New-York tribune., 1905-02-12


In striking contrast TO the conduct OF Mich
olas I Was that of King Louis Philippe OF
France who when he learned on February 20
1S4S that the mob marching on lhe
Tueries, hastily wrote letter OF abolca'ioH
and Disgusting himself in the most grotesque
manner IN what he believed 10 be the ordinary
sarb OF a middle class Englishman OF thaG
period, adopted the name or MI smith anu
fed to England. Neither the Due dAumale'
who was commanding the troops in Algeria at
the time, nor yet the Prince do Joinville, who
was AWAY cruising with the squadron which he
commanded as admiral. was at Paris at the
time Both were brave and gallant officers, who
might have saved the day, IL not for their
father at any rate for their dynasty But the
other two sons of King Louis Philippe, namely
the Due de Nemours and the Due dc Montpen-
sier behaved abominably, and took 10 flight
leaving not only their young wives, but also
their widowed sister-in-law. the late Duchess OF
Orleans, and her two children. the Comte de
Paris and the Due de Chartres, unprotected III
the hands Of the mob. Fortunately. some of the
more conspicuous leaders of the insurrection,
notably NJ. de Glrardn took charge of the royal
ladies and children, and managed 10 rescue
them. not without difficulty and danger, from
the hands of the populace and to convey them
to place of safety. where they remained untii
1t became possible to dispatch them as secretly
as possible to England.
Nothing quite so contemplate, however is on
record as the behavior of King Gustav ~ OF
Sweden. The latter, when he found his palace
at Stockholm invaded by those who were bent
upon dethroning him, fled through the halls ana
corridors. clad only in his nightshirt. and was
about to seek refuge in the subterranean vaults
with which the foundations of the palace are
honeycombea when he was seized by his pursu-
m In o
struggle. III the course of which his only remain
ing garment was reduced to shreds and COM
PEELED TO afix his signature TO the act of abdica-
ton in favor of his uncle. Queen Isabella OF
Spain happened to be at San Sebastian when the
revolution broke out at Madrid in 1858 that was
to bring about the overthrow Of her rule IN
Spain, and without raising a finger in defence
Of her crown. she fled to France after tele-
graphing to Madrid that she was glad TO wash
her hands of such crowd of thieves and as
sassrs as were her subjects. In 1S4S Emperor
Ferdinand OF Austria, greatly TO the disgust OF
his nephew and successor. Francis Joseph, Ned
with his entire court from Vienna to Olmutz
leaving his capital in the possession of the mob,
and feeling himself quite incapable Of dealing
with the situation thereupon abdicatad in favor
of the present Emperor.
King Christian Of Denmark showed bol6er
front to the riots at Copenhagen which followed
his accession 20 the throne. For. although he
had all the windows OF his palace smashed by
the mob Cais daughter, Princess Dagmar. now
the Dowager Empress OF Russia, bears to this
day the scar OF severe cut which she received
on her forehead from one of the missiles on that
occasion), he declined 10 leave the city and by
sheer pluck won first the respect and then the
good viii of the very pOpulace which at one time
had been bent upon his destruction. Another
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was the i'll fated Emperor Maximilian of Mex
leo. who. when the opportunity was offered to
him. refused to seek refuge in Europe declar-
ing that il would constitute desertion of those
who had sacrificed everything for his cause
The downfall of the Bourbon dynasty at Ma
pies was signalized by the heroic defence of the
fortress Of Gaeta, under the direction Of the
now widowed Queen Marie. Alphonse Daudet's
'Reine en- Exil," who now makes her home in
Paris: and another King who retired with dig
nifty, cruelty betrayed by his cousin. Louis PHI
lippe. was King Charles of France. whose
reign was brought to close by the popular
revolution OF July, 1880
1t will be seen from this that most of the revo-
iutions in Europe have taken the form of at
tacks by the mob the metropolitan palace Of
the sovereign. Curiously enough. nearly all the
town residences Of Old World rulers are built in
the same fashion; that is, facing directly on
public thoroughfares with no private grounds
separating them from the street that any
passerby might hurl a bomb through one of the
windows before the sentries and police on duty
at the entrances could interfere The Winter
Palace at St. Petersburg, the Schloss at Berlin.
the Hofburg at Vienna, the Quirinal at Rome,
the Royal Palaces at Copenhagen and at Brus-
sells are all exposed I'm this way TO attack and
outrage. Thus It is that they do not afford any
adequate security TO their royal and imperial
owners from popular disturbances and risingS
of the mob, Emperor Francis Joseph being safer
at Sch0nbrunn than at the Hofburg, Emperor
William more independent at Potsdam than at
Berlin the Gar easier to protect at Tsarskoe-
Selo or Peterhof than at the Winter Palace.
That too, is the reason why King Leopold
makes his homo at LaeSen rather than In the
Royal Palace at Brussels, and why King Victor
Emmanuel spends little time possible at
the Quirinal which has the additional disadvan-
tage Of being, in part at any rate subject to
the ban Of the Church, formerly the property
Of the Papacy II must not be forgotten that
from the Castle OF Vincennes Louis XIII of
France and his mother were able TO dictate to
the rebels at Paris, instead OF being compelled
10 bow before the forces of the revolution by
remaining In the metropolis. like Louis XVI,
Louis XVIII Charles Y and Louis Philippe
The presence Of the ruler In the metropolis espe-
cislly when II happens to be the largest city OF
the nation. is usually a Of weakness
alike to the government and to the dynasty.
EX-ATTACHE.