Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-11

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future King OF Bavaria, Prince Dupp-
recht, has been involved In matrimonial
scandals and his quarrels with his wife
years past,
HoTBEDs OF SCANDAL.
The scandals connected with the
Saxon royal family, which eliminated
In the flight OF the wife of the present
king, Rre too fresh In the public memo
ny to need repetition. The Grand Duke
OF Hesse was obliged to divorce his wife
after a series OF scandals which brought
his court into terrible disrepute The
wife OF the Grand Duke OF Saxe-Wei-
mar ran away from him shortly after
their wedding and fled to Switzerland
The grand duke was obliged to go In
pursuit OF her, and although he sue
ceeded in bringing her back, they never
lived happily together and the young
grand duchess recently died OF brok-
IN heart The Grand Duke OF Olden-
burg was obliged 10 expel one OF his
court officials for seducng his daughter,
Princess Sophie Charlotte, The court
official I'm question. an aristocrat by
birth, emiHrated to America, and Is
stil living In New York,
The D0wager Grand Duchess or
Mecklenburg- Schwerin ran away with
her own hairdresser The throne OF
Lippe was occupied only recently by a
hopeless lunatic, and since his death n
dispute regarding the possession OF the
crown has been proceeding. The throne
of Reuss Celder line) is also occupied by
a lunatic who win never be capable OF
governing his dominions. The reign
Ing Prince OF Rcuss younger line) abb
dicated after contracting a mesaillance
and handed over the reins Of govern
ment to his son. who has also been In
volved I'm fifteen public scandals,
The grand duke OF SAKE. Coburg-
| Gotha, who is not quite 81 years OF age,
| is already involved IN serious dispute
with his subjects which has made him
intensely unpopular among them. The
rightful Duke Of Brunswick Is I'm exile
| because he refuses to recognize the
suzerainty Of Prussia, and his domin-
| ions are administered by a Prussan
| prince appointed by the kaiser The
| Duke of Sake Meiningen is hoycotted
by all hls fellow monarchs because he
! contracted "A scandalous morganattc
| marriage with a low born woman, who
| afterwards received the title OF Baroness
| Heldburg,
THE EMPEROR ALREADY THE
ACTUAL BOSS.
A curious feature about all these little
German courts which cost so much and
which produce so many scandals cal
culated 10 dlscredlt monarchial institu
tions IL that they are purely ornamen
tai. Although all the little monarchi
theoretically possess sovereign powers
they are as "A matter OF fact nothing
more than vassals Of the Emperor. !
is true that the emperor can declare
war, conclude treaties and promulgat
laws I'm the name of the empire onl,
with the consent Of the federal council
but this council is absolutely controlled
by his own country OF Prussia, Tn
emperor is commander-n-ch OF tn
entire German army. In time OF peoc
Bavaria administrates its own army
but the troops Of Saxony and Wurtem
berg and all the other German state
are controlled by Prussia
When the troops are enlisted the
swear loyalty to their respective SOY
eregns, but they swear obedience I
the orders OF the emperor. The en-
peror has absolute control over the en-
tire navy without any Interference fror
the other mouarchs. The emperor ha
, the right OF summoning, opening, ad
io,uning and proroguing the relchstat
! The laws Of the empire, which are praC
, tIcally controlled by Prussia, take pre-
, cedence over the laws OF the state an
! are compulsory on all the minor gov
, ernments.
The little German courts perform on