Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-13

OF c5.4l3 francs for the keep Of the PAL
ace. manifestly insufficient. The prince
tht refore conceived the establishment OF
joint stock company. to which he would
give the concession of gaming. The nfsSt
concession ran from 1853 for nifty years
Ii was renewed In 1893. with extensions
to expire In 1877. In 1889 the prince re
ceived lO.1Wo00 francs per annum. IN
1918 he will receive at the rate Of a.
100000 francs. There were further eK-
tensions and increases.
The principally is thus much better
fixed than its neighbors. who groan under
burdens imposed to sus-
No War tain their expense OF land
p,dr.+ and sea forces. Monaco
~es" has no army or navy.
only a police force. the cost OF which 10
small and is one OF the items in balanc-
ing the yearly budget.
Charles III, as has been said. was am
bilious and enamored of power He would
place Monaco in the front rank of states.
To mark his governments position more
emphaticaliy Charles created consuls
wherever his fancy dictated. although
there was no Monacoan trade From
1859 to 1876 the prince executed fifteen
-
Schwerin and the Bey OF Tunis.
After the catastrophe to France In 1870
both German and Italian -intrigues took
root at Monaco. The sister OF Prince Flor
estine had married the Duke Of Wurtten-
berg, Prince d'Crach. IF France mikes
With what does not regard her we will
have the support OF Germany" said the
militant duchess.
Ii was no secret that Prince Charles
was on bad terms with his son. Prince
Albert, until the formers death in lSs9.
And now the same situation is renewed.
for PRINCE Albert. who succeeded I'm 1889.
Is on bad terms with his son, Prince
Louis.
The German influence at Monaco was
aggravated and augmented by Crisri.
whose hostility toward France was al
most a mania. German and Italian in
trigues were rife at the court OF Monaco.
and 1t was perhaps fortunate. In view OF
the indifference of the French govern
ment. that these intrigues spent them
selves-the one against the other.
The present independence OF the people
or the principality, II appears, Is not the
inspiration OF a moment. but dates from
In 1869 Prince Charles, notwithsta ndine
his abundant revenue from roulette. pro-
ceeded to levy taxes upon his subjects.
Now. opposition to taxation was q politi-
cal dogma of the Monacoans. and they
protested. More. they threatened to
overthrow the sovereign and declare Mo-
naco free under the protectorate OF
France. In any event they demanded
a parliament. Prince Charles was alarmed
and promised all that was demanded.
In 1881 there was another uprising In
Monaco. This time 1t was question OF
stamp on registration. II
Uprising was tax and the people
.e 1901 refused. They whistled 1t
peared in public. sang the .'Marseillaise.'
which had been interdicted. and de-
manded that the municipal council should
be elected by the people and be no longer
appointed. Charles III again succumbed,
and Bishop Theuret, his Intermediary.
declared emphatically that "the prince
would never attempt to raise revenue ex-
| cept upon the heart and sympathies OF
| his subjects"
! Nevertheless i'm 1882 there was a crisis
in house construction. Angered At the
attitude OF the prince and his apparent
neglect or their interests the native resi-
dents of Monaco accused him OF SELFISH
! ness. They again demanded the or
| ganization Of an elective municipal gov
eminent and council. and again the peo-
4, PIE invoked the protectorate CT France.
The sovereign had accumulated greet
| they were entitled to share in the
riches that were being heaped up year by
year. and they would become benefciar1es
| through the municipality.
Prince Albert succeeded to power on
the death Of his father In 1880. The new
prince was very different from the father.
/ He was silent. morc Sc and student
/ in which he has become more and more
absorbed. Charles III had been under
the influence of the Jesuits. Prince Al
bert appeared to have no such disposi-
er,y-- of l-N
being subjected to the exterior tnnu-
ences exercised so abundantly over che
father. He had served as volunteer
officer in the French navy In 1870, and it
was assumed that this fact would serve
| to protect him from intrigues.
There was, however, a shadow on this
picture. Prince Albert had married Lady
Mary Douglas Hamilton,
! Matrimonial related to the house OF
Baden. who had aban-
AIouuIes. doned him a few months
after the marriage. 1t Is related that
the married life Of the couple was mo-
notonous and somber in the extreme. and
the more so because OF the secluded life
| to which the duchess vas condemned
! with a taciturn companion.
| The young wife. unable to support tn.
she declared she was "suffocated. The
| yacht which bore her away was brflhant-
/ ly illuminated as sign or her JOY IN
| quitting the palace which had been her
prison.
Her son, Prince Louis. was born In
| Germany, July IL, 1870. He remained IN
| Germany until ten years OF age when
! his instruction was given q liberal d.
. rection in France and Switzerland. His
| sympathies are distinctly opposed TO
| those of his father. and when on a recent
| visit marriage with German princess
was proposed, he refused to consider II.
In October, 1899, the Duke and Duchess
d'Iyrach were at Monaco and visitors az
the palace. 1t was rumored that the OBJ
| ;ect of the. visit was to name In place
| Of Prince Louis one OF the sons OF the
| German cousins as heir to the principal
INV. This time the Monacoans protested
openly their opposition against any
| change in the dynasty.
| At the same time Prince Louis was
| offered a Heutenant-colonelcy In the
| Roumanian army. But Louis replied that
| he preferred to- remain captain Of the
Chassuers d'Afrique at Mostaganum In
the French army.
! 1t counts for something certainly that
| both the people and the prince and heir
| apparent of the principally should be
opnosed to a change Of dynasty. But
what would be the situation IL the diplo-
matte world should be confronted one
day by the announcement that German
prince had been chosen as heir apparent
| to the principally?
! Monaco Is an ''enclave"-a spear In the