New-York tribune., 1911-11-15
UNRULY HEIRS
Crown Princes Usually Oppose
fine Ministers of the Crown.

the Ministers or tne CroWn.
ororvright 1911. by the Brentwood Company
tieirs apparent TO monarchlcal crowns
80 seldom in accord with the consttu-
,,o,sl advisers of the actual occupants OF
,be throne. and the German crown princes
.ntaeonism TO the imperial chancellor
pstbmann- Holweg. so publicly displayed
!, the Reichstag debate last Thursday, on
,ha subject OF the settlement of the Mo-
900 trouble. has plenty OF precedent. TO
.ovir with. the crown princes hostility 10
pr,,ce Won Buelow. a hostility which was
.,so shared by his mother, the Empress
80 nv his brothers. contributed in 10
.r,su measure TO his resignation of the
Chancellorship.
Throuehout the reign Of Emperor Will
,sr, the then crown prince, who died
:. Er,peror Frederick. was always re-
rordAa and treated by Prince Bismarck as
- rnost potent adversary. the heir ap-
rorsnts pronounced leanings toward Lib
.,alsm and toward parliamentary gov
.,rrnent on the English plan being In
s,erant contradiction 10 the reactionary,
rof 10 say despotic. regime of the Iron
chsnoellor. The present King Of Italy was,
lilo crown prince. subjected by his father,
rinr Humbert. to close arrest for a month
cor his denunciation of the policy Of Crispi
,,hs, the latter was Premier. Crown Prince
r,orgs of servia was forced from the
.os,tion Of heir apparent and was COM
neued 10 surrender his rights to the throne
- his Younger brother owing TO his Bit
.s-nsss not only against his fathers min
,,,srs but even against the entire policy
of father
h,rself while the present King of Sweden
VAS also in open opposition 10 his fatner
ministers and to King Oscar himself IN
connection with their attitude toward
Norway.
King George and King Edward while
nuirr the position of Prince OF Wales
we're notable exceptions IN this respect, and
their tact and discretion were so great
thai when they succeeded TO the crown
% one was aware Of their political lean
,nss In this they differed from that
Prince OF Wales who was the father OF
George III. and who set up an opposition
co,,rt n that Of his own father, George
II I'm 81 James's Square, at which the
,or,fcal adversaries of the ministers CT
the crewn were received with open arms.
The Turkish heir apparent. Prince fus-
,uS-rzzedine. Is on record as having. in
,be nresence of a number of high officials
and dignitaries Of the crown, boxed the
ears Of the grand viZier, Hakki Pasha- a
few hours before the latter was dismissed
from Office in connection with Italy's in
vasion of Tripoli: while the last Elector
of Hesse's despotic premier HasenphluS'
had n thick walking stick broken over his
shoulders and legs, and was beaten down
into the muddy gutter by the Electors
son-in-law. Count Ferdinand Ysemburg-
Budingen, who. curious TO relate. had
taken I'D the defence Of his mother-in-law.
and had adopted this means of punishlnS
the Premier for having recommended the
Tlector 10 get rid OF his morganatic con-
sort the Princess of Hanau, and 10 con-
tract in lieu thereof a matrimonial alh-
suce with a royal princess. The population
were so delighted with this castigation OF
the Premier that they gave great ova-
ton 10 the Prince, appreciating which the
Elector did not even demonstrate with nls
son-in-law FOR thus putting his Premier
out Of business; and when. after his re-
covcrv from his injuries. Hasenphlug de-
manded OF the Elector either redress for
the affront which he had received or else
TO be permitted 70 resign, the resignation
was accepted.
Lady PauPs Farthing Damages.
Lady Paul. who has just been condemned |
tv the English courts 10 pay damages Of |
hslf q cent TO her husband sister, the |
fascinating Mrs Thomas James Atherton, |
is the wife Of Sir Aubrey Paul nth baro- !
net of his line, and is daughter OF the
celebrated Polish violinist. Wieniawski one
would have imagined that after all the dis
agreeable newspaper notoriety which Mrs.
Atberton mad received in connection with
her divorce from Colonel Thomas James
Aiherton. Of the 18th Lancers, with her
suit for breach Of promise against Lord
Cburston. and with her citation in other
sensational cases she would have been
rendered imperviOus 10 criticism. But she
seems 10 have taken offence at the remark
made by her sister-in-law, Lady Paul 10
the effect that she had been turned out or
the Savoy Hotel at Cairo by the manage
mont and she accordingly sued Lady Paul
for impusning her character, associatins
ir The suit her brother, Sir Aubrey Pdui' as
reeDonsible for his wife's utterances.
while tie Jury returned this minimum
verdict against Lady Paul. it still further
irrmated its opinion that she had much
excuse for her uncomplimentary references
10 her sister-in-law by placing the burden
OF the costs Of the trial upon Mrs. Ather-
ton The latter is we'll able to pay these,
having an independent fortune OF some
S5O0l "a year OF her own.
The Pauls Of Gloucestershire, who have
nothing in common with the Irish Pauls OF
County carlow. the head Of which family
is Sir William Paul, also a baronet, are
Cromwellian family, and through the mar
rage Of DR.. John Paul a physician oi
Salisbury. 10 the only daughter OF Samuel
Snow. one Of the leading bankers Of Lon
don necarna identified with the firm. which
from that time forth was known as snow,
Paul & CO. Their son was created a bar
onet IN ISL by reason of mis- eminence as
one of the leading bankers Of the city OF
LONDON Iis eldest son, however, the sec
ond barouet. brought the fortunes Of the
family 10 grief. for in 1850 the great bank
ing house of Snow. Paul & GO. closed its
doors. with Liabilities Of several millions
Of donars and relatively few assets. No
sooner had an official investigation Of the
affairs OF the bank been begun than war
rants were issued for the arrest OF Sir John
Paul on the charge OF innumeraole trauds'
including the forgery Of the signatures OF
many of his customers and relatives TO the
documents deposited by them in his bank
A Convict Baronet.
SIR John. VINO mp TO that time had en-
io'ed very great reputation in religious
circles and VINO had been one OF the most
respected members Of London society. a