New-York tribune., 1908-08-10
A FUTURE EMPRESS
Hohensollern Princess to Share Aus-
trid's Throne.

Copyright 1908 by the Brentwood Compcny.1
Austria Is apparently destined. for the first time
in her history have Hohenzollern Empress
For from Vienna comes the announcement of the
engagement of Princess Victoria Augusta OF
Hohenzoern TO Arshduke Francis Charles. who
celebrates next week his twenty-1rst oirthday
but who attained his legal majority three years
ago, the age of eighteen The Archduke Is the
eldest OF the sons of the late Archduke Otto and
as his fathers elder brother, Archduke Francis
Ferdinand the heir presumptive, Is morganatlcaiy
married TO Princess Hohenberg. and has soiemnly
pledged himself to refrain from any attempt TO
alter the succession in favor of his morganatic
sons young Francis Charles is destined In the or
binary course of events to become emperor OK
Austria and King of Hungary Princess Vlctora
Augusta is only distanty related TO the German
Emperor and is the daughter of Prince William.
chief of the Roman Catholic, senior ana non
regnant branch of the House OF Hohenzollern a
junior branch of which occupies the throne OF
Prussia.
Prince William was for a time Crown Prince OF
Rurnania having been elected to that position by
the Rumanian Legislature, with the consent OF
his uncle King Charles. But he did not IKE tne
life at Bucharest. and at the end of couple OF
years waived his rights to the Rumanlan throne
In favor of his Younger brother, Ferdinand, who Is
now Crown Prince of Rumania Prince "liilafn !
father was that Prince Leopold OF dohehzoherh
whose candidature for the throne of Spain fur
nished the pretext for the Franco-GerTnan war ol
1870 Princess Leopold was an Infanta OF Portu-
gal. While the relations of Emperor william WIN
the Hohenzolerns of Sigmaringen, including hliis
Charles of Rumania and his sister, the wloo"eo
Countess of Flanders, stated to be somewhat
strained just present yet the marriage OF Arch-
duke Charles Ferdinand to Princess victoria Au-
g1lsta. who is a goddaughter of the German EN-
press cannot fail to still further cement the pohds
of the Triple Alliance.
NO FORFEITURE OF NOBILITY
In Germany according the new code OF the
empire now in force act OF the sovereign or OF
Iar slrnR
a noble of his nobiliary attributes and titles pro-
viding they have been bestowed in due FORM OF
have been obtained by legitimate inheritance C0i
y1ction OF felony of high treason "iile tiieS
entail the forfeiture of offices, orders OF knight
hood of franchise and of all civic rights co not
affect the offenders nobary titles True THESE
are bestowed the first place by the crown Du''
once bestowed, they cannot be Withdrawn HeH
the present code of the German empire was oeii's
elaborated Prussia made vigorous endeav"rs 10 IN
I,d the forfeiture of nobiliary status and titles
IN the loss Of civic rights following the coIFlcto
for felony and high treason But the oli@i s
of the confederation were opposed 10 the Ni9'f9 %
the Pr71ssan representatives the commission ap
pointed TO elaborate the code oI me mp
the matter was dropped.
II Is different in Austria There con'ic1ioi "
felony and loss of civic rights are acooiit .
forfeiture of nobility. The RUSSIAN SP -
italian codes are identical with that OIL tIeilhiS -
+t,s regard and in Russia, no matter 40" ~
- otor of princely house may be IlVtlNeu
either in ordinary crimes or IN nlhLs' ou'i
bornicidal character. and be supJe1teo IL -
40, herewith to the severest form Oh pe"0i 49,,
tude and degradation yet ho'i----7
of his princely title ~ "a, now
-. +aLe Mace through attainder-that Is 10 s@',
b- act Of Parliament The attalnoeI may 70 -.
either for high treason or for reloHy- SIoss "a -
80 t,tgp treason 1t annuls the title 1ore'el'
C,o-y, and Parliament unite TO repeal the et'a-n-
-, q, .av,or of the heirs of the original oHenuei'
II ,r.tances of felony the effect OF the at'd1t1u
axn,res with the death Of the peer attaLi'eO
~ onl,, Deers who can be thus attained Dy Ni'"4
90, parliament but also the next heirs 10 pee'6se
u % very rare indeed that peerages nave peen "
-. Gov ANYTHING else than treason to the slate
~ a,v rat. within the last two or three huIo'eu
wears For although the fourth Earl FeIiets ~
convicted of murder by the House OF horos !" ~
sentenced to death and hanged, Win d SIN i"9
of = benopen rope from the public gallows al Iy
- at his neerage was not attainted, the earl
dom and the other family honors deVolVlng upon
his brother soon as he had been ldulieiieu nv
eternity And IN the same way no sugses'loh even
was made In Parliament to attaint the peeTdse VI
the Earl Russell when, q few years ago ne was
convicted by the House of Lords OF the felon! Oh
biqanov the crime having been perpetFateo III
this country IN fact, he has retained not only us
titlas hut also his civic rights. and is now once
more occupying his seat in the House OF Lords as
an active member Of the imperial legislature
Whether baronetcies could be forfeited in the
same wav as peerages is question open to argu-
ment; and while there some people who hold
that nothing is impossible to act Of Parliament
bv means of which everything be accomplished
yet there is no instance on record OF oaronetcy
having been forfeited by crime OF poHcaI olAelee'
on the part of its holder
If I mention this it is in response to several IN
quiries which have reached me from various parts
of the country, askings whether Prince Philip Eu-
lenburg in the event of his trial at Berlin for
ing in
conviction would forfeit along with his civil rights
his titles prince and of count and his nobiliary
attributes.
L.