New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-12
r.yNY LORD ABERDEEN
r,.;r,s Nesc Viceroy VIII Asrait the
o.sooms of the General Election.

.o-, I5barai administration in England
dns- Lens certain OF victory at the polls Us
y - demonstrated by the intimsuon on 'he
fuih'Nss -. oey Ticsroy of Ireland. tire Earl OF
paf' -. She. he hss decided TO postpone his state
ASI.,, rs5v Aberdeen into Dublin and their
saus 80, a. Dublin Castle and at the VICE
IN Phoenix Park until after the genera
ies..rtsry election has decided the fate OF 'i4o
INERT This Is a wise precauton- Fo'
s., 10 FORGOTTEN that the Unionists possessed
Hi'' erz-helz,ing majority in both houses OF INC
81 go legislature when. in consequence OF III
s,-ssnsions IN the Cabinet, they went out OF
is- -. other day. It IS not absolutely certain
eh.' a. electorate viii return Liberal naa9or'tS
'S- contest which has now been maugurateu'
~ -. che T;nionists, as IS possible, though Iot
I-.,anle win victory at the poils' the o''et So
pS 49, If the liberals would come TO an iTnTlie
date end $50 - .,,septl, nrepared
80, g, eventusuty this, and 90 ho'
20 20 ro 20 all the trouble and expense OF IN
'.,,,nr themselves at Dublin Castle. when 'here "
s.Sb,ity that the earls term as Niceroy may 20
80, - an end before the close OF the month
hTousnI ~ is a shrewd and canny scotchman.
Dl1 caution which he is displaying in the mat
81 -. carved 10 call attention 70 a fact OF winch
- reonle appear 70 have lost sght-nafne!E' uiS'
a. a.. General election now commenced Fesui's III :"
"a +bs liberals they will Immediately go
=. = once again. and make way for a new ana
rfr1icted InfoDlSL OF ooAiSci NN@NA'O
ro nav
-v,,re A1.FoNsOs SISTER WEBS TO-DAA'
,o-s.,, that the Infanta Maria Theresa, the
. -. sister OF King Alfonso Kill Is 70 De
-" " a. Madrid to Prince Ferdinand OK BAY
- IA. Invested himself OF his German clIlZelisip
- .e-u,ed letters Of naturalization as z ot'S-io
Ss.5 since October Lass he has helo me ram -
= infant that Is 70 say. Of prince q the re-
-. bonse or SPAIN While there is nothing Nna.-
10 - he said against the character or Z eToi-
- 4. tns+ TWENTY-FIVE years old. VINO mas
80 s-Isndi6I,, brought UP and is pleasant ooAiis'
..Iue-+ unaffected lad, the marriage Goes n.y. ~
nth universal approval, for the reason '!Ia
rF,oe and his bride are irst cousins ana al!ia--1
s...1 Linsfolk go closely related by ties OF blood
,,,s ono, IL objection on the ground Of the
.s.s1 end sometimes mental deterioration thas
-. ,.Esl< anparent il the offspring Of these mar
orss Tbs Young princess is far from stFohs'
"a has inherited the decacy Of constitution Wtii'ih
1850 largely responsible for the premature oeath
:. her farher. Alfonso XII and her elder sister.
srs under the circumstances. it would nave 'eeh
hsttsr If her consot had been less Closely related
10 her.
pine. Ferdinand. The bridegroom of today. has
,rs advantage however in the eyes Of the people of
spsin. They 90 not look upon him as foreigner.
5esrite his Bavarisn birth. For his mother Is the
5ptsnta Paz Of Spain one Of the younger daugt1ers
~ CID Queen Isabella. ana her husband, Prince
Inu,s Ferdinand Of Bavaria. is famous throughout
Continental Europe as gynecologist and obstetr-
cisn and ike his cousin Duke Charles Theodore OF
Bavaria the famous oculist always gives gratis his
medical services. which he never refuses especially
when the applicants are poor people Indeed, he
nay he said 10 have assisted bringing thousands
n vour- Bavarians into the world. he. TOO, like
his son Is hslT a Snauiard. For, in addition to
having a Snarish Wife. he had q Spanish mother.
tire eccentric Infanta Amelia of spain, who died
last summer.
INFANTA NAY BECOME REGENT
rrav be added that in the event Of anything un-
toward happening 10 King Alfonso prior TO his mar
rage the young princess who is 70 be married
tomorrow would become. by the terms Of the Con-
r5ution Spain. Regent thereof during the minor
t- q the new King. that is TO say Of little Al
fanso the eldest child OF her sister. the late Prin
cess az the Ast1lrias Indeed. she would, accord
ing 10 the strict letter Of the law be entitled TO the
regency even II the present King we're TO leave
widow. For there was always very grave doubt
as 10 the Legality Of the regency OF Queen Chris
tina, and this source Of embarrassment, ana
might have constituted grave danger had It not
bsen for the loyalty and devotion 70 her Of her
widowed sister-in-law. the Whita-haired 1nfanta
Isabella The Spanish constitution expressly pro-
Tldes that in the event Of the minority OF the SOW
ereign the regency shall Re Entrusted to the near
est adult agnste who IS prince or princess Of the
blood in Spain According 70 this the regency at
me 4ale hlne oeatn should rave gone, not 10 MS
foreign born widow, but 10 his eldest sister, the
Infsnia Isabella.
ENGLAND's NEW WAR SECRETARY.
It does not seem to be generally known that Rich
ard Haldane. the new English Secretary Of State
fer War. Is the second heir 10 the estates Of the
Earldom OF CamperdoWn. The present peer is a
se1agenarian bachelor, and his only brother, George
duncan Haldane has no children BY his marriage
with his American wife. widow OF John Adams
Blanchard. Of Boston. and daughter of the late
Iohp Dove Of Andover Mass. 60 that their cousin.
Alchard HalGsne. win eventually succeed to the
property that goes with The earldom. though not
10 the latter itself and the English newspapers