New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-01
KING GUSTAV SUED
HOual Romance ReUeaied by
Legal lotion az Stockholm.


-a1 NaSa who won for them their national
.tder.euaonce and Their freedom rom pan
Isl, ti,-alGofn: that among his most famous
si-.--.. s~ors ola the throne were Charles All
tra lifelong rival and foe OF Peter Tie
,,-e.r and GGsfavus AdolphCs. me hl"N'
lo-,i- figure of the Thirty Years War lie
-ei.- q the Nasa dynasty coincided WIN
-... srarsiest period of the history OF
sweden. when he empire embraced mcC''
t.,r-riror, now belonging 20 Russia ana ~v'
.au- - great. i'm fact. is the attachli'eh'
rr ratriotic Swedes e. the memory OF 'le
,-as,~ hat Il - only since the present
-.f,,-- married. a rreat-cranddaughter OF
G--ta,us ~. the last but one soVeTeisH
.I fhr Nass line that the now reignlng
rfa,i-. % Re~nadotte has been able To Sc
c.sr. any hold on the sympathy the eooa
Al srd the loyalty Of the people
The announcement. therefore. THAI one OF
f.s most rsS ac,ted and eloquent nnerlool
~ fnr rational legislature. Gustav 'oi'ahs
-~~ las begun a lawsuit against the pres
~rf h-rE and against the roy Al lahii'E. Ia
order o. compel the surrender OF ce' o -
.-.-.,,,.,,. relating 20 the YaSas. has
rafr-au, created a great sensation l'oii
,n, .-ro 81 the peninsula 20 the o'he'
r-or,rIar interest in the matter oeihe N.
fare.B h, tho protensions az the pl2l.-ih
en- 10. himself the great-grandson al hlhS
t..-r.,r. " and 81 his queen " hiie some
Ga ,.,,,ls a. court and in the hleheF sV'
eminent .lrcles may have KNOWN 'ei
fora a.. the claims - Johanssen 10
descent. the public certainly haa "o -
ia. SIN. weu-,o-do and singuiaTy ~
headed rarIiameutarian lad ANY
I...pd iu his veins. .,,5
T-. story which ~ puts fof"a =
800. 81 t.asas tron documentary eNide"oe
IN q
- ,.s,s.ax,.s ~. as students OF 0"e"
. ..r -e,au vas brought 10 INC
.- -- -l.~ early age % fourteen oH M
....i,.-+fsrr Of his father. anu 'houe
,..-t....,-., and gifted and possessed OF ihos'
e.-..s+frr manners did ho'
......- Nor Married ia I7e7 10 Princess
49,, 81 Rader he was deposeu %
-z- - = military pronunclai'le'i,o ~
~. forced - siEu his abdicsuoh az
....,-- dramatic hand-to-hand Slru6eie
..-,r .rs.-kreutz and the officers lmpH-
sre5 ir the conspiracy. ana was 'is' 90,
..---a sfong with his ~onsort and ms cHli-
49, e,-ct. taking his place on the
.......-r as Charles NIL charles peiis
...rs,~ss and n great admirer 81 fIalC-
10 >-s..,tror selected the French menu
.....l.r psrrsdo-tc who had been DOT"
liant nea~ Pau. and who had r'se.
.-,.r-, The rank e. become MS heii. l'u0N
-.r national Diet 10 ratify his cn"'o' au
-.---iished him IN the Swedish capl'a' a.
9ovn prince
"a King GUSTAV N retired Win ''s -.
.- .tr son AMI his three daughters nv"
..,-,i,t. Princess Amelia and Princess
-..,.. o., GERMANY where three years AT
. ,..--..i COMPANY from the eN-Qneeh' ''e'.
