Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-31

his solitary march around the castle
on foot
| The person most concerned, Leopold
Charles Edward George Albert Duke
| of SaXe-Coburg and Gotfa. Prince
of Great Britain and Ireland being
aged under thirty and having more en-
| tertaining thoughts. paid little atten-
| ton to the breeding crisis, Rumor
| ascrbed to him a secret desire for
economy. learned from his predecessor.
| Albert Duke of Edinburgh. whose in
born hatred of extravaganza had been
fortified by Ca1edonian title But
| ministers We're obdurate. The horse
! they declared sis no longer saEquestion
| of finance or public safety. 1t is u
question of principle and honor; and
| IL the landtag refuses 1t, we shall
| resign.
| them the victory. They employed q
certain Professor DR.. Won Saalefeld TO
compile historical treatise in favor
! of the horse project. The professor
donned his spectacies, and after weeks
OF roofing among dusty archives. dis
covered that in 1455 A. D., some ,.ruf-
fianly conspirators raided Altenburg
castle and kidnapped two young
| princes, sons of the Elector$ of Saxony.
The ministry seized on this discovery.
1.-THE safety OF the ducal house they
announced to the lnndtag, depends
upon the gendarme being mounted;
otherwise we are "risking a duchy
fors a horse. True. the.young duke has
only one son, not two. but that only
atgments the peril of his being car,
7ried off before the eyes of the helpless
gendarme..'
What would be tho feelings of loyal
iCoburgcrs, asked ministers, if Coburg
was deprived of its heir and hope?
ECONOMY VS. LOYALTY.
But. the disloyal landtag refused.
Economy 1t argued was an even loftier
principle than loyalty 10 a ducal house
DIR. Won Saalefeld now discovered that
only thirty years ago an attempt had
i been made to kidnap a German prince.
1.-THE nation" retorted member of
) the anti-horse party. will stand for
its duke. A monarch guarded by.
trusty subjects arms has no need for
hoofs.', The bill was a second time re-
5jected
But Coburg's constitutional expe-
dents are not easily exhausted In
crises threatening the existence OF the
duchy, there may BIZ. convoked an Ex-2
ltraordinary landtag. a .deliberative or
gan of exceptional powers, which is to
the ordinary landtag what the French
National Assembly was to the States
General of Versailles. This
august body came together with
the ceremony befitting SO
solemn an occasion. 1t declared at once
that only Specialists We're worthy to
treat the equine problem; and it APP
pointed a special commission. In this
commission for days ragged a contro-
versy big with. destiny. The pro-horse
faction with undiminished confidence
resumed the attack.
REVELATION WAS a BOMB.
eff the horse were granted" argued
their leader, Deputy Schlottermucller
conrincins!y, the young duke might
live more often at KaIlenherg. much to
the advantage of the local storekeep-
ers.'' The deputy for kallenberg, who
had been opposing the horse, Was
promptly gained over by this argument;
and the pro-horseites prepared prema-
turely to celebrate their victory. Their
hopes We're dashed to the ground BY
an unexpected intervention. ...rhe pro-
horseites support this vote on the !
ground of public security, said Expert
witness Muther THAT is unfoinded !
The gendarme really wants. the horse To |
ride into town and currycoinb the /
Wachtmeister's horse
This revelation MAS a bomb There |
ensued a furious debate, reproaches aud |