New-York tribune., 1905-12-25
A HOHENZ0LLERN HEIR.
Er-Cro5cn Prince of Rumania Ndy
Become Ruler of Baden.


l.: order to appreciate the interest which being
manifested all over Germany in the impending
visit of the stork to Princess Max of Baden (daugh
ter of that Duke of Cumberland who Is de jure
sovereign duke OF Brunswick), it must be explained
that the question of the succession 10 the throne
Baden and Of the advent to the crown OF a
Roman Catholic in lieu of Lutheran dynasty is
al stake. The present grand duke, who is very H.
and his grand duchess have only surviving son.
who is afflicted with consumption, and whose mar
riage 10 only sister of the Grano Duke Oh
Luxembourg has remained childless Next In line
of succession to the Crown Prince of Baden comes
his a-st cousin. Prince Max of Baden, son OF
Younger brother Of the aged ruler OF Baden, and
through his mother great grandson Of that Prince
Eugene &c BeauhaTnas who was the stepson OF
the first Napoleon.
Several year,. have elapsed since Prince Max Of
Baden after having been jilted on the very eve OF
the dav appointed for the wedding by Grahd
Duchess Helen of Russia Princess Nicholas OF
Greece. consoled himself by marrying the Duke oI
Cunlberland's daughter, and until now there mas
been no male issue this union Shond the Visit VI
the stork in February bring another girl the worlhV
people Of Baden. who are almost to man suiel
T,,+berans will be once more confronted with the
prospect or the advent Of Cathoic fuler 10 'Ne
throne For Prince Max of Baden, VINO IS lai Ai0"
strong. and who spent several Tnonlhs an ~
torium after being fitted so cruehF pS
Duchess Helen of Russia is the last OF ms llle'
his ,,rcIe Prince Charles being morganaucai'S
married To baroness Rosale Beust. ana accoi uiis
to the laws of succession 10 the throne ID D'' -
ratified alike by its reigning house anu is k -
la+,re the th-one would in default OF male ISSUE VI
- NJ 90 n Prince William of Hohenzolern
c,,,.rireer O,ead OF the non-reigning aud CathoIc
brapcn of the house of Hohenzoern)' by Vir'"e %
his being the grandson of Princess 'osept
Baden who died only five years aso
It was by reason Of his prospects oI ,'Iot ~
to the throne of Baden that Prince -
5,,IIr YlTOH
49, os 1,,1r,auia and heir to the crown Oh MS
(o+bor,s Younger brother King Charles o. fNul' "
waived his rights at Bucharest III i" ~ 80,
Younger brother Ferdinand, the PIeNoIl, Ia .,o
II,-irce of T2uuania Prince William preleiie So
grand ducal throne of Raden-Baden p=.ie i g. r5ooI
f ize tho fourth most important OF the ie
states of the German Emplre-lo 'ne ,L+,,o.o
I2un,ania Prince Williams mother Is n 1 " e 80 80
infanta a sister of the late KING Oh Foi 'ue' +1
3,is fo+bar Prince Leopold. who died Few lnoii''
- -ae that scion of the house of HohenzoiieIii
whose election to the throne of SPAN IN Lo'O
brought about the war between France T
many Prince William himself Is married 10
incese of the royal house of Bourbon OF the
Neanolitan branch of that most Cathohc oEiaS'S'
.r6 of course her children are being nroueht up
80 o,,l,ars of the church to which both thelI
parents belong.
WAS THE GROWN PRINCE KIDNAPPED
Once before have the people of Baden neeh CO.
60 -;+t7 the prospect of being ruled nE d
1,on,an catholic prince; for Grand DUKE ,
of Raden married Stephanie de De" -
odor+ed daughter of the first Napoleon anu -
e -. E7,,nress Josephine. Stephanle mao .
% - 80 +v-o SONS OF the latter the eldest
;,.od bis birth by a few days only p"l "
Nav 1916 she gave birth to another poy, -
nv name who proclaimed CIO"H
who like his sisters. was brought up mo- -,
T,,+be-au like his father but as NoHidli - 49,
n, 1;o I,e mother It was Just at the time "ne l
,,eon1e of Germany, and. of course, those ol h -
as well were beginning TO recover from 'i 80
oF +he Napoleonic wars, which Tor so nialiH
had spread terror and destruction thFousnou'
+ral F,rope and the idea that they, the gooo
s o4 F2eden were destined to become the sroJects
of a prince who French through ms ihot"7i'
grandson of Napoleon, through her aoopuoh oE 'ie
latter and a Catholic. was so aphorreHI 10 -
that a strong and powerful party was 1orhieo
,-,+t the avoved object of eliminating the lnfan1
r-rovyn Prince from the succession in favor OF MS
fathers uncle, the ultra-Protestant Prince LOUIS
vear later It was announced that the infant
Crown Prince had suddenly succumbed to some
childish malady or other, of a character 10 rem
s u tronossibIe that the corpse Of the little fei-
low should lie in state The story related now
ever and generally believed, was TO me enecl
that during temporary absence or Grahu DuchesS
s+enbanie a dying child had been substituted lor
her own boy and placed in his cradle the healthy
1it+1e Crown Prince being kidnapped and carried
AWAY Stephanie's husband. Grand Duke Charles'
did not long survive this affair. and on ms oeatI
his uncle. the Lutheran Prince LOUIS s"SUeeH
to the throne.
I'M, of hunger at the gates Of Nuremberg and was
taken to the police station. He was entirely un-
able 70 communicate with anybody having no
,,er of speech. and acquaintance win eilhel
eadinp or writing, never having appareh'ly Go"
orsed with any human being He fell into charl'a-
t1e hands and gradually was taught ana eau
,a+ed xuhereupon he by degrees became aple -
&c come account Of himself. From this II ap-
naared that he had been kept since ms chi'uli'
l,se a beast a dark room seeing noIiiins nc 70
inc nothing and knowing nothlng' "HeA -
,aoessarv TO cleanse him he was druggeo- IhiS
s.oa confined from the time he could remeIn-
ta- ,,n+u the dav when he was placed blihd1oloea
81 q carr and driven to the spot at the gates OF
---er,terg where he was subsequently found by
the police
WORK ON THE MYSTERY
o,u the MANY people who interested them
a1-as IN his case was the wealthy and immense
" clever Earl Of Stanhope, grandfather OF 'ie
nresent Earl of Rosebery. Having Almost uilli.
ite6 wealth at his command, the Earl assisteo os
his gifted daughter, the late DuchesS u
,a,6 foother of Lord Rosebery1. set TO WORK 10
I tho mystery existing in connection with
-, o,,nq man who had been named hasIai
tIouser by the people who had beiilehoeu MN
%, d,,+ NJ research the earl managed 10 coliec0
% s ,ncon+rovertible evidence that kaspar
TJa,ear was no other than the kidnapped son u
c.rand Duchess stephanie, and therefore the Ilsn'
-, s,,,ereIen OF Baden The widowed grano duciiess
-, learning this was greatly ag1tateo' ana II was
.rraneed by Lord Stanhope that she snou4o me-
.ba Young fellow at Donauschlingeh. me si7iiO
s,as. raached the meeting place one afternoon
. uUo ,,,,,, ~ Miss Sophia Grevle, sister-n-
=, - old Lord Augustus Lotus who was for so
many years British Ambassador at beFhh, Niellii"
and st Petersburg. and who dled ofiy 'he o'iei
day The grand duchess had haro! aIsI.' -