New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
BADEN'S NEW RULER.
Pomantic Ticissitudes of It's Reign
ing House.

--,,.e,ed men live long. and the Grand
-. cf Baden who more than twenty years
&C. YES 10 all intents and purposes condemned
=, ,b,,sicians as consumptive and regarded as
IAN whose days were numbered. has lived 10
- n the throne Of his fine old father. one
-. paredins Of the War Of 1870. who is
about 70 be laid TO his rest after reign
e oro than half q century. The late ruler OF
r,sen was man of powerful physique, Of the
=. ~ his father-in-law. Emperor William; Of
-. z,,.,e--tr-Iaw, Emperor Frederick: of
p-inoe Bisfiaitsss ..sQd Of his big boned fellow
hrs-s in the construcSo - SIR gE,Ff.5sg:t. sz,,
%, Empire and no one comparing him two or
--.a decades ago with his delicate looking heir
s-,s-ent would have dreamed that he would
.5ecease the latter. The new Grand Duke,
.u~sver now & man OF fifty, has no children
- his marriage with the only sister of the
-s,~1ng Grand Duke OF Luxernburg and at his
s.efb his crown will pass 10 his cousin. Prince
,,e,ir1ilian. who after having been jilted on
,,s eve OF the Gay appointed for his wedding by
.,. Grand Duchess Helen of Russia Cnow mar
sss 10 Prince Nicholas OF Greece led to the
.,-ar Princess Marie Louise of Great Britain
srs Of Brunswick. daughter Of the Duke Of
cumberland and niece OF King Edward.
Baden has always possessed a special interest
.or Americans. In the first place. its reigning
bcuse has furnished greater amount OF ro-
nance in modern times than almost any Of the
sovereign families Of Europe, and then. too. it
is from the grand duchy that have come
many of those Gerrnan-American citizens who
have played an important part in the political
and economic history OF the United States in
the last fifty years.
CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT.
After the downfall Of Napoleon and the
construction Of the map of the world by the
Congress Of Vienna Baden was one Of the first
of the Continental states TO institute a consttu-
,io-al form of government and to concede to
the people q voice in the administration of their
destinies, and her rulers were enlightened
enough 10 decline TO permit themselves TO be
Influenced by the wave of reaction which swept
ever the whole Of Europe. Baden, indeed.
earned for herself the name Of being the most
progressive and liberal state in Germany, and
as such incurred the pronounced i'll will OF old
Prince Metternich. the Chancellor Of the empire.
AS IS often the case. the democratic leaders
allowed their zeal TO outrun their discretion.
and, encouraged by foreign revolutionaries,
especially French and ItRiians they rendered
themselves guilty of excesses which forced the
government into All attitude OF opposition and
repression. Matters eventually came 10 a head
IL 1s43 and 1S4S. when the reigning house was
driven from the grand duchy and q revolutionary
government esta abshed in its stead. Prussian
troops put an end to the insurrection and drove
its chiefs to seek refuge in foreign lands. Many
Of them came 10 the United States and. rising
70 high Office and dignity IN this country. were
eventually able, like Carl Schurz not only TO
secure the repeal Of the DEGREES banishing them
from their Taterland as well as Of the sem
tences 10 prison and to death, which they had
escaped by fight. but also to obtain q recogni-
ton on the part OF the people in Germany OF
the fact that they had rendered valuable service
70 their native land by causing its name TO be
respected and honoced in the country of their
adoption.
Under the late Grand Duke who has just been
gathered to MS fathers. Baden has reconquered
the reputation OF being the most liberal and
democratic state IN Germany which she enjoyed
In the early part Of the nineteenth century and
which she forfeited for a time following the in
surrectlon Of 1S4s- She is. however no longer
regarded as revolutionary, but merely as pro-
gressive and enlightened and when the anti
Senitism which prevails in Germany and
other countries of ContinAtal Europe is taken
into consideration. it is significant that all the
synagcgUes. not only in Baden but throughout
the rest Of the empire. should have been
fhTonged with Jews for the ten days preceding
the death Of the Old Grand Duke. offering fer
vent prayers FOR his recovery.
GRANDSON Of WILLIAM