New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-20
WILL NOT ADVOCATE.
Origin Of the Recent Reports .fbout
the Queen of Holland.

queen "iihelmira, Of Holland. aas no intention
WHATSOEVER Of Indicating, nor 90 her people con-
template any such eventuaty which their loyal
FHecJpn and their political sentiment would cause
them 70 regard in the light Of national disaster
The story 10 the effect that she proposed some
thing # the kind. cabled to this country and pub
ished FAR and wide in America as well as in
Europe. seems 10 nave originated in the peclliar
plrasinE Of certain clause IN the bill lately sub
mitfad 70 the legislature AT The Hague bv the
state commission for the revision OF the fllndarnen-
tal Jaws Of the country. The clause i'm question
provides for the exclusion from the succession 10
TIE throne OF children born after the abdlcaton OF
the sovereign.
Vow. the sovereign whom the state commission
has had in view in the elaboration of this measure
Is not Queen Wihelmina- but her cousin the reign
ing Grand Duke Of SaXe-Weimar, who. in default
~ her giving birth TO any children is next heir
the throne. his paternai grandmother having been
- sister OF the late King Of Holland. II is pretty
well known that Il Queen WiheImina were to die
without issue and the crown Of the Netherlands
We're offered 10 the grand duke In accordance with
existing laws Of succession, he would decline Il,
since his acceptance thereof would entail his absn-
donment Of the throne Of Saxe-IVeimar. The most
eminent leglsts Of the Old World hold that prince
as no power whatsoever TO surrender the hereditary
rights ~ his minor children. OF his children
yet unborn lie cannot bind them, and it is owing
70 this that confusion IS almost certain to ensue If
got IN Austria at any rate in Hungary. in CON
uecipn with the sons OF the present heir-apparent
Arch6lEe Francis Ferdinand. by his marriage with
the Countess Chotek, now the Princess Hohenberr
The aI-hdukc at the time Of his marriage r77aaa
p solemn renunciation, in the name OF any sons
that might he born 10 him. Of their rights 10 the
thronos ~ Austria and Hungary II is insisted
especially in Hungary. that this remuneration was
without any value I'm law. and that any rights
which the young princes Macmillan and Ernest Of
FoheuberE. may possess TO the Austrian or Magyar
crown through their birth Uuimpaired by IN
dertakings Of their father in their behalf
franz lrr -
present moment "A chiIdless wldower. But he is
quite young fellow. barely thirty years OF age
and is likely 10 marry again. Indeed he is re-
ported 10 be negotiating for the hand Of Princess
Beatrice n Saxe-C0hurg. youngest sister Of the
Crown Princess % Rumania. 1t is therefore by
80 means improbable that he may have children
and what the Dutch wish to do Is 70 prevent
ne confusion which would inevitably arise IT, after
declining the Du2tch crown and its acceptance by
his sunt. Princess Marie Of Reuss he were 70 he
come The father OF children who would have. under
existing circumstances. rights TO the crown of the
Netherlands superior 10 those OF the princess in
question
The refusal Of a throne by the helr-apparent has
always been construed in the light Of an abdica-
ton. and the clause IN the projected Dutch law
on the subject Of succession. which has given
use 10 50 much misconceptIon on the part OF the
foreign press, has other object than to provide
for the contingency 81 the Grand Duke Of Sake
"eimar becoming father Of children after he
had waived his rights To The Dutch throne IN
favor Of the next heir. Princess Marie Of Reuss.
mother q that young Prince Henry Of Reuss who
vas 50 extensively entertained here last fall.