Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-19
ROYALTY M0BBED.
Others Than Leopold Of Bel
GUM Have Been Stoned.
AIphonso of Spain Once Mobbec
in Paris.
Experiences of Three Unpopular Eu-
ropean Queens.

hands of the Socialist mop recently DIT
Brussels is neither surprising nor I'M
precedented. Other monarchs have
been subjected to similar experiences.
The widowed Empress of Russia still
bears today on her forehead the scar
of cut inflicted by a sharp stone
hurled at the carriage in which she
was driving through the streets OF
Copenhagen with her parents shortly
after their accession to the throne.
IT was only with difficulty that the
troops were able to preserve the royal
equipage from being overturned by the
mob. which gave vent to it's feelings
by throwing stones, mud, and offal at
the carriage. and by shouting the most
insulting words at its occupants. Sub
sequently the mob smashed all the
windows of the royal palace. by means
of throwing. Today there Is no
sovereign more beloved by his people
than the venerable King Christian,
who has just celebrated his eighty
fourth birthday. nor is there any
reigning house that is more completely
in touch with the people of the land.
In the same way the late Emperor
William. although he was almost
idOlized by his lieges at the time of his
death, and even during the last eigh-
teen years of his life, had nevertheless
been driven out of Berlin by the mob
in 1913, which not only forced him to
f. for his life, but also compelled his
elder brother, King Frederick William
[N 10 orier him to travel abroad
that beng a euphonious name for ban
ishmrnt
ltis grandson. the present Emperor
vaa mobile in the streets of Berlin
Within a couple Of years after his ac-
,.~sjDu to the throne. He was riding
thruIgh The streets at the time and be
.t'ue ~n angry at the remarks ad-
dr.e-,cd tp him by the populace, and by
th, manner in which they pressed
uroAnl aim, that he perhaps in
voluntarily placed his hand on his
sword hit as if about to draw his
sword. But his aid-de-camp bent for
ward AID whispered something that
WIS manifestly an entreaty into his
ear, whereupon he desisted and rode on
frowning through the palace gates,
causing the populace, which had fol-
lowed him, to be driven off by the
police with blows, sword thrusts, and
pistol shots, a scene which he wit
messed from window on the first floor
of the palace. The mob, on being thus
driven away looted the baker and
butcher shops of the metropolis, but
made no attack upon the great banks,
the palaces of the rich, the great
jewelers., gunmakers, and silverwarc
shops. thus furnishing evidence that
the rioters were what they proclaimed
themselves to be-that is to say, I'M
employed, rendered desperate by want
and starvation, and bent on having re-
lief
The late King Alfonso of Spain was
mobbed in the most disgracefur way in
the streets of Paris on the occasion of
his state visit to the French capital
during the presidency of Jules Grevy
True, he had been attending the
maneuvers of the German army in
Alsace and Lorraine-that is to say, in
the provinces which had been wrested
from France by Germany in the war of
1870. and to make matters worse in
French eyes, he had accepted at Stras-
burg from old Emperor William the
colone1cy of a Uhlan lancer regiment
Inc lancerS We're, of all the German
soldiers. the most execrated by the
French people in the war Of 1870. and
that the Spanish King should have ac-
cepted the colonelcy of German Uhlans
after attending the maneuvers of the
German army in the conquered
provinces was looked upon at Paris as
having added insult to injury. Conse-
quently, when he drove through the
streets of Paris, he was greeted with
hooting. bowling. and even mud sling.
fng the words down with the German
IMAM rising superior to all otbe,
din.
Inc FRENCH government offered tn,
most complete apologies for the insult,
10 which its royal guest had been sub
Jected, but the King was very angry
cut short his stay in the French capital
ana returned quickly to his dominions
ms experiences at the hands of tn.
Parisian mob serving to keep ava,
from the French metropolis all foreig,
soVereigns-that is to say. as far al
state visits We're concerned-until tn,
great exhibition of 1900.
The late Empress Elizabeth of Aus
trla was subjected to the most dis
graceful mobbing some wears befor,
her death at a small Italian town n,
the southern extremity of the I,apo a
Harda. She had come down from
Meran to the Austrian town of Riy.
at the northern end of the lake. anf
nad chartered a steam launch there fo,
the purpose of making a tour OF thai
ioVeIy Alpine inland sea. On vlandinf
AT the Italian end of the lake for the
purpose of inspecting the ruins of ar
Ola castle In the neighborhood. the EN-.
press was greeted by the populace witt
misses, eatcalls, and howls. So menac.
ing did the attitude of the mob become
and so vile and outrageous We're tn,
insulting epithets addressed to the i'm
perial lady. that she was forced to bear
hasty retreat with her party to tn.
boat.
AS the latter steamed away from ths
landing. volleys of stones were hurled
at 1t by the people on shore. The two
or three revenue officers of the Italian
government present maintained
throughout the entire scene a perfect,
passive attitude and refrained from
making the slightest attempt to pro.
tect the Imperial lady from the mob
Inc Empress was greatly upset by the
whole affair. Indeed. so serious ar
Effect did 1t have upon her nerves that
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