Coburg. having been the second and sailor son of Queen Vic toria.
 Much entertainment has been afford ed in London by the fact that the new envoy of Mexico to the court of St James styles himself Senor Don Lam caster Jones. who. it may be remem- bered. was the chief member of the Mexican commission at the Pan-Amer- ican congress His father was an Eng lishman who had made his home in Mexico, and who bore the name of Lancaster. This MT. Lancaster ma,- ried cOuntrYWoTan of his. likewise settled in Mexico. and who bore the name of Jones. and, according to the Mexican custom. assumed the name of Jones, in addition to his own. That is how their son. the present Mexican en- voy to the court of King Edward. is SenOr Lancaster Jones.
 In spite of his name, the minister was born and reared in Mexico and has long been leading figure in the Mexican legislature and at the Mexican bar His grandfather was Joseph Ian caster, the famous Quaker who founi- ed the Lancaster system of elementary schools He emiSrated from England to New York in ISIS. from there made his way to Venezuela. and from there to Mexico, eventually he drifted 70 Montreal and was killed on Broadway. New York. in 1888 by being run over by T heavy wagon. But the Lancas- trian system of schools still survives m Mexico and in England
 Among the many titles of the Brit ish heir apparent, one of the least known and least understood is that cf Prince and Stewart of Scotland" and in view of the frequent criticisms which Scotchmen have been making of late regarding the princes habit of re- ferring to his Scotch principality." 1t may be just as well to explain the mat ter and 10 point out to those who take objection to the princes remarks, that while it is quite true that Scotland is q kingdom. King Edwards son and heir has principality of Scotland" And. incidentally. the explanation will furnish some notes concerning the H. lustrious house of Stewart or Stuart.
 The first of the Stewards that figures in history was Walter. the son of Allen, who was seneschal and high stewart of Scotland in the reign of King David I. This office was con firlned and made hereditary in Walters family by King Malcolm " in 1157, and from that time forth. was known as the Stewards. The office was re- garded as next in rank 10 that of the sovereign. and the highest dignitary of the realm.
 On the death of David Bruce in 1371 the succession opened to the Stewards, and Robert Stewart, the high stewart and seneschal of the kingdom. became king under the titIe of Robert II. The dignity of high stewart became thence forth vested in the eldest son of the king. In March. 1871, the Lord John Earl of Carrick, and Stewart of Scot land, first born son of King Robert H." was, by act of Scottish parliament. ap- pointed heir to the crown. and in 1873 the succession was declared by parlia- ment to be vested in the line of Stew arts. The originals of these two acts Of settlement, which formed the foun- dation charters of King Edwards rights to the throne of Great Britain, are to be seen in the historical room of the Register House. at Edinburgh.
 The private possessions of the Stew arts, that is to say. the possession IS which King Robert II had owned prior to his accession to the throne. were from that time forth set apart for the use of the eldest son of the king and in those days were known as the "Stewartry." Subsequently. the dutchy of Rothesay was added thereto and in the treaty of 1474 for the marriage of Cecilia. daughter Of King Edward " of England to the Scotch King James HTS eldest son. the Prince of Scot land" the dutohy of Rothesay is spe- officially mentioned as forming part of the honors and possessions of the young couple.
 While the titles remain, and are still borne by the heir apparent, the pres ent prince of Wales. being likewise duke of Rothesay. q considerable DOT ton of the lands and castles. formerly = comprised in the "Stewartry," have been alienated. Those, however. which remain are not known any longer as the "Stewartry." but as the ''princi-