New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-06

erai council viii deal with the matter by Writ
ue OF that clause OF the constitution OF ina
herman Empire which declares II to be the
mission Of the Federal Council TO determine and
Settle any difficulties arising between two SOW
erelsn states of the Empire, the states in this
particular instance being those OF Lippe and OF
Schaumourg-Ltppe. But the Federal Council
cannot DO otherwise than make its award on
the lines Of the decision OF the Supreme Court
OF the Empire. to which. indeed it may possibly
refer the matter. delegatng to it its powers.
without however. abandoning them Thus. no
matter whether the controversy Is determined
by the Federal Council or by the Supreme Court
OF the Empire. II is certain TO go against thu
de facto regent. Count Leopold Lippe. and in
favor Of the princes Of Schaumb -I.ippe. In
deed. the dynastic rights OF the latter are so
well established by law that had it not been
ior the fact that Prince AdoIph of Schaumburz-
Lippe happened TO be the brother-in-law OF the
emperor. and that the affair at first sight ap-
peaTed as II the Kaiser were enda- vorine To
force member of his family upon 2 dinlnutivs
and powerless sovereign state as It's ruler bv
virtue OF superior might 1t is doubtful whether
there would have been any cutlery about the
matter
The late Prince WaIdernar of LIppe was thor
oughly well aware Of the true condition Of al
fairs. and with the object Of eliminating the
pretensions of Count Ernest and of his son.
| Count Leopold Lippe 70 the regency. which he
knew TO be unfounded, concluded an agreement
with the reignirs prince Of SchaUTnbUrg- Lipre,
who aside from his younger brother the de-
nlented Prince Alexander OF Lippe) was his
nearest relative in the line OF succession to his
throne. according to the terms os which the re-
gency and eventually the succession were vested
in Adoiph of SchaumbJrg-Lip his father. the
reigning prince of Schaumburg-LiPqe and his
two elder brothers having waived their claims
in his favor. IL by virtue OF this agree
| Znent that Prince Adolph assumed possession OF
the regency on the death Of Prince WaIdemar
and he held il for two years. until the award Of
the King of Saxony. based I have pointed
out above. on fraudulent evidence. forced him
TO surrender the regency to Count Ernest Lippe.
who died the other day. 1t il likely that
the Parliament Of Lippe will oppose the exc
cution Of the verdict OF The Federal Council
and Of the Supreme Court OF the Empire in
connection with the regency and the succession,
for the very action of the Diet in declining 10
pass law vesting the succession TO the crown
| in the count shows that it is sure OF its
position and that 1t is by no means overwhelnl-
| ingly in favor OF the family Of the de facto
regent.
| The count is making strong fight in his pre-
| tensions. and has responded 70 the instnuations
regarding the forged nobiliary patents of his
| ancestress Modesto Won Cnruhe. by insisting
| that one Of the ancestresses Of the princes OF
| Schaumburg-Lippe, lady OF the noble house
| of Friesenhausen. had been d woman of the
most evil reputation and deplorable morals
This has led 10 the investigation of the fair
name Of other anc9stresses Of the various reign
ing houses of Germany. The great-grandmother
of the reigning Grand Duke OF Baden has been
overwhelmed with reproaches. and in fact al
the frailties and indiscretions OF the prEcesses
OF the reigning houses OF the eighteenth century
are being dragged TO light in a mud singing
campaign the aim of which seems TO be tho
deflng of the regulations OF the respective
great-grandmothers Of the rival claimants to
German thrones.
For IL is not only in Lippe and in Schaum-
burg-Lippe that controversies OF this kind ara
now raging The Lippe dispute extends to ths
duchies OF Saxe-Meiningen and OF Saxe-Co-
burg-Gotha. and through the latter 10 the royal
house Of Great Britain. since King Edward. thu
Prince OF Wales the Duke Of Connaught, and his
son. Prince Arthur OF England. are all In ths
line of succession to the CobUrs throne The
reigning Duke OF e-Meiningen has three sons;
the eldest. Bernard. who is married 20 the
Kaiser's sister. has only a daughter, married
to the Prince Of Reuss- The next SON. Ernest.
is mechanically married TO daughter OF the
Jewish author Jensen. while the third son.
Prince Frederick, is married to a sister OF tho
three years ago the Diet Of Saxe-Meiningen
voted a law vesting the succession first N
Prince Bernard, then in Prince Ernest, after that
in the latter's brother Prince Frederick. and
then in Prince Frederick's three sons This law
was protested against by the Duke OF Sake
Coburg. and Indirectly by King Edward. his
son. his brother and his nephew. who took tns
ground that the children OF Prince Frederick
OF e-Meiningeu are barred from the throns
of Saxe-M einingen by the same ancestral dis
qualifications which initiate against their
mothers brother the acting Regent OF Ltppes
The interest OF the ducaI house OF Saxe-Cobu-s
in the matter lies therein because by the terms
OF a treaty concluded long ago the throne OF
Sake MeIningen. on the extinction OF those mera-
bers of it's reigning house who are qualified TO
occupy the throne. passes 70 the kindred ducai
dynasty Of -CobUrg-Gotha-
Then there is the controversy with regard 10
the succession TO the throne OF the Grand Duchy
Of Oldenburg where the Diet has recently
passed a law vesting the eventual succession IN
one Of the Kaiser's brothers-In-la Prince Fred
erick Ferdinand Of SchIeswig-HolsteIn 20 the
exclusion OF Emperor Williams other brother
in-law. Duke Ernest Gunther OF SchIeswig-Hol-
stein, and Of his uncle. Prince Christian. now a
naturaIized Engiishman and married 70 one Of
King Edwards sisters. Both Duke Ernest Gun
Their and Prince Christian have appealed 70 tina
Federal Council. TO the Supreme Court OF the
Empire and 10 the Supreme Court Of the Grand
Duchy OF Oidenburg. protesting against the vote
of the Oldenburg Diet as unconstitutional and
as ignoring their dynastic rights
Questions such as these are bound 70 become
more and more numerous as time goes by. and
present generation problems OF analogous
character NAV arise In connection with the sue