The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-04
KING LU|TPOLD IS
UNIQUE CHARACTER
Regent of Bavaria, without a
Throne, Rules a Pros
porous Nation.

Berlin, April 4.-The German reign
Ing Princess. headed by the Kaiser,
contributed a series of royal mottos to
remarkable volume, written and H.
Illustrated by the most famous living
Germans, rs "A present to the Prince
Regent Of Bavaria Oh his nineteenth
birthday, which fell on March II. The
kaiser's rhymed contribution Is:
Ready. aye, ready, for the glory of
the Empire
The Austrian Emperor writes:
consciousness of duty, well and
truly done, exalts MS in good fortune
and comforts us in gloomy hours"
The King of Saxony's motto is:
"All for one; one for all" The
King of Wurtcmburg's Sans pcur ct
sans reproche," and the Grand Duke
Of IIesse chooses Faithful Unto
Death
l.uitpold, Regent of Bavaria, Occu'
pies position unique in the monarch
les OF the world. lie is the doyen of
European rulers. yet he is King
without II throne. He is the younger
son of Ludwig l., and SO Is not the
heir to the crown, yet the succession
lies In his family and he may yet be
King, for, though more than ninety he
Is hale and sane.
Insanity Curse OF House.
For II Is insanity that has made the
tragedy of the House Of Bavaria. His
father was driven from the throne;
his elder brother Macmillan H., who
became King, was q physical and men.
tai noneitity. His nephew, Ludwig H.,
was mad aud drowned himself and his
other nephew, the uncrowned Otto, is
madden yet.
Fortunately neither Ludwig nor OF
to married. while this sane Prince
Luitpold. the Regent. has son, IA
grandson and Il great-grandson.
Prince Luitpold married the Arch
duchess Augusta of Austria, and their
son, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria. is the
next heir. Their son. Rupprccht, mar
ried the beautiful young Duchess Ma
RE Gabrielle, youngest daughter of the
eminent royal oculist. Duke Charles
Theodor of Bavaria, and their little
son, Prince Luitpold, is the third in the
order of succession after his namesake
and great-grandfather. the present Re-
gent.
Elevation to Throne Urged.
Peace and prosperity have prevailed
ever since Luitpold took up the reins
of government, on June Is, 1856 and
his proclamation as King of Bavaria
4. f,I
the ground of King Otto's incurable
insanity. The opposition to such a
step has come chiefly from the lesser
German rulers, who consider it a dan.
gerous precedent.
When quite young man, Prince
Otto showed various signs of brain
trouble. but the first serious symp-
toms occurred during the Franco
Prussian war, when he called out IA
squadron of cavalry and ordered
them to charge u stone wall, under
the deluson that 1t was body of the
enemy's infantry. This was in 1870,
just before the siege OF Paris. and the
old Kaiser William Immediately sum
moned him to the headquarters of the
general staff and kept him there I'M
der the close observation of Bismarck
and Won Moltke.
His dementia did not, however. be-
come so acute as to necessitate COM
plete measures of isolation and re-
straint until lS76-at u time when his
brother Ludwig, already tainted with
the same malady, had been on the
throne for twelve years. He was then
put away In the Castle of Nymphen-
burg. not far from the capital Thence
two years later. he was transferred to
the more solitary spot of Schleissheim
In the woods Of Berchtesgaden. and ii.
nally to Furstenred. so that for thir-
ty-five years he has been permanently
shut up.
King Growing Worse.
The mock court at Furstenred con.
sists of few of the old nobility OF
Bavaria. certain mental specialists and
attendants, and a group of faithful
family retainers. Every month an Of
fetal health bulletin is sent TO the Re-
gent and the government in Munich
and once year u responsible mem
Der Of the government pays a visit to