.-.--..-. being S,ir1cred b. a divorce Na'eN
$1,000. 1872 some years later Gus
go
....-r- .rair. They were secretly marrle'
..----...,. and another daughter vas
-..-. .o -rern I'm tie spring Of lSlN wno
.....oF -f.- name ~ Anna. The reunion
81. ... fas- .arc and - the eN-king anu
..-g..e- soon -ar-0d again. T. vas decloe"
. Econ --. s-ar, ~ their remarriage 50
.- ma owing 20 this. the eN-Oueeh
...-..---r daughter was not publicly &C
...sg I..lcei Iu fac. the eN-king behaved
..-. r4lI, about thu child. and declined 10
.,.b. ar. provision Tor her. whereupon heT
.-. s----,a-a- Alexander I of Russia, who
lad married sister 90 mo eN-t3ueen. ana
s..- very fond - the latter. interested NM
-rrf .- the girls case. and. holding 'hari's
NV af sweden. che former Field MarShsl
ss..,.ssa--e IN high esteem and friendship.
c.uTGrd - him n sum - 100000" crowns
90 ~- held i7 trust for little Anna. Who
...r settled and na'ura'ized in Sweden OF
mo name ~ Toe o. Bra~he
r,.7afv GUSTAV JohausS"r * the grand
-- ~ Anna "a. % Rrache and ~ he-
..-s~-1- swedish husband. and possesses
..r...H..rrar-. and convincing evidence n the
.e--.-risEr az liking Gustav and "N-
t,-..n Fred@-'Ca. and also - the payment
90 90. 5000 Geo crowns d. Emperor Alex
amber fo KING Charles XIV for the benefit /
o. ffrr EI-i who was tlo offspring Of tbs
r..-s- rrnIarriaEe King Charles NV. who |
-.r o. terribly cloz.-fsjed man. and who 81 /
I.. odd sEr developed degree of svarice |
end r-fesrlinees which vas attributed by M I
s.-F reorIe - sis Pyrcuesan PEASANT an /
s.-fr-. never paid over th" e.ooo GOO crowns |
e.. Anna d. ~ Rrsrhc. II seems that she |
.-f rs- husband made = claim after King |
.fa-Ise's death for tie amount and that /
ris Nu,cess0r. oscar L in 1854. declared 1
-..t 20 va- uusbI. - finj any trace of The |
farf ir question. lie however. vas com
-.-H..s 90 admit IN the fac q N. letters 4
r..,.f .r.l h- Anna 10 Ia Rrache. that some /
r..rr.E UuSr Iar" been intruSted for her |
hruFff o. Emperor Alexander 20 his father, |
.HI rg t1e strength 81 these letters. which /
-- Insisted upon her sli-rendering 90 him |
.. erH~arfesd - pay her an annuity. pend /
.r -re discovery 81 the missing millions.
Tins annuity was paid regularly by the /
-~eiish government throughout his reign !
80 during that - hts son and successor, /
carries W. and also dsirinE the first eight \
sears - che reiCn ~ th" late King Oscar !
~ uutil Anus's death in 1872.
TIE Fa~t that an ARRANGEMENT ~ this I
rfd wss actually made : shown by the 1
.zrC" annuity paid from the Swedish treas /
--F~ - Nnno. DO Ia Brache from 1894 TO 1874 /
rtf0 fhe circumstance that the fund es- /
fah'iShed for her benefit b. Emperor Alex
-u1rr and Confded 10 charles XIV should
I-fe been found missing on the latter'x
c~-fh IS easy TO understand As ] have
r.cntioned above. Charles XIV I'm his old
age developed the most intense rniserliness.
fls Was known 20 have smaSsed a colossal
tsrT une-m much Of 81 by means Of plumber
and hv the imposition OF crushing war in
tor1niriss on German cities while in COM
r-snd - the Napoleonic armies as Marshal
Eoinsdatte prior 10 becoming crown prince |
a. Sweden.
80 all this treasure. which was certainly |
never spent. squandered OF otherwise dis |
POSED Of not trace 90 De found on !
Ei~ demise. and - generally believed TO |
ave been walled up by him in one Of the |
nea = The palace OF Stockholm. The palace |
built on the site OF half dozen earlier /
fl-aI alsssies But the vaults and founda- /