New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-04
INC0GNIT0 IN NEW-YORk
BaUaria's Future Queen Almost Died
Here Fesc Weeks Ago.

elsewhere IN this country, the future hlHs anu
Queen Of European power, members OF the most
ancient and tlustrious OF the dynasties or the oio
World have travelled across the United states IN
/ a leisurely fashion without attracting any nouee
whatsoever. More than this. the royal LADY was
detained for time in New-York by severe
| Illness which brought her 70 the very verge OF
the grave and as soon she sufficiently re-
covered TO travel she sailed with her husband Tor
/ Europe. under the of a New-York ply siclan'
/ DR.. Kiany, and of New-York trained nurses
On reaching Possenhofen. in Bavaria. the princess
underwent operation for appendicitis performed
| by the New-York doctor. with the assistance OF
| the Munich court surgeons. and is now slowly re-
covering.
/ Princess Rupert OF Bavaria. the prince being the
eldest of that Prince Louis who is himself the
heir OF the octogenarian regent OF the klngdom'
and were il for that clause OF the British con-
stitution known the act Of settlement by means
Of which Parliament vested the crown OF Great
| Britain IN the Protestant Hanoverian branch or
1 the descendants OF King James Of England, Rup-
! ert of Bavaria and his consort would as the de-
I scendants Of King Charles I OF England-that is
TO say less remotely connected with the old Stuart
/ dynasty than King Edward-bs entitled 10 the
dignity OF Prince and Princess of Wales" while
| Ruperts mother would be Queen Regnant OF Eng
\ land. Indeed. Princess Louis OF Bavaria is styled
Queen Mary of England by a legItimlst associ-
| alton IN England known the White Rose League,
which includes among its members such people as
| the Earl Of Ashburnham and the widowed VS.
| Maidstone,
| this country, notably at Boston and at Phliaoei-
/ phia. where special memorial services are cele-
hrated by them each year the anniversary OF the
/ execution OF King Charles T.
| In ENGLAND the White Rose League actually goes
10 the length OF making use OF stamps bearing
( the efigy Of Queen Mary. But as these are not
recognized valid by the postal authorities either
| IN England or elsewhere. the members o; the White
4 Rose League I'm England are forced 10 add the
ordinary postal stamps adorned with the efigy OF
/ King Edward VII. These however. they paste on
envelope upside down Just to indicate that they
DO not recognize his rights. and that they only
/ make use of his stamps under protest
! Prince and Princess Rupert have been very I'M
fortunate in connection with their trip around the
| world. which has extended over g period or some
nine months for the princess was Frustrated oy
| Illness at Batavia. Picking and at Toxic before
| becoming so very sick in New-York. and while she
was in China she received cable dispatches from
| home announcing that her baby girl. whom she
had left in charge of her mother in Bavaria had
| succumbed attack Of diphtheria-
! Moreover scandal rnougers took advantage or the
absence Of the prince and princess 10 circulate al
sorts OF stories concerning them. TO the eHect 'a'
they were living together most unhapplly; thaI tHe
rrincess had been i'll treated and neglected by her
| husband in the most shameful manner, ana that
/ their tour abroad due to the fact that the
| prince had banished for time from the king
dom by his grandfather, the Regent, on account OF
gross misconduct There IS truth in any of these
tales and equally without foundation is the cable
| dispatcb published I'm the American press only a
! few days ago to the effect that the Regent had
refused receive Prince and Princess Rupert since
| their return fact OF the matter being that the
princess had taken TO her bed on reaching Possen-
| hofen and that her husband had not left her side
| The princess is a younger daughter OF that Duke
| Charles Theodore Of Bavaria who has achieved
so much fame oculist. and who has 10 his
! record some four thousand successful operations
| for cataract. mostly performed poor people
Let me add that DR.. Killany is Of Bavarian origin
/ but has made HIS home in this country for some
| twenty years past while for the last decade he
! has been OF the surgeons Of the German Hos
| pital in New-York. He is a nephew of General Won
Kiliany. and deserves little credit for the dis
| erection which he observed in Difference to the
| wishes Of his royal patients in connection with
| their Identity while in New-York.
| The announcement that the Gar has consented
to act as sponsor TO the little boy to whom the
| pretty Crown Princess Of Rumania gave birth the
| other day, and that he will visit Bucharest
| IN order TO attend the ceremony Of Christening
serves to call attention 20 the fact that the infant
| Prince Nicholas Of Rumania Ike his little
sisters and his ten-yeer-od brother. Charles IS
barred by the terms OF the British constitution
from all rights to the English throne In fact.
these four great grandchildren Of the late Queen
Victoria, and their mother the Crown Princess, are
the only ones Of the numerous descendants Of
the old Queen who excluded from tire line ot
| succession the English This IS due o
1 the fact that the Crown Princess Of Rumania,
/ who a daughter Of the sailor of Queer.
| Victoria is a princess Of Great Britain and Ire
| land forfeited her rights Of succession by marry
| ing a Roman Catholic in the person Of Prince
Ferdinand Of Hohenzoliern. now Crown Prince OF
I Rumania. The English constitution cffeTs no Oh
| lection 10 the union Of members OF its reigning
| house with adherents Of the Greek Church. with
| Jews Mahometans. Mormons, Buddhists pa gans.
| But II is expressly provided by the terms Of the
constitution that any prince or princess Of the
reigning family wedding Roman Catholic be-
comes fpse facto barred from the succession TO
the throne the exclusion likewise applying TO the
| issue Of the union.
Prince Alexander Of Thurn snd Taxis. who IS
row on his way across the Atlantic board the
! Etruria- and who Will reach New-York the day
after tomorrow for the purpose OF making ger
sonal investigation Of enterprises IN this
country IN which he has beer induced invest. IS
the head OF a younger branch Of one Of the most
! ancient houses OF what is known the high
nobility Gioher Aden in Europe. house which
until p hundred years ego exercised all the rights
and p-erora tives OF petty regning soveregns. and
which for some four or five centuries enjoyed the
postal monopoly Of what known as the Holy
Roman Empire. Indeed. young Prince Albert Of
Thurn and Taxis. the chief Of the entire family.
still bears the title cf Hereditary Postmaster Gen
era OF the Empire and until 1870 the stamps used
by Bavaria and other non-Prussian States OF Ger
/ many bore not the ef1ges OF their respective
| rulers but the coat-of-arms Of the Thurn and
Taxis.
/ There are few houses OF the great European no
| buitv the annals Of which more replete with
romance both IN modern and ancient times, and
/ every reader OF Thackeray's works will remember
the perfectly authentic story which he places IN
the mouth OF his hero barry Lyndon. OF how the
head OF the house OF Thurn and TsXis. some nun
bred ard twenty years ago. discovering that MS
wife a member Of The now reigning family OF
r.,5.- r-pFaf.Iful n him. caused her to be