The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31
JHCOBITE LEAGUES CLAIM
THE THRONE OF ENGLAND
Renewed Activity of the Order of the White Rose in View of the
Illness of King Edward-Bavarian Princess Who Is an
Heir of the Stuarts-Her Son and His Descent.

London. Aug. 3o.-When the recent illness
of King Edward appeared likely to have a
fatal termination, the Jacobites of Great
Britain prepared to issue a proclamation
claiming the crown for Queen Mary III and
"" and declaring her to be the true mon
arch and the representative of the royal
house of those realms" And now. as King
Edward is net expected to reach an extreme
age. but may, to judge from the state
ments of many persons, die at any time,
| the intention is announced of keeping up a
vigorous propaganda.
Not very many years ago announcement
| of that kind would have brought forth a
| crop of imprisonments and executions in
| the gaunt old town, but to-day the stolid
Britisher. accustomed to the sway OF the
Hanoverian 'usurpers," merely smiles at
| the "treasonable' utterances, and the
Guelphs still reign.
| 1t is a mistake, however. to suppose that
the Legitimists do not take themselves seri-
ously, or that they are an association OF
| cranks. They are, on the contrary. in dead
! earnest, and their declarations and mani,
voice the feelings of thousands from John
O. Groat's House to Lands End. In certain
districts of England and Scotland Jacobit-
ism has descended from father to son as a
! cherished family creed. which might easily
give rise to active manifestations were
throne. So' The reign Of victoria did more
than that of any other Hanoverian to in
sure the dynasty against disturbance for at
was won by force has been retained by good
government.
Order of White Rose.
The order of the White Rose, one of the
two Jacobite organizations. which was
founded in 1710. dropped out of existence In
1850, and was revived in 1886. In 1891 the
more actively disposed Legitimists. regard
much given over to sentimentalism, formed
the Lesitimist Jacobite League, through
which a political propaganda has been car
ried on. 1t was the intention of the pro-
mOters to have the league directly repre-
scented in Parliament, but the attempts OF
polls by electors who. while they thronged
to the meetings of the Stuart candidates.
gave their votes to the other fellow"
quaint old hall in the Inns of Court, London.
and there the members periodically assem-
BILE to lament over the "banished house.
and to arrange for the propagation OF the
Stuart faith.
The league numbers among its members
several Bourbons and Carlists, to whom the
ma vie" is as applicable as to the Jacob
ties. The league publishes a journal. which
view and the progress Of the movement.
Decorative postage stamps bearing a por-
trait OF the true Queen" are issued. and
the members invariably paste head down.
ward the current postage stamps. On the
anniversary of the murder OF Charles I
a solemn religious service is held. and 'in
Gil Aldl1 u PldNcu VII Ile
equestrian statue Of the martyr King
in Whitehall.
Revival of Old Songs.
On social occasions the old-time Jacobites
songs are enthusiastically rendered. OF
these the most popular and never omitted
melodies are VIII Ye No Come Back
Again. Bonnie Prince Charlie "'Wae's
Me for Prince Charlie" and the ironical
Wee. Wee German Lairdie." The CON
spirators." in drinking to the Queen over
the water" pass their glasses over the
water jugs in remembrance of the days
when the toast of him that's awe" was
given by sign and drunk in silence.
The Queen Mary III and v of the
Legitimists is the Princess Marie Teresa,
born in 1915, and married in 1868 to Prince
Louis of Bavaria. She Is the daughter of
Ferdinand Of Modena (son Of Francis. Duke
of Modena, and Mary. daughter OF Victor
Emmanuel I. King of Sardinia). and Eliza
beth of Austria Marie Teresa's son. Ru-
pert, born at Munich. May IS, 1863, Is ninth
In descent from Charles L.
The Princess who. but for the Act of Set
tiement, which restricted the succession to
the Hanoverian branch Of the reigning
dynasty. would now be seated upon the