New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-19

reJolces more at this than the Princess Royal
not only because she is devoted 10 her brother
@Ha I" his children, but also because of all the
,.!g'ilperS OF the reigning family she is the
VINO IS the most averse the glamour and
IoHp OF royalty: and the most fond of the ad-
NdHltsts OF private life II may safely be
asserted that there is nothing which could pos
Sloiy appaI her more than the prospect OF being
.oiIPtiIeu by any train Of circumstances to
take her place on the throne of Great Britain
Dom Pedro. Emperor OF Brazil had two
daughters, namely, Isabella the Crown Princess
married TO Castor of Orleans. Count dEu and
s ' l,' married 70 Prince Augustus uf
SdNe-Coburg- Gotha. The union of the Crown
Princess remained Childless for more than thir-
l'tH years, ana in the mean time Princess Leo
poidlnes eldest boy. Prince Peter born in 1866
was looked upon as destined TO become the fut-
ure emperor of Brazil When he was n hour
twelve years old. however. the Crown Princess
gave birth 10 boy, who. OF course suppIanted
ms cousin in the line of succession. From be-
ing parsonage OF great consequence I.eopold-
ines son was thereby reduced To the rank
OF q mere German princelet. In the Yea rs
when followed. he was made ~ feel his altered
CL' 'uilS' 3i!'eS. when he visited the United
states on board a Brazilian man-of-Uar i'm 1855
nobody paid the slightest attention 10 him and
lhe climax came when he was expelled from
Brazil along with the other members of his
family after the deposition Of his grandfather
Dom Pedro. Shortly after reaching Europe he
pecaine insane, and has never entirely recovered.
one of the most cruel disappolntrnents how
eNeT mas been that of Count Rhena. attache
OF the German Embassy IN London. Count
ithena Is the son OF Prince Charles of Baden
brother Of the reigning grand duke and of the
princes morganatiC wife, born Baroness Reust
and created Countess Rhena on her marriage
The grand duke has only one son. Frederick
more or less of an invalid. and whose ma aria ee
10 Princess Hilda of Nassau, contracted twenty
TWO years ago, has remained without issue
The only other relatives OF the grand duke in
the line OF succession are his nephew Maximil-
IAN son OF the late Prince William and the
grand dukes only surviving brother. Charles
married, as have stated above, morganatic-
ally 10 Countess Rhena. For six wears the
marriage Of Prince Macmillan TO the daugh-
ter of the Duke Of Cumberland had failed 10
produce an heir 10 the throne of Baden and i'm
order TO prevent the crown from passing out
OF the ancient house OF Zaeringen the reign
ing FAMILY the government and the legislature
had virtually agreed that the grand dukes other
nephew, Count Rhena, should, in spite of his
morganatic birth be raised to the rank and
status OF full fiedged prince Of the blood and
placed in the line of succession.
Just at the moment, however. when all these
arrangements were about to be completed
Princess Macmillan presented her husband
with son, now only few months old. Owing
TO his birth. all the negotiations 20 convert
Count Phena into a royal prince were dropped
as no longer necessary, and instead of becom-
ing invested with the honors and rank of heir
presumptiVe to one of the most important
thrones of Germany. he is doomed TO remain a
mere noble, and for the present. AT any rate an
attache-that is 10 say, the tail end of an en-
bassy Ex-ATTACHE.