New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-29
OFFICE FOR KAISER'S HEIR
CrO7cn Prince To Be Stadthalter of
4ISGce-L

In the publication OF the serni-official denial of
the recent announcement that Prince Hermann
Hohenohe had decided to resign his Governor Gen
eralship Of Alsace and Lorraine mention is made
for the first time in authoritative manner of the
project Of eventually placing the German Crown
Prince in charge of the Reichland as Stadthalter.
or lieutenant of the Emperor, it being added that
Prince Hohenlohe will retain his present appoint
ment until the Crown Prince Is ready TO assume IL
a year hence.
The plan meets with widespread approval not
only in Prussia itself, but likewise in the other
German States. where the Kaiser's eldest son has
succeeded In making himself liked by his pleasant,
unaffected manners. For 1t is felt that term or
Office as Stadthalter of Alsace-Lorrane will in
ure him 10 the duties of government on large
scale, will fill him with sense OF responsibility
alone to the people of Prussia, but likewise 10
the minor German States, and will eHdow him with
a practical experience OF rulership which cannot
fall to prove of inestimable advantage to him when
the moment comes for him to take the place OF ms
father the throne of Germany Before the
Crown Prince takes up the position or Governor
General of Alsace-Lorraine it is proposed that ne
should marry, and the young couple would. there
fore. spend the early years of their married Ire az
Strassburg. rather than at Berlin which Is IN
every way preferable
Pope Plus Y has Just concluded with the Mikado
an arrangement by which most Of the dominican
monks who have been forced 10 quit the Philip
pines are permitted to settle in Japan, and to IN
vest the money which they have obtained by way
of CONDENSATION from the United States govern
ment real estate in the Land of the Rising sun
The Monastic orders in the Philippines are certainly
much more fortunate than those in France. For
whereas the religious orders expelled by the frehch
Republic receive no compensation. and have mostly
found refuge. and even welcome, in the commons
OF the Lutheran Emperor of GERMANY, the monks
who have been forced by the Republic Of North
America to leave the Philippines have received
generous compensation in the shape of good Amer
ican money. which they now investing IN the
Empire OF the Shintolst Mkado
P.ccadilly IS a thoroughfare so familiar TO every
American who has visited London that 1t may be
of interest TO state that most OF tho stories pub
lished concerning Gloucester House. so long the
home of the late Duke of Cambridge. are all wrong
Gloucester House was purchased cohsiueraoi9
time ago by the London municipaity-the LONDON
County Council as II is called-with the object or
pulling Il down. to admit OF the widening OF
Piccadilly. This was done with the express pro-
vision that the house should remain untouched as
long as the duke lived and for the space Of three
months after his death. It was at one time occu-
MED nv the Earl OF Elgin who brought the so-caled
Elgin marbles from the Parthenon at athens 10
London and for period they found home in his
PiccaduIv residence which led the poet. Lord
Byron to satirize the mansion az:
For all the mutilated blocks Of art.
later on the marbles were removed to Burlington
House. and thence to the British Museum Where
they are.
Prince Albert of Belgium. who is mentioned as
likely 20 visit the ST. Louis Exposition this sum-
mer has been Just promoted by his uncle the King
from the rank Of colonel 10 that OF major general
in the Belgian army. He is the only member OF
the reigning house OF Belgium save Princess Glenn
entine who IS on fairly good terms with the hins,
though they do not sec much OF one another ana
their tastes in every sense OF the WORD as
similar, Prince Albert being as domesuc as MS
uncle is the reverse.
Leopold, however. is genuinely fond OF his young
est daughter. Cementine and she returns his anec-
ton which has always been centred In him. as she
was never liked b. her mother. The distaste OF
Queen Henrietta for the princess may be said 70
have dated from the latter's birth. King ana
Queen had been separated for seven or eight years
when the Queen appealed 70 on both dynastic
and patriotic grounds 20 return TO her husband ana
IA resume their married life. with the object OF
furnishing malo heir the throne in the place Of
the young Duke OF Brabant. her pass!onately loved
and only boy, who had died with almost mysterious
suddenness at the age OF ten, in January. 1853.
Queen Henrietta yielded reluctantly 10 the solicit
tations addressed to her by the leading Belgian
statesmen There could not be any question
of real reconciliation as the King had failed to re-
move the original causes OF arrangement. and
when, instead of son and heir being born, little
girl. namely Princess ClementIne. made her ap-
pearance in tho world. Queen Henrietta felt dis
appointed and mortified that all her sacrifices
OF self-respect and OF delicacy should have been
Of view that she conceived an unreasoning dis
like for the child which showed Itself in many
ways, and that contributed perhaps. more than
anything else to make Clementine the particular
net and favorite OF her father. the only person in
the world for whom he has ever entertained gen.
uine and sincere affection. She has devoted her
entire life to him, has remained unmarried. It is
said, principally for his sake. and is constantly
with him, dscreetly enacing herself whenever her
presence might prove embarrassing. Il is probable
that when her father dies she will put into execu
ton her long cherished project OF entering the
Order Of the Sacred Heart. which she would have
done indeed years ago had her father ap-
pealed TO her 10 remain with him as long as he
lived
With regard the suit against the King brought
by ex-Crown Princess Stephanis and by the credi-
tors elder sister. Princess Philip of Coburg.
and which has been decided by the Belgian courts
I'm favor of Leopold. a foregone conclusion.
1 hear that no attempt will be made by Stephane
appeal against the decision. the costs which
she has already incurred in connection with the
have been terribly heavy. and have seriously Grip
pied both her own resources and those OF her hus-
band Count Lonyay. In fact. the lawsuit has ac-
complished nothing, save to estrange the ex-Crown
Princess from those relatives in Austria who had
continued to be kind 20 her after her second mar
pold resent the world wide scandal which has
created by taking these dscredltable legal pro-
ceed!ngs against her father
Sir Charles King Hartman. who has Just been ap-
pointed by King Edward Governor Of the island of
Cyprus is a member OF the well known Irish fam
lily OF which the Earl OF Kingston is the chief and
the grandson Of that Colonel King Hartman, who
I'm the early part OF the last century tried,
along with his father the second Earl of Kingston
FOR murder. Colonel Fitzgerald. related the
King Harmans. and n married man. had induced
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