The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-12
ROLE OF SOVEREIGN
NOT ALWAYS WANTED

say, plenty to cnabl them to live I'm
comfort nj Po'sdam. where lie is scrv.
ing as n Prussian officer--but alto
gether insufficient for reigning SOW
ereign.
The prince, therefore, insists that tho
great powers shall guarantee him the
payment OF certain amount--at least
100000 rs civil list-and should fur.
ther assure him an annuity for his life.
ana Tor that OF the princess OF $50
coo year. In tho event Of circum.
stances arising that would obliec him
to voluntarily abdicate, or ii he were
forcibly ousted from the possession OF
the Albanian throne.
There y precedent for this dema nd
For when Prince William OF Denmark
inaiiy accepted tn. throne of Greece.
In 1863, after 1T had been offered IN
| vain 10 number Of other princes. in.
Guiding Edward Wis sailor brother
Alfred, Duke OF Edinburgh and OF CO.
burg, and even 10 the fourteenth Earl
or Derby. the great powers wero So
ANXIOUS for n stable government OF
Greece that they guaranteed 10 make
up between them 100000. which should
be paid Prince William as long rs he
remained on the Hellenic throne The
English treasury contributed 500. 0oo:
France Austria. Russia ana rrussia.
the same amount. and Prince william
who assembled the throne as King
George, enjoyed these allowances
throughout his long reign az nifty
years which was brought 10 a close
last winter BY his assassination al
Salonica.
The fact that Prince William Of Wica
should hold out for an annuity In the
event OF his losing the throne Of Al
Dania shows plainly that ne does not
consider his tenure thereof in the light
OF fixture: and ono cannot hclp ~
calling In this connection tho remarl,
made by Prince bismarck to King
Charles OF Roumanla. when, os Il mere
Prince or liohenzollern, he called upon
him TO ask his advice about accepting
the crown OF Roumunia Take it,"
replied Bismarck. You Will always be
able to look back to tho adventure
az an interesting experience for n
young Prussian subaltcrn or the
guards"
Prince William OF WED also exacts
that tho whole OF Albania shall bc
evacuated by all foreign troops. ana
that there shall be an exact settlement
and definition of the frontiers.
Tho most promising feature OF he
situa ton is that tho Albanians them
selves should he appealing To the great
powers to come 10 II speedy conclusion,
or the negotiations, SO that there mas
be no further delay in Prince William
OF Wied's assumption OF tho rcirs OF
their government
Both tho prince and his vito haze
lately been spending several weeks
with his aunt, Queen Carmen sylvia"
OF Roumania, 1T her castle OF Ielush,
and at Bucharest. The princess Is Il
particular favorlte Of the Queen, is
perhaps tho finest amateur harpist in
Europe. and spent the greater part Of
her girlhood IN Roumania under the
caro- of her Rounani;.n grandmother
Mime. CantacuZene.
\ reader writes TO inquire what tic
rank and status Will DO Of tho chill
dren that may he born To the recent
marriage of Prince Arthur Of CON
nausht and the young Duchess OF Fife
strictly speaking tho children in
question viii not he princes or pril-
cesses OF the blood, since the royal
status lapscs in the fourth generation
Of legitimate descent from the throne
Just rs in Russia. There. FOR IN
stance, the children of Grand Duke ana
Grand Duchess Constantinc CONSTANT.
novitch do not enjoy their parents
grandducal titles. nor yet tho style Of
Imperial highncss"
Unless King George OF amy OF his
successors OH the throne of England,